Mutual Defence Line Shows US Ready to Aid Britain
The article argues the United States must sacrifice to strengthen defenses and support Britain as the first line of global defense. It notes threats of European collapse and outlines plans like a two ocean navy and a destroyer exchange with Britain, plus joint US Canada defence steps. It underscores Nazi influence at home and the need for Atlantic naval strength.
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Naval Affairs Committee
Hitler
Norway
Belgium
United States
Congress
Robert E. Sherwood
Reader's Digest
Britain
Europe
Canada
Great Britain
West Indies
Central American
India's Contribution to War Effort During the War
Simla figures show India has shipped 75 million rounds of small arms ammunition 200000 shells 4500000 sandbags 10000 web equipment sets 600000 blankets 3 million yards of khaki drill and other material since the war began reflecting a major supply effort alongside constitutional debates.
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India
Simla
Watering Grass Sparks Coffee Shop Banter at Green Park
A big man in Bri tish Office of Works grounds quizzed a gardener for water. The gardener, who never drinks, could not help. Meanwhile home economists warn dark lamp shades can waste up to 40 percent of a lamp's light.
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Works
Green Park
Ancient Weapons Impress At Registration Drive
The RCMP registers unusual firearms including a muzzle loading combination rifle and shotgun from 1847 praised as triple action. A second citizen turns in a German World War relic air cooled with a 45 cartridge pan weighing 25 pounds carried home from France.
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R.C.M.P
France
Hitler’s men puncture balloons of British ambition
The article asserts that while Nazi forces have clipped some British hopes, Hitler’s own inflated ambition will eventually be punctured and lead to his collapse, signaling a turning point in the war narrative.
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Hitler
Trouble with Hitler Seeks German Control of England
Commentator notes Hitler aims to condition England under Herr rule and contends the plan would reshape British sovereignty. The remark frames the menace of Nazi ambitions and calls for wary vigilance.
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Hitler
England
Puppet France Sent Refugees to Gestapo, Says Times
The New York Times reports from the Swiss border that hundreds of anti Nazi refugees in unoccupied France were handed over to Gestapo torture by Vichy authorities. The piece cites Marshal Petain's ministers admitting openness to German coercion and argues the regime acts as a puppet betraying independent France.
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France
Gestapo
Vichy
Marshal Petain
New York Times
Mechanical Bird Dog Helps British Hunt German Raiders
British defenses reveal a range-and-course predictor nicknamed sausage machine aids anti aircraft crews. Secret devices feed data to the predictor producing future positions for raiders, then 3, 3,7 and 45 inch batteries and searchlights trap the plane. Military circles say AA guns downed about 10 percent of August German planes.
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Britain
Britain's wartime supply gains highlighted by Ministry
The Ministry of Information said changed conditions have made Britain and the Empire better supplied. It cited July contraband seizures totaling 45 300 tons with 34 600 from neutrals and 10 700 from Italian ships. Canada plans a large shipbuilding program of about 10 vessels. Total Allied shipping rose by 7 500 000 gross tons, aided by Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Denmark, and France.
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Europe
Ministry of Information
Britain
Italy
Canada
Empire
Norway
Netherlanhds
Belgica
Poland
Denmark
France
Advice Proved Valuable On Douai Junction Fire
Royal Engineers officer recounts King George V ordering the first shot at a railway junction near Arras in 1918. The barrage on Douai disabled a key German rail link, with 120 tons of explosives over two months and hundreds of casualties claimed on a German troop train.
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Douai
France
Royal Engineers
George V
Arras
Fourth Army
Amiens
Ypres
Selected Recipes From A Historic Dessert Mix
A recipe describes combining sugar, corn syrup, salt, and hot coffee then cooking until dissolved. Corn starch is stirred in with cold coffee, then cooked to thicken and remove raw flavor. Vanilla is added, mashed bananas and chili fold in, then cream is whipped to custard and frozen to a stiff mush.
Raspberry Jam Vanilla Wafer Stacks
A simple dessert idea using Christies Vanilla Wafers and raspberry jam. Layer four wafers with jam, whip cream with sugar and vanilla, coat the stacks, and chill for 2 to 3 hours to serve as six portions.
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Christie's
Churchill Leads War On Officialese In Plain English
The New York Sun reports Prime Minister Churchill launching a campaign to curb official language and replace pompous phrases with plain English. He aims to replace expressions like receipt of your communication with thanks with simple thanks and remove overly formal wording from government communications.
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Churchill
Old registrar jokes about schooling and miles
A deputy registrar questions an elderly man registering in a country district about his education. He jokes that his schooling reached about two miles, prompting amused quips.
Canadian hop industry bases 99 percent in one district
A thousand acres of hops mark a remarkable Canadian production, dominated by Chilliwack in the Fraser Valley. About five thousand pickers moved into Chilliwack and Sardis for the harvest, aided by irrigation after a long dry period, though foliage remained reduced on the vines.
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Canada
Chilliwack
Fraser Valley
Sardis
Chinese Graduates to Study at McGill University
A group of 27 Chinese honor graduates bound for McGill University to study under the Boxer Indemnity Fund. The 1909 fund redirected China’s indemnity payments to support Chinese youths at British and U.S. universities. War altered plans, sending this year’s graduates to McGill instead of Oxford or Cambridge.
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Canada
McGill University
China
Britain
United States
McGill
Oxford
Cambridge
Apple Juice Gains Steam in Canadian Agriculture
The Vancouver Sun notes a bright future for apple juice in Canada, especially in the East, absorbing surplus apples and challenging imported orange juice. It highlights Okanagan Valley potential amid the broader trend of increasing domestic juice consumption. Also touched are child nutrition priorities and a curious science fact about tuna speeds.
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Okanagan Valley
Vancouver Sun
Union Newfoundland Considers Confederation Again
The piece notes Newfoundland reopens the confederation question with Canada amid defence unification and a Canadian visit. It cites economic concerns from St Johns business leaders over competition with Maritime Provinces for resources like fish and iron ore and fears of higher taxes.
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Canada
Newfoundland
Confederation
St. John’s
Maritime
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