All That Glitters Chapter XXVI Flight and Firefight
Ransome visits a secluded field on Duck Point Road where a plane reportedly landed to test a marsh runway. He discovers booted car tracks and a bent Tamar ring, then learns from a truck driver that a bomb threatened his life as the armored truck was seized. A police alert expands as Randolph and team pursue clues near Tahlequah.
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Duck Point Rd
Duck Point
Randolph
Sheridan
Rawson
Howdy
Dick Sheridan
Tamar
Natcheral
FBI
Knox Randolph
Taylor
Shadwell
Mr. Randolph
Ranny
Tahlahneka
Knox
Humorous Snippets Show Rural Life and City Chats
A collage of jokes and quips features a teacher testing Robert on human nature, a visitor remarking on letters with front windows, a wife and three daughters claiming credit for a man, a tiny tough steak, a clerical work joke, a telephone operator scene, a Hollywood actress dig, and farm loan woes. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century humor page with brief vignettes.
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Cr .S
All Bran Refrigerator Rolls Recipe of the Week
Recipe for All Bran refrigerator rolls with bran and yeast. Mix shortening sugar All Bran and salt, add boiling water, cool, add eggs and yeast, mix with flour, chill overnight, form dough balls, let rise, bake at 423 degrees F for about 15 to 20 minutes. Contains specific measurements and steps for preparation and baking.
Heroism Of Sailors In Repulse And Prince Of Wales Disasters
CBC correspondent Cecil Brown recalls the sinking of the Repulse and Prince of Wales. He details heroism aboard the destroyed ships, including Marine Morris Graney aiding others after saving himself, Admiral Tom Phillips and Captain Leach's roles, and Brown's reflections amid the oil, sickness, and roar of battle.
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CBC
CBS
Cecil Brown
Liberty Magazine
Nelson
England
Brown
Morris Graney
Graney
Tom Phillips
Singapore
Prince of Wales
Far East
Leach
Wales
Phillips
Sticky Job Salvaging Sugar From Wrecked Warehouse
British workers salvage a large sugar stock after enemy raids gutted a basement warehouse. Despite fires and treacle formation when wet, the operation continues with little refined sugar discarded, illustrating one of the stickiest salvage tasks cited by a Ministry representative.
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London Times
Amber Fossils Reveal Insects Preserved in Resin
Baltic shores and elsewhere yield fossilized amber containing perfectly preserved insect remains. Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto showcases amber specimens that capture creatures once buzzing and crawling in ancient forests.
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Baltic
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto
Giant four-motored troop transport joins wartime aviation effort
A giant four-motored troop transport, capable of carrying at least 42 armed men across the ocean, signals aviation's latest wartime contribution. A writer defines a chairman as a man who spends 21 minutes and 16 seconds introducing a speaker who needs no introduction.
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Am-erica
CBC Overseas Unit keeps Canadians in touch with British servicemen
The CBC Overseas Unit, drawn from the Programme and Engineering Division, coordinates troop broadcasts from England to Canada. It records greetings from soldiers sailors airmen nursing sisters and civilian workers and releases participants' names to the press for pre broadcast publication. Names and recordings travel via Ottawa shortwave and are aired after the News Analysis at 6 30 pm MDT on CBE Watrous.
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CBC
Corporation
Britain
Canada
England
Ottawa
CBE
Watrous
Regulation Against Feeding Raw Garbage in Canada
A joint paper by Dr. T. W. M. Cameron and Dr. M. J. Miller presented to the Royal Society of Canada in Toronto notes Canada bans feeding raw garbage to pigs while the United States shows about 17 percent infected with trichinosis from contaminated pork, compared with about one percent in Canada.
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Canada
United States
T. W. M. Cameron
M. J. Miller
Royal Society’ of Canada
Toronto
Imposing Window Cleaning Task Across One Manchester House
A Manchester Guardian correspondent notes a neighbor’s house with 26 downstairs windows and 22 upstairs, each averaging 22 panes. This yields 2 456 panes and 13 824 corners to clean, with two sides per pane doubling to about 28 000 pane corners to be desmudged.
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Manchester
Manchester Guardian
Saboteurs Blow Up Radio Paris Transmission Site
French saboteurs damaged the German propaganda outlet Radio Paris by bombs rather than merely switching it off, causing its signal to go off air and signaling a daring act against occupation media.
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Radio
Paris
Save Old Rags They Are Desperately Needed For War Purposes
In wartime Ottawa, the Salvage Director urges every home to save rags for aircraft and ship maintenance. Emphasizing separate packaging, he also calls for white and colored woollens, coatings, sutings, and carpet scraps to be delivered to local salvage organizations or dealers promptly.
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Ottawa
Overcoming Nerves and Everyday Health Problems Ad
A Winnipeg Home Service promotes a 32 page booklet by a physician on controlling nerves and vitality. It urges Mary to lead a neighborhood girls’ club and John to rest and exercise while detailing how diet and activity improve health. Include name and address to request the booklet.
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John
Mary
Jundin
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
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