Nerves of Bobbies in Westminster War Center Tale
A Westminster writer paints London as a global war hub with a cosmopolitan army whose image masks harsh realities. He recalls three escapees from German captivity near Swakopmund who trudged hundreds of miles nearly starved and parched, barely surviving before reaching British lines despite police orders.
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Up Again Grandma Cheereth Sam Jones in Farm Life
Vincent in Farm Life recalls a East coast grandmother urging resilience with Up again as Sam Jones faces consecutive poor crops. The column praises communal cheer, hard work, and renewed hope despite adversity, urging neighbors to support a struggling farmer through encouragement and shared labor.
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Codfish Army Sails Into France To Feed Allies
A World War II era dispatch notes a vast Atlantic fish export to the front, estimating 5,000,000 pounds weekly. It describes Canadian and British troops sustaining on two meals of fish daily while Canada enforces two fish days weekly to aid the war food supply. Nova Scotia fishermen brave all weather and submarine threats to fulfill this historic demand.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
Marriage Quiz: A Week of Wedded Bliss
Ada and Nora discuss marriage with a humorous exchange. Ada claims a wife idolizes her husband and cannot stay away, noting the couple has been married nearly a week in a lighthearted dialogue.
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Ada
Clever, He Persuades Wakeful Boy To Sleep Again
A humorous exchange notes how a clever man can coax a lively child to return to sleep after seven in the morning, illustrating household wit and morning routines. The dialogue emphasizes perception of cleverness in managing a restless youngster.
The Weather Alters a New England Wedding Tale
A village anecdote recounts Amos delaying his wedding after a violent gale sinks the meeting house steeple. As Eliza trembles inside, volunteers fear the storm, yet Amos survives and attends the ceremony, joking that bad weather made postponement impossible.
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Eliza
Aod
Pink Tea Members Asked to Resign by Canteen Head
The head of the canteen department of the National League for Women's Service calls for resignation of all pink tea members. She favors one dependable worker over many who miss duty due to golf or home afternoons, as reported by the Worcester Post. Red Cross and war workers face issues hiring reliable organizers and avoiding indifferent members who enroll then vanish.
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Worcester Post
Red Cross
Gas May Help Win War Says Chemists
The American Chemical Society argues that illuminating gas plants can boost toluol supply by extracting it from gas without harming gas quality. Toluol is the base for TNT, with current U.S. output limited to by product coke ovens and already contracted for.
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American Chemical Society
Saving Tea for Soldiers in England
A London correspondent notes tea has risen in price and becomes a diet staple for the army. It is considered patriotic economy to drink cafe au fait for breakfast instead of tea, with coffee diluted by milk also described as cafe au lait, a clear coffee infusion with hot milk.
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England
London
A Wise Fish Cartoon Ponders Growth
A goldfish questions its growth while pondering space in a small globe. The witty dialogue contrasts curiosity with the limits of its tiny habitat.
Had a Good Stare
Maude and Alice discuss forming a secret society after hearing many secrets at the bridge club this afternoon at The Lamb.
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Alice
the Lamb
The First White Boy Blamed for the Santa Maria Wreck
A fragmentary tale from Columbus era recalls the lone boy whose helm duty during the Santa Maria disaster near Haiti led to blame for the wreck. The ship hit a reef while others slept, leaving a mysterious, unnamed youth at La Navidad as the sole youth aboard the voyage.
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West Indies
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la Navidad
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Crosbys Donate Sedan to Red Cross in War Effort
In Life by Edmund J. Kiefer a dialogue notes patriotic chatter about wartime thrift and volunteering. The Crosbys give their sedan to the Red Cross while neighbors discuss Liberty Loan canvassing and domestic tasks as civic duty.
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Red Cross
Miss Veriplain
Liberty Loan
Color glasses could foil camouflage say physicist
An American physicist argues that colored glasses or screens used with field glasses can create contrasting colors and reveal camouflage. He notes proper color selection can make uniforms and objects stand out rather than blend with surroundings, potentially rendering concealment ineffective.
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Popular Mechanics
Should Eat Mushrooms in Food Scarcity
William A. Murrill, assistant director of the New York Botanical Garden, urges teaching the public to distinguish poisonous from wholesome wild mushrooms as food becomes scarce. He notes that in this country wild mushrooms are eaten almost entirely by foreign-born populations.
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William A. Murrill
New York Botaniend Gardena
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