Week In The Canadian Army Tested By Overseas Reporters
Overseas army special reports on a Canada based visit describe a nine hour Atlantic crossing and a week touring Canadian units. The duo interview General McNaughton and observe Dieppe veterans, engineering brigades, armored tanks, artillery, and commando drills. They note stringent training in Britain and warn readers of the scale of wartime preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNaughton
Dieppe
Army
Navy
Reign Of Terror List Of Executions Carried Out By Germans
The inter Allied information committee reports the total executions in occupied Europe nearing 250000. France accounts for 207373, Poland 200000, with other nations listing thousands more including Crete 1500 and Greece 40 on Mytilene plus hostages in France and North Africa. The report covers trials executions hostages and concentrations camp deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
inter-Allied Information Committee
Otto von Stuelpnage
France
United Nations
London
Poland
Reinhard Heydrich
Czecho-Slovakia
Crete
North Africa
Belgium
Greece
Athens
Mytilene
Macedona
Netherlands
R.A.F
Britain
Norway
Yugoslavia
Luxembourg
Warsaw
Gestapo
To Save Coal Londoners Asked To Catch And Use Rainwater
The Metropolitan Water Board urges Londoners to collect rainwater in barrels or tubs to save tap water. Target is one fifth of daily 300 million gallons, about 60 million gallons, saving 90 tons of coal daily. Chair Henry Berry says every drop needs pumping. using rainwater for washing helps the Save Fuel campaign. Do not use rainwater for drinking or cooking. it saves soap when used for scrubbing and dish-washing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Metropolitan Water Board
London
Henry Berry
Sir Hubert Wilkins Seeks Breathable Boots for Army Use
Explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins visited the B F Goodrich Co in Akron Ohio on a government assignment to develop a shoe that breathes for soldiers in extreme cold. He explained moisture build up in long marches can freeze feet if wounded and forced to stand on icy ground, so breathable footwear could prevent serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Akron
Ohio
Sir Hubert
B. F. Goodrich Co
Uncle Sam
Girl Guide Joyce Fagg Receives Silver Cross for Gallantry
Joyce Fagg a 17 year old London voluntary hospital worker has earned the Silver Cross of the Girl Guides Association for gallantry after aiding a man wounded by German shell fire and acting promptly in danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Fagg
London
The
Girl Guides’ Association
Byron's One Meal Diet Linked to Potatoes and Vinegar
The hint suggests Lord Byron kept a strict one meal daily regime. He reportedly ate a baked potato with vinegar to maintain a slender figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Byron
Goodbye and the origin of its phrase
The word goodbye derives from the longer expression God be with you once common in English. Over time the phrase shortened through regular speech to the modern contraction goodbye, fading the explicit blessing yet preserving its farewell intent.
Prediction of 1955 helicopter age by Igor Sikorsky
The Halifax Herald reports Igor Sikorsky, a noted Russian writer, foresees 1955 as the era when cars fade like horses. He envisions a new compact helicopter performing practice flights and costing less than today’s low-priced cars, capable of vertical takeoff from home backyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igor Sikorsky
Halifax Herald
Shorthand Promises Time Savings Echo Goethe Quip
An advertisement extract from a business college in The Wall Street Journal extols shorthand boosting efficiency. It claims many illustrations prove its advantages and quips that Goethe spent 40 years writing Faust, implying shorthand could have saved him time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wall Street Journal
Goethe
Faust
There Was A Limit
A war era tale features a heroine who rises quickly in a ladies volunteer unit. She spends on uniforms and drills, acting as a model volunteer before proposing she train a substitute for her duties in case of an air raid. She fears going out during an air raid, revealing human fragility behind service.
To Spend a Million at $1,000 a Day Through 1942
Reader's Digest notes that spending $1,000 daily from the start of the Christian era to August 1, 1942 would total about $709,163,000. At that rate a billion would require 796 more years, until AD 2739.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reader's Digest
Lady MacRobert remembered for wartime gifts to RAF squadron
The Buffalo Courier-Express notes Lady MacRobert of Scotland, widow of three sons lost in action, funded a bomber and now donates four Hurricane fighters to the RAF in the Middle East. Her son Flight Lieutenant Roderick MacRobert serves in the same squadron, upholding a family tradition amid war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac- Robert
Scotland
Roderick MacRobert
Royal Air Force
Middle East
MacRobert
R.A.F
Lieut
Buffalo Courier-Express
Conflict of Ideas on Unity and Global Dominion
The passage argues that invention shrinks the world and borders lose meaning. It presents a clash between domination and freedom, comparing a Hitler Japanese-ruled Asia and European under Germany to a democratic, interdependent system. It states democracy must expand or be lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Japan
Europe
Germany
BBC Tells the World With Vast Radio News Network
The BBC broadcasts in 43 languages with 38 hours 27 minutes daily, 22 English bulletins and 107 in other languages. A staff of trained reporters curates concise summaries and specialized reports, delivering rapid coverage from sites like New Delhi during Cripps mission and Dieppe raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
BBC Empire News Service
Stafford Cripp
India
New Delhi
Dieppe
CBC
St. Thomas
Troops find Mesolithic flint site in Britain trenches
Major A G Wade urged troops to report finds from trenches in 1940. Private W Scott uncovered Mesolithic dwelling pits near his camp, confirmed by Major Wade and Mr Kendrick of the British Museum. Flint artifacts are tiny and their use remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
A. G. Wade
London Times
R. A. Prescott
Ringwood
Hants
New Forest
Plumley Heath
T. D. Kendrick
British Museum
Catterick
W. Scott
Royal Canadian Army
Wade
Scott
Kendrick
A Tall Order Lieutenant Demands For Safe Passage
A lieutenant faced a swamp crossing with 20 men. He asks for 18 foot tall men to cross the 15 foot deep mire, revealing the impossible wish to complete the task. The colonel insists on a proper written order detailing needs.
Nazi air marshal receives Rising Sun decoration from Japan
The BBC, heard in New York by CBS, reports Hermann Goering has been awarded the Grand Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese emperor to mark the second anniversary of the tripartite pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Goering
Tokyo
BBC
Japan
New York
CBS
Also Mentioned on This Page
Overseas Army
V. Charters
Beampton
Cofrahorstion
Walter Legge
Granby
Ordnance Corps
U.S
Girl Guide
Malta
Grand Harbor
Future Wonders
Anne O’hare McCormick
New York Times
Warsaw Ghetto
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!