Allied Air Offensive cripples German war industry
Allied strategic bombing has steadily damaged German war production and air power. Bomber Command targeted Krupps in Essen and other key plants, while attacks across 29 industrial towns cost Germany billions of man hours and reduced output. The Luftwaffe shifted to night fighters, weakening daytime air and ground support as production diverted to defense.
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Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Krupps
Essen
RAF
Ruhr
Low Countries
United States Strategic Air Force
R.A.F
Bomber Command
Berlin
United States
R.A F
Luftwaffe
Russia
Mediterranean
Western Front
One War Motive and the Postwar Hope
London Sunday Dispatch argues the aim of World War II was to prevent Nazi domination and atrocities in Europe. It asserts the real stakes were protecting cities and citizens from German oppression and reiterates that peace will require continued effort and collective work after the war.
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London
Manchester
Albert Square
Derbyshire
London Sunday Dispatch
West Wall
France
Canada
Synthetic rubber touted as superior to natural in outdoor uses
Manufacturers claim synthetic rubber resists sunlight and outdoor enemies better while interior formulations resist poison, oil, and paint sprays, making it advantageous for many applications.
Destroyer fuel burn could heat a home for a year
A navy destroyer consuming fuel oil to travel 50 miles demonstrates immense energy use, theoretically sufficient to heat the average home for a full year, highlighting scale of naval energy demands.
Pepper as Currency in the Netherlands East Indies
The article notes that pepper was once used as currency by citizens of the Netherlands East Indies, reflecting a historical trade practice and local economic system.
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Netherlands East Indies
Radio War News and Canadian Livestock Trends
The Canadian Coarse Grains Quarterly Review notes a one third rise in cattle hogs horses and sheep since 1941 and oats and barley feeding totals for 1942 43. The Peterborough Examiner argues radio news is derived from press agencies and mirrors newspaper coverage.
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Canada
Canadian Coarse Grains Quarterly Review
Farm News
CBC
House of Commons
J. L. Ralston
Peterborough Examiner
Marshal Petain Order Sparks French Hall of Fame Debate
A wartime directive reportedly urged French soldiers to obey German orders and aid the occupiers against the Allies, a move seen as a strike against Marshal Petain’s legacy and prompting calls to strip his name from the French hall of fame.
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Marshal P Petain
Measures To Shield Grains From Insect Depredation In War
Canadian Division of Plant Protection and entomology units spearhead a wartime program to inspect warehouses elevators mills seed houses and ships loading grain for storage and overseas export. They work with the Board of Grain Commissioners and other bodies to remove infestations enforce sanitary handling and support seasonal pest projects including the Japanese beetle.
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Division of
Entomology
Plant Protection
Science Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Board of Grain Commissioners
Agricultural Supplies Board
Epredation, Particu
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Ministry of Foods
Department of Trade and Commerce
Canada
British Legion Plans Home Service Corps Of Domestic Workers
The Women’s Section of the British Legion proposes a Home Service Corps of ex service women after the war. A residential club will be opened and members will wear the Legion uniform. Services include cleaners maids cooks nurses needlework and nurses for children with hourly half day or full day rates and benefits.
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The
British Legion
Home Service Corps
Legion
Sun-Suits for Brother and Sister Pattern 7089
Readers can obtain transfer pattern 7089 showing two bibs and pieces for sizes 1 to 4. Priced at twenty cents, order from Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man. Include name and address. Mail slow.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg Man
Scientists Produce Synthetic Sugar At High Cost
Scientists announce a synthetic sugar breakthrough achieved at a cost still too high for commercial practicality. The result demonstrates human ingenuity rivals the chemistry of sugar beets.
Sharks in a Sea Now Grassland North of the Plains
A historical note describes ancient marine environments in central North America where fossil evidence shows sharks once swam while the land later became a vast cattle grazing plain.
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Central Plain
North America
Gas protection training for Canadian Women's Army Corps
Training at the C W A C Basic Training Centre in Kitchener Ontario covers recognition and care of respirators. Recruits wear respirators all day once a week and for a 15 minute drill in a test gas chamber to prove safety and effectiveness. Overseas members in England receive additional gas instruction and drill.
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C.W.A C
Canadian Women's Army Corps
England
Woman sniper captured in Normandy brought to England
A 29 year old woman of Polish nationality who fired on American troops at Ste. Mere Eglise on the Normandy peninsula has been captured and transported to England. She says she cooked for the Germans and is under special guard with orders to be very wary of this prisoner.
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England
Ste. Mere-Eglise
Normandy
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Sunday Express
Alice Brooks
Women's Army Corps
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