Mastery In The Air Is Paramount In Struggle Against Nazis
Aeroplane magazine weighs Britain’s air war progress after 100 weeks, highlighting Britain’s growing aerial strength with four motor bombers and advanced fighters. It notes Germany’s weaker upgrade path, praises Beaufighter’s long range, and cites U.S. aid and Soviet gains as factors shaping a prolonged, hard battle ahead.
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Britain
Aeroplane
Russia
Middle East
England
Crete
U.S.A
Germany
Marne
van the Somme
Ypres
Verdun
Princess Elizabeth attends first dance at Buckingham Palace
Princess Elizabeth, 15, attended her first formal dance at Buckingham Palace hosted by the King and Queen. She wore a long party frock and danced with Guards officers and other guests as her father partnered her several times. A famous West End entertainer performed fox-trots, waltzes, and rumbas, and dancing continued until 2 AM.
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Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Funny how things go in three
Faith Hope and Charity are invoked in a playful triad of paired phrases. The piece riffs on common triplets and cultural clichés to witty effect, juxtaposing moral or social terms with lighthearted wordplay.
Warbler migration paths cross in Georgia
Pala warblers wintering in Louisiana migrate to Labrador to nest while those wintering in the Greater Antilles spend summer in northwestern Canada. The two routes intersect in Georgia, illustrating complex migratory patterns.
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Louisiana
Labrador
Greater Antilles
Canada
Georgia
Fifty Years of Service by West Lorne Doctor Celebrated
The Kitchener Record profiles Dr. F Webster a University of Toronto graduate who opened his West Lorne practice fifty years ago. He served urban and rural patients with a steady, personable approach, becoming a confidant, mentor and community fixture. His lifelong commitment mirrors the fulfilled path of a country general practitioner.
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University of Toronto
West Lorne
Ont
F. Webster
Kitchener
Britain plans postwar aid to Germany and Europe
Britain and its Allies prepare for a postwar relief effort to feed starving Europe. Large stocks of supplies are being accumulated for shipment after the war, with discussions among governments about aiding Germany and other Axis-ruled areas to prevent a refugee crisis and to shape a new postwar order led by Britain, the United States, and allies.
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Britain
Germany
London
Europe
Dominions
United States
Order of Freedom
Underground Moscow Shelters Turn Cultural Hub At Night
Thousands in Moscow spend hours nightly in subway shelters during air raids. The underground becomes a cultural center with concerts films and lectures for men women and children. Subway traffic stops at 8 p m and women and children may enter at 8 30 p m. People await the alarm then gather to listen or watch as sales girls sell books magazines and refreshments.
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Moscow
United States
Royal Air Force
Rudolf (Hess
St Thomas Times-Journal
Oslo food scare stirs health concerns over carrot lollies
Reports indicate German authorities in Oslo cited ill health as they withdraw a carrot lolly product sold to English children. The treat, a carrot on a stick dipped in sugar syrup, drew Norwegian demonstrations against the wartime confection and its Vitamin A claims.
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Oslo
Quishags
Learned Lesson From France Holds Key To Soviet Defense
A military source close to the Soviet front reports that the Germans began their invasion with rapid tank and motorized thrusts, followed by infantry. The Russians countered by delaying infantry, using night attacks to seize tanks, and now keep tanks only minutes ahead, aligning with a first World War style where infantry and armor work closely.
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Hitler
Red Army
France
Play Ball At Pyramids In the Shadow of Pyramids
British desert troops play baseball near the pyramids promoted by an English colonel who grew fond of the sport after commanding Canadian troops in England last year. Domestic cats may destroy rattlesnakes without being bitten. Modern telescopes reveal about three hundred trillion stars.
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England
Webster Corrects Embassy Greeting With Lord Brougham
While Daniel Webster served as Secretary of State he visited London. The American minister faced a brusque reception until Webster privately reminded the nobleman who he was. Brougham apologized after learning Webster’s true identity as the United States Secretary of State.
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Daniel Webster
England
London
Lord Brougham
Webster
Mr. Webster
The
United States
Most Remarkable Postwoman Jane Preston of Cockerham
Miss Jane Preston of Cockerham North Lancashire completes 45 years of post delivery covering about 140000 miles in clogs. At 68 she plans to keep working and will wear clogs until she is a hundred. Known as Old Jane she walks ten miles daily delivering mail over Pennines foothills Morecambe Bay sands.
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Jane Preston
Cockerham
Lancashire
Miss Preston
Jane
Pennines
Morecambe Bay
A Nose Becomes Pipe Organ Under Hay Fever
A playful observation notes how a nose shifts from a normal organ to a pipe organ during hay fever season, highlighting the dramatic nasal congestion and sneezing effect in a humorous way.
Earthworms Enrich Soil by Burrowing and Feeding
The text notes that more evolved animals are less helpless at birth and highlights earthworms enriching soil as they pull leaves into their burrows.
Spread Motif Pattern for Baby Crib Cover
Embroidered motif 134 measures 134 by 14 inches with five smaller motifs 5 by 6 inches. Includes color schemes materials and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 Mc Dermot Ave Winnipeg Man for pattern 7070. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Avenue
Man
Alice Brooks
Parachute Silk Drive and Postharvest Weed Fight
The article notes silk used for parachutes to support wartime needs and describes stringent quality checks and drop tests. It also covers postharvest weed control, advocating immediate shallow cultivation to destroy seeds and weaken roots, followed by deep plowing for perennials, with dry conditions aiding effectiveness.
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Macleod
Sensible suggestion tangled with steering wheel mishap
A Detroit father returning to his car from a repair trip found his son had poked his head through the steering wheel spokes. Police and a doctor failed to help. A mechanic cut the wheel with a blow torch after an hour and a growing crowd watched. A bystander suggested shoving him through, and it worked.
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Detroit
In Hradec Kralovo Station Office Incident
A railway passenger dropped a heavy weight on the counter at Hradec Kralovo in Bohemia breaking the top layer and revealing a stone fragment with the inscription Here les be the body. The report notes wartime conditions as of the eve of Poland invasion anniversary.
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Hradec Kralovo
Bohemia
Poland
National Geographic Society
Squirrel antics span provinces from Ontario to Omaha
A Toronto Star Weekly note describes a playful Ontario squirrel nibbling half an apple then a separate Omaha incident where a squirrel tears a living room curtain and scratches wallpaper while gnawing furniture and the refrigerator. A South Carolina report mentions squirrels chewing insulation and causing 200 telephones to fail.
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Ontario
Omaha
San South Carolina
Toronto Star Weekly
Beaver Dam Floods Prompt Flight to New Manitoba Preserve
D M Stephens Manitoba deputy minister of natural resources arranged an airplane trip to the 1,000,000 acre game preserve along Fisher Bay on Lake Winnipeg after beaver dam flooding inundated several hundred acres along the Pemina river in southern Manitoba during a holiday flight.
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Manitoba
Pembina River
D. M. Stephens
Fisher Bay
Lake Winnipeg
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