War Without Gloves in a Nazi Propaganda War
The article warns of Nazi inspired propaganda to influence Allied publics to ease Britain’s blockade on Europe. It argues Germany would withhold food for its own troops, spread false humanitarian appeals, and press Christian and humanitarian groups to sway opinion, while cautioning Americans against manipulation and stressing ruthless total war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Hitler
Ihs
Britain Bans Apples This Winter Amid Food Rationing
In Manchester Lord Woolton announced no fresh fruit imports to Great Britain this year except oranges. Col. Wheeler of the U S department of agriculture noted expectations of no apple shipments to the United Kingdom. Woolton also hinted at a possible bacon ration cut, while Ottawa’s bacon board continues weekly shipments of 8,176,000 pounds under contract to November totaling 425,600,000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Manchester
England
Lord Woolton
Col
R. L. Wheeler
Department of Agriculture
United Kingdom
Bacon Board
Ottawa
Pullman Car Naming and Sleeping Car Details
Observational notes explain that Pullman cars named with Mount or Mountain are observation cars with sleeper sections. Sleeping cars titled Lake Camp or Fort contain 10 sections two compartments and one drawing room. Also mentions large ancient Crete storage jars and a remark on Italian bombing impacting Greek churches with a question about Italian church resilience. The astronomical light year is nearly six million million miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Danish King Demands Nazi Flag Removed
King Christian of Denmark confronted a German officer over a Nazi banner over an official building in occupied Denmark. The officer insisted Berlin ordered it, but the king warned a soldier would be sent to remove it. just before noon the flag came down without further bloodshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian
Denmark
Goteborg
Handels-och Sjefarts-Tidning
Germany
Berlin
Tam
Not Of Any Value Scarecrows in Britain Questioned
London reports a nationwide questionnaire on scarecrows shows farmers dismissing the ancient practice as largely useless beyond a day or two. Prominent agricul turists deride it, while some replies praise the value of a moving scarecrow. A boy with a value is contrasted with these views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Great Britain
London
Libya judged as unreliable granary by geographer
A geographer warns that Libya cannot be trusted as a stable granary, likening its reliability to the Dust Bowl era in the United States. Separate text notes a separate device where a new box auto locks when carried, referencing an item number 2389.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Libya
America
Powerful Merlin Engine Aims To Undo German Edge
Britain advances high altitude capability by pushing a highly supercharged Merlin engine for the Spitfire and Hurricane. The new engine, already in Spitfires, promises a higher ceiling and stronger two seat fighting plane development, following a Luftwaffe loss above 30 000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Rolls Royce Aircraft Motors
London
Messerschmitt
Selected Recipes Bran Muffins and Danish Fruit Dumplings
Bran muffins using bran flour corn syrup dates or raisins butter sour milk baking soda salt and egg baked 10 15 minutes makes one dozen large or one and a half dozen small. Danish fruit dumplings mix Holland rusk suet sugar salt baking powder eggs milk and fruit drop into boiling fruit and cook ten minutes. Six portions.
No Worry To Them Van Confronts Unexploded Bomb
A London Daily Sketch driver dodges a rope barrier and sees a Danger Unexploded Bomb notice. He turns back as a bomb removal squad races through. The item ends with a remark about New Yorkers and subway usage and a scientist’s Nobel prize claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily Sketch
Life On Channel Islands Man Who Escaped to London
George Turner, a 58 year old Jersey tomato and potato grower, details his escape from German occupied Channel Islands to London with seven others. He recalls German loot, including £62, fruit, flour, hotels, and liquor stores, and reports folly of occupation, curbs on news and radios, and islanders’ fear as Germany claimed permanent control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Turner
London
Jersey
Channel Islands
Turner
Germany
Ribbentrop
England
Spooky London Film Finds Siren Help in Night Noise
Producers grateful for uncanny Banshee like sounds during filming near London. Sirens wailed as shooting began, creating atmospheric effects that impressed the crew who joked about donating to the government for the aid, per the London Daily Sketch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Patent Office Ground Floor Space Amid Big Center
The United States patent office in Washington DC requires eight acres of floor space, about one third of the vast Department of Commerce building. The structure is among the largest office buildings in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Patent Office
Washington, D.C
Department of Commerce
Brittany Province of North Western France
Brittany is a peninsula in north western France bordering the English Channel. Its inhabitants are Bretons and the text notes that fewer possessions imply greater truth to the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brittany
France
English Channel
Kind-Hearted Drivers Spare Frightened Squirrel
Two youths in a fast truck halted when a black squirrel bolted across a wooded driveway. They braked, saved the animal from harm, then drove away grinning, while a bystander praised the act in a letter to the Ottawa Citizen, asserting such kindness upholds freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillard Foley
Ottawa Citizen
Queen Mary Returns to Western England Amid War Duty
The Queen now resides in Western England and reduces London visits due to intensified air war. Her routine includes daily hospital and air raid centre visits with two Duke and Duchess of Kent children nearby. Evacuees and Cockney children recognize her familiar, regal presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Mary
England
London
Duke
Duchess of Kent
Celiac ganglion described as body’s lower brain
The celiac ganglion is called the lower brain of the human body, a nerve cluster below the breastbone that controls heart lungs stomach and blood circulation. The text notes recent events show the Royal Navy largely acts on its own during Mussolini’s era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Navy
Mussolini
Beards In Submarine Life A Quirky Naval Prize Tale
A Manchester Guardian correspondent reports a submarine commander says life underwater is quiet except for moments of waiting and beard cultivation. He recalls beards as a shared experiment and describes a harbor incident where artificers awarded him a yard long razor, soap, and brush as a prize before he was shaved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Guardian
Wss
British Embassy and Elysee Palace Lie Empty in Paris After Occupation
A London Daily Sketch report finds the British Embassy and the Elysee Palace in Paris largely abandoned since the Nazi occupation. German soldiers briefly entered the Elysee, then left the building empty, while the British Embassy was ransacked though the office is British property managed by the Office of Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gestapo
Office of Works
Complex Exhibition Machine Baffles London Science Museum
A machine by John Watt for reproducing sculpture perplexes visitors in London England as Watt alone can understand its workings. The device, exhibited before breakfast, is described as extraordinarily intricate with Watt as the sole deciphering mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Museum
London
England
John Watt
Watt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Europe
Apple
Crete
Mae
Christian of
Ogden
Jen
Life On
North
Mary
Rine
Paris
Swanstit
Para Sani
Paramont
Appleford. Paper Products
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Winnipeg - Regina - Saskatoor
Calgary - Edmonton
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!