Timber Corps of the Women's Land Army Keep Britain Going
British Timber Corps workers in the Women's Land Army sustain home timber production. Girls cut, haul, and process timber from telegraph poles to pulp wood, with gangers earning about 55s a week and measurers recording outputs. YWCA hostels and clubs provide welfare and social spaces for these workers in rural areas.
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Great Britain
Tumber Corps
Women’s Land Army
Timber Corps
Women's Land Army
Dorset
YWCA
Dorset Timber Corps
Ywca United Services
Dorchester
Isle of Wight Seen as Food Safe Haven in Wartime
Describes the Isle of Wight as well supplied compared with Britain, with shops full of goods and ample meat and dairy while the mainland faces shortages. Notes the island’s status as a defence area with constant raids and supply allocations based on pre-war figures, yet local production exceeds needs.
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Britain
Isle of Wight
Sympathy Attendant Outsmarts Inspector at After Hours Gasup
A man pleaded for three gallons at an after hours gas station. the attendant directed him to the back where a water-filled can was emptied, revealing the ruse. The man claimed to be an inspector and left with a warning while the attendant warned the inspector about the water gag.
Women institutes praised across Canada and Britain
Lady Tweedsmuir lauds the spread of Women’s Institutes from Canada to England Scotland and Wales. She notes linked mother and daughter bodies, exchange of patterns seeds and crafts, wartime solidarity, and the habit of peaceful meetings despite past local factionalism.
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Waemen
Manchester Guardian
Twredsmair
Canada
Stony Creek
Ontario
Hoortless
Hoodress
Dominions
England
Wales
Scotland
America
Lady Tweedsmuir
Manitoba
Women’s Institutes
Initials All Right An East Side Draftee Confounds Officers
An east side draftee, listing himself as Joe Jones CPA, is assigned to bookkeeping work at a camp. He reveals his claimed profession is actually Cleaning Pressing and Alterations, leaving the ledgers untouched after a month.
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Joe Jones
C.P.A
C.O
Blind workers and guide dogs guard a factory crew
In an English aircraft factory many blind workers are employed alongside others. In the car park a kennel houses Tessa the guide dog for one worker and Sam the second dog that escorts a secretary to her office each day.
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Tessa
Bill Chamberlain
Sam
Jadwiga Pilsudski Aims Architecture But Flies for RAF
Jadwiga Pilsudski, Polish hero-marshal’s daughter, 23, serves in the British Air Transport Auxiliary. She pilots fighters near London, taxiing for the RAF and speaking of helping to smash the invaders in a rare London visit.
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Jadwiga Pilsudski
Jadwiga
British
Air Transport Auxiliary
Britain
R.A.F
Poland
Marshal
London
Charms of Survival For Tara Flying Officer Ross Fiddes
Ontario born Flying Officer Ross Fiddes of Tara Canada was shot down five times in aerial combat and escaped unharmed after 73 operational flights over Germany, England, Malta and North Africa. He endured long stretches with no clothes, a 14 hour sea rescue after a Malta crash, and returned with a wounded pilot during another mission. He earned a well deserved leave after these hair raising exploits.
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Ross Fiddes
Tara
Ont
R.C.A.F
FO. Fiddes
Germany
England
Malta
North Africa
Rommel
Egypt
Canada
Cornwall
Historic Napolean letters found in London salvage collection
Papers salvaged in London include id letters written by Napoleon during his retreat from Moscow. The letters are now housed in the British Museum. Buy War Savings Certificates.
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London
Napoleon
Moscow
British Museum
Allies Bombing Ports Thwarts Axis Barnacle Buildup
Osborn Manufacturing of Cleveland reports barnacle buildup on Axis ships is hindered when ports and docks are bombed. Barnacles cling under waterline slowing ships, raising fuel use and reducing speed, making vessels harder to maneuver and easier to attack.
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Axis
United Nations
M. C. Pecsok
Osborn Manufacturing Company
Cleveland
Hitler
Mussolini
Pecsok
Demand for Wheat Reaches Pivot Point in Agriculture
The article notes wheat rising from Cinderella to key crop as surpluses shrink. It cautions rapid disappearance of excess supply and hints at potential scarcity impacting war strategy considerations discussed by the Winnipeg Free Press.
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Winnipeg Free Press
The Jackrabbit Is Not a Rabbit but a Hare
A concise note clarifies a jackrabbit is not a true rabbit but a hare. It explains the distinction in biology and naming.
St Lawrence civil defense training for air and sea threat
Thousands of civilian defenders will guard the St Lawrence waterway under Squadron Lor Desloges. Canadian and U S observers train to spot enemy submarines and aircraft. Women like Diana Isaacs join the effort as plane spotters, signaling aircraft size and type with map symbols.
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ST. Lawrence
Sqdn
Lor
J. Paul J. Desloges
Hull
Canada
United States
Diana Isaacs
Quebec
Canadian Army University Course Expands Across Canada
One hundred forty Canadian soldiers completed a 38 week University of Toronto run course and will take furlough before returning to Toronto for basic training. The experiment proved successful prompting 11 more universities to join the program next September and expand to infantry armoured engineers signals artillery and ordnance reinforcements.
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Toronto
Canada
University of Torrento
Canadian Army
Infantry
Armoured Corps
Engineers
Signals
Artillery
Ordnance
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
Col. Ralston
Concrete railway ties produced by female labor in Scotland
London Midland and Scottish Railway start making simple concrete tie blocks in the West of Scotland to meet demand for new sidings. About 1,000 concrete ties are produced each week by female workers amid timber shortages.
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London Midland and Scottish Railway
Scotland
Lancashire clock repair tale ends with wristwatch remark
The Manchester Guardian recounts a Lancashire tale of a man carrying a grandfather clock to a shop when he collided with another pedestrian. The passerby asks why he does not wear a wristwatch like everyone else.
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Manchester Guardian
Lancashire
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Winnipeg
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Atres
Historic Letters
Mackenzie King
St. Lawrence River
Gulf
Canadian Army University
Io Civilian Life
Seine Solfiers
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