Cossacks Seen Driving German War Effort in World War II
The piece argues Russian Cossacks could dramatically alter the war against Nazi Germany, citing their history of fierce cavalry impact. It reflects on German fear of Cossack incursions, the wartime eastern front, and the belief that Cossacks may deliver decisive blows when other weapons fail.
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Hyman Horowitz
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fuexsian
East Prussia
Germany
Russia
Curzon
Ukraine
Poland
Stalingrad
Versailles
Wheat quota filled as Canada ships to U S
Canada’s wheat quota for US entry for 12 months starting May 29 1944 was 800000 bushels. By June 1 795000 bushels had been filled. The quota does not affect Canadian wheat imports ordered by the U S War Food Administration.
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Canada
United States
U.S. War Food Administration
On Exhibition Moroccan Wife Observes Seven Day Seclusion
A Moroccan wife is required to stay alone in her husband’s house for seven days after marriage, while any woman from the street may enter and view her as part of the ceremony.
Whitewash Recipes For Outdoor And Indoor Use
Experimental farms offer two whitewash formulas. The outdoor waterproof mix uses quick lime, salt, zinc sulfate, skim milk, and optional alum for protection against rain. The disinfectant version combines lime, salt, alum, cement, and lye, with creosol as an alternative disinfectant. A touch of washing blue yields snowy whiteness.
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Dominion Experimental Farms
Scott, Sask
Elephants Favor Onions As Much As Peanuts
A quirky note claims elephants enjoy onions nearly as much as peanuts, suggesting a taste preference parallel in the animal's diet.
Fascist murderers to answer for crimes says Ponomarenko
Izvestia reports White Russian Premier M P Ponomarenko accuses Nazi forces of killing 120000 in Minsk and Gomel and notes orders to burn bodies. He cites captured German garrison chief Haman and vows White Russians will not forget or forgive.
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Minsk
Hemburg
Minsk Ghetto
M. P. Ponomarenko
Soviet Republic
Izvestia
Moscow
Exchange Telegraph
Ponomarenko
Gomel
Bobruisk
Zhlobin
Bobrusk
Red Army
Haman
Radio method speeds penicillin production by 24 hours
RCA researchers claim a cooking by radio process replaces freeze drying to cut time in half and cut costs. The dehydration step yields higher potency from 40 060 to 100 000 units per cc, while freeze drying remains for packaging in ampoules for shipment.
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Radio Corp. of America
Common Chickweed A Hardy Persistent Weedt
Common chickweed, though frail in appearance, is a hardy weed found across the Dominion where soil is moist and rich. It seeds small amounts often in clover and timothy, and laboratory tests frequently reject samples due to chickweed seed in timothy.
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Canada
Dominion
Troops Well Supplied in Final North Africa Advance
In one week the British Eighth Army’s advance in North Africa received 3,009,000 gallons of gasoline and 8,000 tons of ammunition delivered to the front, highlighting substantial logistics support during the final stage.
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Eighth Army
North Africa
Canadian Farm Women Praised for Dollar Wisdom
Exina Jaques lauds Canadian farm women as the nation’s backbone and thrift heroes. She notes 732,000 rural women sustain families by frugal shopping, farm chores, and saving for bonds, imagining a future with electricity, modern homes, and a steadier economy.
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Canada
Bob
His Own Design General Montgomery Invasion Chariot
The Invasion Chariot built for General Montgomery by six war workers shows a simple motor driven vehicle. It includes a bedroom with a tip up bunk bed and a convertible lounge or conference room with a writing desk and map holders. The vehicle has 23 lights and a radio.
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Montgomery
Monty
London Daily Herald
Confucius on Three Beneficial and Three Harmful Friends
The saying outlines six friendships: advantageous with the upright sincere and observant, and injurious with the specious insinuating and glib tongued. It contrasts virtuous companionship with deceptive Company.
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Confucius
Bananas to Aid Coeliac Diet Kids
The British minister of food plans to import dried bananas to supply all needs of children with coeliac disease. The move aims to ensure a steady banana provision as part of their diet.
British officer finds vehicle stripped to chassis at help yourself dump
A British officer stopping at a Nor mandy vehicle dump to find jeep parts found the lot had been stripped by a second person who took a "help yourself" sign literally. The officer returned half an hour later to discover his vehicle reduced to its chassis.
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Normandy
Pueblo Indians of New Mexico Hold Land by Spanish Grants
The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico own their lands by title issued under the Spanish crown.
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New Mexico
New Commander Lieut Gen Dempsey Named British Army Leader
L ieut Gen M C Dempsey, named commander of the British 2nd army on June 28, is 7 years old. He began as a Lieut Col at the war’s outbreak and served in France and Belgium. He later commanded the famed 13th corps of the Eighth Army in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.
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M C. Dempsey
2Nd Army
France
Belgium
13Th Corps
Eighth Army
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Canada faces postwar farm housing crisis and new aid plan
Frank Shefrin argues farm families need immediate better housing after the war. The subcommittee on housing and community planning calls for 125000 new farm buildings, 188000 repairs, and a ten year program with a redrafted national housing act to include farm housing and cottages for laborers.
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Canada
Frank Shefrin
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Shefrin
House of Commons
Ottawa
Britain
France
Latvia
Netherlands
Poland
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Ader Studied Flight by Watching Birds Across Regions
The French aviation pioneer Clement Ader studied flight by observing bats and eagles in Paris at the 200 event and traveled to Arabia to study buzzards. He sought the secrets of flight from nature's gliders and applied insights to his early aviation experiments.
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Clement Ader
Paris
Arabia
Halcyon House Baffles Georgetown With Wall Vines
In Georgetown Washington DC the Halcyon House draws many onlookers as its 1700 construction by Benjamin Stoddard the first secretary of the navy is noted and trees appear to grow from its walls despite the unusual growth.
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Halcyon
Georgetown
Washington, D.C
Benjamin Stoddard
Accurate Clocks and Lightning Flashes Observed
At Greenwich Observatory two clocks are cited as among the most accurate in the world. Each clock is checked every 30 seconds by four pendulums swinging in a vacuum. A high speed camera reveals lightning flashes bounce between cloud and ground the same point multiple times.
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Greenwich Observatory
England
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