Fuel Pipeline a Big Undertaking
An army press release details a 31 mile fuel pipeline under the English Channel linking the United Kingdom to Europe and the Allied forces in Germany. Begun in 1941, it delivered fuel from Liverpool to France and onward through Belgium and Holland. Col H R Lynn of Thetford Mines led the effort with US engineers and Canadian suppliers, successfully modifiying Liberty ships and producing cable within five months.
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English Channel
United Kingdom
Europe
United States
Quebec
Liverpool
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
British Petroleum Warfare Department
Col
H R Lynn
Thetford Mines
Que
Royal Canadian Engineers
Overseas
Col Lynn
United States Corps of Engineers
New York
Canada Wire and Cable Co
Toronto
Col. Lynn
Dry Farming Aces Moisture Saving Method Triggers Global Interest
Col Thomas A Campbell of the United States Army describes dry farming techniques to South African officials in Pretoria. He operates a 75 000 acre Montana farm producing 35 bushels per acre on 14 inch rainfall and argues moisture conservation allows 28 inches of rainfall value.
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Union of South Africa
Col
Thomas A. Campbell
United States Army
Pretoria
J. G. N. Strauss
Union
United States
Japan
Col. Campbell
Montana
Free State
North
Ern Cape
South Africa
Woman Governor Named for London Prison First
Hilheway Prizon, a major London prison, will have a woman as governor for the first time. A woman deputy governor has served there for ten years. Separately, the United States now produces about one quarter of the world orange crop.
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Hilheway Prizon
London
United States
Muskrat Can Travel 50 Yards Underwater
A muskrat can travel 50 yards underwater without surfacing, a feeding behavior noted in early wildlife studies. Researchers observed the rodent diving repeatedly to gather aquatic vegetation, illustrating its strong underwater swimming ability used for foraging.
Penicillin Saves Former Bank Governor From Meningitis
Lord Montagu Collet Norman, once governor of the Bank of England, was saved from fatal meningitis by a brain injection of penicillin. Doctor Charles Moran announced Norman is fit to work again after the treatment.
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Bank of England
Lord Montagu Collet Norman
Lord Charles Moran
Royal College of Physicians
Classical Music Distinction Questioned at Home
Mrs Newrich asks if her husband can distinguish classical music. He answers that when a piece seems about to be a tune but always fails, it is classical.
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Mrs. Newrich
Canadian trade official eyes postwar export boom
Export business veteran Lester S. Glass former commercial attache to the Canadian embassy in Rio de Janeiro says Canada has a wonderful chance for export growth in the postwar years. He plans to open a Lisbon trade commissioner office covering Portugal and Spain and is currently touring the Dominion meeting Canadian manufacturers to discuss exports.
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Lester S. Glass
Rio de Janeiro
Canada
Glass
Lisbon
Portugal
Spain
Dominion
Defoe sails from Montreal in bold wartime design debut
The 15 000 ton Defoe a Lamport and Holt passenger cargo vessel completed a maiden Montreal visit on a Liverpool Belfast run. Captain Walter Denson notes the ship can exceed 15 knots, carries 24 passengers and a full cargo to the United Kingdom and features a smokestack interior housing cabins wireless rooms and dining. The ship remains armed despite the Europe war ending and will be examined by Canadian naval and shipbuilding officials during its stay.
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Liverpool
Belfast
Defoe
Lamport and Holt Line
Montreal
Europe
Pacific
Food import needs seen for Continental Europe in 1945-46
A report from the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations warns Continental Europe will have the smallest domestic food supply since the war and may see a 5 to 10 percent drop from 1944-45. It projects large import needs totaling about 12 million short tons of food including wheat fats animal protein and sugar to avert famine.
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Continental
Europe
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
United Nations
Inside The Citadel The Atlantic War Room
The article describes a hidden room in Liverpool’s basement where Western Approaches command plotted and directed the Battle of the Atlantic. Charts tracked all ships and convoys while the Women’s Royal Naval Service handled decoding and paperwork, with a New York link for transatlantic data.
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Hitler
Liverpool
Western Approaches
Admiralty
Atlantic
T. A. P. McIntyre
Western Approaches Command
McIntyre
Women's
Royal Naval Service
New York
Britain
Daily Citrus Use Promoted for Health
The advice urges daily consumption of citrus fruits and eating them whole to maximize vitamin C intake. It notes that discarding any edible orange flesh wastes nutrients and reduces health benefits.
King funds restored Westminster dormitory legacy
The king subscribes to a fund to rebuild the bomb damaged Westminster School dormitory. Over two centuries ago King George I helped pay for the original construction and repair of the same dormitory.
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Westminster School
George I
At High Altitude Heart Weighs More for Same Work
The American Medical Journal reports that at 15 000 feet the average heart must work 20 percent harder to perform 20 percent less work compared with sea level. This finding highlights how altitude increases cardiovascular strain on residents and visitors.
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American Medical Journal
Young Doctor Performs Surgery Under Extreme Jungle Conditions
In the Torricelli mountains of Guinea a 24 year old doctor operated after a Japanese bullet struck a commando. Signallers supplied blood plasma and penicillin by parachute, donors provided blood, carpenters built a jungle-operating table, lights were rigged, a hot wire cauteriser was improvised, and cooks kept water boiling. Six hours later the operation was deemed a success.
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Torricelli Mountains
Guinea
Treatment Needed for Arthritis Patients in Canada
Dr. Dean Robinson of Banff Alberta writes in the Canadian Medical Association Journal estimating 600000 chronic rheumatism cases in Canada and urges any new national medical scheme provide hospital accommodation and treatment for arthritis patients.
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Dean Robinson
Banff
Alia
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Canada
HAS NEW FINGER ONE CANADIAN WAR CASUALTY READS WITH TOE
A Canadian soldier, Pte. R. E. Beaudry from Vasser Man, has had a toe grafted onto his hand to serve as a first finger after losing four fingers. Plastic surgeons of the RC AMC report this as part of their wartime work using tungsten alloy steels for tools and tank armor.
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Pte
R. E. Beaudry
Vasser
RC Amc
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