Power Alcohol From Wheat Stubbornly Debated In Ottawa
Ottawa officials consider converting wheat surplus into power alcohol to ease a market glut and aid farm incomes amid wartime fuel restrictions. Experts dispute costs, with estimates ranging from 38 to 53 cents per bushel for fuel depending on plant scale and methods. A pilot plant at $300,000 is proposed to test feasibility and guide practical use of several million bushels for alcohol, plastics, and other outlets.
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Ottawa
Betellen
W. D. McFarlane
Macdonald College
Winnipeg
Rotstein
Europe
Canada
Australian inventor aids neutralizing magnetic mines early war
The Patents Office Journal reports Australian mining engineer Franklin G. Barnes developing a degaussing device that countered German magnetic mine threats to British shipping. Barnes was in England in November 1939 when the first magnetic mine was recovered, and six days later he filed specs for a method using electric cables to neutralize the mines around ships.
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Patents Office Journal
Franklin G. Barnes
Barnes
England
New Signal Chooses Tom-Tom Beat For Europe
The BBC European service adopts a new interval signal, a muted tom-tom beat forming the V for victory. The dull thump travels less far than a whistle or bell, reducing risk of detection by Gestapo while Europe radios note the signal.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
Gestapo
Donkey Softball Ends With Informal Faceoff
In Marysville California Fred C Tatton tried biting a bucking donkey s ears to quell it during a local donkey softball game. The animal bucked again and knocked Tatton to ground while a finger ring with a built in cigarette lighter was noted as patented. The halibut is described as the largest of the fiat fish.
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Fred C. Tatton
Marysville
Calif
Fashion under rationing reshapes London clothing
London shoppers adapt to a 66 coupon yearly limit for outfits, with coats at 14, woollen dresses 11, silk dresses seven, and other items scaled to preserve quality. The coupon cap prompts simpler lines, tighter fabrics, fewer patterns, and more durable designs across couture.
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London
England
London Couture
Victory Buna Campaign Reaches South Bend Restaurant
The underground V for Victory effort sponsored by Britain spreads to South Bend Indiana where a local restaurant run by a Greek baker bakes V shaped buna. In World War I allied forces fired one million shells from a single front in four hours at St Mihiel.
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Victory Buna
Britain
Germany
South Bend
Indiana
St. Mihiel
Canada’s Tank Brigadier Worthington Leads New Era of War Machines
Brig. Worthington, veteran of Pancho Villa fights and WWI, commands Canada’s first tank brigade stationed in England. The unit, built from trappers, farmers, and caterpillar drivers, trains at Camp Borden after forming the first Canadian tank school in 1936.
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Canadian Army Tank Brigade
England
Brig
F. Worthington
Canada
Worthington
Pancho Villa
Mexico
Northland
Prairies
Scotland
California
Central
South America
London
Ont
Camp Borden
Tank Brigade
Women Workers California To Use Women In Air Craft Factories
California seeks more defense labor with women drafted into airplane factories munitions plants and tool making to free men for heavy work. State employment head Wagener says demand is rising and that some industries could replace 25 to 40 percent of male workers with women.
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California
R. G. Wagener
Wagener
Selected Bran Muffins From Old Recipe Card
Shortening and sugar are creamed, then egg and hot milk are added. All-bran and milk soak briefly, then flour, salt, and baking powder are folded in. Bake two thirds full in greased pans at 400F for about 30 minutes to yield eight large or twelve small muffins. If sour milk or buttermilk is used, reduce baking powder and add soda.
Devoted Heroism From a Libyan Campaign Letter
An Australian officer wounded fatally during the Libyan campaign crawled to a Bren gun and offered to be a gas shield for the gunner, inspiring praise for the fighting forces as a single shield against enemy bombs. The Brisbane–Halifax context emphasizes steadfast courage and unity of land sea and air forces.
