Report of Burkhardt interview reveals Hitler war plans and Danzig pressure
Dr Karl Burkhardt, League of Nations envoy for the free city of Danzig, recounted a Berchtesgaden interview with Adolf Hitler on August 11. He said Hitler warned of war with Poland, boasted western help from Italy and Japan, and asserted he could beat Poland in three weeks while using scarce resources to secure wheat and timber.
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Karl 3
Burkhantz
League of Nationa Commisatracr
Free City of Danzig
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Nazi
Free
Hitler
Poland
Danzig
Germany
Burkhirdt
Wilhelm II
Burkhardt
Lloyd George
Britain
League
Austria
Czechoslovakia
England
France
Hier
Memel
A Challenge to Canadian Women to Grow and Preserve Food
The article urges Canadian housewives to study modern food preservation and expand gardens to boost wartime supplies. It notes British measures, benefits of Canadian seeds, and the need to store a winter supply, stressing health, independence, and reduced food transport.
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Canada
Europe
United States
New York Teacher Mailings Boost Argentina Visit Record
Miss Louise Wright, a New York music teacher, arrived in Buenos Aires and wrote 7 000 letters home. After leaving the city the total reached 8 000 as she traveled South America. She mailed 1 000 letters to private school children in New York from various South American cities, each describing the place visited and including two cancelled stamps.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Louise Wright
Wrght
New York
South America
Moon Tides Shape World Harbors And Fossil Exhibit
Depend on the moon for tides that fill major harbors enabling large ships to float. The Chicago Field Museum displays a seven pound fossil elephant tooth. England records 701.3 persons per square mile in a dated census snippet.
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Chicago Field Museum
England
Fat Boy mocks Goering and the button to war
The Sydney Herald reports Goering uses a fearsome bluff to intimidate Allies with a promised air armada. Sumner Welles is shown aerial proofs of German power but warns the Führer’s command could trigger mass destruction. The piece notes Goering’s restraint amid doubts over reception and retaliation.
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Mr. Pickwick
Britain
Munich
Goering
Sydney
N.S
W_ Herald
Wood Seasoning Advances Cut Kiln Time
The Forest Products Laboratories report that automatic control kilns cut drying time for many woods to days or weeks, replacing months in yards. They reduce losses from checking and staining, boosting value, while some species reach exact uses soon after sawing. In East Indies districts, cultural note mentions women keeping one eye shut around men.
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Forest Products Laboratories
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
The
East Indies
Protective Armor for Troops in the Great War
Kenneth Walker a surgeon and R A L C captain argues in the British Medical Journal for armor plating on the chest to save lives. He notes 60 percent of WWI wounded were killed by splinters and bullets other than direct hits and cites Germany’s long history with light breastplates found in 1916 captured trenches.
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Kenneth Walker
Harley Street
R.A. Alc
Walker
Germany
Judge Humphreys Faces Persistent Pipe Then Card Exchange
A London Daily Sketch anecdote recounts Justice Humphreys acting for the Lord Chief Justice amid illness. On a Edinburgh to London journey a non-smoker judge admonishes a smoker. At Crewe the inspector returns with the note that the man is Mr Justice Humphreys.
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Justice Humphreys
London Daily Sketch
Edinburgh
London
Crewe
Canadian Seaford Visitor Fails to Secure Royal Autograph
Frank Raffa of Seaford British Columbia tried to get King George VI to autograph a letter at the Maple Leaf Club in London. The King declined saying it could start a flood of requests. The monarch toured the club with Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett and signed a scroll listing Canadian provinces.
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Frank Raffa
Seaford
B.C
Maple Leaf Club
London
King
Vancouver
R. B. Bennett
Canada
George Fue
Nova Scotia
Hair Dye Shortage Sparks Capetown Hair Style Chaos
Women in Capetown protest a German hair dye import ban leaving many with uneven shades. Some display three tones as no substitute is found. Others grow hair out to keep one color. Reports from Amsterdam note Goering struggles over scrap metal. Bearded Arctic seals somersault when diving. Jamaica Girl Guides cultivate gardens for wartime food.
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South Africa
Capetown
Germany
Sickening Hypocrisy over British Air Attack On Bergen
The New York Times denounces Berlin’s rage at the Bergen bombing as hypocritical. It recalls unprovoked German attacks on Norway and Poland, noting Polish towns and Warsaw bombings that preceded Britain’s defensive actions. It argues Berlin cannot condemn bombing of open towns while German planes did the same.
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Ortin
Bergen
Berlin
Germany
Norway
Bergen. Uhe
Hself
Navi Press
Poland
Puck
Gydnia
Warsaw
Cracow
Poznan
Grodno
Radom
Modlin
Krosko
Kobryn
United States
New York Times
War and mental disease myth debunked by Dr. Cathcart
Dr J P Cathcart chief neuropsychiatrist to the Department of Pensions and National Health rebuts the belief that war markedly increases mental illness among soldiers. He cites Canadian data from the last war showing only 1730 cases among 619000 enlisted and argues no rise versus the general male population. Psychiatry has advanced greatly and fear is due to misinterpretation.
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J. P
Cathcart
Department of Pensions and National Health and International Authority
National Health Review
Canada
Dr. Cathcart
Annual Award Honor Given to Ducks Unlimited
Editors from United States newspapers nominate Duck Unlimited Inc for outstanding work in game resolution. Jim Hurley presents the award to Herrick Low at a dinner with over 200 sportsmen and state game officials. The group praised Ducks Unlimited for creating 500000 acres of wild duck breeding refuges in western Canada.
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Ducks Unlimited
United States
Red and Gun Editors’ Association of
Metropolitan
New York
Duck Unlimited, Inc
Jim Hurley
Writers Association
Herrick Low
National Organization of Wildiflowers
Canada
Horse Most Important
An officer's groom hands two milk bottles to his deputy on leave, telling him to keep the officer's bottle for the horse and not mix them. He warns that trouble awaits if the horse is harmed while he is away.
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Orse
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Arctic
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Jamaica
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