The Postwar Outlook for Sweden as a Neutral
Sweden faces tight wartime shortages and currency constraints while balancing trade with Nazi Germany and Finland. Arctic port Petsamo rumors stir debate on joining Allies. Stockholm imposes fuel and food rationing as the government preserves cash-and-carry trade and boosts aid to Greece and Norway relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petsamo
Helsinki
Moscow
Berlin
Winston Churchill
Europe
Sweden
Hitler
Germany
Norway
Finland
Russia
Stockholm
Great Britain
United States
Swedish Red Cross
Norway Relief Society
Athens
Canada
Greece
Mediterranean
Sweden and Crown Prince Forces Near Possible Junction With Russians
The text envisions Sweden’s Crown Prince troops pushing to a junction with Russian occupation forces at Petsamo if present. It suggests Sweden as an Allied belligerent could pressure Nazi positions in Norway to make their stance untenable, describing an intensified Allied encirclement of Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Bjurgstrom
Central Preas
Arctic
Petsamo
Btockholm
Sweden
Finland
Hitler
Norway
Denmark
Germany
Commander of Training Battalion in Britain Relieved
H G McGhee accused Lieut Col Gates of cruel treatment and making men look ridiculous. He described an order requiring officers to shout Hi-de-hi and troops to reply Ho-de-ho. The colonel was suspended and reassigned to the war transport office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
H. G. McGhee
Labor
House of Commons
Gates
McGhee
Arthur K. C. Henderson
War Transport Office
Not Old Fashioned More Machinery On British Farms Than In Any Other Country
British farmers use more machinery than any other nation, with 100000 tractors in use in the United Kingdom, one for every 165 acres of cultivated land. The war spurred this change, and Canada’s Munitions and Supply Department helped boost equipment sent to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Russell
Rothamsted Experimental Station
United Kingdom
Ukraine
Us.s
Charles Banks
London
Canada
United States
Atlantic
Britain
Labour
Ernest Bevin
Liverpool
England
Vicory
Navy
Army
Air Force
Conservation request on steel drums and farmers
Farmers and others holding empty steel drums are urged by the Administrator of Used Goods to return them to the company marked on the container or dispose of them to proper handlers promptly. Cooperation will aid steel conservation for essential uses. The note adds a remark on science and a stray line about a bathtub and a phone.
Hunger strikes through history and the Cork mayor
The piece surveys historic fasts from various figures, noting Irish hunger strikers and Terence MacSwiney. It highlights international attention, the Cork mayor's 74 day fast, his death at 40, and the mixed reactions of English and Irish observers, with a Montreal Gazette attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques
Dr. Tanner
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
MacSwiney
Brixton
Sinn Fein
St. George's Cathedral
Southwark
Euston
St. Finnibarrs Cemetery
Montreal Gazette
Bagpipe Morning Routine Delights Canadian War Corps
In London the Canadian Women's Army Corps favors bagpipes over bugles. Cpl. Gertrude Peter of Calgary pipes down hallways each morning from the first to the fourth floor, waking the unit with tunes like The Road to the Isles and The Highland Wedding. Gertrude began playing at 11 and earned 13 medals and 12 cups in Canada with Calgary and Blue Bonnets pipe bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
London
Gertrude Peter
Calgary
Peter
Flost
C.W.A.C
Gertrude
The
Isles
Canada
Calgary Girls
Blue Bonnets
British rationing plan favored by Ottawa Ista authorities
Ottawa authorities favor adopting the British rationing system over the American model. The British approach centers on a maximum expenditure per person per week, guiding allocation and controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ista
Immense Underground Munition Plant Visit in England
Reporter Walter R. Legge details a tour of vast underground factories in Britain going into production. He notes cavern origins, elevated entry, bright lighting, advanced ventilation, sewage gas recovery, dormitories and worker housing, large female labor presence, and the efficiency of modular, single operations to sustain production under war pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Walter R. Legge
Britain
United States
Bird Embroidery For Cheerful Note
First Call to Spring in charming bird motion for your bedspread. The birds perch fly flutter their wings and look real. Each has 38 different flower backgrounds for color. Pattern 7487 contains eight motifs and eight smaller motifs with stitches and materials. Send twenty vents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
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Stockmulig
Noeutend
Crown
Gustav Adolf
Adhi
Gandhi
de Valera
North Africa
Leonard Orchard
Western
Desert
Bernard Montgomery
Rommel
Africa Korps
Alice Brooks
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