Bag O Nails Haven For Heroes
A London pub near Buckingham Palace named the Bag O Nails serves two kinds of drinks and acts as a haven for war heroes newly decorated with medals. Veterans, shipmates, and relatives flood the bar, while the bartender quietly pours pints as medals pass hand to hand in celebration.
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Alan Randal
Inter
London
Buckingham Palace
England
Britain
Canada
Dominions
Merchant Navy
Doris
Mabel
Lieut
Mac Buttan
Winnipeg
Mediterranean
D.S.C
Mike
Gems of Thought and Moral Maximals
A collection of quoted reflections on virtue, divinity, and perfection by Phillips Brooks Disraeli Mary Baker Eddy Channing Steele and Matthew 5 48. The passages urge clinging to heroic principles pursuing godlike deeds and recognizing perfection as a divine standard.
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Disraeli
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Steele
Father
High Protein Feeds Strains Addressed By Policy
Dominion Department of Agriculture reports a serious short age of high protein feeds in Canada as demand exceeds supply. To ease the shortage the Feeds Administrator orders reduced protein percentages in mixed feeds, coarser grinding of alfalfa meal, and a $3 per ton subsidy to processors of alfalfa meal. Fish meal diverted from exports to bolster domestic protein, aiding poultry eggs bacon and dairy production targets for 1943.
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Canada
Pacific
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Abandonment Plan for Northern Australia Revealed
Premier Curtin disclosed in a letter that initial war plans proposed abandoning Northern Australia to Japan. He said Labor rejected the plan after recalling Australian divisions and rushing equipment to defend the continent. The issue, raised amid MacKay’s draft, stirred political debate before elections.
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Australia
John Curtin
A. W. Fadden
Labor
Iven MacKay
Curtin
MacKay
Douglas MacArthur
Mobile Laundry Units Boost Army Wash Capacity in Kingston
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps operates a mobile laundry unit in Kingston Ontario capable of washing 5000 soldiers worth of clothing weekly. Under Lieut R G Howard the unit cleans 300 blankets daily and can move and restart operations within 23 minutes. Six personnel handle washing sorting and driving with soap flakes used for cleaning.
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Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Kingston
Ont
Military District No. 3
R. G. Howard
Toronto
Canada
England
Deserting The Ship Nazi officials send relatives abroad
Moscow radio claimed many high Nazis including Goebbels and Goering were sending kin to neutral countries. The officers in safe nations were said to assign typists and bookkeepers unfit for duty. The Daily Sketch noted Hitler may retire monarchist aligned officers amid fears of a royal revival. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Moscow
Goebbels
Canadian Partner praised for wartime finance leadership
The London Financial News lauds Canada's skillful handling of war finances in a long editorial titled Canadian Partner. It notes Canada's contribution underlines its aid measures and argues Canada's war production transfer exceeds expectations, highlighting admirable finances from a Dominion with far smaller population. Tokyo listed as world's third largest city.
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London
Eng
Financial News
Canada
Dominion
United States
World
Tokyo
Women Scarce At Labrador Base In Wartime Canada
The vast Canadian base in Labrador has few women with service men and workers not allowed to bring wives due to supply and operational constraints. Most women present are Nursing Sisters at the RCAF hospital, with one exception Mary Stephens in charge of the new airmen’s mess. A new laundry building with modern equipment is planned, as airwomen previously ran laundries at other stations. The base commander, from Minnesota, Manitoba, smiles at the moment.
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Labrador
Rcaf Hospital
E. I. Baird
Durham
Ont
N. Bersudsky
Saint John
Air Force
R.c.af
Minnedosa
Early Bran Sweet Rolls From Newspaper Recipe
A handwritten style recipe lists shortening sugar All-Bran salt boiling water eggs and yeast. It guides mixing adding flour letting rise punching down forming dough balls filling muffin pans rising and baking at 425 degrees F for about 15 minutes yielding about 18 rolls.
Yeast Rolls from Milk and Shortening Mixture
A recipe method to make three dozen rolls using milk, shortening, sugar, salt, yeast, water, egg, and flour. After mixing and kneading, the dough rises twice in a warm place, then forms into rolls brushed with oil and baked at 400 to 425 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.
Palmyra Atoll Taken Over by United States
Palmyra is located in the Pacific 960 miles southwest of Hawaii. For 150 years it was described as an island without a country. It has now been taken over by the United States. The note also discusses how different foods affect body acidity and alkalinity.
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Palmyra
Pacific Isle
Hawaii
United States
Airplanes versus trains and ships Globaloney debated
The Chicago Daily News discusses the future role of airplanes in cargo transport. W A Patterson of United Airlines cites cost contrasts with rail and sea freight, noting planes lower per ton mile but facing limits in non cost-driven moves. The piece argues railroads and steamships remain cheaper for many shipments, with air freight adequate mainly where urgency or military needs dictate.
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Clare Boothe Luce
William B. Ziff
W. A. Patterson
United Air Lines
National Industrial Conference Board
Chicago
San Francisco
Patterson
Brisbane
Australia
Canadian Airlines
United States
Royal couple decline shelter during London Blitz
During the London Blitz the King and Queen arrived at King's Cross Station for a northbound journey. Royal protection declined shelter as enemy planes roared overhead and bombs fell. The royal train and station were not hit, per station master Mr. Harry Ireland who spoke after 25 years service.
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London
King
Quer
King’s Cro
A.A
Harry Ireland
Ireland
London Evening News
Cyclone Approaches as Pearl Divers Detect Ocean Currents
Northern Australia pearl divers sense an approaching cyclonic storm by contrasting warm and cold water currents in the sea, signaling heightened weather danger and offshore risk.
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Northern
Australia
Australia Enforces Tea Ration At One Ounce Biweekly
Australian authorities implement a tea ration of one ounce per consumer every two weeks amid wartime controls. The measure aims to distribute scarce supply evenly while manufacturers adjust to restricted imports and increased demand.
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Australia
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Washington
War Office
Winston Churchill
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Lord Halifax
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