Act Like Adults in War Time Gasoline Fight
A Western Canadian business leader urges adults to curb pleasure driving to conserve gasoline for the war effort. He argues current restrictions on fuel must be supported and possibly tightened to ensure fuel for aircraft, tanks, and deliveries to Britain. He cites Canada’s consumption exceeding production and calls for voluntary restraint and shifting dollars from leisure use to war needs.
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Dominion Oil Controller
Hitler
Churchill
Atlantic
Great Britain
Britain
Canada
Western
United States
England
Czechoslovak Protest Message and Wall Inscription
New York based Czech sources report underground propaganda in Prague. A secret group was caught writing a wall inscription in Czech, later translated as May Hitler perish. A constable required German rendering first. Two pedestrians remark on car payments. Elk Island National Park near Edmonton hosts the world’s largest buffalo herd.
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New York
Prague
Hitler
Elk Island National Park
Extmonton
Clyde ferryboats reach Turkish waters on long unescorted voyage
The Brockville Recorder notes seven Clyde built ferryboats, each under 140 feet, completed a 14,000 mile journey to Turkish waters. British crews guided them to the Bosphorus after up to 20 days at sea and multiple storm detours, all arriving safely. The report contrasts ship endurance with a quip on brain versus use, and mentions 18th century beliefs about earthquakes and US oil pipelines reaching 126,000 miles.
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Brockville Recorder
Timessays
Clyde
Bosphorus
New Radio Alert Receiver May Replace Air Raid Sirens
Mayor La Guardia and British officials observed a radio alert receiver that automatically answers an inaudible signal to summon listeners even when radios are off. David Sarnoff touted its 24 hour operation and potential London manufacture at about 15 dollars, comparable to standard sets.
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F. H. la Guardia
New York
la Guardia
F. W. Jackson
London Fire Brigade
W. B. Brett
London Civilian Defence
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
London
Sarnoff
England
Giant Flywheel Driven Winder Powers Deep South Africa Mines
The St Thomas Times Journal reports a British electric winder sent to City Deep mines in South Africa can raise an eight ton load from 6000 feet in two minutes. The unit features a 36 foot drum and a 40 ton cast steel flywheel. The same shops have produced overseas work including turboalternators for India Canada and Australia and four more rectifiers for Natal railways mirroring earlier Durban Volksrust equipment.
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Great Britain
South Africa
St. Thomas Times- Journal
India
Canada
Australia
Natal
Durban
Volksrust
Selected Krispy Party Chews
Cream butter and sugar then blend in flour. press into a shallow pan and bake until lightly browned. Beat eggs with sugar until fluffy, add flavoring, coconut, cereal and nut meats. drop on crust and bake until set. Cut into forty squares from a 9 by 12 inch pan.
Cat causes city power outage in St Johns Newfoundland
A stray cat caused a high tension wire short circuit halting industrial life in St John's Newfoundland for several hours. Docks machine shops service stations and every electrically controlled operation were affected as crews worked to restore power.
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St. John’s
Nld
Marriage notice at Shoeburyness sparks party dance call
At Shoeburyness Essex Lance-Bombardier Idwal Joses wed Olive Payne. The wedding door notice reports guests outnumbered six to one and jokes Males urgently needed to dance with free beer.
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Idwal Joses
Olive Payne
Shoeburyness
Essex
No Waste Allowed Fuel Waste Fine in Wales
In Bargoed, South Wales, a motorist who stopped his car without turning off the engine was fined ten shillings for wasting fuel. The piece notes Britain’s push to regulate and conserve gasoline and mentions pilots involved in British air export efforts.
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Bargoed
South Wales
A.R.P. Training Proves Effective In Night Storm Fires
In North Vancouver during a violent electric storm A.R.P. Warden and volunteers from auxiliary fire fighters engineers police ambulance and stretcherbearers conducted a rapid training demonstration. Fires began at a sawmill on Seymour Pipeline Road and two others on Mountain Highway. Fire crews contained all blazes with Forestry and A.R.P. support. Chief Warden Capt. Bates praised the responders as veteran quality.
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North Vancouver
B.C
A.R.P
Lynn Valley
Seymour Pipeline Road
Forestry
Seymour River
Greater Vancouver
G. R. Bates
The Navy’s Sacrificing Role in War Efforts
The Navy carries an immense, solitary burden in World War II, surpassing five allied navies' efforts in the last war. For 22 months it has faced crushing responsibility, risking its own fate and enduring heavy losses to aid the Army, a record the service says must not be forgotten.
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Navy
London
Hospital supplies issued to troops and hospitals in Britain
Over the past 15 months Great Britain issued 9,500,000 medicinal tablets 1,750,000 bandages 3,000 miles 34 tons of cotton wool 26 tons of dressing lint 23 tons of plaster of parts and 26,374 pounds of cough mixture to military hospitals. The British Royal Air Force aims to keep pilots minimum flying hours at 40 hours, down from 60 to 70, to meet demand.
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Great Britain
Royal Air Force
United States shipyards to build 5,214,000 tons cargo in 1942
Washington reports revised estimates predicting U S shipyards will produce 5,214,000 gross tons of cargo shipping in 1942, surpassing the German sinkings of the past year and suggesting time against Germany in the Atlantic. Production may shift closer to year end and some ships may not be available until late 1942.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Britain
Ottawa Journal
Fastest Man On Wings Lucas Honored For Typhoon Test Flight
Flight Lieutenant Philip Gadesden Lucas chief test pilot for Hawker Aircraft Company received the George Medal after testing a new Typhoon fighter. He described the experience as a grand thrill as the 2,300 horsepower aircraft dived and then recovered to land safely.
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Philip Gadesden Lucas
Hawker Aircraft Company
George
Lucas
Canadian doctor regains lost registration card after Crete battle
Officials in Ottawa confirmed a British forces medic in the Middle East could obtain a replacement registration card after reporting the loss during the Battle of Crete. The authorities granted a new card in response to his bona fide excuse.
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Ottawa
Middle East
Crete
Russian government used platinum for small value coins
The government once minted minor denomination coins using platinum, similar to how nickel is used today. This fact highlights a brief experimentation with precious metals in coinage.
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Sitle
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Limites
Tppleford Paper Productg
wacroRenue
Toronto
Winnipegs
Regina
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Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
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