Sea Captain Proved Sub War Could Be Beaten by New Tactics
The article honors Captain Frederic John Welker, DSO with two bars, noting his leadership in ending the U-boat threat. It traces the shift from wolf packs to aggressive killer packs under Capt. Walker, detailing their tactics, impact on Allied convoys, and Welker's death at sea after delivering a decisive contribution to anti submarine warfare.
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Frederic John Welker
Bath
Britain
Germany
Walker
War Centre Memoir of Bombed London Parents
Dickinson of Toronto recounts his parents four bombed-out London experiences during the war. He notes the 1840 Wimbledon blast that left his mother trapped 136 hours but his father unharmed, followed by two 1941 bombings and a final strike that leveled their flat, forcing demolition.
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Dickinson
Toronto
Atlantic
London
Dutz
Wimbledon
Cmdr
Admiralty
Dickinsons
First Canadian Rail Era Begins With Dorchester Voyage
The 1836 Dorchester marked Canada's first steam train run between Laprairie and St Johns on a 16 mile wooden track. The successful trip, two hours, spurred growth of rail lines forming part of the St Lawrence division and influencing Confederation.
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Quebec
Lapraine
St. Lawrence
St. Johns
Richelieu
Canada
Voyageurs
Montreal
New York
Canadian National System
Dorchester
Lengthy 1860s New Hampshire hanging sermon noted
Historical records from an old New Hampshire jail show a two hour sermon preceding a hanging. The discourse included seventeen pages with thirteen addressed to the audience and three to the condemned. The note contrasts Victoria Falls being more than twice Niagara’s height in Africa.
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New Hampshire
Old Jail House
Africa
Victoria Falls
Niagara Falls
New Lidice to rise in Czechoslovakia under exile government
The planned Lidice rebuilding project, conceived at Columbia University under the Czechoslovakian government in exile, announced by Leopold Arnaud, dean of the Columbia School of Architecture. The new town will stand where the Nazi wiped out Lidice in reprisal for a German officer's death.
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Czechoslovakia
Columbia Uiversity
Leopold Arnaud
Columbia School of Architecture
Lidice
VCs Awarded to Scouts in War Years
Of the 90 VCs awarded in this war ten have gone to former Boy Scouts including PO Cyril Barton KAP who received a posthumous award recently. Eleven Scouts won the VCs in the First Great War. Sound travels about fifteen times faster through iron than through air.
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V.C
Cyril Barton
KAP
Pre-positioning housework to cut time and effort
The text urges Canadian housewives to apply the pre position idea to daily chores. It suggests planning outfits for the morning, stacking dishes by washing order, folding linens to minimize moves, keeping cleaning gear in a light basket, and making beds securely to reduce upkeep to brief straightening sessions.
Ice Seals Walden Well in Colorado Under Hot Sun
A well in Walden Colorado emits extreme cold that freezes nearby water and keeps pipes coated in several inches of ice even during peak sun, illustrating unusual subsurface conditions affecting the area.
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Walden
Colo
Merchant Marine Honored As Mother Of Navies In War
A tribute to the Merchant Marine praising its pivotal role in World War II across Normandy and beyond. It notes the vast scale of supply needs, the peril faced by mariners, and cites a London dispatch on high casualty rates, calling the merchant fleet the mother of navies and recalling early armed merchant ships and the first US squadron under Esek Hopkins.
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Normandy
London
Merchant Marine
East India Company
United States Squadron
Esek Hopkins
New York Times
Rural Canadians Outnumber Urban Dwellers in 1871
In 1871 Canada's rural inhabitants exceeded urban dwellers by over two million, highlighting a stark rural majority at the period. The data reflects demographic distribution before significant urban expansion and municipal growth reshaped settlement patterns in the late 19th century.
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Canada
Surplus Paint for Canadian Farms Postwar Vision
Ottawa Citizen imagines postwar Canada distributing surplus paint to farmers to brighten barns farmhouses and factories. The plan would use free paint to improve landscapes while managing market effects on prices. It notes renewed travel by visitors and the end of gasoline rationing as automobilist demand returns.
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Canada
United States
Ottawa Citizen
Russian Women Doctors on Front Lines Perform Surgeries
Soviet release highlights decades of women doctors serving at the front from 1877 to the present. They operated under air raids and ruins, often overnight, in dugouts and field hospitals. They held roles from regimental to corps doctors, earning countless medals for bravery and skill.
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St. Petersburg
Red Cross
Woman pilot awarded Iron Cross for robot bomb test flight
Berlin radio reported Mrs. Hanna Reisch received the Iron Cross first class for flying inside an experimental robot bomb during 1942 test flights. She was seriously injured after an emergency landing. the robot had no instruments and aimed to strike a target without human control.
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Gennan
Berlin
Hanna Reisch
Frau Relach
Reisch
Memory Restored Lieutenant Regains Identity in Return
Lieut Adrian Schultz, 26, injured piloting a Liberator in England last January, was initially unable to recall his identity for over four months. After learning English with a British accent, military records later confirmed his identity and he was sent home to Omaha, where a picture of his sister Joan, 16, helped revive his memory. His speech remained tinged with a British accent, causing confusion for his family at first.
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Adrian Schultz
England
Lieut
Schultz
United States
Joan
Omaha
Aviators And Diver Resurface After Height Far Too Fast
A report notes aviators who ascend rapidly risk decompression sickness and a deep sea diver brought to the surface too quickly faces similar health concerns. Medical experts urge controlled ascent and careful decompression procedures to avoid injuries.
Are Weill Trained Dogs Detect Land Mines
Non-metallic mines defy machines but are found by trained M-dogs. The dogs work on six foot leashes to locate minefields and guide safe paths, also detecting metallic mines tripwires and booby traps amid dangerous terrain.
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U.S
Butterfly crochet pattern for linens and motifs
This Week's Needlework offers a butterfly crochet design with five motifs and a 21 inch transfer design. Pattern 7141 costs twenty cents, requests clear name and address, and directs sending coins to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue East, Winnipeg Manitoba. Delays may occur due to slow pattern delivery.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Imposing Mont St Michel Stands On Normandy Coast
An imposing sight on the coast of Normandy is Mont St Michel, a vast medieval monastery built on a solitary rock that rises from the sea, attracting visitors and scholars alike.
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Normandy
France
Mont St. Michel
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