Attu Island Described As Bleak Rocky Outpost In Aleutians
Smithsonian anthropologist Dr Ales Hrdlicka portrays Attu as a stark barren rock with no trees and minimal animal life. He notes constant mists and rain, rugged coasts, and a 1000 mile supply line would challenge any Japanese occupation attempt.
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Aleutian Islands
Preas
Ales Hrilicka
Smithsonian Institute
Aleutians
North America
Attu Island
Attu
Aleutian
Hrdlicka
Islands
Coast Guard
Second Front Decision Must Await Allied Readiness
Mr. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, warned a British audience that a premature second front could harm Russia and the allied cause. He stressed that only authorities with full facts should decide, noting Britain’s aid to the Soviet Union and the united effort of the United Nations after Germany attacked Poland. Ottaws Journal.
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Admiralty
Russia
Western
Europe
Britain
United States
China
Germany
Hitler
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
France
Poland
United Nations
Italy
Japan
Ottaws Journal
Mutual defence pact between Mexico and Cuba signed
Mexico and Cuba have signed a mutual defence treaty allowing warships and aircraft to operate in each other’s territorial waters without restriction. The agreement aims to bolster anti submarine defences in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico regions.
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Mexico
Cuba
Caribbean Sea
Guilt
Mothers War Ad Urges Savings to Beat Hitler
A wartime exhortation highlights heavy drinkers and propaganda imagery claiming four gallons of alcohol fuel a synthetic fire and urging purchase of War Savings Certificates to aid the war effort.
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Hitler
Royal Navy depot ships known as “mothers” arm and sustain fleet units
The depot ships, called mothers, anchor in harbors to support destroyers submarines and other small craft. Adamant carries eight 4.5 inch guns and can reach 17 knots. Each ship provides shops a theatre a doctor a sick bay and four operating theatres with ample stores and oil for subs.
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Royal Navy
Adamant
Laughter Cures Anger A Father’s Silly Lesson
In a Radio Digest anecdote H M Fox recalls his father teaching temper control. Polishing a single pane with his brother on opposite sides of a French door triggered fits of laughter, ending the quarrel. Fox notes picturing the other person cleaning the pane helps anger pass.
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H. M. Fox
Radio Digest
Civilian Pilots Aid Red Air Force in War Front
The Red Air Force increasingly uses civilian pilots who shifted from peacetime flying to hazardous supply missions for ammunition food and medical staff to the front. They relay with guerrillas in rear areas and have been decorated for bravery.
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London Daily Sketch
Red Air Force
Finished duck shooting turn in old boots for Arctic overshoes
A wartime appeal urges readers to donate old hip-waders to supply three Arctic overshoes for soldiers in Labrador Baffin Land or the Queen Charlotte Islands. The message warns against letting victory investments be too little or too late.
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Labrador
Baffin Land
Queen Charlotte Islands
End of season overhaul advised for farm machinery
W T Burns of the Dominion Experimental Station at Melfort urges timely maintenance as new equipment and parts become scarce. He recommends overhauling bearings axles and other wear items at season end, repairing on farm or in a shop, and ordering parts now to prevent spring delays.
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W. T. Burns
Dominion Experimental Station
Melfort
Japs Eliminated from British Columbia Economies
The Vancouver Sun reports Japanese removal from coasts and key industries in British Columbia. Whites in the province declare they no longer need Japanese workers in salmon fisheries logging wood cutting and related vocations, asserting a white British Columbia has been won and evacuation should persist.
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British Columbia
Vancouver Sun
Typewriter That Transcribes Music Notes Sold to Composers
Composers and authors gain access to a new typewriter designed to print music notes. Manufacturers claim the device can type any musical composition, offering a novel way to document scores.
Million Dollar Copra Plant Powers Canada's War Oil
Vancouver hosts Canada's only copra plant built for wartime needs. The facility produced 89 million pounds of oil last year and can switch to flax or soy during copra shortages. Oil aids nitro glycerine and steel quenching, while the remaining cake feeds cattle.
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Canada
Vancouver
South Seas
Tropics
Southwest Pacific
Woodstock Sentinel
Gratitude for Canadian Hosts Nurture a Boy’s Healed Lung
A British boy, sent to Canada in 1940, found a loving Canadian home and family care. Two years later his lung scar shows complete healing, after host family and local doctors chose not to worry England with the boy’s health. Canadian food air and kindness aided his recovery.
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Canada
England
F. Marion Mutigan
London Times
Essential Supplies From War Loot Warn Germany Will Fall
A Detroit Free Press editorial notes a Russian cannon captured by Nazis and used in Africa, mounted on a German tractor with parts from Czechoslovakia and French tires. It argues Germany’s looting sustains its war machine, delaying collapse until Reich resources are exhausted.
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Africa
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Reich
Detroit Free Press
Rural railway schoolcars bring education to Ontario
The Ontario Department of Education outfits seven railway cars with desks books maps and a teacher’s living quarters. The cars stop at settlements monthly for three days to a week and leave each pupil with homework to complete before the next visit RB. & O. Magazine.
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Canada
Ontario Department of Education
RB. & O. Magazine
Mark The Pessimist On Victory Loan Bonds
A speech urges Canadians to view Victory Bonds as sacred debts of the people and warns that doubters erode confidence. It argues Canada’s assets far exceed loan totals, with annual interest at 189 million dollars and long term solvency for future generations.
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Canada
Canada taps wood pulp for military explosives
Canada saves millions annually by using domestic wood pulp as the cellulose source for nitrocellulose. Wood pulp, already used for Cellophane and rayon, is now adopted for high explosives, eliminating cotton linters imports and cutting costs without harming product quality. One plant has over a year of operation, two more six and two months respectively, marking Canada as an early large scale producer among the United Nations.
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Canada
United States
United Nations
Small Towns Struggle as War Drains Youth and Trade
The Listowel Banner notes a rural town losing young men to the armed forces and others to war industry hubs. Merchants face reduced buying power, higher costs, and tighter markets, forcing careful stock and cost cuts to survive.
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Listowel
Canada ships surge with new builds amid wartime losses
Fifty-one cargo ships of 10,000 tons each have rolled from Canadian yards and another launch occurs every five days. Two smaller combat vessels leave weekly, as wartime losses mount with 412 ships sunk off shores by enemy action.
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Canada
Masaryk and Beneš Taught Before Presidentships
Thomas Masaryk and Eduard Beneš, prominent Czechoslovak figures, served as teachers prior to their presidencies, shaping early Czech leadership and education paths.
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Thomas Masaryk
Eduard Benes
Honduras Declared World’s Greatest Banana Land
An assertion that Honduras ranks as the premier banana-growing region worldwide is presented, highlighting the country’s vast orchards and favorable climate for banana production.
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Honduras
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