Blossoms Among England's Ruins on Plant Hunts in Blitzed Cities
Sightseers explore bombed British cities where amateur and professional botanists hunt among rubble. Records show Manchester 79 species, Liverpool 82, London 95, Folkestone 44, with seeds sprouting in nitrate-rich soils. The London Rocket Sisymbrium irio may reappear, last seen after the Great Fire of 1666 and possibly now in 1944 London.
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Britain
Christian Science Monitor
Manchester
Liverpool
London
Caucasus
Size of the U S Army Air Forces B 29 shown beside B 17
Flying Magazine drawing contrasts the Boeing B 29 with the B 17 Flying Fortress to illustrate General Arnold s claim that the Flying Fortress is the last of the small bombers and to give a sense of the B 29 s size.
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U.S. Army Air Forces
Flying Magazine
Arnold
Canadians in Italy Print Newspaper The Maple Leaf Debuts
The Maple Leaf, the first regular Canadian Army newspaper in the field, has rolled off the presses for units in Italy. Four pages five columns, started as a weekly and may become daily as newsprint allows. The paper, supervised by the Canadian public relations unit, aims to improve front line news from Canada Britain and the Central Mediterranean. The Canadian First Division's Sicily landings and campaigns highlighted the need for timely information to troops.
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Italy
Canada
Britain
Mediterranean
Sicily
War Week Commentary Calls for Land and Air Drive Against Japan
Guenther Stein reports that the American navy plans to push across the Pacific and land ground and air forces on the Chinese mainland with interior support. Stilwell notes air routes and Ledo Road progress, while China relies on air transports and new cargoplanes to sustain operations. The Americas Army in China boasts record air shipments and multiple airfields aiding Chinese defenses and counterattacks in North Hunan.
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China
Pacific
Guenther Stein
Christian Science Monitor
Japan
Joseph Stilwell
Chungking
Nimitz
Stilwell Delared
Burma
Ledo Road
Americas Army Command
Free China
Chinese airfield rush marks vast wartime effort
Winter campaigns pincer Japanese shipping across Central China to the China Sea. Chinese airfields expand rapidly with long runways, built by vast labor, seen as a historic feat alongside the Great Wall and Grand Canal.
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China
Hong Kong
Indo- China
Burma
China Sea
Great Wall
Grand Canal
Eighth Army Brings Home the Bacon
Frontline units of the Canadian corps and the British Eighth Army clashed in Italy over a pig that escaped its enclosure. Desultory fire accompanied a German sniper opening burst as the animal moved toward Canadian lines, ending with the pig under Allied possession.
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Italy
8Th Army
No Man’s-Land
Canadians Hold Position After Artillery Push
A well placed shot halted the pursuing foe and artillery fire forced their withdrawal. Hours later Canadian troops were dining on roast pork, marking a brief pause in hostilities.
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