U Boat Intercepts Champagne Party Aboard Royal Escort
A British naval officer recounts sighting a derelict lifeboat with a full bottle of champagne after a convoy crossing. The crew preserved the bubbly for celebration when a Sunderland Coastal Command aircraft reported a U boat engagement. HMCS Drum Keller scored two direct hits in five and a half minutes, oil patches spreading 600 feet wide, then 1 700 yards long the next day. The log notes a successful contact and sinking.
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Atlantic
Sunderland
Coastal Command
H.M.C.S .Drum Keller
Neptune
Lovers Parting Before Soldier Enters Camp
A bowed couple walks a dusty Sicilian road as an Italian soldier heads to a temporary prison camp at Agrigento. Italians enter camps voluntarily and no guard is needed for this assignment.
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Agrigento
Facing Huns Alone Winnie Was Inspired
Eva Curie recounts a Churchill anecdote from June 1940 told by Brigadier Bishop in England during the crisis. Churchill, isolated and facing defeat, declared Britain was alone and then, in a silent moment, struck his head and said he found it inspiring.
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Eva Curie
Churchill
British Empire
Miss Curie
Brigadier Bishop
West Africa
England
Bishop
War Cabinet
Tours
France
Hitler
Germany
Revolution in San Josef Ends as Navy Seizes Control
Dickie watches the Plaza as Almirante Higgins fires a blank round and a shell, signaling the revolution’s end. The National flag rises from the Higgins mast, while Donna Elenora and King Higgins assess the situation and await postwar relief. Spofforth reports gold-rich lava pockets and mine delays, boosting Dickie’s standing with Higgins and shareholders.
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Dickie
Lafallette
Almirante Higgins
Dick Higgins
Donna Elenora
Wynne
Navy
King Higgins
San Josef’s
Hiyatala
Almirante
Fort Juan
Dolores
Mamma
Ferdinando
Higgins
Don Ferdinando
Donna
Elenora
Angel
St. Senor
Sebastian
Manuel
Spofforth
Callano
Nine
Higins
Hinmi
Canadians Build Scouting Ties Across Europe After War
Canadian Scouts plan to reestablish Scouting in Europe by printing 1000 copies of Scouting for Boys in French Czech Dutch Flemish Norwegian and Polish with funds from the Chin Up Fund near 38000 raised to aid blitz victims and to support rehabilitation. Luis Perez Gomez a Mexican Scout educated in Ottawa and later joining the RCAF earned his wings from the Governor General Earl of Athlone.
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Scouts of
Canada
Europe
Lord Baden-Powell
Scouting For Boys
Chins Up Fund
Britain
Uplands Airport
Ottawa
Luis Perez-Gomez
Mexico City
Luis
Dominion
Boy
Ottawa Technical School
R.C.A.F
Earl of Athlone
Devilled Egg Salad With Tomatoes
Recipe for stuffed hard-cooked eggs with dry mustard salt and onion flavors. Egg yolks are blended with mayonnaise cottage cheese and seasonings then piped back into egg whites and decorated with paprika. Tomatoes are peeled sliced and arranged with crisp lettuce on six plates garnished with parsley.
Matta Battle Honor Highlighted by English Scout Troop
In London England 62 scouts include 19 officers and 31 NCOs. Jim Osborne of the R A F earned the 1000th plane shot over Matta. A North Africa serving Scout asks mothballs for his uniform as rationing continues. One hundred sixty Scouts will form the nucleus of a reorganized Boy Scout Movement.
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Lrondon
England
West Ham
Jim Osborne
R.A.F
Matta
North Africa
Boy Scout Movement
Leader’s quip echoes at mental hospital gate
A visiting party leader meets inmates at a mental institution gate. One inmate responds with a show of defiant humor, saying the party is not all there. The remark captures a biting moment from Windsor Star.
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Windsor Star
How to gain poise through calm nerves and rest
A woman can display charm and poise by reducing tension and nerves. Rest, wholesome food, less activity, sun and fresh air help. If nervous, use Dr Miles Nervine as directed to ease general nervousness sleeplessness fears and headaches with Effervescing Nervine Tablets 35 and 75 cents and Nervine Liquid 25 cents and 1.00.
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Miles Nervine
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Huns
Winnie
Kellog Company of Canada Limited
Frank H. Shaw
Sicily
Belgium
Great Britain
Cpl
H. H. Whitaker
The
Royal Canadian Signals
Winnipeg
Man
Ogden
Pony Express
Ogden’s
Wilson Mig Pad Co
Hamilton, Ont
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