Secret Departure Shrouded In Wartime Silence
The article notes a captain and crew on the liner Queen Elizabeth concealing their voyage details. Newspapers and many sailors knew the route yet followed government warnings to keep quiet to prevent German interception and aerial or naval attacks. The policy kept thousands unaware publicly.
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Elizabeth
Tero
Cisegeen
New York
Enra
Atlantic
Thomas Times- Journal
Preparing Horses For Spring Work
Horses wintered on maintenance rations should be stabled and fed for at least a month before spring work. M J McPhail notes bran mash at night with sulfur aids skin and flesh, but care to avoid wetness. Increase grain gradually to about one pound per hundred pounds body weight while conditioning.
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M. J. McPhail
Dominion Experimental Station
Melfort
Sask
Admiralty Control Urged To Lead Coastal Air Arm
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes recalled Robert Blake and his rise of British naval power to urge the Admiralty take control of the Royal Air Force coastal command. He cited Blake’s legacy and contrasted it with the need for the navy to govern its own air arm for future victories.
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Robert Blake
House of Commons
Roger Keyes
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
van Tramp
Hhike
Matterborn Mountain in Switzerland Stands Tall
The record notes Matterborn in Switzerland as a remarkable peak among the world’s great mountains with an elevation around 4 782 feet.
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Matterborn
Switzerland
Future Leaders Rise From Ranks In New German Regime
An analysis argues that Germany's next leaders will come from ordinary Germans within the wartime workforce and Nazi apparatus. It predicts a future state shaped by national and European perspectives, with a generation bridging postwar Germany and a European order after Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranky
Robert Strausz-Hupe
Ssya
Lesdera
Hitee
Germany
Third Reich
Gestapo
Hitler
J4m
Weimar Republic
Poland
Churchill Style Turns Tongue Twisters Into War Names
Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, crafts a distinctive approach to pronouncing foreign names for Britain's public. He uses clear renderings like Nazias and Graf Spee, while BBC announcers note a trend toward more intelligible foreign names without straying far from native pronunciation.
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Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Britain
Germany
France
Finland
China
Churchill
Hitler
Nazias
Graf Spee
Grahf Shpay
Bennes
Monty
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pre-War Propaganda in German Goods Entering Canada
J. S. Roe reports that pre war shipments into Canada carried Nazi propaganda. Customs Division inspectors found leaflets and Hitler speeches camouflaged in German novelties. The effort blocked a flood of propaganda at Canada’s frontiers.
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Canada
J. S. Roe
Customs Division
Department of National Revenue
Editorial urges Germans to Stop Complain and Forget Old Times
In Der Allgemeine Weg wasser an influential family publication, an editorial condemns complaining about living conditions and the habit of comparing the present with former times. It warns that such parallels do not fill larders or ward robes.
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der Allegemeine Wegwasser
Chinese Woman Flyer Plans 25000 Mile Fundraising Flight
Miss Lee Ya Ching leaves New York in the Estrela China to fly 25000 miles through South America and other lands as she tours the United States for a China relief drive. She is among the few Chinese women pilots. From the Isles of Lewis a wartime note is added with a stark statistic.
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Lee Ya Ching
New York
Estrela China
United States
China
Japan
South America
Disparate Air Routes Thread German French Italy South America
Amid World War II era reporting, German and French airlines operate side by side along Brazil to Buenos Aires, with Italians avoiding Lufthansa in South America. Lufthansa plans to resume Buenos Aires Santiago service when better German planes arrive as the South Atlantic mail route remains closed.
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South America
Germany
Italy
Europe
Lufthansa
South Atlantic
Cape Verde Islands
Will Aid Immigration Plan Delights Canada After War
Royal Air Force officers in Ottawa express belief that the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan will boost postwar settlement of Britons in Canada. They note Canadians’ kindness to trainees and expect many pupils will choose to remain in Canada after the war, having experienced Canadian home life.
