Wide Diversity Of Peoples In The British Empire
Colonel Walter Elliot outlines the vast diversity of the British Empire from Cyprus in Europe to East Africa and the Caribbean, noting differences in civilization, administration, and governance. He praises roads, trade, and the autobus as signs of progress while warning against excessive native autonomy and militarism, and reflects on Britain’s role shaping law, order, and global relations since 1660.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farkasta
Britain
Gibraltar
Jebel-al Turik
Emir Turik
North Africa
Spain
Nigeria
West Africa
England
East Africa
Indian Ocean
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Bahamas
Bermuda
Falklands
South America
Antarctic
South Georgia
Far East
Japan
Goering
Great Britain
Malta
Palestine
Singapore
Malaya
United Nations
Signs of the Times German Grabs English Grammars Near North Sea
A news report notes German authorities are seizing English grammar books in districts along the North Sea and Channel. The motive is to curb English language use and prevent locals from aiding Allied troops in case of invasion. The report cites confidences from a couple of age groups.
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Germany
North Sea
Channel
Jaf
Nverton
Continent
Canadian Army appoints Brigadier Melville chief engineer
Brigadier J L Melville M C ED appointed chief engineer of the First Canadian Army Overseas at age 34. He served as Field Engineer in charge of all bridge construction for the Canadian Corps in the final year of World War I and earned the Military Cross with a bar for bridging operations at Canal Iu Nord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Melville
M.C
Lfe
Melville
Canadian Corps
Canal Iu Nord
Weather Theories From War to Weather Patterns
A wartime and agricultural discussion links rain to European artillery, airplanes, and cycles of wet years. Observers from Ontario farmers to an Indian prophet suggest planes and overcropping influence rainfall, while others claim natural cycles explain the excess precipitation of this peak year.
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Europe
War Agricultural Production Committee
Ontario
Jacket protects inner tubes extend tire life
A cotton cord jacket developed by a tire company shields inner tubes from chafing by broken casing. In tests a worn tire with four side wall cuts ran 4,085 miles, suggesting scrapped tires can yield thousands more miles with the jacket.
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Qld
Tire and Rubber Company
Home Accident Prevention Tips for Stair Safety
Accidents at home can be reduced with foresight. Lighten dark stairs and finish cellar stairs with a white edge to boost visibility and safety.
Gaelic Speakings Helped Cameroons Evade Capture in War
In Eric Linklater's The Highland Division the 4th Camerons counter German tapping by using Gaelic with their platoon post. A trio from Ballachulish, captured in June 140 during a British retreat, escaped while being moved to Germany by posing as refugees and speaking Gaelic. They indicated a northern Russia location on a map, mystifying the Germans and reaching the Spanish frontier.
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Highland Division
Eric Linklater
Camerons
France
Germany
Russia
Europe
London Spectator
Stepped On Mine Australian Soldier Lived To Tell Tale
Sergeant W O Neill of Western Australia narrowly avoided disaster when he trod on a landmine during a patrol near Mubo. He and two others dived for cover as the mine exploded, the delay in the mine’s mechanism allowing escape. He later earned the D C M for a separate solo action against twelve Japanese in another jungle foray.
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W. O'Neill
Western Australia
O'Neill
Mubo
Pala
D.C.M
London
Australian Girls Take Men’s Jobs At Armaments Factories
A pre war trapeze artist drives an overhead crane in an Australian munitions plant becoming a role model for other girls. She trains a dozen trainees who had never operated electric crane controls. Other female crane drivers include a woman from Wangaretta who climbed windmills and a motorcycle salesgirl who has toured Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wangaretta
Australia
Belgians Rebuild Fishermen School On British Coast
Belgians establish a fishing post in Ostend style on British soil with a School for Fishermen recreated in London. Principal M C De Deken leads six professors to train youths from thirteen, offering certificates for Mate, Extra Master, or motor engineer up to 500 hp. Courses cover navigation, meteorology, nautical instruments, maritime law, and sea rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ostend
London
M.C. de Deken
Amusing Tale From British Delegate on Trip Gaffe
One of the Empire Parliamentary Association tour delegates recounts a London anecdote. North Tottenham MP R C Morrison shared a joke about a constituent writing to request access to a debate at Westminster for her mother and sister. The postscript asked if they could instead be taken to the zoo, which amused him.
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Pontactipt
Empire Parliamentary Association
Canada
R. C. Morrison
Co-operative
Labor
House of Commons
North Tottenham
London
Thomas Vien
Senate
Plant Pattern 7354 for cloths and linens
Floral transfer design offers borders for napkins scarfs towels and cloths. Pattern 7354 includes four 8 by 11 four 4 by 6 and four 24 inch motifs with stitching instructions. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man. Include name address and pattern number. Mail may be slow.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Substitute for kapok now grown in Canada
The common milkweed is cultivated on a small scale in Canada under the National Research Council. Its leaves and stalks contain crude rubber and the floss from seed pods can substitute kapok for filling. The lightship in English waters was stationed at the Nore in 1782.
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Canada
National Research Council
East Indies
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Walter Elliot
BBC
Venus
Moses
Cyprus
Trans-Jordan
Prague
Berlin
Caribbean
Tropics
Henin
India
China
Aleke
Abeokuta
Awa
Wameleas
Whitehall
Surbiton
Hama
Barbados
Mediterranean
West African Frontier Force
King’s African Rifles
Signs OF the Times
Admiralty
Board of Trade
R.C.A.F
Ra A
Ilc.a.f
RCAF
Aleutians
Jimmy Chapman
Westey
Ont
Assp
D. ‘D. Harris
Vancouver
Alice Brooks
English Waivers
The
Nore
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