Britain Learns To Eat Sensibly In Wartime Rationing
Article notes Britain adapts diet under war restrictions with reduced meat use and richer vegetables and fish. It cites government guidance, wheat meal loaves, and free milk for mothers, plus ongoing public education by health officials and demonstrators. It also recounts a tale of Edmund Toft, a blinded veteran who rebuilt his life through resilience and a devoted wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiller
Ministry of Health
Britain
Lord Horder
London
Locomotives For Turkey Under British Order
Britain builds 24 rail engines for Turkey as part of an order for 68. Each locomotive weighs 106 tons and runs at 7 kmh. In the quarter ending June 3 Britain shipped 34 locomotives overseas valued about £250,600, up from the prior quarter, and also exported 18 locomotive boilers. First half year totals reach 56 units valued around £110,000. Separate note mentions thiamin added to water for growing daffodils. In Russia brides wear wormwood garlands to signify marital bitterness.
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Overseas Daily Mailnrites
Church Stretton
Shropshire
Edmund Toft
Brituiah Locomotive Engineers
Turkey
Britain
Submarine Service Honored By Churchill Tribute
The Edmonton Journal notes Churchill's tribute to the Royal Navy submarine service. It highlights the extreme danger, with about thirty boats lost since the war began and the frequent loss of entire crews, while stressing the appeal and spirit of service among officers and sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Naval Service
Royal Navy
Edmonton Journal
Mountie Dog Dale Dies at Age 12
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police dog Dale of Cansaita regimental No 470 died after a painful growth ended his service. At 12 he was famed as Canada’s best canine policeman, serving Det. Sgt. J. N. Cawsey in Calgary before retirement in August 1939. Dale aided the 1935 Saskatoon gunman hunt and earned a Dog World medal for tracking a baby during a rainstorm.
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Dale
Cansaita
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Mounted Police
Canada
J. N. Cawsey
C.B.I. Branch
Harry Buskey
The
Dog World
Chicago
Parachute Troops Fail to Impress in Chinese War Raids
A British radio broadcast heard by NBC says Japanese parachute troops failed in several surprise attacks west of Peiping. The report notes their lack of success despite repeated attempts. The piece also mentions the United States’ heel industry as its seventh largest, reflecting trade context of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.B.C
Peiping
United States
Advanced Instruction In Motor Mechanics For Highly Mechanized Forces
The author recalls a summer in Spitsbergen three years past describing endless daylight, wild landscapes, and wildlife. He notes Magdalen Bay shorelines, 400 landing troops, and the silence under glaciers. Winter brings six months of night and isolation. Norway’s control and coal mines at King’s Bay and Longyear City are mentioned with Soviet exiles and leased mining arrangements.
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Spitsbergen
Magdalena Bay
League of Nations
King’s Bay
Long
Siberia
Norway
Moscow
C. H. J. Snider
Toronto Telegram
Lace and nets from English villages energize wartime trade
Wartime demand fuels cottage lace in Devonshire Beer and large scale mills in Nottingham. US and Canadian buyers seek tailored edged curtains and dense nets for markets from Australia to Palestine. A new Canadian Army motor mechanics school in London Ont trains 500 in 30 days with American instructors, part of a rapid mobilization effort.
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England
Devonshire
Beer
United States
Ida Allen
Queen Mary
Queen Alexandra
Queen Victoria
Nottingham
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Palestine
Egypt
Department of National Defence
Londont
Q Canada
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corp
Victor Sifton
Ordnance
London
Ont
Ordnance Corps
Ottawa
Esquimalt
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Anderson Organization
Los Angeles
Cal
W Haircut Idea By Gerald Smith Sparks Victory Theme
Gerald Smith of Edwardsville proposes a "W" haircut as a play on the V for Victory tribute. He explains the hair can split into two Vs for a double victory, while Fetain’s theme song hints at going old with a wink.
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Gerald Smith
Edwardsville
Milady
Coiffure
Young Gerald
Fetain
Darian
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Malaya
A.ilf
Mountie
Dominion
Hudson Bay
Arctic Ocean
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Ance
U.S Army
Mechanics’ School
Fort Knox
W O. Anderson
California
Queen's Park
Armored Corps
Artllery
Engineers
Army Service Corps
Idustrial
Anderson
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
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