Lend-Lease Yields Odd Gifts From Britain
Brig. Gen. Albert Browning reports in a press conference that Britain supplied the United States with fifty thousand bicycles five million clay pigeons and many garbage cans underscoring that Lend-Lease is a two way aid. He notes bikes prove troublesome for pilots at dispersed airfields and garbage cans required a British label dust bins solved the issue. Skeet targets aid aerial gunnery training.
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Albert J. Browning
Army Service, Forces Purchases Division
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Browning
Hitler
Canadians Draw London Writer's Admiration
Ottawa Citizen quotes Clifford Webb of the Daily Herald after visiting Canadian forces who captured Agira. He praises their bearing and fighting qualities and notes their drive to wipe out the first Panzer regiment of the 15th Panzer Division. Webb also reports their cheeriness and pride in serving home support. Also mentions Britain to release iron, steel, and aluminum for industrial use.
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Ottawa Citizen
Clifford Webb
Daily Herald
Agira
Grammichele
Webb
Gordon Warns on Inflation Threat and Price Controls
Ottawa reports Donald Gordon, Canada’s director of wartime price controls, warns that only strict price ceilings can avert inflation damage. He cites rising wood prices, wage pressures, and black markets while urging continued public support for controls to protect homes and happiness.
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Canada
Weekly
Newspaper Association
Toronto
Gordon
Labor Gazette
Federal Labor Department
Unnamed Norwegian Seaman Wins Double Honors for Gallantry
A 25-year-old second mate nicknamed for security saved 18 crewmen after swimming 500 yards to seize a loose lifeboat and rowing it back to a sinking ship amid shelling between the Azores and Bermuda. The St Olav Medal and the War Medal were presented by Norwegian Minister Daniel Steen at the legation, honoring personal gallantry.
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Atlantic
Montreal Star
Daniel Steen
St. Olav
Norway
Steen
Azores
Bermuda
Not Tough Enough For Soldier's Life Golden Boy
Golden Boy the big brown and white English setter from Mishaw aka Indiana is back home after an honorable discharge from army trainers who could not turn him into a soldier. He remained affectionate and refused to hate, a trait understood by those who know the noble breed.
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Mishawaka
Indiana
Hamilton Spectator
The Human Comedy by William Saroyan review
A concise appraisal of The Human Comedy focusing on Homer Macauley the fast messenger and scenes of wartime family life in the San Joaquin Valley. The piece highlights modesty, ordinary humanity, and the novel as a great achievement with a $3.00 price.
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San Joaquin Valley
Homer
Ulysses
Covington
Willie Grogan
Spangler
Marcus
William Saroyan
George J. McLeod
Milkweed Leaves Sought For Rubber Research
The Department of Agriculture in a government sponsored NRC project will pay three cents a pound for hand prepared milkweed leaves to support rubber producing plant experiments. Readily dried leaves qualify, or an alternative price of 30 dollars per ton for binder cut and stooked milkweed.
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National Research Council
University of Western Ontario
London
Ont
St. Thomas Times
Soviet Women Step Into Farms as Men Fight
With all able-bodied men in the Soviet forces fighting, 700000 women have learned to run tractors and combine harvesters across Russia. They fill roles in farming and maintain agricultural output during the war period.
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Russia
Rising living costs in the United States and Canada
The Edmonton Journal notes that between January 1941 and May 1943 the U S cost of living rose 24 percent and food costs 46 percent while Canada saw a 12 percent rise in living costs and an 18 percent rise in food costs.
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Labor Gazette
Canada
United States
Edmonton Journal
Belated Arrival of New German Gun in Action
London reports a new German coastal gun with longer range than prior shells aimed at Britain from Calais is now in service. The inventor will be saddened, arriving just as the party ends.
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Britain
Calais
London
Windsor Star
The Day's Round: A Wise Woman's Simple Philosophy
A Ottawa Citizen proverb recalls an elderly Black woman who explains contentment comes from steady effort and rest. She says when she works she works hard and when she sits she sits softly, choosing sleep when worry arises.
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Ottawa Citizen
Army declares soldiers better fed than civilians
A New Yorker quip notes that Army food superiority may lift morale as soldiers write cheerful letters, suggesting civilian shortages could be offset by military cheer.
Opinion Ages Opinion Change
A brief quotation from the Owen Sound Sun-Times notes how opinions shift with age. It contrasts youth certainty with midlife doubt and old age regret, suggesting little can be done about past certainties.
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Owen Sound
Sun-Times
Sneak Goal and Potatoes Highlight Service Mess
The Peterborough Examiner notes football is widely played in Japan with eager competition to score before kickoff. It also mentions the potato as a popular food item in any service mess.
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Peterborough Examiner
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