Simple Measures To Block German Trade During War
The article explains Britain’s naval blockade concept and two main measures. It contrasts German indiscriminate attacks on ships with British targeted contraband controls and export seizures. It notes neutral impacts, international protests, and the emphasis on minimizing harm to noncombatants while risking some neutral losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Barker
Germany
Great Britain
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
Japan
Chantecler Poultry Breed Highlighted by Brother Wilfrid
The Regina Leader-Post from the Agricultural Institute of the Trappist Monks at Qka Quebec features Brother Wilfrid's book on aviculture. It details the Chantecler breed evolving from crosses of Cornish White Leghorn Rhode Island Red White Wyandotte Columbian Wyandotte and White Plymouth Rock.
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Regina
Agricultural Institute of the Trappist
Qka
Quebec
Wilfrid
Canada
Rhode Island
Crochet Doily Pattern 6615 for Beginners Two Sizes
Easy two size doilies pattern 6615 with instructions stitches and illustration. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg for pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Templin Precision Metal-Working Machine Demonstrated
In Pittsburgh a new Baldwin-Southwark built hydraulic press named for R L Templin is called the world’s most powerful testing device. It can exert 3,000,000 pounds in compression and 1,000,000 in tension while delicately balancing to record egg cracking pressure. The three story, 40 by 16 foot machine tested before Army Navy officials and industrial scientists.
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Pittsburgh
Templin
Aluminum Company of America
Baldwin-Southwark Corporation
Philadelphia
R. L. Templin
Mr. Templin
Army
Navy
Britain Newsheadlines: Air Chiefs Rotate Posts
Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham returns to England to take a new post of great responsibility after four months in Canada as air liaison officer in chief. Air Vice-Marshal L. D. D. McKean becomes chief air liaison officer in Canada, succeeding Sir Robert. Also notes that direct triangulation measures 2,500 light years and indirect 7,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Brooke-Popham
Canada
United Kingdom
Air Laison
England
National Defence Department
L. D. D. McKean
Shropshire
Britain
Sir Robert
Germany Buys Old Phonograph Records For Shellac Supply
Germany is purchasing about 3,000,000 old phonograph records yearly to obtain shellac. The program aims to secure material used in manufacturing specialty items and record production relies on recycled shellac inputs.
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Germany
What Kind Of Peace After The War
The piece argues that peace after victory remains uncertain and contested. It notes more speculation about the postwar peace than about the war’s course, urging imaginative focus on the kind of peace to be made once the war ends.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Soils Rich in Zinc Favor Clay Over Sand Deposits
A chemist notes that fine soils like clays likely hold more zinc, the plant food element, than coarse sandy soils. The finding highlights soil texture as a factor in micronutrient availability for crops.
Courage and hunger as Britain braces for war food needs
The Detroit Free Press surveys Britain's blunt stance on increasing food production during wartime and conserving supplies, comparing public resilience with Nazi censorship. It notes Lloyd George and Chamberlain warn of acute shortages, likening Britain’s stance to a civic duty where government serves the people and land belongs to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Chamberlain
Mr. Lloyd George
Great Britain
Detroit
Japan pursues nylon-like fibre despite early weaknesses
Japan aims to develop a fibre akin to American nylon but reports indicate the product is still weak in certain aspects.
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Japan
Greater London Population Before Wartime Evacuation
The article states Greater London had a population of 8 655 000 before wartime evacuation measures began. It notes the city’s size and potential implications for shelter and resource planning during the impending conflict.
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Greater London
Chalk Rock of Gibraltar Breaks Easily
The Rock of Gibraltar is made of chalk and tends to fracture easily, a fact noted in historical geology discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock of
Gibraltar
Royal Ca Assumes Responsibility For Defence Of Coast
An authority on nutrition urges cooks in Canada to reuse vegetable cooking water to preserve vitamins and minerals. The Royal Canadian Navy has defended Canadian coasts since war began, with about 6,000 officers and men, expanding fleets, coast patrols, convoy duties, and port inspections across Canada and Newfoundland.
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Canada
Government of
Canadian Observer
Canadian
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Canadian Air Force
Newfoundland
West Indies
Atlantic
Navy
Seaboard
Plains
Fish For Britain Inspired by Robertson Plan to Import Nova Scotia Seafood
The London Daily Herald notes Conservative MP David Robertson of Streatham has broad backing from the British fishing industry for a scheme to ship fish from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to Britain. Special warehouses in Nova Scotia would store Banks fish under a new refrigeration method before the regular thousands of tons are loaded aboard specially fitted carriers convoyed across. The plan claims inexhaustible supplies beyond Nazi bombers and within British waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily Herald
David Robertson
House of Commons
Streatham
Britain
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Great Britain
Bees Kill Elephant in India and Italian Infant Mortality Rate
A swarm of bees killed an elephant in Dholpur after it disturbed a tree branch. The elephant collapsed and died following the attack. Separately, Italian infant mortality reached about 110 per 1000 live births in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dholpur
India
Italy
Lions in Africa Labeled Vermin Across Regions
In Africa, lions are commonly classified as vermin by various authorities and communities. The designation affects management, conservation debates, and human-lion conflict responses across multiple countries and ecosystems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Berlin Seizes Astrological Year Books for 1940
Berlin police ordered confiscation of all astrological calendars and year books for 1940 amid fears they forecast disturbing events. Authorities said Germans must forgo superstitions to maintain tranquility of spirit as foreign calendars warned of lurid predictions.
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Berlin
Queen visits disabled veterans at Star and Garter home
The Queen visited disabled veterans of the First Great War at the Star and Garter home in Richmond. She walked through the common room as men played cards and talked, urging them to continue their games and stopping to chat with them along the way.
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Star and Garter
Richmond
Quenching House Cools Coke After Ovens Switch
In steel making a quenching house rapidly cools hot coke by water spray as it exits coke ovens, preventing deformation and stabilizing temperature for downstream processing. The process helps control coke quality and handling in the blast furnace chain.
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Alice
Earth
Royal Ca
Fish For
California
Ond
Kentfield Sons
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