Queues and waiting in British daily life
The author muses on queuing as a national pastime influencing daily life from bus stops to churches and theatres. He recalls lines outside a funeral home and Madame Tussaud's and notes the only place without a queue is the income tax office. He observes patience, humor, and shared social rituals in long lines. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Tomdanets
London
Charlie Chaplin
Mae West
Queen Mary
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Forestry Research Promises Trees Feed Themselves On Poor Soil
Dr M C Rayner reports a discovery that fungi around pine roots can supply essential nutrients, enabling trees to thrive on barren land. Experiments with composts from hop waste and sawdust produced a fungal mix that grew Scottish and Corsican pines to 15 feet on Dorsetshire wasteland, suggesting a potential global shift in afforestation.
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Tyr
C Rayner
Canada
Eli Dr Rayner
Dorsetshire
Wareham Heath
Thomas Hardy
Nowels
Figdor Heath
Radio industry promises vast future employment growth
Reginald M. Brophy, new president of the Canadian Radio Manufacturers' Association, says war-time radio employment at 25,000 will multiply as scientists and technicians expand the field. He argues radio is in its infancy and will create work and purchasing power for hundreds of thousands, easing pessimism about employment futures.
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Toronto
Reginald M. Brophy
Canadian Marconi
Canadian Radio Manufacturers’ Association
Brophy
Ottawa Journal
Canadian ATA pilot Helen Harrison’s perilous yet steady flight career
Vancouver born Helen Harrison, Canada’s sole woman ATA representative, ferried Spitfires Mosquitos and other aircraft in the British Isles. She planned to return to England for flying work, while currently driving taxis to Malton airport and recalling a near crash while saving a nose heavy Lysander.
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Air Transport Auxiliary
Helen Harrison
British Isles
ATA
Helen
Toronto
Canada
England
Malton
Babara Stanwyk
United States
South Africa
Toronto Island
A.T.A
Violet Milstead
Marion Orr
Willing to oblige in heat Sheriff and prisoner incident
Sheriff John Starke of Elbert County Georgia sent a black prisoner to retrieve his revolver from a car left down the street. The exchange occurred in extreme heat as the sheriff asked the prisoner to fetch the weapon.
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John Starke
Elbertson
Georgia
King’s tribute to merchant navy backs war victory
In a forceful address to the merchant navy the King credited their devoted service with securing victory for the armed forces. He declared that without their efforts there could be no triumph for Britain’s arms.
Repair Plan For Britain's Bombed Churches Proposes Plain Rebuilding
The War Damage Commission and church body propose rebuilding only essential features in Britain's 14 000 bomb damaged churches, allowing old sites or new locations with plain designs and no restoration of non essential decoration. The report contrasts Sevastopol sieges and notes 1944 siege as a practical end to Nazis. Chicago Daily News.
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Britain
War Damage Commission
Tennyson
Sevastopol
First Western Sports Spark Awe in China Tale
An oft told historical anecdote recalls a Hopeti Governor visiting Union College. He found a professor sweating as he played tennis and urged him to hire assistants to share the workload. The episode illustrates early Western sports reach in China.
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China
Hopeti
Union College
Campaign to teach every adult in Ceylon to read
A voluntary service campaign aims to teach every literate resident to instruct one illiterate person in reading and writing. School buildings will host lessons after regular hours to support the effort across the island.
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Ceylon
Government worker misses badge checks in 19 minute delay
A New York government employee arrived at her building without her ID. Security checked her ID for 19 minutes, then she filled out a form about the delay. When asked where she resided during the absence she answered I in the lobby of this building.
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New York
First Great War prisoner sparks navy art and therapy program
A Canadian prisoner of war from Ypres, later an Ottawa lieutenant, led Royal Canadian Navy morale work through hobby huts and art. He supervised wartime decorations, earned the Order of the British Empire, and promoted postwar careers in crafts for seamen and Wrens.
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Germany
Royal Canadian Navy
Beddoe
Ypres
Canada
Navy
Red Cross
Switzerland
Ecole Des Beaux’ Arts
Geneva
A Crafty Donkey Outwits Men In Prophetic Verse
The passage extols a donkey as a clever creature that acts on its own accord. It notes the beast’s independence, self directed braying, and keen sense of the best route and shade. It ends by contrasting this obstinate wisdom with human traits and suggesting the donkey holds the final say.
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Joe
RCAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
J. B
Joe” Shagleski
Brook
Beechwood
Ottawa
Ont
Wood
Surrey
Commonwealth
British Commonwealth
LWGC
Carver
Alan RB
RONVR
Special Services
Lieut
Leonard Brooks
Aesas
USA
Harry Brubacher
Kitchener
YMCA
Ottawa Citizen
Donkey
Halifax
Frankfurt
Vern Irvine
Mesmore
Sonny” Rainville
Montreal
Art Mauger
Victoria
B.C
Rfr. Smith
Star City
Sask
Alouette
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