Royal Norwegian Air Force Training in Canada for Defiance
A band of Royal Norwegian Air Force trainees, relocated to Little Norway near Toronto, trains in light Fairchild and Curtiss P-36 aircraft under British and American support. The force, formed from Norwegians in Canada the United States and opposition-pressed Norwegians, trains for a future return against Germany, funded by a mercantile fleet sailing under British charter.
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Royal Norwegian Air Force
Canada
Dorning
Norway
Sweden
England
Toronnto
Haakon
Lille Norge
Little
Lake Ontario
Oslo
United States
U.S. Army Air Corps
Wendell Willkie
Toronto
Willkie
Island
Willikde
Low
Royal Air Force
Royal Norwegian Naval Air Force
Vancouver
Pacific
Atlantic
Discovered By A Woman Mrs Clements Introduced Mustard Flour
Mrs Clements of Durham England, in 1720, perfected a method to make mustard powder from mustard seed. Since then women have used mustard as condiment and for many purposes including footpaths poultices table flavoring wine preservation and clarifying wine.
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Clements
Durham
England
Anxious To Please A Subaltern Faces Mustache Demand
A young subaltern enters a guard depot and is told by the adjutant to grow a real moustache not a Chaplin style. The interview ends with the question of any preferred color, revealing his eagerness to comply.
Roosevelt labels ships ugly ducklings sparks Senate clash
Not Ugly Ducklings President Roosevelt’s designation of ugly ducklings for 60 emergency ships built in the United States for Britain drew a protest from Admiral E S Land Maritime Commission chairman We call them dimpled darlings he told the Senate Commerce Committee.
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Roosevelt
United States
Britain
Admiral E. S. Land
Maritime Commission
Senate Commerce Committee
Great Sea Evidence Found in Midwestern Prairies
A historical note describes large reef formations of sponges in the Midwestern prairies, indicating the land was submerged under a vast sea millions of years ago.
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Midwestern States
Lorna Doone Defends Amid Dornier Attack
The paddle steamer Lorna Doone, pressed into minesweeping duty in the war, repelled three Dornier bombers near the Isle of Wight. It dodged bombs and opened fire, leaving one Dornier burning and another heavily damaged, with two crew wounded as the steamer continued on.
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Lorna Doone
Isle of Wight
No. 1 Dortier
No. 2
No 3
Overseas Daily Mail
London shelter use during blitz remains scarce
Only about three of every hundred Londoners used public shelters at night when German bombs fell. Even at the peak of the blitz the rate never exceeded 15 out of 100 for a few nights, and Londoners largely ignored day raids.
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London
Hitler
A Gardener Brings Enduring Happiness, Old Proverb Cited
A Chinese proverb suggests happiness lasts longer with gardening than quick pleasures. The entry notes Germany claims gas stations serving trucks can fill 500 containers in eight hours.
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Germany
Losses At Sea and Monthly Shipping Figures
The London Spectator argues for publishing merchant shipping losses monthly rather than weekly. It notes world‑wide losses may occur in any period and weekly reports invite later amendments and risk revealing attack results to the enemy. The article emphasizes heavy sea losses amid the ongoing Atlantic battle.
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Atlantic
London Spectator
Efficient Air Camera Boosts Night Raids Over Germany
An authoritative informant says a United States developed night photography method with a drop flash from planes lights up vast territory and activates the air borne camera during British raids on Germany. In 15 years South Africa's gold supply, supplying over half the world, is expected to near exhaustion.
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Germany
South Africa
Britain’s King George V Battleship Revealed to Readers
A Reuters report describes the King George V as a near untouchable war instrument with secret features. It highlights 16 inch armor, ten quadruple 14 inch guns, hydraulic turrets, and 152 000 shaft horsepower making the ship exceptionally fast and deadly.
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Britain
George V
Reuters
Churchill
Admiralty
Viscount Halifax
C. D Howe
United States
H. G. Wells
K.G.5
America
Lord Halifax
Navy Department
Motoring Affects Our Natures
A seventeen year old tells police that driving a car makes him lose sense of right and wrong and fuels an uncontrollable urge to steal cars. The piece argues many men become rude and dangerous behind the wheel, ignoring pedestrians and endangering others on the road.
Contrast on British Huns and Allied Nations
The passage cites Churchill stating there are less than 70 million malignant Huns, some curable and others killable, contrasted with 200 million in the self governing British Commonwealth and the United States. The remark highlights wartime demographic perspectives and geopolitical self-government during the era.
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Mr. Churchill
Churchill
British Commonwealth
United States
Needlepoint Pattern Offer From Winnipeg Arts Desk
Pattern 6979 promises a lovely needlepoint sacred picture to become a treasured heirloom. It suggests using richly colored wool and notes pattern 6970 includes a transfer image, materials, color chart, and stitch illustration. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Just For Recreation Primary Purpose Of R AF Coastal Command
The text notes coastal command aircraft normally perform reconnaissance but may also attack enemy targets after patrols. It adds a fact about blood loss tolerance in healthy individuals and mentions unusually large crabs found in Australia.
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R.af
Perishable and fragile items discarded from overseas parcels
Damaged fruit jars maple syrup eggs and bananas in army mail to Ottawa Base Post Office led to removal of 16 parcels for repacking. Officials urge secure packing fully prepaid with strong containers and multiple paper layers. Include both sender and soldier addresses and complete Custom Declaration forms for parcels to Canadian Army Overseas.
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Ottawa
Canadian Postal Corps
William P. Mulock
K.C
Two Camps Align Over Commandments and Mein Kampf
A stark divide emerges as public discourse splits into two camps. One side invokes the Ten Commandments as guiding moral authority while the opposite leans on the aggressive rhetoric of Mein Kampf in shaping views and policy.
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Gestapo
Adolf
Detroit Free Press
Toh
Australia
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