Unsung Heroes Drive Wartime Salvage Campaign
The piece extols home front salvage work in wartime Canada, led by volunteers like Mrs. Percy Gilbert of Moncton. It highlights turning junk into usable materials for ammo, ships, and planes, preserving scarce resources, and fostering postwar thrift by creating new resale industries and shops that repurpose salvaged goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Gilbert
Moncton
New Brunswick
National Salvage Office
Canada
Dominion
Aluminum rivets stay soft with dry ice cooling
Aluminum rivets used in airplane construction remain soft when kept very cold by dry ice and harden when warmed. The process involves rapid cooling after installation. The note adds a geopolitical aside about Germany and Russia and a fur expert identifying a pelt by scale patterns under a microscope.
Entrance to the United States Denied at Lisbon Consulate
A shy man pleads for entry at the U S Consulate in Lisbon. The Attache, tired by constant requests, bluntly tells him entrance is impossible now and to return in ten years. The man asks if morning or afternoon would matter, with a faint smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lisbon
London
Russian women rebuild ships lauded by Soviet official
A Soviet shipbuilding official said on Moscow radio that Russian women and girls quickly learned ship repair and rebuilding skills once thought to be male tasks. The report notes rapid female capability in industry amid wartime needs. Ontario’s 1939 silver output stood at 629,801 ounces and Canada’s gold content is specified as 24.22 grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow Radio
London
Friendship Murdered by the Fuehrer in London Standard
The London Evening Standard reflects on Hitler’s shattered circle of comrades from trench days to his rise. It recalls Boehm, Karl Ernst, and others who died or deserted, leaving Rudolf Hess as the last loyalist. The piece laments how personal bonds were sacrificed to power, ending with the claim that friendship itself is murdered.
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London Evening Standard
de Fuehrer
Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Boehm
Bolivia
Germany
Munich
Karl Ernest
Goebbels
Goering
Hess
Fuehrer
Norwegians and U S youths trek to aid Britain in Canada
A Norwegian mission in Halifax predicts thousands of Norwegians and United States youths of Norwegian descent will join Britain’s forces in Canada. They plan to establish army training centres, seeing the United States as a rich supply of trained troops. Escaped Norwegian officers and air force personnel will reinforce these centres amid fear of reprisals at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Britain
Halifax
Washington
Norway
Pumphandles as a Profane Putts Wordplay
O'Brien in the Chicago Daily News contrasts language intention with a clergy man who shouted pumphandles after a miss in golf. He argues the same word can be innocuous or offensive depending on context, noting Heaven would record it as profane for the putt miss.
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HV. O'Brien
Chicago Daily News
Heaven
Reminder of Vichy Order on Sandwich Displays in France
A recall notes Vichy decree forcing tea rooms in France to remove sand wiches from display windows. Police say such displays provoke hunger. Mentions a hippopotamus capable of a four foot yawn as a curious aside.
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France
Vichy
Unsinkable Ship Dream Haunts Naval Design
St. Thomas Times-Journal discusses the German claim of the Bismarck as an unsinkable battleship and modern naval design pioneers the concept. It notes hull construction with many watertight compartments, its heavy armor, and the torpedo damage that led to its defeat. The Tirpitz is cited as Germany’s only other ship of the Bismarck type, awaiting encounter with the Royal Navy.
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Tt Sas
Atlantic
Britain
Achillea
Germany
Royal Navy
St. Thomas
Sour Cream Muffins and Bran Spice Muffins
A compact collection of two muffin recipes. Sour cream muffins mix flour soda salt with sour cream molasses water and egg then fold in all bran and bake two thirds full for about 20 to 25 minutes yielding 18 muffins. Bran spice muffins combine all bran with molasses milk egg flour spices and sliced apples, bake about 20 minutes for 15 muffins.
Useful Reminders for Cat Care in Our Dumb Animals
The article offers practical tips for cat owners including always supplying fresh water, noting milk is not a substitute. It warns cats are easily poisoned by antiseptics, soaps, or medicines harmless to humans. It lists hazardous substances such as tar and turpentine as potentially fatal. A quip about distance to the next village is included as light humor.
Shortage of coffee in England noted by German teacher
A German school teacher comments that coffee is scarce in England while a pupil asks what coffee is. The item also mentions Santa Claus being known as Father Frost in Russia, referencing 2426.
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England
Santa Claus
Father
Frost
Russia
Perseid Meteors Recorded Since 830 A D
The annual August Perseid meteor shower, known as Tears of St Lawrence, has appeared for 1100 years. Meteors arrive about 30 per hour before midnight to the northeast, then overhead after midnight, burning at about 50 miles high traveling 40 miles per second. They orbit the sun in a vast ellipse taking 108 years per circuit, with dust stream widths estimated from 3.6 to 15 million miles. The dust likely comes from a disintegrated ancient comet spread over countless years.
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St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence’s
Powerful Explosive Warned By Scientists at Conference
John J. ONeill, president of the National Association of Science Writers, charged the government with censorship in laboratories studying a uranium based element capable of a 10 pound bomb that could blast a 25 mile hole and devastate structures within 100 miles. The Herald Tribune science editor told the Housatonic Valley conference that the administration is staging a totalitarian revolution and scientists fear political control over research into energy release from uranium.
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John J. O'Neill
National Association of Science Writers
United States
New York Herald-Tribune
Housatonic Valley
Falcons to disrupt enemy pigeon communications thought possible
George C. Goodwin of the American Museum of Natural History, an expert falconer, says the U S army could use deadly hawks to intercept carrier pigeon messages. He notes Germany may already employ falcons and cites a 1938 German falconry magazine as supporting evidence.
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George C. Goodwin
American Museum of Natural History
United States
Goering
Goodwin
Germany
England
Moonlight gangs to salvage girders in London drive
London scrap metal plans accelerate salvage operations as the ministry of supply announces intensified efforts. Labor transport and machinery will be recruited to recover every usable piece of scrap metal before autumn.
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London
Ministry of Supply
Britain Seeks Expanded Canadian Egg Supplies 1941 42
Britain calls for much larger imports of Canadian eggs for 1941 42 with a target of two extra eggs per month per hen. Dietitians say bread and butter affect waistlines more than four pounds of potatoes.
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Britain
Queen Elizabeth Speech in America Praises Women
The queen delivered a self penned message to American women praising compassion and neighborliness rooted in Holy Writ. She urged unity of the two lands and progress for future children, noting the speech was written without Cabinet support. The New York Sun lauded its tact and gracious tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Elizabeth
America
New York Sun
A Real Worry Bites at Home Life
A sharp exchange reveals marital strain as one partner jokes about leaving a wife alone. The other retorts needing an excuse to go out and a reason she cannot accompany him, highlighting a quiet domestic tension.
A Poor Brand of Religion Quote Sparks Debate
A newspaper note quotes a critic saying it is a poor brand of religion when a man prays for neighbors one day a week but acts to heal them on the other six, highlighting tensions between ritual worship and daily service.
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