Queen Mary Celebrates 76th Birthday On War-Era Estate
The Queen observes a quiet 76th birthday at a 6 acre estate near a West England village where she has lived since the war began. She promotes neighborliness, visits factories and service camps, and screens films for soldiers and airmen. Forestry interests drive minor tasks with lumberjacks, while salvage drives prompt collection of bones bottles paper and metal. She laments missing London amenities and notes travel limits keep her from weekly capital visits.
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Queen Mary
West
England
London
Rehabilitation Of Europe and the Nazi Plunder
The article asserts Germany looted occupied Europe, starving nations to enrich itself. It recalls Goering’s boast that the German people would not starve, notes Allied blockade necessity, and pledges that Britain and the United States will bring supplies to liberated peoples with advancing forces.
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Germany
Europe
Goering
Great Britain
United States
North Africa Receives Allied Aid After Landings
The North African Economic Board, formed by British and American advisors and supply officials, assessed needs and coordinated material shipments from the United Nations. London approved deliveries, and within eighteen days the British Food Ministry sent three hundred tons of sugar, two hundred tons of canned milk, two hundred tons of soap, and ten tons of coffee. Since then numerous shipments followed to areas liberated from German, Italian, and Vichy French control.
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North Africa
United Nations
London
British Food Ministry
A Sound Basis For The Future
North Africa and Europe will receive supplies not as temporary relief but to build a sound economic structure. The United Nations aim to supply food and resources to nations previously ravaged by Axis policy, laying groundwork for stable postwar recovery and future development.
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North Africa
Europe
United Nations
Goering
Prime Minister dodges location of Roosevelt Stalin Chiang meet
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes Churchill kept reporters guessing on where a conference with Roosevelt Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek might occur. He joked he’d go anywhere, saying he’s been everywhere on earth and would answer when the roll is called up yonder. The piece also mentions the lute’s Arabic origins.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Chiang Kaishek
Churchill
Grain to rubber tires marks first full grain based process
Firestone introduces the first tractor tire made entirely from grain derived synthetic rubber. Harvey S. Firestone Jr. watches the mold as corn to grain alcohol and then to butadiene achieves the base for the tires. Tests show grain and petroleum synthetics perform equally well in wear.
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Harvey S. Firestone, Jr
Firestone
Firestone Research
RAF Wing Commander Survives Shell Rub Through Helmet
Air ace Arthur Hay Donaldson recounts a near miss when an enemy shell ripped past his cockpit during a strike on an airfield. He was knocked unconscious but regained consciousness and returned to base to land the aircraft safely.
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R.A.F
Arthur Hay Donaldson
Calcium substitute in Canadian poultry feeding replaces oyster shell
Canadian poultrymen face oyster shell shortages and will rely more on high calcium limestone for feed. Limestone deposits vary in calcium and magnesium. since poultry needs only trace magnesium, some sources are unsuitable. Start pullets on limestone to prevent reduced intake and egg production drop when switching from oyster shell.
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United States
Canada
Canada Faces Record Egg Demand in Coming Year
The poultry industry expects the highest demand in its history with exports needing at least 100 million dozen eggs. Military needs have doubled since the war began, and civilian consumption rises even as wartime pressures mount.
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Canada
Australian ants build hills thrice human height
Tiny white ants in Australia construct massive mounds reaching about three times the height of a man, forming striking natural landmarks in their environment.
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Australia
Air Bomber Graduates Class From No 1 Navigation School
Nine Canadians in a mixed Canadian Australian British class at No 1 Central Navigation School Rivers Manitoba were awarded air bomber wings. Group Captain W A Murray presented the badges to graduates from Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Ontario and British Columbia.
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Winnipeg
R.C.A.F. News Service
The
Prairies
British Columbia
Hamilton
Ontario
Royal Canadian Air Force
No. 1 Central Navigation School
Rivers Man
W. A Murray
Lac
Noel A. Gillespie
R.R. No. 2
Vernoon
B.C
British Columbia Regiment
R.C.A.F
Manitoba
Walter Alexander Daniel
Rivers
University of Manitoba
E. R. Rawson
Arden
Man
Winnipeg Normal School
Joseph Spector
Alberta
Saskatchewan
John Joseph Scully
Grande Prairie
Alta
William Taylor
Nottingham
Sask
Scully
Toronto
Riboflavin importance in daily diet and health
A health bulletin explains riboflavin as part of Vitamin B complex found in milk meat and greens. It notes higher intake produces greater well being while excess offers no extra benefit and warns low riboflavin can cause ariboflavinosis with eye, mouth, digestion and skin issues in office workers who drink little milk.
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United One
One States Nutrition Authority
Parodies and Punchlines From Daily Life Laugh Lines
A collection of quick quips and anecdotes from school paratroopers cooks travelers and families. Jokes touch on suspense in training grocery bills card sentiments bus fare and a soldier’s comic misreadings showcasing light domestic humor and social snap.
Churchill’s Germany First Strategy Urged for War
The speaker praises Churchill’s logic in prioritizing Germany before Japan arguing that defeating Germany would force Japan’s defeat, while Japan’s defeat would not impact Germany’s fighting strength. The quote underscores the “first things first” approach.
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Churchill
Germany
Japan
Ridiculous Rumor Ridiculed by Red Star Newspaper
The official Russian Army newspaper Red Star mocked Swedish and other foreign reports that Russia sought peace with Germany. It stated that only a total rout of Hitler's forces and unconditional capitulation of Germany could bring peace to Europe.
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Red Star
Russia
Germany
Hitler
First Leeds Electric Clock Demoed at Jledhow Grange
Mrs F J Kitson showed guests an early Leeds electric clock placed on a chimney piece. Driven by copper and zinc plates in a rose bed, it kept good time until watering the rose bed or applying manure revived it. The setup resembled a Voltaic pile, with long life noted.
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Jledhow Grange
F .J. Kitson
Leeds
Dictionary of National Biography
Physical Laboratory
Oxford
Leeds Yorkshire Post
Modern range finder on battleship costs for 35 thousand
Collier's Weekly notes a modern range finder on a large battleship contains 160 lenses prisms and other optical elements plus 1500 mechanical parts. It weighs five tons and costs 35000 dollars. Construction takes four and a half years, or half the time needed to build the vessel.
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Collier's Weekly
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