British Empire Battle For the Soul of Humanity Speech
Sir Gerald Campbell told a Toronto service club Independence Day dinner that Britain would fight to the end for the soul of mankind with American support. He urged US supplies and prayers, noting Empire unity and grim resolve despite American doubt. He cited Royal Navy, RAF initiative, and a determined Empire ready for the foe. Slaughter Of Buffalo Nets Ottawa Over Sixty Thousand Dollars reports a 4104 animal kill in western parks, Buffalo National Park yields 60,509 from meat and hides, with Indian relief and RCMP hide reserves.
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Gerald Campbel
Britsrigh Cosneniastoner
Canada
Service Club
Toronto
Britain
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Empire
Washington
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Germany
Ottawa
House of Commons
York Eaast
Buffalo National Park
Piding Mountain National Park
Prince Albert National Park
Alsace Lorraine to Join Germany Per Peace Terms
German press openly declares Alsace and Lorraine will become part of Germany under the peace settlement with France. The Hamburger Fremdenblatt notes the Rhine as Germany’s river and Strassburg cathedral flag to remain, signaling permanent German control after Versailles.
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Alsace and Lorraine
Germany
France
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Rhine
Tower of Strassburg
Lesson From Stonecutter Adage By Riis
The passage urges persistent effort to win a lukewarm client by recalling Jacob A. Riis and the stonecutter who hammers a rock tirelessly. It emphasizes that breakthrough often comes after many prior attempts, not a single decisive strike.
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Jacob A. Riis
Britain busses the waves proves shipments reach Canada
Despite U boats a shipment of pure bred Short horns arrived safely at a Canadian quarantine station. Jersey importers expect to bring over cattle from the Island soon.
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Britain
Jersey
Bears Fish Salmon On British Columbia Banks
In British Columbia during the salmon runs bears fish along streams and can wipe out spawn reserves. The Dominion Department of Fisheries authorized patrol officers to destroy marauding bears during spawning season. Last year 72 bears were dispatched by two patrolmen and an inspector, with 39 killed at a single point on the Queen Charlotte Islands.
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British Columbia
Dominion Department of Fisheries
Queen Charlotte Islands
Kitchener
Nazi Radio Control Network Reported in Occupied Europe
Listeners report Germany has built a widespread radio station network across Europe after conquests. The circuit allegedly includes Prague Oslo Copenhagen Brussels Amsterdam and Paris with only some stations on short wave and audible locally. A recent broadcast with an Italian announcer came from five shortwave stations Berlin Paris Amsterdam Rome and Belgrade in Yugoslavia.
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Germany
Europe
Prague
Oslo
Copenhagen
Brussels
Amsterdam
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Editor drafts terse Wall Street Letter
A financial page editor asks an assistant to handle the Daily Wall Street Letter in a concise, essential style. The editor plans to golf that afternoon and seeks guidance on what to feature and the market outlook, while acknowledging uncertainty.
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Wall Street
Nazi Ideologue Sees German Victory End of Gentlemen
The Buffalo Courier Express reports that Dr Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologist, declares victory would replace gentlemen with a German work type. The text notes Germany has already ended the gentleman, but suggests other nations with the trait may resist.
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Alfred Rosenberg
Weill
Germany
Buffalo Courier- Express
Crystal Palace towers torn down for armament reuse
A New York Times dispatch recalls the Crystal Palace built for the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park and rebuilt at Sydenham. It notes the 1,600 ton iron towers are being torn down to supply steel for weapons, marking a shift from a peaceful trade era to a harsher iron age.
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Sir Joseph Paxton
Hyde Park
Sydenham
Crystal Palace
Douglas Jerrold
Punch
Disraeli
Spurgeon
London Dispatch
London
South Kensington Museum
New York Times
Collection of 14000 ferns presented to British museum
A private collection of about 14 000 ferns is described as the world's most important private fern collection. The donor is noted but not named, and the collection's home is the British Museum.
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British Museum
Japan’s Dilemma in China Stated by W J Bowen
Los Angeles reporter W J Bowen says Japan is stuck in China unable to advance or retreat and lacks power to police occupied areas. He cites the strain of keeping face, the failed New Order plan, and widespread guerrilla resistance across occupied territory.
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W. J. Bowen
Los Angeles
Tientsin
Japan
China
Orient
East Asia
Training Boys For Farm Work In Britain Scheme
The British ministry of agriculture launches a farm work training program for elementary schoolboys. About 2,400 boys will be trained annually with wages of two shillings six pence weekly plus board and lodging. Completed training leads to employment with the farmer.
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Ministry of Agriculture
Stiff Tests for RAF Pilots Highlight Heroic Fire Duty
The piece notes two Australian women awarded the British Empire Medal for Gallantry and Devotion to Duty during Gippsland fires in Victoria. It recounts Mrs Gladys Sanderson acting postmistress at Noojee guiding warnings as the fire approached, and Mrs Hilda Constable at Meadows SA staying at her post to summon firefighters amid 1939 blazes. It also discusses broad Canadian air force enlistment odds, strict tests, and roles from pilots to engineers and naval reserves.
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Gladys Sanderson
Noojee
Gippsland
Victoria
Sanderson
Hilda Constable
Meadows
South Australia
Constable
Janitoring Course Offered At Columbia University
A Minneapolis Star Journal item praises a new summer course at Columbia University that raises sweeping to an academic level. It envisions broad adult education including housewives and husbands as well as in homes, apartments, and public buildings.
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Columbia University
Minneapolis Star Journal
Clown Coco Becomes British Soldier After Ten Years Abroad
Coco the Clown, famed on circus circuits worldwide, is now Private Nicolai Poliakoff in the British army. He declined a $60 weekly circus offer to serve for 50 cents a day, expressing gratitude for ten years of prosperity in England.
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Coco
Nicolai Poliakoff
England
Crochet Hat and Bag Pattern No. 6381 for Costume Accessory
A crochet pattern offers a two strand cotton or boucle puff stitch hat with a matching purse. Pattern 6381 includes instructions and illustrations, with materials needed. Send 20 cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union Winnipeg to obtain the pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Saluting the Uniform Drill Mistake Sparks Small Town Stir
A young lance corporal on an exercise parade ordered eyes right then eyes front while his unit passed a dry cleaners shop window displaying an officer's uniform. The march continued until the incident was explained by the drill sergeant's rule to salute the uniform, not the man, prompting a brief consternation among comrades.
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The
Montreal Star
C.O
RAF pilot in Sojo flight repels six Messer fighters
An RAF observer on a Sojo reconnaissance flight encountered six Messerschmitts that attacked him. He beat them off and explained he didn’t send a radio SOS because he believed it was only used when in difficulties.
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London
Busman on Leave Rides Four Bus Route in Birmingham
Able Seaman Bull Churchman home on leave in Birmingham spent most of his holiday riding on four buses where his wife serves as conductor. Bill is a bus driver in peacetime.
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Bull Churchman
Birmingham
Bill
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J. H . Webb
Partington
Rudyard Kipling
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Mr. Kipling
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R.C.A.F
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India
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