Empire spans East of Suez shaping war effort
The text surveys Britain's overseas reach and wartime mobilization across India, Burma, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and other dominions. It highlights India's role as a key supply hub, industrial growth, naval and air forces, and war orders for Britain. It notes South Africa and Australia’s defense buildup, New Zealand’s output, and overall Commonwealth mobilization and expenditures.
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South Africa
Rhodesia
Palestine
India
Ceylon
Burma
Malaya
Honk Kong
Australia
New Zealand
Commonwealth
Robert Brooke-Popham
Far East
China
East Indies
Egypt
Suez Canal
Singapore
Britain
Iraq
Union
Canada
United States
Ilford ARP wardens rely on Jean Findlay as chief woman district head
Mrs. Jean Findlay, 30, leads Ilford's ARP in 17 000 houses and 54 400 residents with 800 wardens. She is the only woman district warden in London, commands orders through male volunteers, and fears her aging bicycle more than bombs. Hydrogen can fill 750 quarts from one pound.
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Ilford
London
Jean Findlay
A.R.P
All in or all out war talk and a spy ear device
A London restaurant tale follows a blonde woman with a deaf ear listening device as she retrieves a missing transmitter. A police inspector checks if she is a spy. A judge permits the Ribbetrops of Hartford to change names to Robinson. Canadian and Australian war terms contrast. George I could not speak English.
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London Daily Sketch
London
Ribbentrops
Alvin Arnold de Ribbentrops
Hartford, Conn
Robinson
Canada
Australia
Beaver comeback fuels northern welfare in James Bay
Mines and Resources reports show beaver populations rising in James Bay preserves. From 230 in 1933 to over 8,000 today, with Rupert's House rising from 162 to 6,454 by 1940. Governments and Hudson's Bay Company back sanctuaries using Indian wardens. trapping allowed only after population reaches 4,000. Beaver on Chariton and Akimiski islands also up, with releases and recent trapping starting.
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Beaver
Canada
James Bay Area
Dominion
Quebec
Ontario
Hudson's Bay Company
Rupert's House
Chariton Island
Akimiski Island
James Bay
Akimiski
How Minutes Got Their Name From The Pathfinder
The Pathfinder records describe minutes as notes taken in small characters during a meeting. These minutes were later corrected and engrossed in larger permanent letters, giving the term its name.
Australian War Factories Expand at Sydney Plant
About 3,000 revolvers are expected to turn out for the Australian Imperial Force. A new pistol-making plant is being erected at Sydney, New South Wales to support war production and meet military needs.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Famous RCMP Dog Dale Retired After Notable Service
The 1939 40 Royal Canadian Mounted Police annual report notes the retirement of Dale a Alberta born shepherd dog who saved a life in a blizzard aided a missing child search and located stolen articles. Dale helped protect royal visitors and searched boxcars and buildings before the royal train arrived at Unity Saskatchewan. He is succeeded by others such as Tell Black Lux Sultan Tuff Perky Chief Egon and Bacchus with their own records of service.
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Canada
S. T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dale
Alberta
Unity
Sask
Tell
Black Lux
Sultan
Tuff
Perky
Egon
Bacchus
Refugee Doctors Allowed in British Medical Register
Refugee doctors including Germans and Italians may be temporarily added to the British Medical Register. The step follows increased wartime demand for medical services and aims to bolster physician numbers abroad.
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Germany
Italy
Rug crochet pattern 6896 from Dusehols Arts
Instructions for making a chrysanthemum rug in four strand crochet with candlewick style and two to three colors. Pattern 6896 includes materials, color schemes, illustrations, and stitches. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E. in Winnipeg.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Transatlantic air travel via clippers expands from Lisbon route
The New York Times reports a rapid rise in flying boat service as Pan American adds flights from New York to Lisbon this spring and summer. The refugee route via Africa and South America offers fuel savings and greater payload, aiding faster westbound crossings and easing European pressures.
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Africa
South America
Clippers
August Loeb
New York Times
Pan- American Airways
New York
Lisbon
European
New World
Azores
Bermuda
Europe
England
Tagus
Netherlands
Junkers
Lufthansa
Berlin
Lyons
Marseilles
Barcelonia
Rome
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Strait of Gibraltar
Moroccan
Canaries
Senegal Gambia
Atlantic
Jeba
Belama
South Atlantic
A Gallant Leader Kent Receives Polish Honor
Squadron Leader Kent, a 25 year old former Winnipeg man and Royal Air Force officer, tested balloon barrage cables 18 times during the war earning the Air Force Cross. He later led the Polish Squadron and now commands again as Poland adds its decoration to Britain’s. The description notes his delicate hands and poet like appearance while acknowledging his hardened resolve.
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Atticus
Financial Post
Winnipeg
R.A.F
Poland
Kent
Government boosts Indian health funding to build Sardis hospital
The Indian Affairs director announced a $37,605 increase in the Indian health budget, totaling $1,442,217. The funds support expanding tuberculosis control and the construction of a new 176 bed hospital at Sardis in British Columbia, part of the two year campaign progress.
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H. W. McGill
Indian Affairs
Sardis
Tons Of Gold Largest Treasure Ever Assembled Under One Roof
Secret movement of 8.5 billion dollars worth of gold from New York to Fort Knox was completed. The Kentucky vault holds about 14.6 billion in gold, locked in bomb proof subterranean vaults, with mechanized guards and a fortress surrounding the deposit. The vast pile represents about half of all monetary gold worldwide, with the U S treasury owning roughly 22.2 billion in gold across vaults.
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New York
Fort Knox
Kentucky
United States
Pharaaha
Egypt
Spain
Bagdad
The
Treasury
Post Office Department
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Suez
Indian Ocean
South Pacific
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Royal Indian Navy
Red Sea
Indian
Bombay
Hooghly
Indian Air Force
Royal Air Force
H. J. van der Byl
War Supplies Board
George I
Washington Post
Dusehols Arts
Southern
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