Hitler Yacht Sold For Pleasure Use By British Admiralty
The 2,560 ton Grille luxury yacht once owned by Adolf Hitler was sold for 76 000 pounds to be converted into a pleasure cruiser with a 500 seat cinema and a dance floor. The vessel, later painted wartime gray, served in mine laying, as a commerce raider, and as a U boat base ship before being sold by the Admiralty.
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Adolf Hitler
British Admiralty
Hitler
Fuchrer
Berchtesgaden
Iceland
Portugal
Britain
Spithead
Wilhelmshaven
Future forests push UK toward timber independence
In Britain, large scale forest planting aims to reduce reliance on imports by expanding domestic timber supplies. Officials describe the program as boosting self sufficiency and long term resilience for industry and energy sectors.
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United Kingdom
Great Britain
Dated Curiosities and Warnings in Early Sport and Life
A jumble of 19th century reminiscences covers billiards mishap with a fly, poolroom warnings, and housefly sanitation notes. It recalls Louis Fox and John Deery’s fall at Washington Hall Rochester in 1865, plus Joe Grimes and a prodigy child Minerva tale, ending with a odd Mars Earth size remark.
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Fox
Washington Hall
Rochester
Canadian silver price rise sparks revival of old mines
A 90.5 cent per ounce price set by the Canadian Mint and US Treasury revives interest in Ontario and British Columbia silver mines. After past shortages, New York dealers lack enough supply and expect renewed flow of Canadian silver south of the border, boosting activity in historic silver towns.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mint
United States Treasury
Ontario
British Columbia
Prices Board
United States
Office of Price Administration
O.P.A
New York
U.S. Treasury
U.S
Canadian Mint
Washington
Canada
Discretion Proves Best Payoff After Hitchhiker Tale
A St Catharines motorist picked up a hitchhiker claiming recent 18 months in jail for robbing a rider of 400 dollars. He lied about being a prize fighter to end the ride and then reported the incident to police. The story notes the value of caution on the highway. Also Soviet Russia touts literacy rising to 81 percent in 1938.
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St. Catharines
Jarvis
Toronto
Jarvig
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BABY
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John N. Hamilton
Miller’s
Ont
Guelph
Terry School of Art
Miami
Fla
Accounting Commonwealth
King St
Parker's Dye Works Limited
Yonge Street
Briggs & Straton
A. C
D. C
A.C
D.C
Alliance Electric Works Limited
Montreal
Halifax
Rouen
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Atomic Enterprises
Long Branch
Masterprint Co
Joumney 14
Penncliffe Gardens
Hatzie
Allen Electric Company Ltd
Dufferin St
Walter Dean Canoe and Boat Co
Dundas Street West
Neptune Outboard Motors
Scope Sales Co
Lakeview Poultry Farm
WEIN _BROS
Exeter
C.C.D
Beacon Tire
Queen & York Sts
Hamilton
Cardinal
Adelaide W
Con 4
West Garafraxa
Hydro
Ethel Louttit
BA. R
Belwood
Northumber
St. Paul St. West
St Catharines
Lambeton
Woakdale
George H. Cross
Myrtle St. St. Thomas
Robertson
Robertson's
Avenue Road
C. & Hyman Company Limited
London
Jersey
Kitchener
Geo. C. Jackson
Downsview
Dixon
Munro
Elgin
Wiighly
Eigin
Boddingtorn
Church
Marvel
America
Bloor St. W
King St. Hamilton
Rideau Street
Fetherstanbaugh & Company Patent Solicitors
King West
Write Bible Seminar
Madison College
Tennessee
Mortal Power
H. Stanley Lis
Humanity Studies
Cedar Grove
New Bedford
Mass
Photography
Mperial Photo
Basel
STAR
Post
Pteachers
Hodgins and
Derodine
Treacher Worl&s
Radcliffe
Combermere
S&s
F. Snowdon
Savant Lake
J. B. Melanson
Dummer
Walter Sloan
Sec.Treas
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Hirst
Mulmur
Dufferin Co
A. E. Palmer
Terra Nova
Midland
Edmund Jones
Kasharbowie
Kashabowie
A. Holmnshead
New Hampshires
Future Forests
Lydia E Pinkhams
Voseouns
Dodd
Dodd’s
Lunenburg
N.S
R. Adams
Frank Mann Harris
Eddie
Woodbine
Mr. Fox
Louis Fox
John Deery
Joe Grimes
Joe
Nellie
Mars
Earth
Pat. Ote
Soviet
Russia
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