Time to support war effort to the limit says Liberty Magazine
The piece argues Canadians must push beyond past contributions and back the war fully as the Allied fight intensifies. It contrasts comfortable life with the harsher realities of war, cites Morgenthau on Sicily costs, and urges decisive current support rather than complacent effort.
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Poland
Russia
Canada
Salerno
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States Treasury Department
Sicily
Europe
Italy
Liberty Magazine
Memorial Glass Fragments From Westminster Bombing
In a North Wales village beneath the Berwyn Mountains a memorial to the destroyed House of Commons chamber is set up. Sir Henry Morris Jones organized the collection of 26 stained glass fragments from the Westminster bombing on May 10, 1941 and dedicated them to the Memorial Institute at Glyn Ceiriog as a reminder of the German assault on 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 Found in Tunis Broadcast Noted by Radio
Allied forces uncovered a letter by SS Special Leader Paul Nieren in Tunis. The document, aired by Algiers radio and picked up by the London Daily Sketch Listening Station, imagines war as entertainment if Germany had certain enemies and Hitler were unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S
Paul Nieren
Tunis
Algiers
London Daily Sketch
Adolf Hitler
Pompeii ruins scarred by new siege fighting near Naples
British artillery harasses German rearguard along a road through the ruins of Pompeii and its modern town, 15 miles from Naples. Amphitheatre and nearby temples show bomb and shell damage as civilians cling to homes amid shelling and street fighting.
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Pompeii
Naples
Vesuvius
Newspaper value and forbidden press in exile markets
A fragment notes the black market value of a newspaper in Lisbon at $60 and observes that in Norway, all outside papers are banned, including Finnish ones, leaving the worth to be guessed.
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Lisbon
Norway
Finland
Lightweight racing kit for joc key weighs thirty ounces
The outfit worn by the joc key is described as lightweight at about 30 ounces in total, boots included.
Jack Miner by Jack Henry Belleville Ontario
Poem reflecting on Jack Miner and his birds returning home with sea of imagery. Narrator compares mining ships to pirates and recalls past battles while noting relics of guns by the fireplace. A reflective meditation on leadership, nature, and transformation ending with a hopeful vision of white raiment.
The Useful Farthing Stays in England Prices
The food ministry rejected eliminating the farthing from food prices. An extra farthing would keep traders’ profit margins balanced, while removing it would lower margins too much.
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England
Food Ministry
Price of Fame at a Secondhand Bookshop
George Barr McCutcheon browsed Boston’s secondhand shops and found Beverly of Graystark signed by himself. The merchant offered fifty cents, then a quarter after noting the autograph was mutilated. The piece contrasts with a separate note that five hundred thousand rivets are used in a modern bomber and forty thousand in a fighter plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barr McCutcheon
Boston
Beverly of Graystark
George B. McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Turkey’s Monetary Unit Piaster Valued at Eighty Cents
The Turkish monetary unit is the piaster, with an average value around 80 cents.
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Turkey
Remarkable Penicillin Gains Medical Acclaim Worldwide
Canadian airman with complete paralysis survives thanks to penicillin and a 10 year old girl recovers from blood poisoning after failed sulpha drug treatment. Doctors hail penicillin as a wonder germ killer, surpassing sulpha advances in enthusiasm.
Penicillin Triumphs Amid War Found Hope for Japan and Canada
The piece notes Japanese wartime behavior in New Guinea and Kiska, questioning toughness and surrender trends while predicting increased tenacity as they retreat. It cites fighter resistance, British and American air power, and bomber battles near Para-mushiro. It then shifts to penicillin production, tracing Fleming's discovery, Florey’s isolation, and the rush to mass manufacture. Canada’s Banting Institute pilots and a government plan aim for 500 million units weekly by next April.
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New Guinea
Kiska
China
Japan
Great Britain
R.A.F
Nippon
Aleutian Islands
Paramushiro
United States Air Force
Germany
Ottawa Citizen
Alexander Fleming
University of London
Howard Florey
Oxford
United States
Canada
Banting Institute
New Isinglass Solution for Blood Substitutes Studied
Dr N B Naylor of the University of Toronto and assistants build on Waters and Taylor findings about isinglass from fish bladders as a blood substitute. Tests at Toronto General on 61 patients used four to seven percent solutions with no adverse effects. ten shock patients improved.
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N. B. Naylor
University of Toronto
Taylor
Margaret E. Moorehouse
E. T. Waters
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Miss Moorehouse
Isinglass
H. EF. Pugsley
R. Farquharson
Toronto General Hospital
Parks in Buenos Aires Carve Urban Green Legacy
Buenos Aires, largest city in Latin America, hosts about a hundred parks shaping the urban landscape. The expansive green network supports recreation, biodiversity, and community life amid dense urban density.
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Buenos Aires
Latin America
Netherlands formed from Frisians Saxons and Franks
The Netherlands developed through the gradual merging of three early European groups: the Frisians, Saxons, and Franks. This process created the distinct Dutch nation as medieval kingdoms consolidated into a single realm.
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Netherlands
Tablecloth De Luxe Crochet Pattern 7605
Ad for Tablecloth De Luxe pattern 7605 in unbleached string with transfer motifs 26 designs sized from 4 32 by 5 inches to 1 percent by 1 percent inches. Includes crochet stitch directions. Send twenty cents to Winnipeg Newspaper Union to receive pattern. Pattern mail may be slow.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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