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Sydney
Australia
Halifax Herald
Mussolini paper urges cafes to surrender chairs for arms
Popolo d'Italia campaigns to requisition cafe chairs and tables to be melted into weapons. The editorial calls metal parts more valuable on the battlefield, scolding patrons who "talk too much" in Italian cafes.
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Benito Mussolini
Popolo D’italia
Health of Canadian War Factory Workers Improves
Ottawa health officials report a survey showing health among Canadian workers in war factories as infinitely better than in the first Great War. The findings reflect improved conditions and medical attention for labor groups during wartime.
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Health Department
Ottawa
People Who Are Up And Doing Are Fever Down And Done
A brief note states that people who are active or busy are recovering, with a focus on a drop in fever. The line also hints at completion or finishing a task, suggesting improved health or progress.
Duke of Kent Visits Calgary Mounted Police Scene
At the No 2 wireless school of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Calgary the Duke of Kent chatted with Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporals D G Forrest and F G Adam on matched bay horses as photographers captured the moment. Inspector H J Evans of Scotland Yard, in plain clothes, asked to be photographed beside the mounties and joked about finally wanting his picture taken.
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Duke of Kent
No. 2 Wireless School
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Calgary
D. G. Forrest
F. G. Adam
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
H. J. Evans
Scotland Yard
Russian resilience cited by Italian minister in war remarks
A Good Explanation Count Ciano says Russian resistance to the German attack stems from Slavic racial traits of great strength and endurance. In Brazil an airplane earned the nickname tecotee due to its noise. Madrid bans tipping. Watters defends the law as not to accept gratuities. Dunce caps trace to 13th century Scots theologian Duns Scotus.
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Count Ciano
Women keep secret radiolocation role in air defence
The article notes that many women in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force quietly helped with radiolocation for enemy plane detection. The secrecy surrounding this role only recently emerged as the program became publicly acknowledged. Eligibility for radiolocation duty is now open to young women aged 17 to 35 with clear voices, good eyesight, integrity, and strong education.
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Auxiliary Air Force
Britain
W.A.A.F
A New Order Rises From Britain War Effort
Sir Gerald Campbell. director general of the British Information Services, tells the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco that wartime Britain is creating a new social order. He says the man in the street understands the war and the postwar Britain will belong to him, born of air-raid shelters and RAF units. The common effort has burnt away class barriers and united the people as never before.
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Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore
Calcutta
Marshi Devendranath
Prince Dwarkanath Tagore
India
England
Santiniketan
Vigya Bharati
United States
New Haven
Conn
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Great Britain
Bengal
Kabir
Moscow
Berlin
Munich
Paris
Birmingham
New York
Britain
Gerald Campbell
British Information Services
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco
Adolf Hitler
RAF
Brazil to Turn Coffee Surplus Into Plastics
The Kitchener Record notes Brazil plans to burn surplus coffee at a yearly loss of 1.4 million to convert it into plastics materials for Gays Food Industries. A pilot plant will yield 18,000 pounds daily from 215 bags of coffee, followed by a 5 million dollar plant aiming for 500 million pounds yearly, potentially making Brazil a leading plastics powder producer and hinting at a solution to Canada's wheat surplus.
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Brazil
Gays Food Industries
Canada
Kitchener
Covenanter Tank Named by British Minister
Britain’s latest tank enters mass production and is named the Covenanter by Lord Beaverbrook. The 15 to 16 ton vehicle follows the Crusader, offering 30 mph speed, strong maneuverability, solid armor, and potent firepower.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Rug Making for Prisoners and Helpers in War District
British women teach German airmen and other captives the art of rug making. A thrift rug pegged from old stockings has been completed in one district. British soldiers, wounded Frenchmen and Poles are also being taught. Authoritative records show no deaths from tarantula bites.
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Ogden’s
Ogden's
Vogue
Ogden
Fast Tank Brigade
Hialy
Madrid
Watters
Duns Scotus
Manin
Ratlewes Ar ‘Tom Ae
Montreal
Regina
Edmsaten
Vancouver
Air Force
Mama
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