Great British convoy to Russia sacrifice shines through tragedy
The London Daily Sketch recalls the July 1942 Arctic voyage in which 24 of 35 British merchant ships were lost to U boat and air attacks while delivering munitions to Russia. It highlights Admiral Hamilton’s bold decision to attack the Tirpitz and the heavy toll on crews, noting over 30 000 seamen who died at sea.
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Russia
Admiralty
Jellicoe
Jutland
Tirpitz
Admiral Hipper
Eighth Army
el Alamein
Rommel
Cairo
Cape
Africa
Parliament
Trondhjem
Hamilton
Hipper
Admiral Hamilton
Scharnhorst
Major Cundiff
London Daily Sketch
A Soldier Finds Courage After Train Meeting at Union Station
A soldier with an empty right sleeve recalls a train night of despair and a morning encounter with an USO hostess and a kind woman. He realizes others see his abilities not his loss and resolves to go to Walter Reed Hospital to use what he has and contribute.
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Washingtons Union Station
USO
Walter Reed Hospital
Alphabet counts by language span many nations
The piece lists alphabet letter counts for several languages including Sanskrit with 49 Persian 45 Armenian 38 Russian 35 Arabic 25 English 26 French 25 and Hawaiian 12. The number 2619 appears as a figure at the end.
Food supplies per capita show little change in 1944 strikes
Combined Food Board report notes small per capita shifts across United States Canada and United Kingdom. Milk and meat supplies rise. evaporated milk falls in US and Canada. UK dries eggs improves while shell eggs fall. fresh fruit and vegetables rise in US and Canada. UK potato and citrus supplies fluctuate. UK diet poorer overall than US and Canada with less variety and palatability. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Combined Food Board
Britain
Grateful Praises Canada For Large Egg Shipments
A Manchester Evening Chronicle report credits Canada for sending large fresh egg shipments to Britain. In 32 months this year more than 24 million dozen Canadian eggs have been shipped, the first fresh eggs since 1942, with dried egg powder continuing in transit.
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Manchester
England
Britain
Canada
Canadian Sailor Describes German Death March Suffering
Ottawa sailor Sydney Bell recalls 1943 leathered march from Stalag 344 Silesia to Nordhausen in Thuringia where 3,000 Allied prisoners trudged under guard. He says 2,000 Britons died or were shot along the 140 mile route and that food was scarce and conditions brutal. Bell, captured in 1941, endured Bremen Bordeaux Wilhelmshaven camps before liberation by the British 2nd Army.
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Sydney Bell
Ottawa
Rora
RCN
Bell
Albert
Britannia Bay
Britain
Stalag 344
Silesia
Breslau
Nordhausen
Thuringia
Bell Sans
Wilhelmshaven
South Atlantic
Germany
Bordeaux
Berlin
Bremen
Himmier
2Nd Army
Hannover
Canada
Japanese Attitudes and Atrocities Discussed in Quebec
J H A Middlecoat, export official with Canadian National Railways, spoke to the University Women's Club of Quebec about Japan and China. He described Japanese Westernization versus civilization, noted atrocities, and recalled his wartime experiences in Hong Kong and aboard the Gripsholm.
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Canada
Gripsholm
Peary
British firm touts multi color screen painting on textiles
Barracks Fabrics Printing Company of Macclesfield announces a new screen painting process for silk satin and rayon printing 14 to 18 colors in one material. French buyers expect a revolution in the British textile trade as orders exceed 120000 dollars reported by the London Daily Mail.
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Barracks Fabrics Printing Company
Macclesfield
Cheshire
France
London Daily Mail
Brown-paper church sparks design interest in Norfolk
Architects and builders show interest in the brown paper church at Downham in the Isle, Norfolk, England, amid discussions on pre fabricated housing and rapid construction.
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Downham - In - the - Isle
Northfolk
England
Bluebirds motif lace for prospective brides linens
Alice Brooks promotes pattern 7481 a transfer of 20 motifs for bridal linens in natural colors featuring bluebirds and flowers. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Unit 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Manitoba to obtain pattern 7481 with name address and pattern number clearly written. Delivery may be slower than usual.
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Winnipeg
McDermot Avenue
Winnipe Man
Five Inches Shorter Wounded Michigan Veterans Visit
Lord Halifax and Charles Wood meet Michigan veterans in a report touting Wood's adjustment after losing legs in Africa. Doctors shortened his height from 6 feet 5 inches to an even 6 feet, citing altitude concerns, while he moves about inspiring amputees in hospitals.
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Michigan
Lord Halifax
T Charles Wood
Halifax
Africa
You Wood
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