Time to unite for war effort beyond comfort
An appeal urges Canadians to amplfy support for the war, arguing comfort and complacency must end. It warns that allied losses in Sicily and the ongoing assault show the enemy will strike hard now, and everyone must give more than past efforts.
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Joan
Canada
Poland
Salerno
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States Treasury Department
Sicily
Europe
Italy
Froem Liberty
Memorial Glass Fragments From Westminster Bombing
In a North Wales mountain village near the Berwyns a memorial displays twenty six stained glass fragments from the House of Commons destroyed May 10 1941. MP Sir Henry Morris Jones collected the pieces and presented them to the Memorial Institute at Glyn Ceiriog as an enduring reminder of German efforts against the Mother of Parliament.
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Wales
Berwyn Mountains
House of Commons
Henry Morris-Jones
Denbigh
Memorial Institute
Glyn Ceiriog
Westminster
Elizabeth
Nazi Letter Broadcast On Allied Occupation Of Tunis
A letter from German U S Special Leader Paul Nieren found by Allies in Tunis and broadcast via Algiers radio and the London Daily Sketch Listening Station criticizes war and envisions entertainment if Germany had Soviet equipment. The message reflects Nazi defeatist sentiment and propaganda exposure during the North Africa campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Paul Nieren
Tunis
Algiers
London Daily Sketch
Pompeii Ruins Rebound as War Reaches Ancient Site
German forces retreat along the road through the historic ruins near Naples as British artillery pounds the line. Amphitheatre damage and shattered temples mark the assault while civilians endure shelling and cling to homes amid the advancing Allies.
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Pompeii
Eld
Naples
Vesuvius
Value of newspapers in wartime markets
The passage notes a newspaper would fetch $60 in the Lisbon black market and imagines Norway’s ban on all outside newspapers, including Finnish editions, as a matter of guesswork.
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Lisbon
Norway
Finland
Racing outfit weighs 30 ounces with boots on
A racing outfit worn by a jockey weighs roughly 30 ounces in total, including the boots.
Jack Miner from Belleville Ontario in verse
The poem recalls Jack Miner in Belleville Ontario as it reflects on autumn birds returning home and the narrator’s guilt for raids on pirates. It blends admiration for Miner's bird-rearing with memories of the battlefield and a note on spiritual imagery and white raiment.
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Jack Miner
The Useful Farthing Remains in Price Fixing Debate
England keeps the farthing at half a cent in food price policies. The food ministry argues removing it would shrink traders margins too much, while adding another farthing would raise profits excessively.
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England
Food Ministry
Price of Fame Discovery in a Boston Bookshop
George Barr McCutcheon browsed a Boston second hand shop and found Beverly of Graystark signed by himself. He asked for other works, saw a McCutcheon title priced at fifty cents, then got it for a quarter after the owner noted the autograph was mutilated. A bomber uses five hundred thousand rivets and a fighter plane forty thousand.
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George Barr McCutcheon
Boston
Beverly of
McCutcheon
Turkey's Monetary Unit Piaster Worth About Eighty Cents
The article states the monetary unit in Turkey is the piaster and assigns an average value of 80 cents. This note places the piaster near the one dollar mark in historical context.
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Turkey
Penicillin Production Aids War Effort Across Nations
The article outlines wartime views on Japanese tenacity and Allied defenses, noting Japanese retreat trends and resilience. It then traces penicillin discovery from Fleming to Florey, and details rapid production expansion in the United States and Canada under government schemes, aiming for massive weekly outputs by next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Fleming
University of London
Howard Florey
Oxford
Dcoctors
United States
Canada
Banting Institute
Medical use of isinglass as blood substitute explored
Toronto researchers led by Dr N B Naylor and Dr Taylor test a four to seven percent isinglass solution as a blood volume substitute. With assistant Margaret Moorehouse, they build on Dr Waters’ work. In 61 patients at Toronto General Hospital, 58 administrations produced no adverse effects and 10 shock patients responded favorably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Naylor
University of Toronto
Taylor
Margaret E. Moorehouse
E. T. Waters
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Miss Moorehouse
Isinglass
H. EF. Pugsley
R. F. Farquharson
Toronto General Hospital
Parks in Buenos Aires Surpass Hundred Mark
The large city of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is noted for hosting about 100 public parks. The figure highlights the capital’s vast green spaces among Latin America’s largest urban areas.
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Buenos Aires
Latin America
Netherlands Emerged from Frisians Saxons and Franks
The account notes that the Netherlands arose through the gradual merging of Frisians, Saxons, and Franks, describing the foundational ethnic and tribal fusion that formed the region.
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Netherlands
Tablecloth De Luxe Crochet Pattern 7605
Pattern 7605 offers a fiffy crochet transfer of 26 motifs on a white linen cloth with rose color accents. Includes motif sizes from 0.44 x 0.44 inches to 1.25 x 1.25 inches and crochet directions. Send twenty cents to Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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