Roadable aircraft eyed as future of travel
New York Times notes growing interest in hybrids by Consolidated Vultee and designer William B. Stout. Concepts include four wheeled roadable planes with folding wings and air capable of speeds from 25 mph on ground to 120 mph in air, delivering goods or people.
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Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
William B. Stout
Mr. Stout
Betsy
Buck Rogers
Gomme
Stout
Society of Automotive Engineers
New York Times
Destruction Tactics for Household Ants Revealed
Ants invade homes seeking food and prefer sweet or fatty substances. Keep kitchens tidy, store foods in ant proof containers, and seal floor and wall openings. The recommended remedy is fluoride powder, applied lightly and kept away from children and pets. Alternative bait uses meat bones or sponges soaked in sweetened water, with hot water immersion for large ant groups. A reusable bait trap mixes sodium arsenate with sugar and hot water, though its poison requires extreme caution.
Unique Happening Decks Headed by Jack Miner at Kingsville
Jack Miner of Kingsville Ontario reports from Maracaibo Venezuela that he shot two teal ducks with Jack Miner bands. The bands were placed in 1958 about five years ago this September, marking a rare cross continental hunting coincidence involving his sanctuary.
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Jack Miner
Mingsville
South America
Kingsville
Ont
J. D. Mitchell
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Hair Cushions Aid War Effort Through Bound Hair Use
Firestone officials say animal hair bound hair cushions are expanding in aviation use replacing scarce rubber. The material provides cost savings to government and civilians, can replace springs, fits parachute seats and pilot cushions, and leverages Firestone’s fiber and sewing facilities for rapid wartime conversion. The postwar market is expected to grow with lower prices for bound hair cushions in furniture and auto seats.
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Firestone
Navy
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Bank Start Sparks Faith After Tiny Deposits
A playful Atlanta anecdote recalls a financier who opened a bank with an empty storefront and a sign. A passerby deposited 250 dollars, another 300, and on the third day the founder committed 500 dollars of his own money, boosting confidence in the venture.
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Iso
Atlanta
Elephants in Burma Train for Army Bridge Work
Elephants in Burma are trained to drag logs carry heavy loads and help build bridges. Each animal can do in a single day the work of 200 to 300 men enabling Army Engineers to speed project work.
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Elephanta
Burma
Chinese War Relief Fund Drive Seeks Canadian Support
Canadians from all walks of life rally to the Chinese War Relief Fund drive aimed at raising funds across the country. The effort, backed by government authorities and provincial lieutenant governors, seeks donations via chartered banks with distribution overseen by a joint committee to aid China’s medical and distress needs as the fight against Japan continues.
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Canada
Dominion
Chiang Kai-Shek
Odhmt
China
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Canatiane
Benes Predicts Soviet Noninterference After War
Dr Benes president of the Czecho Slovak government expresses confidence that Russia will not interfere in his country after the war and will pursue a socialistic state within its own borders. He also notes the Nazi party was organized in November 1920.
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Benes
Russia
Eduard Benes
Liberty Magazine
Old Wiltshire Home Guard Man Fails to Sleep
An elderly Home Guard member in Wiltshire stayed awake all night awaiting an invasion warning. When told the danger passed, he quipped "Ain't 'em coming, Sir?" and reflected that no German invasion could be trusted, underscoring wartime mistrust and public publicity.
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Home Guard
Wiltshire
They Pass By Once film recalls Canadian troops aid in village
A new British film titled They Pass By Once portrays Canadian troops billeted in an English village and rebuilding a church after an air raid. The plot centers on a Canadian padre and an English vicar's daughter with a love story. Maurice Elvey to direct. Vincent Massey’s brother Raymond Mansey slated to star.
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C. A. Lejerme
London
New York Times
Elizabeth Baron
BBC
Fagland
Southwark
Padre
Wolfendale
Canada
Maurice Elvey
Leslie Howard
Vincent Massey
Raymond Mansey
Axis time theory sparks map talk on continents drift
A Chicago Sun report via Madrid claims Potsdam Geodetic Institute figures say North America moves away from Europe at 12 inches per year while South America shifts eight inches west. The piece jokes that time favors the Axis and suggests a looming split of the Americas, even canal risks, as propaganda.
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Gaim
North America
Europe
Way of Madrid
Potsdam Geodetic Institute
Potsdam
South America
Mexico
Panama
Americas
Chicago Sun
British Way South Africa Moral On Candid World
Detroit Free Press argues in a July editorial that South Africa’s general election highlighted two key points. General Smuts, once an adversary, now a trusted adviser, secured a majority in the Union Legislature, while the opposition’s call for withdrawal from the war was defeated. The piece also notes how British statesmen have converted enemies to friends, warning against Nazi comparisons.
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South Africa
Smuts
Union
Detroit Free Press
Forests supply vast wartime timber in Norfolk and Suffolk
Since the outbreak of war British forests produced 15,370,000 lineal feet of pitwood 766,000 cubic feet of conifers 246,000 cubic feet of hardwood and 6,000,000 lineal feet of timber for the army air forces and agricultural needs from the forest commission's forests in Norfolk and Suffolk England.
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Forest Commission
Norfolk
Suffolk
England
Baby clothing transfer pattern 7491 for nursery animals
Instructional note details a transfer pattern 7491 with 26 motifs for baby clothes and nursery decor. It describes outline stitch with Iszy daisies in bright colors and lists required materials and 20 cent price. Orders go to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Manitoba with name address and pattern number.
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Lfe
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Scottish druggist taps window with sponge for change
A Scottish pharmacist used a single sponge to tap the window and recall a customer who had left without taking his change, highlighting a small, anecdotal incident from local commerce.
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Aml
Richsha
Nazi Party
Humer
M. A. Metcalf
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
Metcalf
J. Hungerford
Alice Brooks
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