Lend-Lease Reverses May Aid Britain With Odd Trove
Brig. Gen. Albert J. Browning described unusual U.S. aid items from Britain including 50,000 English bicycles and 5,000,000 clay pigeons for skeet shooting. He noted vehicles are used by U S crews at airfields and even garbage cans were obtained after a naming mix up.
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U.S
Albert J. Browning
Army Service, Forces Purchases Division
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Browning
Hitler
Canadians Draw London Writer Admiration at Agira Fight
Ottawa Citizen reports Clifford Webb Daily Herald war correspondent says Canadian forces who captured Agira impressed by their bearing and fighting qualities. He notes their effort to wipe out the first Panzer regiment of the 15th Panzer Division and the Canadians’ cheery, welcoming spirit.
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Orville M. M. Kay
China
Kay
Winnipeg
Ts. Royal Flying Corps
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Ottawa Citizen
Clifford Webb
Daily Herald
Agira
Grammichele
Webb
Ottawa reports on Donald Gordon warns against inflation
Donald Gordon warns that only strict price ceilings can avert inflation disasters. He decries rising wages and prices, argues for continued control, cites Labor Gazette figures on cost of living, and notes historical price contrasts between 1920 and 1943 and the impact on family budgets.
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Donald Gordon
Canada
Newspaper Association
Toronto
Gordon
Labor Gazette
Federal Labor Department
United States
Not Tough Enough For Soldier's Life Golden Boy
Golden Boy, a big brown and white English setter from Mishawaka Indiana, returned home after army trainers could not make a soldier out of him. He was too affectionate to hate foes, and his honorable discharge was approved by those who know the breed.
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Golden Boy
Mishawaka
Indiana
Hamilton Spectator
Norse Seaman Earns Double Medal for Gallantry
An unnamed 25 year old Norwegian second mate received the St Olav Medal and the War Medal from Norwegian Minister Daniel Steen for personal gallantry. He swam 500 yards to reach a loose lifeboat and single handedly rowed it back to save 18 crew members after the ship was shelled between the Azores and Bermuda.
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Atlantic
Montreal Star
Legatios
Daniel Steen
St. Olav
Norway
Steen
Azores
Bermuda
The Human Comedy by William Saroyan review
A concise tribute to The Human Comedy depicting Homer Macauley and a wartime San Joaquin Valley family. The piece highlights memorable scenes, characters like Willie Grogan and Marcus, and the novel’s modest, humane tone. McLeod price is listed at 3.00.
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Homer Macauley
San Joaquin Valley
Homer
Ulysses
Covington
Willie Grogan
Spangler
Marcus
William Saroyan
George J. McLeod
Milkweed Leaves Sought in Government Project
Three cents a pound paid for hand prepared milkweed leaves under a National Research Council project announced at the University of Western Ontario. An alternative price of 30 dollars per ton applies to leaves cut by binder and stooked in sheaves.
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Department of Agriculture
National Research Council
University of Western Ontario
London
Ont
St. Thomas Times
Soviet Women Run Tractors as Men Serve in Forces
With able bodied men in the Soviet fighting forces, women have taken their places in farming across Russia. In the last two years about 700000 women have learned to operate tractors and combine harvesters.
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Russia
Living Costs Rise In U S And Canada Since 1941
The Edmonton Journal reports that from January 1941 to May 1948 the United States saw living costs climb 24 percent and food costs 46 percent. Canada experienced a 12 percent rise in living costs and an 18 percent increase in food costs in the same period.
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United States
Canada
Edmonton Journal
New German Gun Reported In Action In London
A longer range German weapon, distinct from previous shells on Britain from Calais, is reported active in London. Its inventor will be saddened to learn he arrived at the party as it broke up.
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Britain
Calais
London
Windsor Star
The Day's Round Quotation from Ottawa Citizen
An old colored woman explained her contentment with a saying about work rest and worry. She states when she works she works hard and when she sits she sits soft and when she worries she goes to sleep.
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Ottawa
Citizen
Food Front Morale Note From The Army
The New Yorker humorously claims the Army feeds soldiers better than civilians and jokes that soldiers may start writing cheery morale-boosting letters to civilians.
Aging Shifts Confidence From Youth to Doubt
A Sun-Times quotation notes how opinions evolve with age. Youthful certainty fades through middle age into late life reflection, suggesting a late recognition of past wrongs with limited remedy.
Sneak Goal in Japan Soccer Play and Mess Menu
A Peterborough Examiner note mentions football being played in Japan with keen competition to score goals before kick-off. It also notes the potato as a popular food item in any service mess.
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Japan
Peterborough Examiner
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