Return of Boyd and Soo Ling Amid Rivals on the YELLOW River
A reconnaissance pilot Boyd crashes into a tense scene on the Yellow River levee where rebels seize him. His childhood friend Soo Ling reveals he staged a disguise to protect Boyd. After a clash, Soo Ling disables the rebel leader and frees Boyd as they flee to their plane, recalling a sandbag trick from youth.
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Boyd, Carr
Yellow River
Boyd
Soo Ling
States
Soa Ling
Seo
Soo
China
Seo Ling
Insect Wing Inflation by Air Pump System
A moth’s wings inflate via air pumped from its respiration organs into pneumatic wing tubes. This mechanism supports wing rigidity and movement, linking respiration to wing control in these insects. Powered by internal air pressure, it ensures stability during flight.
Devotion to Poniatowski Ideal Echoed in War Sacrifice
The article recounts Prince Marien Andre Poniatowski, descendant of Stanislaw August Poniatowski, who fled to Britain in 1940, joined the Polish army, and died at 23 on the Western Front serving a homeland he never knew. His sacrifice elevates the family name in Polish history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanislaw August Poniatowski
Poland
Marienandre Poniatowski
France
Britain
Poniatowski
Buffalo Courier-Express
Garden Notes First Plantings Divide Vegetables Into Groups
Garden notes divide vegetables into three planting groups: hardy crops like peas onions carrots beets radish spinach and lettuce. semi hardy crops such as early potatoes corn beans cabbage. and tender crops that cannot endure frost like melons cucumbers tomatoes pumpkins. Spread sowings three times about ten days apart to ensure successive harvests. Nursery stock from a crowded supply should be planted promptly with roots given room and soil pressed firmly around them. keep roots protected from wind and air during unpacking and planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
GO LONG WAY Giant Chinese green onions grow to two and a half feet
Giant Chinese green onions stretch from a tyre to two and a half feet in length and measure two and a half inches in diameter, weighing more than three pounds each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyre
Soilless Culture Explained At Winnipeg Convention
Dr H Hill of Dominion Department of Agriculture explained soilless culture or chemical gardening at the Manitoba Horticultural Association convention in Winnipeg. He described water and solid medium methods, noting outdoor sand culture used by the Royal Canadian Air Force at Labrador, and gave feeding and fertilizer details for both systems.
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H. Hill
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Winnipeg
Manitoba Horticultural Association
Hil
Division of Horticulture
Ottawa
Br. Hill
Royal Canadian Air Force
Labrador
Hill
United States extends lend-lease for France credits
The United States extended lend-lease credits to France totaling 2.575 billion dollars for civilian supplies under a broad new agreement with the De Gaulle government. Supplies will move to France even after the war unless President Roosevelt cancels the contracts as not in national interest. France will repay the materials over 20 years at 2 percent interest. The program mirrors Britain Russia and China arrangements and requires France to devote its resources to the Allied war effort.
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United States
France
de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Russia
China
Locksmith Bill After Three-Cent Stamp Cost
St Joseph county paid 15 dollars for a locksmith to inspect an old safe bought for sale. The locksmith found nothing valuable after checking the storage, and submitted a 15 dollar bill for the work.
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St. Joseph County
Canadian chemist Wright wins permit for safety item
Professor George Wright of the University of Toronto, who developed RDX the world’s most powerful military explosive, has become a Canadian and earned a permit for his public safety item after previous refusals. The case highlights his role in advancing hazardous material research and regulatory approval processes.
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George Wright
University of Toronto
Red Cross Parcels Save POWs Says Dr Henderson
Dr. A G Henderson told a Winnipeg CN R officers meeting that Red Cross parcels saved prisoners of war. He credited parcels with food, clothing, books, and medical supplies, noting he lost 25 pounds in a month after escaping to a camp without parcels.
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Red Cross
Germany
A. G. Henderson
Canadian National Railways
C.N.R
Winnipeg
Canadian Red Cross
Britain
United States
Dr. Henderson
Stranded airmen rescued after slang coded SOS signals
Stranded American and Allied airmen behind German lines in Yugoslavia used improvised American slang as code signals to attract Allied attention. An RAF alert and a British radio operator decoded a weak SOS and coordinated multiple airstrikes to reach the 250 marooned men at a secret hide-out, rescuing them.
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RAF
Aler
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Italy
Saime
Dame May Whitty Teases Salesgirl Over Civility
Dame May Whitty, nearing 30, visits a New York department store where a curt salesgirl earns her ire. The veteran actress remains calm and questions why the clerk cannot treat her equals with civility. The exchange ends with Whitty prompting the clerk to acknowledge equality.
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Dame May Whitty
New York
Ice in Antarctica Could Cover Globe 120 Feet Deep
Scientists estimate Antarctica holds enough ice to blanket Earth in a 120 foot layer. The claim underscores climate implications, though measurement methods vary and local conditions affect projections.
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Antarctica
The Seaver Factor In Forest Preservation
The piece argues beaver activity helps forestry by damming and ponding water, moderating runoff, sustaining stream levels, and securing moisture for trees and power projects. It recalls Algoma guides noting that beaver trapping could end water sources used by canoe trips, underscoring beaver presence as environmental asset.
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Sault Ste. Marie Star
Powerful Microscope Tests For War Effort At McGill
An electromicroscope capable of 50000x magnification was installed and tested at McGill University and will support scientific work linked to the war effort. It weighs about three quarters of a ton and sits in a six and a half foot high console cabinet. RCA Victor engineers described it as a large vacuum tube akin to those in radio sets.
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McGill University
Canada
National Research Council
Ottawa
R.C.A. Victor
New Spring Cardigan Pattern 4897 for Men
Anne Adams Pattern 4897 offers a smart unisex cardigan sewn from a man’s suit with no collar to finish. Sizes 11 to 18 require 2 1/2 yards of 54 inch material for size 13, order by mail with 20 cents, pattern to Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
DOVER'S WHITE CLIFFS AND FOSSIL SHELLS
Dover's chalk cliffs reveal fossilized shells of tiny animals. More than a million shells form a double inch of chalk, illustrating the dense microfossil composition of the White Cliffs of Dover.
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Dover
England
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ROYAL
Faye McGovern
Chepae
Christie's
Christie
Anette
RDX
Hydra
Pinkhams
the Seaver
McGinn University
Montreal
Ayaa
Dover's
White Cliffs
Liniment
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