Hatred Against The Nazis In The Countries Under Domination
A wartime article notes widespread opposition to German occupation across Europe. It cites food privilege for Germans, restricted locals, and daily acts of defiance from Dutch, Polish, Belgian, and Norwegian civilians, including posters and whispered protests. It describes German fears and Allied transmissions as signs of resistance. It also discusses innovations like mail photo filming and library digitization as future tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Holland
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
France
Amsterdam
Poznan
England
RAF
Royal Air Force
Brussels
le Pays Reel
Churchill
A Well Trained Servant and Newspaper Advertising
A Rhinebeck New York Gazette piece extols newspaper advertising as a well trained servant that never intrudes on daily life yet remains at hand to provide service when called upon. The column argues ads don’t shout distract or clutter, preserving leisure activities and the landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhinebeck
Grandmother Earns Private Pilot License in Bristol
Mrs Alfred Zachary aged 49 and grandmother of four gained a private pilot license in Bristol Virginia after completing 35 hours of flight instruction the minimum. She is a staff member at Sullins College and hopes to become a flight instructor to teach young men to fly. Florida and Mississippi require only one license plate on cars. The best part of every man's education is what he gives himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Zachary
Bristol
Zachary
Sullins College
Naval Staff
Navy
War Cabinet
Churchill
Canada
Mr. Knightley
Germany
Berlin
Hamburg
Hitler
Nantwich Residents Paid to Live 1940 Local Pension Scheme
In Nantwich England residents were paid annually for living there. Those born in the town or paying taxes for seven years received a small sum from Beam Heath revenue. The 100 acre tract was lost under the Enclosure Act in 1803, then recovered by purchase in 1823, after which trustees managed the land and distributed the income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantwich
England
Britain
Beam Heath
Overseas Appointment for Lt Col Milton Gregg VC
Lt Col Milton F Gregg VC former commander of the West Nova Scotia Regiment is named to lead an officer cadet training unit in Great Britain. He returns to duty after a period of illness and hospital care. Translated, the article notes losses from captivity among riding events and misplaced letters by a woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton F. Gregg
V.C
House of Commons
Great Britain
Ottawa
Gregg
West Nova Scotia
Chameleon Eye Lids Fused and Death Valley Depth Noted
The chameleon’s eye lids are fused leaving only a small opening. Death Valley California records the lowest land below sea level at about 276 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Death Valley
Calif
Historic Kaministikwia Portage cairn moved to public site
The Department of Mines and Resources reports relocating the Kaministikwia Portage cairn and tablet from the eroding Pointe de Meuron site near Fort William Ontario. A new cairn will be placed at Broadway Avenue and the Pointe de Meuron road on land donated by J. K. McG. Gibson. The site marks an early canoe landing used by Jacques de Noyon in 1688 and later by explorers and fur traders including Lord Selkirk in 1816 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Mines and Resources
Pointe de Meuron
Fort William
Ontario
J. K. McG. Gibson
Broadway Avenue
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Great West
Jacques de Noyon
Rainy Lake
Lord Selkirk
de Meuron
Red River
Seven Oaks
Flattery’s Target: Men and Women Fall for Praise
A concise observation notes that flattery seduces two social groups, men and women, highlighting the universal appeal of praise and the caution required to discern sincerity. The remark frames flattery as a common social trap rather than a rare tactic.
Sir Hugh Walpole and the bachelor life in literature
The Woodstock Sentinel Review discusses Sir Hugh Walpole’s bachelor lifestyle in London. It notes he never married and preferred bachelor apartments while reflecting on the value of companionship, family, and the home as a foundation of civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Hugh Walpole
London
Woodstock
Pineapple design crochet doilies pattern 6983
Pattern 6983 offers crochet instructions for pineapple design doilies in three sizes for luncheon and buffet sets. Includes illustrations and stitch guides with a photo of daily materials. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 Mc Dermot Avenue Winnipeg Man for the pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Alice Brooks
Public Interest In Salvage Drive Aids War Effort
Canada weekly press sustains salvage campaigns as experts in the Admiralty room monitor sea battles. William Knightley credits rural papers with arousing public enthusiasm and notes 2,300 local salvage committees, reporting funds and volumes to boost war production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Weekly Press
William Knightley
Knightley
Sundo Products of
Toronto
Free French Tales From London and Occupied Paris
Reports from Paris and Caen describe French resistance to Nazi rule. Cafes on Boulevard St Michel host German troops who hang belts with bicycle pumps as a mimicry of German ritual. A German officer parades with a note reading De Gaulle Temm later read as De Gaulle t aime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Paris
Boulevard St. Michel
de Gaulle
Factory marks 3,000,000th shell with king's approval
A home counties factory produced its 3 000 000th shell of a specified type as the king observed. The plant relied on mainly German made machinery supplied to Britain before the war. The Nile valley of Egypt contains about three pyramids.
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Home Counties
Britain
Nile Valley
Egypt
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Alma S.S. Wittlin
Middle East
Wavell
United Kingdom
British Isles
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Florida
Mississippi
Amar
Joseph Haerens
Adolf Hitler
Kaminisikwia Portage Historic Site
Hugh Walpole
Royal Navy
Silent Service
Admiralty
John Cashe
Daily Herald
Winston Churchill
Bismarck
Rome
Harry
Henry VII
Shanghai
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