Economic Fronts Shape Modern War Power
The piece argues the present war is won by economic and diplomatic strength rather than pure military might. It describes two-way blockades, currency pressures, neutral diplomacy, and naval power as the decisive fronts, with Germany and Allies locked in a protracted struggle beyond battles in the air or sea.
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Nepoleon
North Sea
Tsk
Germany
Balkans
Scandinavian
Holland
Belgium
Italy
Britain
France
Russia
Maginot Line
Siegfried Line
Courageous
Royal Oak
Rawalpindi
Silver kills a germ with a single atom claim
The American Philosophical Society heard that silver can destroy a germ with one atom. Dr. Alexander Goetz of Caltech reported that silver’s lethal power acts on single cells, supporting its use to sterilize water. Canada’s forests emerge as Britain’s wartime lumber source amid Baltic disruptions.
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American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Mt. Everest
Alexander Goetz
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Canada
Britain
British Timber Control
United Kingdom
Asleep At The Wheel Rule In Massachusetts Court
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that motorists who knowingly drive while drowsy can be grossly negligent. The ruling affirmed a verdict against a Bristol County driver who fell asleep and injured his father mother sister and brother in law.
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bristol County
Essential Difference in War Aims Cited by Eden
The piece notes Anthony Eden’s summary that the Allies fight to preserve the possibility of progress, while Hitler aims to push the world back to the dark ages, defining the essential wartime contrast.
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Anthony Eden
Hitler
The Moon's Orbit Grows Larger Anew
A brief note reports the moon's orbit around Earth expanding slightly as observations log a progressive increase in distance over time. Data from current celestial measurements indicate a measurable but gradual trend in lunar motion.
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Earth
Harvard to Install New Corona Graph Solar Observatory
Harvard University plans a summer erection of a high altitude Corona graph observatory at Climax Colorado 11318 feet. The instrument first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere will study solar prominences and the sun corona to forecast magnetic storms and solar disturbances.
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Harvard
Donald H. Menzel
Earth
Fooling Fish With Thousands Of Artificial Flies
Vic Baker notes in the I L Oval magazine that anglers now have access to over a thousand artificial flies. Since fly fishing was first recorded 450 years ago in the Boke of St Albans, human ingenuity has advanced many methods to fool the fish. Nylon leaders, chemistry’s new wonder material, are nearly invisible in water and contribute to angler success.
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Vic Baker
Industrial Chemistry
St. Albans
Wynkyn de Worde
Caxton
Westminster
Saskatchewan Red Cross funds diverted abroad to Taplow hospital
Saskatchewan division of the Red Cross reports raising 237000 since last October, per Commissioner F. W. Marshall in Regina. Of that total, 100000 has been sent overseas for the building and equipping of a 00 bed hospital at Taplow in England.
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Saskatchewan
The
Red Cross
F. W. Marshall
Regina
Taplow
England
France's War Machine: Industry War Effort Expands
The Times notes two faces of France a nation at war and at work unite in a gigantic wartime effort. Six months of difficulty yield a transformed industry now a full blast machine for victory with arms output rising toward peak demand though military needs remain complex and urgent.
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France
the Times
London
King Edward I Edict Sets Oyster Bed Seasons in 1375
The 1375 edict of King Edward I established the first known law to conserve oyster beds by defining seasons to protect oyster resources.
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Edward I
England
Embroidery Pattern Kitten Transfer 15 Inch Picture
Two wool and cotton kitten embroidery projects offered by the Arts Department of Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Pattern 6875 includes a 15 inch transfer, color chart, stitches, and materials. Send 20 cents to 45 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg for the pattern.
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En Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Peg
Alice Brooks
Wing Commander Lawrence led Hudson Strait survey years ago
Wing Commander Thomas A Lawrence of the Royal Canadian Air Force led a 14 month Hudson Strait expedition surveying ice, weather and navigation for northern navigation. He supervised 40 executants with Eskimo companions, none lost, two aircraft damaged, one officer rescued after 14 days on an ice floe drifting toward Labrador.
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Canada
Hudson Strait
Thomas A. Lawrence
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lawrence
Hudson Bay
Tommy” Lawrence
Air Force
Barrie
Ont
France
Ypres
Somme
Air Board
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Labrador
Ingenious Petrol Cooker Brings Hot Army Meals Front
The Dominion's First Division receives petrol cookers and insulated carriers to deliver hot meals in forward trenches. The device runs on gasoline, cooks several meals at once, emits no visible flame, and keeps food hot in cork insulated boxes for delivery to troops.
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Dominion
Vanishing American cited as out of date in government report
The Indian affairs branch of the mines and resources department says the British Crown counted 118,406 Indian subjects in Canada in 1939, up from 112,510 in 1934. Some are prosperous farmers while others in remote regions rely on hunting and trapping, with government programs promoting livelihood. Across Canada, Indians in southern Ontario, Quebec, and Maritime provinces engage in farming, while northern and western groups adapt to agriculture, buffalo country, and fishing.
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Indian Affairs
Mines and Resources Department
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Parta
Maritime Provinces
St. Lawrence River
Mackenzie River Valley
Yukon
Great Plains
Pacific Coast
Admiralty Buys Yacht Yolanda for Five Dollars
The British admiralty disclosed it purchased the 25 year old yacht Yolanda for five dollars from G J Guthrie Nicholson of Newport Rhode Island. The vessel once housed gun emplacements from World War I and had been modernized recently. Mrs Nicholson’s eldest son Moses Taylor Jr was killed in the first war.
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British Admiralty
G. J. Guthrie Nicholson
Newport
Bermuda Aquarium Showcases Reef Replicas
The Bermuda government aquarium presents homelike tropical fish swimming in tanks replicating native reef sections. Each tank mirrors the coral, anemones, and sponges of the specimens’ habitat, while Earth centre pressure is noted as about 22 000 tons per square inch and England spends about £56 million annually on fox hunting.
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Bermuda Government Aquarium
England
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Count of
Monte Cristo
Carol
Daily Mirror
Jamaica
Gleaner
Jamidica
Trinidad
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Admiralty
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