The Fascist Dream of a Mighty Roman Empire Shattered by War
The piece argues Mussolini pursued a costly colonial project with vast Libya investments and public works that yielded few returns. It cites Libyan colonists, rains of funds, and strategic bases, noting Balbo’s role and the collapse of empire plans as Italy enters war. It laments the plight of Italian settlers and the harsh consequences for the Italian people.
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Mussolini
Forman
Africa
Libya
Duce
Mediterranean
Marshal Balbo
Italian East Africa
Abyssinia
Italy
Italan Africa
Dodecanese Islands
Albania
Marshal Graziani
British Mothers Praised for Courageous Evacuee Care
Charlotte Whitton of the Canadian Welfare Council lauds 700 British mothers sent to Canada with children, noting their resilience and quick adoption of work to support families. She cites cases of stern determination, from a 70 year old estate owner to a woman who underwrote her family by driving a truck back in England.
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Canada
Charlotte FE. Whitton
The
Canadian Welfare Council
Chicago
Miss Whitton
England
Africa
Telegram Singing Misadventure At Eastern College
Parents paid a dollar and a half for a singing telegram intended for their daughter at college in the east. A messenger was hired to sing it at dinner but quit after delivery. A second messenger also resigned upon learning the task.
Stamp surplus fuels collectors and dealers stock
About 100,000,000 United States postage stamps are sold annually not for use in the mails, but for collections and dealers stacks.
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United States
Apple pie for breakfast sparks hotel menu change
A Vermont hotel defies tradition by listing apple pie on breakfast, citing health authorities on morning eating. The piece notes that meals vary by vocation and culture, with New England apple pie a long-standing custom alongside other breakfast options. The Welland canal connects Lakes Erie and Ontario at Welland Ontario.
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Vermont
Emily Post
New England
Kitchener
Welland Canal
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Welland, Ontario
British Free Agent Philby Freed From Prison
British authorities release Harry St John Philby the Arabian explorer and former British political agent in the Near East. He opposed Britain entering the war and was detained under emergency regulations. It is expected he will be sent to the Near East to work with Arab leaders whom he influenced, including connections to Lawrence of Arabia and Ibn Saud.
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Harry St. John Philby
Near East
Said
Philby
Lawrence of Arabia
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
New Greek Campaign Deux Innovations Noted by British Officer
A British officer cites two German innovations in Greece the campaign features light fast tanks armed with two pounder cannons and parachutes possibly opened by an explosive gust. He notes parachutists near the Corinth Canal were dropped from a very low altitude.
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Greece
Corinth Canal
Memory Course Leads to Lost Hotel and Car Found in L A
Jack Armstrong of Amarillo Texas misplaced his hotel and automobile in Los Angeles. Police traced his lodging after 16 calls and found both items nearby. The article notes that black walnut heartwood develops slowly, only after 80 to 100 years. A proverb closes with a caution about people who worsen situations.
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Jack Armstrong
Amarillo
Tex
Los Angeles
Armstrong
Pattern 6959 Towels Embroidery for Wedding Shower
Pattern 6959 offers a transfer of 12 motifs from 5 by 10 inches to 44 by 5 inches for His and Hers towel embroidery. It shows stitch illustrations and color schemes and lists required materials. Send 20 cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 Mc Dermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man for this pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Alice Brooks
Salvage Crews Restore Damaged Ships Saving Navy Resources
A wartime memoir praises British naval salvage teams for rescuing ships damaged by bombs and storms. It cites multiple cases: a destroyer saved after a near-water deck, a merchant vessel fire controlled by beaching and flooding holds, a tanker refloated after bomb and torpedo damage, and two destroyers salved from rocky shores. Salvage work saved millions and kept ships in service despite extreme risks.
Civilian Unbeatables Honor List From The British Gazette
The British Official Gazette lists civilians awarded the George Medal for bravery amid wartime bombings. Examples include Thomas Davis, a Liverpool constable who crawled into a bomb shelter wreck to rescue others and held debris in place for an hour. Mary Newman, an assistant nurse who comforted a boy as debris fell and a gas main threatened asphyxiation. Walter Field and Owen Parsloe who rescued a pinned woman by jacking rubble and cutting through with a hacksaw. The article extols the valor of civilians undaunted by bomb blasts and danger.
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Thomas Davis
Liverpool
Mary Newman
Southampton
Walter Field
ARP
Owen Parsloe
Bromley
Field
Parsloe
Hitler
New York Times
Smoke Signals Bring Indian Recruits From Christian Island
In April Major W. M. Thompson of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters received a draft of volunteers from the Christian Island settlement. With roads impassable and no other communications, three Indians lit fires and sent smoke signals to alert headquarters at Penetanguishene while rowing a heavy boat to reach the mainland for the service.
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Christian Island
Georgian Bay
Penetanguishene
Boundary Town Beeble Plain Straddles Two Nations
Beeble Plain sits half in Vermont and half in Quebec with a post office built exactly on the U S Canada boundary line. This cross border locality marks a unique twin jurisdiction in the region.
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Beeble Plain
Vermont
Province of
Quebec
United States
Canada
Three Generations Vanished in London Bombing
A single bombing night killed three children, their parents, and their grandfather in their London home. The family perished when the blast demolished the residence, leaving behind a devastated neighborhood and questions about the attack.
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London
Snail Climbs Highest Point on Isolated Plane
An isolated plane forces a snail to ascend toward the highest point, avoiding the lowest ground. The behavior demonstrates a simple gradient-driven movement toward elevation with no descent to the bottom.
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Charlies Towers
Assab
Herblock
Lynchburg News
Holy City
Mecca
Vogue
Taffran
Admiralty
George
Broken Fee
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