Lessons of My Life by Lord Vansittart reviewed
British diplomat Lord Vansittart, veteran of forty years in the Foreign Office and the secret service, writes a memoir titled Lessons of My Life. The review notes his harsh critique of Germany, Hitler, and the Versailles treaty, arguing German militarism and racialism shaped war, while only 25 percent of Germans are deemed "good."
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Lord Vansittart
British Foreign Ofice
Secret Service
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Lord Vanaittart
Berlin
French Liberation Plans Kept Secret by Main Allied Committee
In Algiers the French National Committee of Liberation reviewed immediate measures for liberated metropolitan France. Foreign Commissioner Rene Massigli and Henri Queille outlined plans but did not disclose details. The committee approved steps to preserve France’s artistic patrimony during liberation.
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French Commissariat
France
French National Committee of Liberation
Algiers
Rene Massigli
Henri Queille
Must Be Punished Author H G Wells Comments
Historian H G Wells in Contemporary Memoir 42 to 44 argues against killing Hitler in war. He says killing Hitler would create a national martyr for Germany and urges instead to certify him and place him in a modest asylum for criminal lunatics.
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Hitler
H. G. Wells
Germany
Dr Miller reports low salt diet aids sleep in ship hospital study
Dr Michael M Miller of the U S Marine Hospital Ellis Island New York reports a drugless method to induce sleep by reducing salt in diet. Eleven of twelve men tested found relief including six sleepless from morphine addiction and six from other causes.
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American Psychiatric Association
Michael M. Miller
U.S. Marine Hospital
Ellis Island
New York
Miller
Potatoes Dug Up Surface Cold Winter Reputation Threatened
Mrs Mary Babko reported digging up potatoes left in last fall, challenging The Past Man. reputation for unusually cold winters as she found storage roots buried and usable despite season.
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Mary Babko
Children Welfare Council Sees Need for Integrated Support
Dr George F Davidson executive director of the Canadian Welfare Council told the Winnipeg annual meeting that introducing children's allowances would likely require broader serial services for children and better integration of Dominion and provincial measures. He noted growing social welfare interest and that a consensus favors allowances within a comprehensive security program with careful supervision to prevent mismanagement.
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George F Davidson
Canadian Welfare Council
Winnipeg
Davidson
Penicillin Used In Treating Heart Disease Case
Dr. Matthew D. Levin of Brooklyn Jewish Hospital announced penicillin was used to treat sub acute bacterial endocarditis, a usually fatal heart disease. In seven cases teeth were removed and extraction sites treated with penicillin dipped gauze, with all patients reexamined up to five months later showing no traces of viridans streptococcus.
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Matthew D. Levin
Brooklyn Jewish Hospital
Levin
Ministering Servant A Screaming Shell
A Halifax Herald passage describes the Padre as a ministering servant of Christianity and a vital link between fighting men and home. It emphasizes that war blurs sectarian labels and that hunger weariness and wounds cross divisions as the Padre supports soldiers in life and death moments.
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Halifax Herald
Stars too hot for life say Jones at jubilee meeting
Sir Harold Spencer Jones told the Scottish branch of the British Astronomical Association that stars are extremely hot so life cannot exist on them. He noted Venus is arid with little oxygen and likely no plant life, while Mars is cooler than Earth and could possibly harbor life.
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Harold Spencer Jones
British Astronomical Association
Earth
Venus
Mars
Cousins and Neighbors Shape Postwar Ties
Australia and Canada, distant cousins of the British family, are described as neighbors whose Pacific role will influence the postwar order. Fred Smith of Melbourne, head of Australian United Press, spoke upon arrival at Victoria warning of their impact.
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Australia
Canada
Pacific Ocean
Fred Smith
Melbourne
United Press
Victoria
War Service Funds Reported From Canadian Press Appeal
Since the war began Canadian newspapers and groups have collected 112 000 000 dollars for war services including servicemen's comforts aid to bombed out Britons and British school children.
Churchill’s Dream House Opens as Britain Foreshadows Prefab Homes
The Churchill villa built with Lord Portal’s help features a flat roof design, a 32 foot frontage, and prefabricated steel and timber. It promises five tons of steel and half a ton of timber, aluminum foil insulation, and sprayed asbestos, costing about 2200 dollars for a four room layout with a single entrance. The home aims at export potential to dominions, with Britain producing enough to meet domestic demand.
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Churchill
Lord Portal
Dominions
Churchill Villa
Canada
Not Ready For Peace Prof Lindeman Says West Isn’t Ready
Prof E C Lindeman of Columbia University told Toronto welfare council that the western hemisphere is not ready for peace. He said the United States remains isolationist and that isolationists are the strongest bloc in the Senate. He claimed a three month U S tour found eight to one pressure for isolationism.
