Greenwich Time: The World Standard For Navigation
The St Thomas Times Journal explains how Greenwich Observatory and Big Ben anchored global timekeeping. It traces maritime needs from Charles II to Harrison’s marine chronometer, and notes the 1883 conference setting Greenwich as the prime meridian for universal time.
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London
Tower
House of Commons
Greenwich Observatory
Biagania
Greenwich
Charles II
Charles
Royal Park
Christopher Wren
River Thames
Wren
John Harrison
Harrison
United States
Washington
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Two Ulster Sons Lead British War Efforts
The article lauds Sir Harold Alexander and Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery as Ulster-born leaders matching Rommel and the Reichswehr. It elevates their fighting traditions from Derry walls to the roster of great soldiers, comparing them with famed Scots-Irish figures and Indian-connected John Nicholson.
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Harold Alexander
Bernard L. Montgomery
Sona
Ulster
Derry
Rommel
Reichswehr
Two Lawrences
John Nicholson
Toronto Globe
Mel
Churchill speech and the tanks that inspired it
The Christian Science Monitor notes that Winston Churchill’s famed speech about dangers and duty was powerful because it voiced harsh truths. His oratory matched grim facts about Britain’s limited tank force after France fell, amplifying its impact with plain, deliberate phrasing.
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Churchil
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House of Commons
France
Britain
Mr. Churchill
Christian ,Science Monitor
Pattern 7433 Transfer Motifs for Towels and Cases
Small motifs for towels and pillow cases offered as a gift pattern 7433. Includes 24 transfer motifs ranging from 4 by 11 inches to 1 by 1% inches. Materials listed. To obtain pattern, send twenty cents in coins by stamp to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue East, Winnipeg, Man. Write name and address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Mouth organ dispute ends with tune guess contest
Three soldiers argued over a mouth organ as the sergeant arbitrated a contest. Each played a tune and the correct guess would win the mouth organ. After a quirky medley, the sergeant ruled Alfs won for guessing Roll Out the Barrel while claiming what was played sounded like As Pants the Hart for Coolin Streams.
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Alfs
A Perfect Steward in the Royal Navy
Arthur Smith, a West Indian from Barbados and a former dancer, is renowned in the Royal Navy as the perfect steward. he never spills a drop of memory despite rough weather.
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Arthur Smith
Barbados
Dascer
Royal Navy
Guy Bo
Never Again Association Defines Its Stand in Britain
The Never Again Association, headquartered at 1A Baker Street London, prefers meetings at the Savoy or Grosvenor House Park Lane. An Organizing Secretary directs its program with firm pledges against German aggression, insistence on peace terms, and self reliance for security.
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The
British News Review
Baker Street
London
Savoy Hotel
Park Lane
Grosvenor House
Common Courtesy and the Inferiority Complex on Phone Etiquette
The Guelph Mercury laments rude transmitters and the inferiority complex behind snubbed callers. It argues polite callers earn respect, while many avoid identifying themselves and use false names, seeking status through bad manners. Extirpation begins with discourteous users who refuse to reveal who they are.
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The
Guelph Mercury
Oldest American Mine at Mt Chalchihuit Turquoise Source
The Mt Chalchihuit turquoise mine near Santa Fe New Mexico is described as the oldest in America. It notes centuries of Native operation before 1540 and continued, though limited, production today. The piece also urges buying War Savings Stamps regularly.
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America
Mt. Chalchihuit
Santa Fe, N.M
Master of Spitfire Byls at Bike Prang in Britain Air Field
In a British RAF fighter squadron Mickey admits a prang after a near miss with a bike while the unit scrambles. The jet pilots resume takeoffs, Mickey’s hand is bandaged yet the mood is bitter at the bike restraint and the shouted jibes.
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Spitfire
Bike
Britain
Mickey
Fellows
Halifax
British Home Fleet Could Outgun The Entire German Navy
A wartime analysis argues the British home fleet could outnumber and outgun the German navy, listing capital ships and cruisers in a strongest possible line up. It notes American crop records amid war demand and muses on fleet dynamics and potential U.S. support.
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Germany
Germana Comibator
Tirpits
S Ter
Scharhorst
Gneisenau
Graf Zeppelin
Lustrow
Deutschland
Scheer
Hipper
Prinz Eugene
Seyslitz
Britain
Royal Navy
United States
San Francisco
San Brancisco
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Young Lady From Holyoke To Work On Alaska Highway
A Holyoke native now living in Massachusetts departs to work in a U S engineering office on the Alaska highway. She will be posted to Edmonton Alberta, a small village linked to the highway used for war supplies. The report notes Edmonton’s tiny population and extreme winters as she faces the Canadian frontier with courage.
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U.S
Canada
Alberta
Massachusetts
Sprinfield Union
Holyoke
Alaska
Edmonton
United States
Springfield
Edmonton Journal
Tiger the cat gains leash permit for Regent's Park strolls
Tiger the cat, named Tiger, is the only feline allowed in London's Regent's Park with a leash permit granted to his mistress Mrs A Martin by the Ministry of Works and Planning.
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London
Regent's Park
Tiger
A. Martin
Ministry of Works and Planning
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