Centurion’s Historic Role as Britain’s Deception Ship
The Centurion, longest serving dummy vessel in the Royal Navy, performed crucial misdirection in World War II. After serving as a wireless target and repairs ship, she sailed as HMS Anson to bluff enemy forces, drawing attacks away from convoys and aiding Malta operations. She survived bomb strikes, lost a turret, and later helped establish Gooseberry harbor shelters at Normandy.
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Owen
von Scheer
Jutland
Jade
Grand Fleet
Atlantic
New York
USA
Dardanelles
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
Shaw, Saville and
Albion Line
Pakeha
Revenge
Resolution
Mamari
Hermes
Firth of Forth
Scapa Flow
Scapa
Low Countries
Ministry of War Transport
Centurion
HMS Centurion
Devonport
Cape of Good Hope
Bombay
Mediterranean
Malta
Gibraltar
Indian Ocean
Suez Canal
Smiles and Kangaroos: Innocence, Kindness, and Many Species
The piece argues true smiles show innocence or peace, not contempt, and notes kangaroos exceed a hundred species. It describes big and small kangaroos, their swimming, tree-climbing, and bold behavior, urging respect for their varied natures.
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Sarnia
Record Dive Pits Piccard for Deep Sea Descent
Professor Piccard plans a record depth dive in an underwater cabin to 14,000 feet in the equatorial Atlantic. He has spent four years building a vessel to descend beyond Beebe’s 3,000 feet and will film deep sea life on the descent for scientific records.
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Professor Piccard
Beebe
Piccard
Atlantic
Brantford Court Shows Rare Courtesy From Youth
Magistrate Gillen praises a young principal in Brantford police court for using the word sir. He calls such respect refreshing and notes it is rare to see polite behavior amid a trend of insolence and disregard for elder courtesy, citing a remark from the Hamilton Spectator.
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Brantford
Gillen
Hamilton Spectator
Lime Use to Counteract Acid Soils Noted Since Ancient Times
The article notes that liming soil to offset acidic conditions harming plant growth has been practiced since the dawn of agriculture, highlighting its long history in farming.
Visitor to the Orient praises Chinese people and commerce
Letters from Earle R. Buckley YMCA worker in Chungking describe friendly Chinese people, a lively open market economy, sky-high prices for goods, and the surprising availability of consumer items in wartime Chungking. Buckley admires local hospitality and notes the wartime dollar rate and barter environment.
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Orient
Earle R. Buckley
Y.M.C.A
Chungking
Springfield
Mass
China
Roosevelt Memorial Statue Planned for Grosvenor Square
Franklin D. Roosevelt to be memorialized by a standing statue in Grosvenor Square London. Sculptor Sir William Reid Dick appointed for the monument as the Roosevelt memorial committee cites the square as wartime American activity center. Duke of Westminster agrees to convert the area into a public park.
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London
Grosvenor Square
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wiliam Reid Dick
Roosevelt
Time marches on in Vancouver Sun ramble
The Vancouver Sun reflects on progress and modernity as time marches on. It laments old notions of hell and fire while praising science and electricity as the future, noting a shift away from sulfur matches and traditional spring tonics.
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Vancouver Sun
English widow’s hens multiply after Canadian battalion notice
In wartime England a colonel warned troops about hens reportedly stolen from Mrs. Jones. Two days later her flock supposedly grew from sixteen to twenty nine, in a lighthearted account illustrating good relations between locals and Canadian troops.
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England
Canada
Queen Elizabeth Dress Moved to Toronto Museum
A gold and pearl bedecked white satin dress worn by Queen Elizabeth at a 1939 Ottawa reception has been moved from public archives to the Toronto museum. State Secretary Martin ordered the transfer to allow public viewing. the dress, sent in 1940 as a souvenir, cost $20,000.
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Queen Elizabeth
Ottawa
Toronto
Martin
Canada
Home-Aid Patterns for Household Accessories
Instruction 7448 directs dressing-table skirts bedspreads stool covers and other useful articles. Send name address and pattern number with cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man. Write plainly.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
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C Ander
Kenneth Edwards
Normandy
Osing
Holland
Canadathe People of
Netherlands
Norman Phillips
Maple Leaf
Delmenhorst
Germany
YMCA
Dr. R. Y
Wall Street
Tomer
Rose
Viscount Alexander
Alexander
Quane
Brian
Halifax
Elizabeth
Alice Brooks
John Croker
Footcray
Melbourne
Australia
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