British air raids against Germany reflect resolve and planning
Raymond Daniels notes massive Allied air attacks over Germany, led by British crews from British bases with American assistance. The piece emphasizes endurance of raids, fuel constraints, and the joint effort of Britain and the United States, highlighting Harris’s planning and British-manufactured bombers striking Rhineland targets.
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Erith
Germany
Tangiers
Goering
Churchil
Coventry
Dig
Basen
Britain
United States
Air Marshal
Harris
Rhineland
New York Times Suggests Language Rationing For Officials
The Times proposes a language ration card for public servants limiting words over one syllable, with authors poets and playwrights exempted. It includes Gen Stilwell quote as example, notes possible rationing of public groaning, ties to war effort and official verbiage control. London Free Press.
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New York Times
August Times
Roosevelt
Office of Civilian Defence
Times
Gen. Stilwell
Burma
London Free Press
Unusual Request At Service Club A Soldier Holds Baby
A young American soldier entered a U S service club seeking to hold a three month old baby. He wanted to remember what it was like to hold a child. The gesture required effort but was fulfilled. The article also notes a cache of raisins in Turkey totaling over 12 000 tons.
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New York Sun
U.S
Turkey
Belgians condemned to death write final letter from prison
A young Belgian saboteur writes from cell number ten in St. Giles Brussels prior to execution. He tells his parents not to grieve, recalls nine months of solitary confinement, and says he dies with faith and duty fulfilled. He envisions meeting his sister Georgette in the afterlife.
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Beigies
St. Giles
Brussels
Edith Cavell
Air Crew Applicants Eligible Under Revised Vision Rules
The Royal Canadian Air Force lowers vision standards for pilot applicants allowing more men to qualify. Those accepted will receive aviation goggles and spectacles with corrective lenses. Re-examination is advised for previous unfit applicants while standards for observers and air gunners stay unchanged.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Much Better Off Captured Officers Get Higher Pay
The Detroit Free Press notes German captive Hans Peter Krug appears before the Federal Grand Jury in Detroit in a new uniform funded by Canada. Under international law Canada pays captive officers at par with officers of equal rank, with the United States adopting the same rule.
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Hans Peter Krug
Canada
Federal Grand Jury
Detroit
United States
Germany
Krug
Detroit Free Press
Radio Licenses About 89 Percent In Canada
Walter A. Rush, radio controller of the transport department, told the House of Commons radio committee that about 89 percent of radios in Canada are licensed. He noted that confirming exact licensing is hard but census data may clarify figures. a government grant to replace license revenue was considered but saturation must come first. enforcement aims to avoid hardship and targets poorly licensed centers, with inspectors focusing more on urban areas.
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Canada
Walter A. Rush
Transport Department
House of Commons Radio Committee
McCann
Lib
Renfrew South
Rush
McCane
King George refuses whip in Derby as Sun Chariot shines
The St Thomas Times Journal notes King George bans whipping for his horses, citing Big Game’s Derby loss while Sun Chariot had won the Thousand Guineas and Two Thousand Guineas. It argues the royal stance would set an example over the sport’s lashings.
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Sun Chariot
George
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Wandering Gipsies, Nomads Stir Ontario and Alberta Fears
The Lethbridge Herald notes that wandering Gipsies once common in eastern Ontario now appear less in Alberta. They travel as tinkers offering repairs and ware, often trade horses, and carry wealth evident from a $20,000 bond theft case in Raleigh township. A public image of pilfering persists though some possess means to bail.
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Chatham
French Government Drives French Workers Into German Industry
Pierre Laval pushes to mobilize French labor for German needs expanding recruitment to Unoccupied France. The regime has already shut down 1,300 French industries, freeing about 20,000 workers due to material shortages.
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Pierre Laval
France
Nova Scotia airman recalls Java guerrilla fighting
Sgt Donald Keith of Waterville Nova Scotia describes escaping Java after the Java fell and forming a makeshift infantry unit with Australian and Dutch forces. They fought bayonet actions against Japanese troops for days and survived on fruit before boarding a Chinese junk toward India then reaching Ceylon. He notes Japanese fear of bayonets and cold steel in combat.
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Donald Keith
Waterville
N.S
Java
Royal Air Force
Keith
England
Singapore
Netherlands
India
Ceylon
Can Monkeys Reason Competing for Sugar at the Zoo
Dr. Ditmars recounts a ringtailed monkey sharing a cage with a Brazilian wild dog and a coati. The dog and coati eat sugar faster, so the monkey uses a water-dipped sugar method to swallow quickly, then returns for more. The piece notes a mirror comment on Hitler’s 10 000 bombs promise.
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Dr. Ditmars
South America
Riots in Hamburg Smoke Brief Home Front Weakness
A report notes a large scale food riot in Hamburg where seven police were killed and hundreds arrested. Civilians clashed over coffee rations for troops, with fires and stones as the conflict escalated. Hamburg’s history of unrest is cited, but the piece says it does not signal collapse of Nazi control.
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Hambuerg
Hamburg
Gestapo
Haimburg
Buffalo Courier Express
Farm Safety First to Cut Farm Accidents
Dominion Department of Agriculture urges farmers to spend minutes checking for farm hazards to reduce injuries. Many agricultural workers are lost to accidents, worsened by labor shortages and the push for wartime production. Ensuring safe hay loft doors and sturdy ladders could lower the toll and aid the war effort.
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United Nations
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Air Vice Marshal lauds Canadian aircraft progress
Air Vice Marshal Harold Edwards tours Canadian aviation sites including Research Enterprise Ltd at Leaside and praises production progress. He notes Canada and England built aircraft superior to enemy models and credits Allied pooling with U S forces. Scrap metal from the 1915 German fleet aided construction of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.
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Canada
England
Harold Edwards
Edwards
Ottawa
Research Enterprise Ltd
Leaside
Col G. M Taylor
U.S Ordnance Office
Washinon
Col. Taylor
United States
Solar Eclipses Raise Yearly Minimum to Two
In a given year the smallest possible number of eclipses is two and both are solar eclipses, a rare alignment of the Sun Moon and Earth amplifying skies for observers.
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