Obscure British chess champ dies at 68 in Scotland
Robert Stewart a British checkers champion and reputed world record holder died at his home in Scotland. Dominion notes report new Newfoundland naval and artillery contingents arriving at a west coast port. A US defence program may repurpose 250000 tons of abandoned streetcar tracks as crop steel. Bevin urges 65 plus workers to register at UK employment exchanges. Red Cross in Spain distributed nearly 20000 tons of food worth 4 million dollars in six months. Douglas Williams to tour the Far East to speed up news service. Oslo officials resign due to ill health after anti-quisling demonstrations. RAF officers awarded Polonia Beatitutta orders. New Brunswick Red Cross ships 12288 pounds of strawberry jam to troops overseas, exceeding quota by 50 percent.
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United States
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Red Cross
Spain
Douglas Willams
Ministry of Information
Far East
Oslo
P M Special Train Guarding Churchill’s Movements
A disguised British railcar known as the P M s Special sits in a London rail yard ready to travel at a moment s notice to any British destination. Built during early war days for the King and Queen it now serves Prime Minister Churchill. The train comprises a sleeper saloon and several coaches kept stocked with cigars and a ready larder. One attendant calls Churchill the hardest worker and most understanding employer he has known.
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London
Britain
British Isles
Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Rotary Club of Hankow under occupation a diverse membership
The Rotary Club of Hankow under Japanese occupation reports a multinational membership including seven Americans twelve British thirteen Chinese five Germans one Japanese one Russian three Swedes and one Swiss amid wartime conditions.
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Rotary Club of
Hankow
The Rock from America’s stand point is Oahu Island
The text asserts that the island of Oahu in Hawaii is America’s rock from the standpoint of the nation, about 2100 miles from San Francisco, framing Oahu as a strategic or symbolic anchor in US geography and identity.
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America
Oahu
Hawaii
San Francisco
England's Daylight Saving Bill Through 1908 to 1916
England introduced its first daylight saving bill in 1908 but the measure did not take effect until May 1916.
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England
Pedestrian Perils Remain Hidden Behind Railings
A reflective note on how barriers and railings keep some pedestrians out of sight of motorists and the dangers of road use, highlighting the tension between pedestrian safety and structural design.
German Office Tower Shaped Like a Steamship
A single office building in Germany rises with a bold design, resembling a steamship. Architects emphasize maritime motif, blending industrial form with commercial use, aiming to stand as a landmark amid urban development. The project highlights thematic architecture and innovative facades.
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Germany
New Nova Scotia sea moss industry eyed for foreign exchange
Canadian officials see potential in harvesting Irish moss from shallow Nova Scotia beds. The seaweed, once scarce, now commands high prices as wartime demand soars. Prospects include reducing imports and earning US dollars, with moss dried and bleached for use in oil and beer clarifying, chocolate milk stabilization, ice cream crystals prevention, paints, therapeutics and more.
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Alan Harvey
Nova Scotia
Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Canada
Dominion
Europe
United States
London Owns Farms The heart of London farming for war needs
London residents act as farmers on 4000 acres within the Green Belt and parks. They own 1500 cattle 3000 pigs 7000 poultry and 550 sheep. During the blitz year production rose with 360000 eggs 550000 gallons milk 351 tons meat 1668 tons vegetables and 81 tons fruit. Boroughs cultivate 200 acres while 450 acres of allotments aid the city’s food drive.
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London
London County Council
RAF Officers Mess displays valuable paintings from many eras
The mess at a Royal Air Force bomber station in England showcases paintings loaned by the owner and pieces owned by the station commander. Highlights include Titian and Velazquez works such as Venus and Adonis and Venus, Pellegrini Venus and Cupid, Barolozzi nymphs, and a 1736 General Wade portrait. The collection spans 17th century English portraits, French engravings from 1790, modern works, a needlework piece, and Sesshu Oda's The God of Happiness Playing With Innocent Children gifted by a Japanese officer.
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Art Gallery
Royal Air Force
England
Aame
Titian
Velasquez
Pellegrini
Cupid
Barolozzi
Mercury
Europa
Wade
Charles T
Charles IT
Sesshu Oda
God of
German Oil Shortage Warned By British Expert
A British government oil expert warned that Germany would be forced to change blitzkrieg tactics or curb oil use unless they capture Soviet Russia's Caucasus fields by early 1942. He projected shortages would hit the German armed forces and industry within six months, noting Germany's current oil allowance and the role of synthetic plants amid bombing. He said control of 25 million tons yearly Caucasus output would solve European oil problems for the Nazis.
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Soviet Russia
Caucasus
Germany
Silesia
Czecho-Slovakia
Europe
Powerful X Ray Tube Aims to Aid Cancer Fight
Dr Clyde K Emery of Los Angeles and associates claim to have built the world’s most powerful X ray tube for cancer treatment and research. The device purportedly delivers 2 000 000 to 3 000 000 volts and is housed within three foot thick concrete walls and lead shielding to protect staff.
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Clyde K. ‘Emery
Los Angeles
Ancient Ox Horns Led To Modern Band Horns
Ancient horns made from ox horns were blown as war trumpets and are cited as forerunners of all horns used in modern bands and orchestras.
Quebec Ranks Second in Canada Mineral Output
Quebec holds the second place among Canadian provinces for mineral production, reflecting strong output in mining and related sectors within the region.
