Russia readies for long war and postwar reorganization
The decree orders permanent settlement in Eastern Russia for evacuated workers and factories moved from the West. Officials forecast a vast, orderly population shift of up to about ten million to Siberia and the Urals, with new plants rising in Asiatic Russia to surpass prewar western output.
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Soviet Russia
Russia
Thai
Railiiona
Soviet Union
European
Urals
Hitler
Europe
Siberia
Siberian
West
Ukraine
Donbass
Dairy Cows Ration Uses Wheat to Cut High Protein Feed
Dairy cows in milk require generous rations rich in nutrients especially proteins and minerals. Legume hays can reduce the need for costly high protein feeds while allowing more cereal use. Wheat may replace up to one third of the total grain ration for milking cows.
Department of Munitions and Supply contracts totaled billions
The department awarded contracts and commitments last year totaling 2.1 billion dollars. At an average rate this equates to about 8 thousand dollars per minute or a new contract every minute of the day.
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Department of Munitions and Supply
Conserve Gasoline Demand Calls for Saving Fuel
A bomber flight from London to Berlin and back needs as much gasoline as twelve average cars do for Halifax to Vancouver and back. The appeal urges drivers to conserve fuel amid wartime shortages.
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London
Berlin
Halifax
Vancouver
Indian troops deployed from Libya to Malaya
India fields one million soldiers scattered from Libyan battlefields to Malay jungles as global war effort expands.
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India
Libya
Resistance printers in Paris start clandestine paper Vaimy
Paul Simon, a veteran and Medaille Militaire holder, leads four men and a girl forming the Groupe de Resistance. From Paris dining rooms they print and distribute posters and the underground paper Vaimy, while evading the Gestapo and eyeing Britain. The group grows from 50 copies to hundreds as posters boost morale and resistance.
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France
Groupe de Resistance
Paul Simon
Medaille Militaire
Britain
Gestapo
Vaimy
Paris
Simon
Simeon
Frst
BBC News
Pantagruel
Liberation
Petain
Escape From Norway Courage Amid Sea Peril
A 70 foot cutter carrying five and three children escapes Nazi danger between Norway and England. A German plane strafes the deck as a 20 year old helmsman is fatally wounded. Nurse revives others but the youth dies. the craft reaches Lerwick that night and proceeds to London for repairs.
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North Sea
Norway
England
Elsa Johansen
Roy
Lerwick
Shetland Island
London
Religious makeup of India and rural population spirit
The Hindus form 71 percent of India's religious population and Mohammedans 23 percent. About 80 percent of Indians live in villages. A term jerry designates a German airman in British usage.
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India
Camels Live Up To Name in Osa Johnson’s New Book
Osa Johnson mocks camels as cry babies in her safari memoir. She notes their constant whining from dawn to dusk during loads, movement, and even when watched by handlers. The aging lead camel is described as a chronic complainer, snorting and groaning at every command.
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Osa Johnson
Birth of William Henry Andrew Frederick Prince
The London Daily Mail reports the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester named their son William Henry Andrew Frederick at birth. England has had no Prince William since King William IV who died in 1837. The newborn Prince William is fourth in line to the Throne.
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Gloucester
William Henry Andrew Frederick
London Daily Mail
England
Prince William
William IV
Power Of Gasoline Could Drive 450 Miles Per Gallon
Scientific American explains gasoline has the potential to propel a car 450 miles per gallon if complete engine, vehicle, and highway efficiency could be achieved. With fourteen gallons a new model could travel 6,300 miles at twenty mph on a level road, assuming no losses from friction, heat, wind, or other factors.
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Scientific American
Government plans reorganization of vegetable industry
The Australian Government aims to reorganize vegetable growing to guarantee supplies of fresh canned and dehydrated foods for military use. In Canada government recognition of tomatoes as essential food secures canning processing support.
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Canada
Giant Canadian food purchase by Munitions and Supply
The Department of Munitions and Supply reports a three month total purchase of 25,000,000 pounds of food. This giant caterer indicative of the foodstuffs required by the three armed services highlights wartime provisioning in Canada.
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Armed Services
Canada
Department of Munitions and Supply
Borrowing Trouble With High Interest In The Long Run
A saying notes that trouble can be borrowed without collateral but carries enormous interest over time, implying hidden costs and consequences of risky financial choices. The statement uses a metaphor to warn against leveraging trouble for short term gain.
Learned From British Army on Air Defences
The War Office said US officers are using Britain s lessons in aircraft defences to prepare for Pacific coast bomber threats. Studies started before US entry, covering battery visits, technical schools, morale and fitness, and overall anti air measures.
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United States Army
Britain
British War Office
Japan
Pacific Coast
United States
The Real Europe by Anne O'Hare McCormick
The Europe that was remains inarticulate yet present in nations with democratic systems. Divisions of interest hinder unity, so overnight transformation into slave states is folly. Occupation cannot redefine Europe, and Hitler's premise about submerged Europe being an ally to freedom is misleading.
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Anne O'Hare McCormick
New York Times
Europe
Hitler
Freedom
England’s First Census Conducted in 1801
The article notes that the initial census in England occurred in the year 1801, marking a historic population counting milestone for the nation.
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England
Naughtiest Age Said to Be 13 for Boys
A claim states the average boy’s life reaches its naughtiest phase at age thirteen. The remark reflects opinions on adolescence and behavior.
British Defiant two seater fighter leads turret era over Dunkirk
British armament designers unveil the Defiant, a two seater fighter armed with a power operated four gun turret. It delivers devastating fire as pilots report enemy planes disintegrating in the air. Dunkirk highlights include a Madras squadron destroying at least 60 German aircraft and a record 38 kills in one day. Canadian, Australian, Polish, Czech crews fly Defiants with Newfoundland forming a squadron.
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Louis Hunter
Dunkirk
Britain
Madras
Newfoundland
Halifax outlines air support and Pacific outlook at Springfield meeting
Viscount Halifax British ambassador to the United States spoke in Springfield Illinois about unity to defeat menaces and prolong Allied air and naval strength in the Pacific. He warned of a bad patch ahead but viewed the longer course as hopeful while criticizing limited air support in Malaya Singapore and RAF strain from France Britain Battle of Britain and Archangel supply needs.
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Springfield
Ill
Viscount Halifax
United States
Pacific
Lord Halifax
Malaya
Singapore
Royal Air Force
Britain
France
Syria
Russia
Archangel
Eye facet counts contrast June bug with other insects
The report notes that a June bug has about 9 000 eye facets while some insects can possess up to 25 000 facets, highlighting significant variation in compound eye structure.
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