U-Boat Interrupts Champagne Party
A British naval officer recounted a strange voyage when his ship found a derelict lifeboat with a full bottle of champagne aboard. After an alert, a Sunderland Coastal Command plane reported a U-boat contact and the Drum Keller corvette attacked, sinking the submarine in five and a half minutes with two direct hits. Oil patches and wreckage surfaced, and the crew later celebrated with champagne at port.
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Atlantic
Hey
Sunderland
Coastal Command
H.M.C.S .Drum Keller
Neptune
Facing Huns Alone Winnie Was Inspired
Eva Curie in Journey Among Warriors recounts Prime Minister Churchill’s courage in June 1940 as Britain faced isolation after France’s terms looming. Brigadier Bishop, present at a War Cabinet meeting, recalls Churchill’s defiant line I find it rather inspiring as he faced Germany alone.
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Eva Curie
Churchill
British Empire
Miss Curie
Brigadier Bishop
West Africa
England
Bishop
War Cabinet
Tours
France
Hitler
Germany
Almirante Higgins navy action signals end of rebellion
In the Plaza the uprising falters as Almirante Higgins fires on rebels and the Navy takes charge. Dick Higgins notes Wynne’s theatrics while Dowager Dolores and family react as rain and cannon fire press the crowd. Spofforth reports a gold-lode discovery beneath the mine dam as postwar Scouting efforts expand in Canada.
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Dickie
Lafallette
Almirante Higgins
Dick Higgins
Donna Elenora
Wynne
Navy
Dolores
Mamma
Ferdinando
King Higgins
Don Ferdinando
12th West Ham Boy Scout Troop Proud of Matta War Hero
SCOUTING of 62 members includes 19 commissioned and 31 non commissioned officers. Jim Osborne of the RAF, a member, shot down the 1000th plane over Matta. A British Scout in North Africa asks for moth balls for his uniform. One hundred sixty Scouts form the nucleus of a reorganized movement.
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London
England
West Ham
Jim Osborne
R.A F
Matta
North Africa
Boy Scout Movement
Devilled Egg Salad With Tomatoes
Six eggs are halved and yolks blended with eggless mayonnaise mustard onion and seasonings. The white halves are stuffed, decorated with paprika, and served in crisp lettuce nests with tomato slices cottage cheese and parsley on six chilled plates.
Leader visits care home inmates in party outreach
The Windsor Star notes a party leader visiting a mental institution where he talks to inmates near the gate. One inmate responds with a wary grin and the line Because we're not all there.
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Windsor Star
Charm and poise through calm nerves and rest
A guide advises that poise comes from calm nerves and rested routines. It suggests wholesome food, sunlight, reduced activities, and fresh air to ease nervous tension, and recommends Dr Miles Nervine as a sedative with listed prices for tablets and liquid.
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Miles Nervine
Nervine
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Kellog Company of Canada Limited
Holley
Chet
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Angel
Higgins
St. Senor
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Sang Froid
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Spofforth
Callano
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Higins
Belgium
Great Britain
Boy Scouts of
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Scouting
Chins Up
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Uplands Airport
Ottawa
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Mexico City
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Boy
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Earl of Athlone
Ogden
The
Pony Express
Ogden’s
Sicily
Cpl
H.H. Whitaker
Royal Canadian Signals
Winnipeg
Wilsom Fly Pad Co
Hamilton, Ont
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