Canada Urges Stronger War Effort In Light Of Roosevelt Emergency
The piece argues Roosevelt’s unlimited national emergency will hasten war mobilization and aid to Britain. It urges Canadians to intensify their own war effort, consume resources, and maintain unity to turn the tide against Nazi Germany and defend Western Hemisphere security.
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F. D. Roosevelt
United States
Western Hemisphere
Britain
Congress
Roosevelt
F.D.R
Atlantic
Canada
Japs Grow Skeptical of Axis Warnings, Hair Pin Inventor Named
The Italian press cautions Japan that the United States may plot against them and notes signs of growing skepticism toward Axis guidance. It also states Sol A Goldberg of Chicago invented the crimped hair pin and the bobbiepin now in use.
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United States
Sol. A. Goldberg
Chicago
Mercury in Everyday Food And Wool Consumption Shown
Scientists at the University of Tennessee report trace mercury in many common foods though amounts are generally too small to harm. The study points to soil as a likely source for plant grown foods. Canada logged 32 301 000 pounds of wool in 1939.
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University of Tennessee
Canada
Origin of Wallpaper Through the Ages
The article traces wallpaper from ancient cave paintings to early wall coverings in Greek marble halls. It notes silk draperies for decoration, tapestries by kings and nobles, and peasant use of imperfect paper. It mentions paper becoming painted or printed with birds and scenery and cites George Washington and Lafayette hanging wallpaper for Martha Washington.
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George Washington
Lafayette
Martha Washington
Switzerland Seeks Peace Yet Guards Borders Rigidly
Report notes Switzerland strives to be an island of peace and a center for international institutions while keeping 500000 troops at the borders. Passes to mountains are guarded bridges tunnels mined. Those in need cross easily. Red Cross HQ is in Geneva and 64 countries belong to the Geneva Convention.
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Little
Switzerland
Europe
Little Republic
The
International Red Cross
Geneva
British face stronger Axis tanks in Libya threat
Newsweek reports Britain worries as Axis forces deploy more and better tanks in Libya. Exact numbers are unknown but Nazis reportedly bring some of their best machines and French Samoa medium tanks, the only Allied units effective in France. Britain cannot weaken home defenses. heavy tanks will not reach Egypt for months as U.S. production focuses on light tanks.
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Newsweek
New York
Libya
French North Africa
Samoa
France
Egypt
U.S
Scout Gilt Cross Awarded for Gallant Rescue
Scout William Turpin 18, patrol leader, saved a mother and child during a raid. He searched a bomb crater after nurses failed to quiet the infant and returned with the baby’s bottle, a crib, and clothing aboard a carriage.
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William Turpin
Turpin
Britain Faces Thatching Shortage As War Drains Labor
Root-thatchers are greatly in demand with only about 200 first class thatchers left in Great Britain and many have joined the services. Evacuee cottage restoration has boosted the trade, while women learn thatching in council run schools.
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Great Britain
Hitter Photos Show Sour Expression After Balkan Triumphs
Despite Balkan victories, photographs depict Hitter with a sour look, perhaps from waking daily on the wrong side of the Channel as he faces ongoing pressures and scrutiny.
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Hitter
Utah Writers' Project Sent Largest Salt Lake Postcard
The Utah Writers' Project mailed the largest postcard handled by the Salt Lake City post office measuring 44 by 28 inches. It required 45 three-cent stamps to mail.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Writers’ Project
Hidden Nut Hoards Spawn Forests From Squirrel Memory
Squirrels store nuts and forget many caches, unintentionally sowing forests through scattered seeds. The article notes Iran hosts the richest individual oil field discovery to date.
May Start A Fashion In Smoking And Snuff
Viscount Castlerosse notes Churchill rarely smokes before lunch and has taken to snuff recently. He contrasts Churchill with Birkenhead and cites T. P. O'Connor and Beefsteak Club snuff use from years past. Beaverbrook, Hitler referenced as non-smokers and non-drinkers.
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Winston Churchill
Viscount Castlerosse
Lord Birkenhead
Mr. Churchill
T. P. O'Connor
Beefsteak Club
Lord Beaverbrook
Hitler
Economics Of Farming Agricultural Division Summary
The Dominion Department of Agriculture forms a fact finding body on production and marketing. It aims to cut costs, improve merchandising, and foster understanding among producers, consumers, and trade. It conducts research on farm management, production costs, land use, mechanization, settlement, farming types, distribution costs, handling practices, and consumer factors.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Home Defence Against Flies Promotes Humane Control
A call to combat nuisance house flies, carriers of disease, with humane methods. Wilson's Fly Pads are promoted as an efficient, humane solution, noting they also kill ant colonies.
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Wilson
Designs by famous artists spark cotton frock prints in Britain
British women will wear cotton dresses printed with designs by famous artists including Graham Sutherland Duncan Grant and John Farleigh. The Cotton Board organized an exhibition after WW II to refresh British textile designs with over 1000 entries guiding future export success. Also noted is an Arab Morocco bread custom where bread is never cut with a knife.
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Britain
Graham Sutherland
Government Department
Duncan Grant
John Farleigh
France
Cotton Board
The Light Has Gone Out in France
The author laments the surrender of France to Petain and collaboration with Hitler describing loss of freedom, representative government, and liberty as French democracies face a new threat.
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Hitler
Petain
France
Significantly different ranks in Canadian and U.S. star insignia
Three stars denote a captain and second in command of a company in Canada. In the U S army three stars symbolize lieutenant general who commands a field army. The contrast highlights differing military hierarchies across nations.
Guerrilla Terms and Origins in Balkan Conflicts
The term comitadji, used for Serb partisan groups fighting Germans, derives from French comite and originally described revolutionary committees. Guerrilla, a Spanish diminutive, meant a little war and was once confined to that sense.
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Comitadji
Balkans
Comite—Committee
London Minorities Seek Sizeable Metro Polis
Captain John Dugdale warns sentimentalists who pine for pre blitz London are more dangerous than speculators. He envisions a new metropolitan polis that would be considerably smaller and aimed at rebuilding the city.
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London
John Dugdale
Woman volunteers as hostess for U S Army bomber
The Second Corps area recruiting office in New York reports receipt of a letter from a young woman offering to serve as a hostess on a U.S. Army bomber. The note highlights civilian support for the war effort and community involvement in military service.
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Second Corps
New York
Iranians abandon turbans and veils in social shift
Report notes Iranians discard traditional religious attire as public life shifts. Observers see changes in dress among urban populations, signaling a move toward secular-adjacent norms amid ongoing cultural debates and reforms.
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