Diamond Industry Flown From Holland to Britain in War Evacuation
A Birmingham leader organized the swift transfer of the Dutch diamond trade across the North Sea to Britain as German forces advanced. The effort preserved a crucial wartime resource, with British and Dutch factories set to produce up to £2,000,000 annually in diamonds and spare parts.
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North Sea
Britain
Amwerp
Birmingham
Holland
United States
America
Teun
England
Antwerp
Birmingham University
Chemical Research Laboratories
London
Great Britain
Bata Company Celebrates One Year in Canada
The Bata Shoe Company of Canada marks its first anniversary in the country with 700 employees and a pledge of loyalty to Canada. The note frames migration as a wartime by product and cites earlier European displacements, comparing them to historic Huguenot movements that boosted British industry.
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Bata Shoe Company of Canada, Limited
Canada
Bata Company
Czecho-Slovakia
Bata
North America
United States
Europe
Prescott
Happer
British Isles
Britain
France
Ottawa Journal
Ninety Billion Humans Since Dawn of Man
The American Museum of Natural History argues about a figure of ninety billion people born since humanity began. The piece notes over two billion alive today, and contemplates the vast civilizations, art, legends, and wreckage humanity has created across millennia.
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American Museum of Natural History
Vale of Tears
Clark Gable
France
Minneapolis Star- Journal
The Seal Of Secrecy In Mystery Fiction
In Mary Roberts Rinehart style narration a confident pressman is praised for discretion as a newspaper man who keeps secrets. The text contrasts a secret kept in a journal with a journalist's public role and ends with a quirky zoological note about iguanas.
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Mary Roberts Pinehart
Sydney Post-Record
Why Maple Leaves Change Color in Fall
The article explains frost is not the cause of maple leaf color. Warm days and cool nights drive sugar buildup in leaves, producing anthocyanins that color red while yellow arises from remaining green coloring matter as the leaf dies. Frost only harms leaves, not triggers color chemistry.
Bank of England to issue Christmas season notes
London reports the Bank of England preparing five shilling notes a half crown and two shillings for Christmas. The smallest note now used is ten shillings. The Daily Herald financial editor says the notes aim at public convenience and currency balance, not inflation.
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Bank of England
London
The
Daily Herald
UC Agriculturist Studies Australian Sheep For Wool Quality
A University of California agr culturist conducts a six month study in Australia seeking sheep capable of improving wool quality for California flocks. The project aims to identify traits enhancing fiber and adaptability in the western U S state.
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University of California
Australia
California
British urbanites embrace underground shelters as shared homes
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill urging preparedness and bunk shelters for all in high risk areas. Britons welcome the plan with cheer, citing sociability and confidence that wartime housing will become a communal underground refuge rather than temporary dungeons.
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London
Churchill
German World War I relics buried safe at Imperial War Museum
Immense German artifacts from the First Great War rest in protected vaults beneath the Imperial War Museum. A torpedo, a mine, bomb fragments from London strikes, and dismantled aircraft including a Taube, a Fokker, and a Gotha are stored in packing cases under sandbags. Oil well drilling hints appear in the text.
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Imperial War Museum
London
Fokker
Resources Of Science In War And Indian Summer Lore
An article discusses Indian Summer folklore linked to Dr. Eli Bates of the New York State College of Agriculture and Dean C. J. Mackenzie of Canada’s National Research Council. It argues modern war hinges on applied science, engineering, and mobilized scientific resources in democracies and dictatorships alike.
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Eli Bates
New York State College of Agriculture
Dr. Bates
Jack Frost
Dean C. J. Mackenzie
National Research Council of Canada
British Empire
Germany
Dean Mackenzie
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
National Research Council
Churchill
Canada
Department of National Defence
Department of Munitions and Supply
Research Council
Unemployment and Relief in France and Animal Populations in India
The article cites French officials estimating 600,000 unemployed in Paris with about half aided by former employers and others on relief. Relief rates include 22 cents daily, 32 cents for married men plus 10 cents per child, and 26 cents for wives of military prisoners. It notes Indian sects forbidding killing animals and lists extensive livestock totals: 1.5 million horses, 1.33 million donkeys, 31 million buffaloes, 123 million oxen, 25 million sheep, and 35 million goats.
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Paris
India
Western fighting zone outlines Pacific defence plan
Alberta and British Columbia form a fighting zone as Canada outlines a Pacific command. Navy and air force patrol coasts to keep shipping open while armies guard ports and deter invasions. Royal Canadian Artillery batteries dot headlands and islands with infantry ready to repel landings.
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Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Navy
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