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E. C. Lindeman
Columbia University
Welfare Council
Toronto
Western Hemisphere
United States
Senate
Lindeman
U.S. Midwest
Postwar Europe Food Aid Packaged by Allies
The Daily Herald reports Canada Britain and the United States will supply most postwar Europe food aid. Britons face belt tightening as London papers highlight a Washington report by the combined food board detailing the plan and its implications.
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Canada
Britain
United States
Europe
Daily Herald
London
Combined Food Board of
U.S
Washington
Federal guidance on farm workers and seasonal permits
The National Selective Service outlines rules for agricultural workers taking non farm jobs for up to 60 days per year if not affecting production. Permits may be issued for winter war work in primary industries like lumbering, forestry, fishing, trapping, and mining. Returns to farm work are expected when permits end, with limited exceptions for rural seasonal work outside urban areas.
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National Selection Service
Selective Service
Stamp Out the Nazis and Prussian Militarism in Germany
The document argues that the Nazis symbolize a national spirit rooted in might makes right and calls for complete stamping out of Nazi power and Prussian militarism before Germany can become a free nation in Europe.
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Germany
Europe
Slipping German Engineers Sink Atlantic Wall Fortifications
Calgary Albertan notes a section of the Atlantic Wall fortifications near Ostend has failed due to sandy soil. Steel and concrete emplacements sunk and partially swallowed by the ground, requiring full replacement. Critics say no soil tests were done.
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Belgium
Hitler
Calgary
Prehistoric Jawbone Found in Philadelphia Linked to Clepsysaurus
Scientists at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences classify a 20 inch jawbone with 53 teeth found in suburban Philadelphia as from a clepsysaurus, a Crocodile-like creature that thrived in North Africa about 200 million years ago. The fossil marks the first jaw found on the continent and suggests a 10 to 20 feet long animal existing when dinosaurs were small.
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Philadelphia
North
Africa
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
Ontario Health Minister presents 500000 dollar cancer fund
Dr R P Vivian handed over cheques totaling 500 000 dollars to a newly formed Ontario cancer treatment and research foundation in Toronto. The group will promote knowledge of cancer treatment and coordinate existing activities.
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Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation
Ontario Health
R. P. Vivian
Toronto
Postwar Security Hinges on Real Employment and Cooperation
Principal R. Wallace of Queen's University warned that postwar social security depends on real employment at adequate wages and broad public private partnership. He estimated about 2,000,000 veterans and war-industry workers will be available for new jobs, with many not seeking work.
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Canada
Wallace
Queen's University
Kingston
Ont
Citizens’ Research Institute of Canada
Bureau of Municipal Research
Churchill discloses wartime aid to Russia in Commons
In the Commons, Churchill details wartime aid from Britain and Empire to Russia from Oct 1, 1941 to Mar 3, 1944. He cites 5,031 tanks with 1,223 from Canada, 6,778 aircraft including 2,672 from the United States, and 80,000,000 pounds of raw materials. He notes US aircraft were part of Lend Lease to the Soviets in exchange for aircraft sent to US forces, with supplies delivered via the Arctic route. He emphasizes Russia provided whatever could be taken from congested ports and affirms no boasting of Allied efforts.
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Churchill
Commons
Russia
Britain
Empire
Canada
United States
Allied patent pool aids wartime production cooperation
A brief discusses a British American patent pool enabling manufacturers from both sides to access each other's talents and inventions. The piece highlights full use of productive capacity by the two English speaking nations to defeat Nazi Germany and Japan, underscoring close Allied cooperation.
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Allied
Trans-oceanic Transport Plane Project Revealed
Douglas Aircraft announces a postwar plane design for trans-oceanic use with speeds over 400 mph and range beyond 4,000 miles. It will carry 36 passengers and begin production after the war ends, enabling non-stop New York to London flights.
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Douglas Aircraf Company
New York
London
Douglas
Productio
Magnet Used To Remove Safety Pin From Child's Throat
Physicians at St Josephs Hospital London Ontario used a magnet to remove an open safety pin from the throat of James Wayne McPherson, son of Mr and Mrs Dani McPherson of London township.
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St. Joseph's Hospital
London
Ont
James Wayne McPherso Young
Dani McPherson
Street Disaster Report From Oslo Describes Town Street Vanishing
A German news agency report from Oslo states part of a main street in a Norwegian town vanished into a chasm caused by an earthquake tremor. Authorities fear possible loss of life and injuries amid the collapse.
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Repor
Oslo
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A. U. House
Albert Houle
Anzio
Italy
Houle
Spitfire
Clepsyaurus
Transportation de Luxe
E . Harrietta
Cape Breton
N.S
Cpl
F. C. Crousse
Maritime Comrades
A. McNab
Annapolis County
A. Fricker
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