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Canada
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
Ottawa
Italian Air Bombing Pioneers in Tripoli 1912 War
The Italian army reportedly used aerial bombing in its 1912 Tripoli campaign with pilots dropping crude hand bombs on troops. A separate note mentions a $30,000 capital invested in British greyhound racing.
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Tripoli
Five Bacterial Diseases Found in Cereal Grains
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology in Winnipeg reports at least five bacterial diseases among cereals including bacterial blight of barley halo and stripe blight of oats and bacterial black chaff and basal glume rot of wheat. Losses range from one to four bushels per acre per ten percent disease, with severe outbreaks causing greater damage. Researchers have isolated the bacteria and are pursuing further studies for effective control and recommendations.
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Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Prosperity Interrupted in Finland Under Stalin’s Push
The Quebec Chronicle Telegraph reports Finland enjoyed unprecedented prosperity before Stalin’s actions. The Finnish Trade Review shows January to August 1939 exports at 5.759 trillion marks, up from 5.177 trillion in 1938, the highest for similar periods. Officials warn war would ruin gains, a worry Stalin may have shared.
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Filand
Stalin
Quebec Chronicle Telegraph
Finnish Trade Review
Trade Review
Limited Color Palette Tallied For Human Eye
M Rea Paul addressed physicists and opticians in New York noting that of 2 000 000 distinguishable colors only 7 044 have been tabulated. Salt Lake City postmen fed grain to snowbound birds during winter rounds in the city.
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M. Rea Paul
New York
Salt Lake City
U.S.A
Proving Their Skill Men Knit As Women Across Britain
The Christian Science Monitor notes British men show knitting skill rivaling women during wartime. It cites a London Transport knitting circle with 12,000 members and a public school where 30 percent of 600 boys knit for the Forces. The piece playfully suggests men may learn to knit and work without knitting their brows.
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Christian Science Monitor
Britain
London Transport
Jones Minor
Air Training Plan entry change for Royal Canadian Air Force
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan now requires enlistment for entry to the Special Reserve of the Royal Canadian Air Force for elementary flying training. No further commission applications accepted. Airman pilots must be 18 to 26, air observer and air gunner 18 to 32. Requires Junior Matriculation or equivalent. General list appointments still open to experienced pilots with about 200 hours flying.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Elephant paths shape travel corridors in African forests
In African forests elephants create paths that act as vital travel arteries for many species, guiding movements and shaping ecological networks across the landscape.
Little Felix Reappears in France A Soldier’s Heir
Veteran Edward Harold recalls meeting a young Felix in Lievers near Litters during 1914. Now in the Moselle district of France his son Felix II follows in his father’s footsteps, echoing memories from the village where Cana dian troops once stayed.
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Felix
Big Felix
France
Litte Felix
Lievers
Edward Harold
Sanderson and Harold
Paris
Ont
Fely
Harold
Rascal
Madame Cretel
Moselle
Lieres
Madame Crete
Mr. Harold
The Multipurpose Life of a Newspaper
The article explores how newspapers outlive their news value by becoming packing, wrapping, and lining materials. It humorously notes readers reuse sheets for kitchen tasks, picnics, and even to protect items while awaiting repair, highlighting the paper's utility beyond journalism.
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grandma—Kitchener Tecord
Stefansson Named Honorary Member of Polar Society
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, veteran explorer and author, is elected an honorary member of the American Polar Society joining two others Admiral Richard E. Tyree and General David L. Brainard, the last survivor of the ill fated Greeley Arctic expedition.
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
American Polar Society
Richard E. Tyree
David L. Brainard
Greeley
Fire blocks response as dues unpaid in Pine Lawn
A Pine Lawn residence was destroyed after the volunteer fire department refused to respond due to the owner not paying $1.25 in dues. The incident underscores the claim that money governs life in the town.
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Pine Lawn
St. Louis
Widowers Prefer Spinsters When Remarrying
British statistics indicate widowers who remarry favor spinsters, while widows tend to prefer widowers. The finding highlights gendered dating patterns among older Britons and differences in remarriage preferences.
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