Careful King Inspects Troops For Royal Visit Fascination
The King arrives by limousine and transfers to a Bren carrier to inspect Canadian and British units. Generals, officers, and war correspondents converge as air protection, blank squadrons, and parade-ground discipline frame a tense but ceremonial inspection. Citizens line roads to cheer as the king greets soldiers and medals catch his eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W A. Wilson
London
Corps
Royal Horse Guards
A. G. L. McNaughton
Scotland Yard
Luftwaffe
McNaughton
Bisley
Churchill rebuffs call to curb wartime saluting rules
Prime Minister Churchill rejects a demand from Capt. B V Kirby to stop saluting in London and other large cities. He defends saluting as an acknowledgement of the King's Commission and a courtesy to Allied officers, saying no city should be singled out. The text also notes brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
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Churchill
Britain
B. V. Kirby
Labor
London
House of Commons
Looting Amid Evacuations Dims Dutch War Zone Defences
Reported looting by German forces targets evacuated civilians and their belongings. Evacuees were told to leave fixtures and furnishings intact, then German lorries removed items to the Reich. Many buildings in The Hague and defense zones were razed and materials moved to Germany for reconstruction.
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Reich
Hague
Germany
Red Cross Hospital
The
Jews Sold to Germany in Axis Financing Claim
A Stockholm report in the London Daily Express says 80 000 Jews were sold to Germany by the Axis dominated Czecho Slovakian Government for 50 000 000 marks to restore finances after Slovakia’s debts, tied to Nazi failures to pay.
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London Daily Express
Stockholm
Germany
Germans Restamp Ration Cards to Stop Bogus Use
Word from Stockholm says German authorities are restamping all food ration cards to prevent their use with counterfeit cards dropped by the Royal Air Force. The move aims to tighten control over rationed supplies and curb fraud.
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Stockholm
R.A F
Netherlands Indies forces reinforced in Australia training and equip
The Netherlands Indies Government Information Service announced reinforcement of forces based in Australia. Reinforcements will undergo final training in Australia and receive modern equipment. The Netherlands Indies Army, Air Forces, and Dutch Merchant Marine are reorganized in Australia. The Indies fleet has been regrouped on a reduced scale with greater dash and power and has resumed action against the enemy.
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Netherlands
Australia
Netherlands Indies
Five Year Old Declared Panchen Lama Reincarnation
Chinese press reports a five year old boy from Lihwa Sikang province as the true reincarnation of the Panchen lama who died November 30 1937. Despatches say leaders of the lamaist Buddhist sect including a brother of the late Panchen lama gather in Lihwa for enthronement. The boy is one of three divine children born near the late lama's death.
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Lihwa
Sikang
China
Tibet
Australian Jungle Warfare School Taught to Fight Japs
Australian soldiers train in a jungle warfare program on a remote highland site. Experienced instructors from Malaya and New Guinea lead the course while Mel Ward teaches bush tucker and edible plants. Troops endure austere conditions, endure leeches and mosquitoes, and learn silent movement and river crossings to complete a 1000 yard blitz in twenty minutes.
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School of
Empire Press Union
Australia
W Caldbeck Moore
Sydney Daily Telegraph
Thomases
Tucker
N.c.o.’S
Malaya
New Guinea
Ceylon
Mel Ward
Outback
Ward
French Missionary Visits Edmonton from Lower Post
Rev. Pierre Poullet, a 30 year old French born priest, toured Edmonton after six years at the Sikanni Indian trading post of Lower Post on the Liard River. He built a mission among the Sikanni and has served as auxiliary chaplain to the U. S. Army in the region. His home is near Lille, France, and two of his brothers are wartime prisoners.
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Pierre Poullet
Edmonton
Lower Post
Liard River
U.S. Army
Father Poullet
Lille
France
Charming Embroidery Pattern For nursery linens and garments
by Alice Brooks describes a transfer embroidery design with 26 motifs 4x5 inches to 14x2 inches in soft pinks and blues. Pattern 7491 costs twenty cents sent to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. mail delays may occur.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
Ties of Friendship between English and French urged
Gen de Gaulle announces a social club for Fighting French Forces and French speaking people with British friends to strengthen ties of friendship considered essential at the present time.
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de Gaulle
The Monkey Wrench Name Origin Question
A note questions the origin of the monkey wrench saying it may have been invented by Moncke, a London blacksmith, but available evidence is scant and unproven.
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Moncke
London
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R.C.A.F
Royal Canadian Air Force
Joe Murphy
Penetanguishene
Ont
Boy
Air Force Headquarters
Canada
Great Barrier Reef
Northern Post
Alice Brooks
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