Fate and fate's cruel acts in early aviation and daredevils
The St Thomas Times Journal recalls how fate shaped the lives of notable flyers and daredevils. Major WG Barker VC MC and two bars died testing a new aircraft at Rockcliffe airfield near Ottawa after a stalled engine. Lieutenant Alan McLeod VC perished in Winnipeg during the influenza epidemic after a storied air combat career. A Niagara Falls tight-rope walker, famed in headlines, later died in Australia from injuries after a fall. the piece reflects on the perilous link between daring feats and sudden death.
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Fale
WG Barker
Rockcliffe Airadrome
Cottawa
Barker
Canada
Alan McLeod
V.C
Winnipeg
Europe
McLeod
France
No Man's Land
Niagara Falls
St. Thomas
Kindly Warden Uncle Bil Charms South Coast Children
The South Coast town’s warden known as Uncle Bil wanders shelters at night with pockets full of sweets for sleeping children. A fired businessman, he draws Warden pay and donates it to the poor. In bombs’ wake he helps bombed families with £1 notes, unseen, remaining anonymous.
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Uncle Bil
Bill
Uncle
London Sunday Chronicle
German Library of Information opens in New York
The German Library of Information at 17 New York Street opened 65 months after the war began and mailed 3400 booklets. German staff claimed embassy immunity while American papers and German materials cover German life under the Fuehrer. The center promotes Nazi propaganda in English and German, including Facts in Review and the Storm Troopers song, asserting Germany’s aims and downplaying British blame.
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Washington
Anj
Lfe
Soci
Germany
Fuehrer
Britain
Storm Troopers
Facta
Europe
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Mic
Deer turns and hunter ducked in unlikely chase
Buffalo Courier-Express recalls a James town tale of a deer tiring of being chased by a hunter and turning to pursue Nimrod. After a gun misfire and a final swing, the hunter brought down the deer in a true 1940 open season moment, a tall tale by fishermen and hunters but reported as fact. The item nods to John B. Bogart and the famous news quotation.
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Buffalo Express
Frank M. O’brien
The
New York Sun
Story of the Sun
John B. Bogart
Bogart
Sun
Byan
Jamestown
Nimrod
Buffalo Courier- Express
Dikes Keep Floods Out but North China Faces Drought
Reports from Northern Anweiei describe relief as new dikes hold the Yellow River within limits after two years of floods that left thousands homeless. Yet a severe drought follows, wells and ditches drying up and locals staging rain parades to coax showers.
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China
Anweiei
Fonyango
Mancheaster
Wheat production time through farming method evolution
A historical comparison shows 1850 hand and two acre methods yielded 15 bushels per acre but required 2 hours 33 minutes per bushel. By 1910 horse and hand methods the time dropped to 51 minutes per bushel. Modern tractor and combine methods reduce time to produce four bushels to seven minutes.
Boundary markers mark US Canada border length
The land boundary spans 3,100 miles with 5,483 monuments averaging one every 2,083 feet. The water boundary covers 2,400 miles with 2,530 reference marks averaging one every 5,009 feet.
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United States
Canada
World’s Largest Window Moves For Safety At Gloucester
The great east window of Gloucester Cathedral world famed as the Creasy window will be moved to safety. It spans 2,736 square feet and features arms of Edward III and the Black Prince. Cost to move is £250, with double that to replace, prompting a national appeal.
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Gloucester Cathedral
York Minster
Gloucester
York
Edward Ill
Black Prince
Aeneas Sylvius
Pius II
England
London Visitor Receives Generous Steak in Stockport Lodgings
A London friend visiting evacuated family near Stockport enjoyed a supper of a superb porterhouse steak. The landlady recounted buying it that morning saying she aimed to serve a nice steak for a gentleman from London. The butcher assured him he would receive both steak and pork chops for breakfast. The scene accompanies a restrained North of England joke.
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London
Raine
Stockport
North
Manchester Guardian
New Canadians Children Advised Parent To Become A Naturalized Citizen
Haileybury naturalization courts produced two uplifting stories. A Kirkland Lake man said his children in public school inspired him to seek citizenship. Another Kirkland Lake man, after English class at the Collegiate night school, passed his citizenship test and joined the community.
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Haileybury
Kirkland Lake
Kirkland Lake News
Teacher guides man by road then sees him fly away in plane
A Michigan schoolteacher answered a knock at the door and gave directions to Sonia eight miles away. The visitor walked into a pasture, climbed into an airplane, and flew off, illustrating a shift toward motor transport reducing isolation.
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Michigan
Sonia
Careful wrapping and drying preserves baked goods
Care and cleaning of bread and cookie containers affect freshness and keeping quality. Wash thoroughly, air, and dry before filling. Use fresh waxed paper to line the container before each filling to maintain quality.
Germany legalizes dog meat as lumen food
A statement notes Germany has legalized dog meat as lumen food. It adds Japan faces its worst egg shortage on record with most citizens unable to obtain eggs for some time.
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Germany
Japan
Government to Build New Water Storages in Banff Park
The Resources Minister Crerar announced immediate steps to create additional water storage facilities at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park to secure hydro electric power for wartime needs. He called the move a drastic departure from policies preserving park unimpaired by industry and pledged safeguards to prevent disfigurement of the park’s scenic resources.
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Lake Minnewanka
Banff National Park
Crerar
Saskatchewan Sees Sheep Population Rise Amid War Wool Boost
At least one province readies to benefit from higher wool prices sparked by the war. Saskatchewan's sheep population is estimated to have grown about 17 percent in the past year, signaling stronger wool output prospects.
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Saskatchewan
Britain’s War Rainy Season Brings Health Gains Amid Air Raids
Officials in London report Britons are in better health than during the First Great War and even peacetime, aided by improved shelters and sanitary measures. No typhoid cases from bombed water reported. measles up slightly but controlled by new medical shelters with doctors and nurses on call. Sir Alan Anderson notes people too busy to be ill.
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Britain
London
Alan Anderson
Bank of England
Hospital Savings Association
Officers Club in London Celebrates First Year Service
Canadian troops in London enjoy a homely Officers Club founded by Mrs. Vincent Massey now in its first year of active service. Tea and cakes cost sixpence, meals echo Canadian style, and visitor book names span Arctic to international boundary with ranks from sub-lieutenants to generals.
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London
Vincent Massey
Canada
Arctic
International
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Massey
Manchester textile man recalls German raids on Shropshire
H. H. Thompson of Manchester, a textile manufacturer, related in an interview from Toronto that German bombers struck a mountain side in Shropshire one night, setting heather aflame and dropping loads into the fire. He said more planes returned the next night, continuing the bombardment as the fire burned all night.
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H. H. Thompson
Manchester
England
Toronto
Shropshire
Canadians Show Big Rise in Meat Per Capita Consumption
Canadians ate two pounds more meat per person last year than the year before, with beef declining while pork rose by four and a fifth pounds per person due to lower pork prices. Veal mutton and lamb changed only slightly. A fountain pen designed not to flood at high altitudes was produced for travelers. London bunmen drink about 62,000 pints of tea weekly between duties. 2391
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London
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Defence Forres
National Defence Department
Kansas City
L. J. McNair
Ottawa
Joint Defence Board
Easy Beach
Hydro-Electric
Tin Banff National Park
Egypt
Marshal Graziani
Club For
Vincent Mansey
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