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Quebec
Canada
Dress Turban Bag Ensemble by Anne Adams Pattern 4804
A Misses pattern 4804 offers a four-piece ensemble including a shirtwaist dress with scalloped hem and contrasting bands, a one-piece turban with a front bow, and a two-part bag. Sizes 12 14 16 18 20. size 16 uses 2 1 2 yards 39 inch fabric and 2 1 2 yards contrast. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermo
Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Sunday School Lesson on Tabernacle and Christ's Sacrifice
This devotional study explains the tabernacle as a temporary tent of worship and contrasts it with the permanent sanctuary. It describes Hebrews 9 and 10, Christ as High Priest, and His eternal sacrifice once for all that brings remission and the new covenant into effect.
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Christ
Mrs Keith Munro Visits Palace Four Times in War
Mrs Keith Munro wife of Gravesend chief constable has visited Buckingham Palace four times since the war began. She went twice with her son 4a Lt Alexander Munro who received the DFC and bar and twice with her husband who earned the police medal for gallantry and later the OBE.
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Keith Munro
Gravesend
Buckingham Palace
Alexander Munro
D.F.C
Police
O.B.E
Orchids Brought From Bomb-Torn Britain Arrive in U S
Several shipments of rare and costly orchid plants have been brought from bomb-torn Britain to the United States, highlighting wartime plant import restrictions and enduring horticultural exchange.
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Britain
United States
Cheng-Kang Highway Opens Through Rocky Defile
Tibetans marvel at the Cheng-Kang Highway nearing completion between Tachienlu and Wasikow. The route carves a 20 mile rocky defile with 250000 tons of rock removed by Canadian engineers. Thousands of masons and earth carriers worked for over a year as inns are built and the old eight day route remains in use by coolies and chair travellers. The American automobile reduced two man carrying rig fares from 362 to 140 dollars.
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Tachienlu
Wasikow
Arrest of Copenhagen vendor spreads anti Nazi cry
An issue of the German paper Die Zeitung reports the arrest in Copenhagen of an elderly news vendor accused of drawing customers with the wartime chant 35 German bombers over London, 47 back safely, reflecting resistance era sentiment and propaganda concerns.
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Die Zietung
Copenhagen
London
Surrey man claims two tailed fish is catch
A Surrey man reports catching a fish with two tails, while joking about Mr. Churchill pursuing one with a small moustache. The peculiar claim adds a quirky note to small town fishing chatter.
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Surrey
Mr. Churchill
Wheat Pool Gifts $1,750 for War Ambulance to Red Cross
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool committees totaling 1,178 members contributed 1750 dollars to the Red Cross for the purchase of an ambulance to aid Britain and other war theaters. The gift, identified as from 1,000 Wheat Pool committees, will bear a plate noting the donation from Saskatchewan farmers.
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Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Red Cross
Great Britain
Red Cross Society
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Canadian Red Cross
Marriage Customs In Java
An account of a Javanese Mohammedan wedding ritual. The bride stands at the doorway, a duck egg on rock is crushed by the groom, egg splashes him, wife cleanses it, then couple returns and each receives betel leaf pellets to throw at each other. The unhit spouse is deemed house boss.
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Java
Court case over false trade inscription on milk pots in Cardiff
A milk bottle from Toronto that turned up in South Wales was part of a court case. A Cardiff Co-operative Wholesale Society retail branch was fined for selling milk in potties bearing a false trade inscription.
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Toronto
South Wales
Co-operative Wholesale Society
Cardiff
Modern methods cut Canadian tuberculosis deaths sharply
Dr G J Wherrett reports in the Canadian Public Health Journal that tuberculosis deaths declined across provinces by 64 percent in Alberta and 33 percent in Quebec, 60 percent in Ontario from 1921 to 1939, due to earlier diagnosis and broader surveys targeting contacts, nurses, students, teachers, and workers. Sanatorium bed capacity rose from under 2000 to about 11000, with Ontario enjoying no waiting lists and a death rate of 28 per 100000 versus 63.8 nationally.
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Canada
G. J. Wherrett
Canadian Public Health Journal
Alberta
Quebec
Ontario
Wherrett
Canadian War Guest Reunited With Mother After Year
Three year old Simon Christopher Dew, a son of Mrs Peter Dew wife of a Royal Engineers major, had not recognized his mother on reunion after a year apart while he was a war guest in Canada. He asked if she was his mummy and wondered where she came from as she explained she arrived from England.
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Simon Christopher Dew
Canada
Peter Dew
Royal Engineers
England
Machinery Boost Replaces Potato Peeling In Army
The munitions and supply department says soldiers no longer peel potatoes by hand as potato peeling machines are now in use. They report 155 units bought recently. The Petsamo harbor in Finland lies 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle and remains ice free due to the Gulf Stream.
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Munitions and Supply Department
Army
Petsamo
Finland
Arctic Circle
Botanist Reports Weeds Pulled From Ten Foot Plot
A botanist states that over five years he pulled 37 639 weeds from a plot measuring ten feet square. The discovery highlights extreme weed density in a small area and reflects ongoing plant management efforts.
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Scotland
Newfoundland
Charles Portal
Order of the Polonia Beatitutta
g@uccess
Alate
Siicatista
Maes
Famees
RAF
By Armee Adam
Cheng-Kang
Canadian Rockies
H.R.H
Duke of Kent
Banff Springs Hotel
Duke
Banff Springs Golf Course
J. A. Lowther
R. M. Deyell
Sir Louis Gregg
Canadian Pacific
Wheat Pool Ambulance
The
Mickie
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