Recreation Hut Opened for Canadian Soldiers in England
A new recreation hut for Canadian soldiers serving somewhere in England was officially opened by Lady Patricia Raro amid a ceremony attended by hundreds of civilians and troops. Brigadier General Victor Odlum thanked the Red Cross for its generous overseas support, while Colonel Manion observed on Canadian auxiliary services in England. Mr Bennett framed the hut as a symbol of a great people fighting for liberty.
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Canadias
B. Bennett
Cananda
Bebsis
England
He Society
Patricia Raromay
Red Crome
Victor Odlum
Red Cross
Alfred Steve Brodie
Home Guard Tales Of Rank And Civilian Cover Ups
A retired officer in the Home Guard jokes about rank inflation as a sergeant questions his true status and the officer claims to have been a major general last week. In Surrey a war charity speaker recounts being asked about his civilian life with the reply that he is presently unemployed and formerly His Majesty's Ambassador at Manchester.
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Home Guard
Cheerio
Surrey
Manchester Guardian
Sun Reconstructs Itself Like a Cosmic Phoenix
Scientists after examining solar radiation concluded the sun loses about 4,000,000 tons of mass each second yet appears to have burned for billions of years. The paradox led to the idea the sun continually rebuilds itself from its own ashes, a cosmic phoenix of perpetual reformation.
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Itwan
Farmers resist Nazified control in Norway
A Svenska Daghbladet dispatch from Stockholm reports Norw ayian farmers openly reject Nazification of their organizations. German authorities are said to ask Quisling to refrain from pressuring farmers while Quisling party members are expelled from farming meetings and forced to resign from backed agricultural groups.
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Norway
Quialing
Svenska Daghbladet
Stockholm
Quisling Party
Dollar design shifts to synthetic fibers in notes
The American dollar may move away from traditional paper as nylon and rayon are explored for currency printing. Imported silk, mainly from Japan, has provided the distinctive threads in banknote paper, with Treasury officials evaluating synthetic fibers for future issues.
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Nytom
Japan
Treasury
Sune
Syntheti
Maple syrup gum in engine stalls repair shop tale
An eastern city garage finds a truck engine gummed with a sticky syrupy substance not fuel. A mechanic tastes the oil pan and identifies maple syrup as the culprit. Reports link the syrup to a missing gallon can claimed by another mechanic, suggesting a mistaken use in the truck.
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Fiew
Long Island Girl Endures Two Months of Hiccups
A nine year old girl on Long Island suffers hiccups for two months with attacks lasting two to 24 hours daily. Parents tried many remedies from holding her head away to lemon, warm drinks, garlic sniffing and even a paper bag over the head. Listed cures include champagne, a photographer’s flash, cold milk, pigeon blood, chicken gizzard tea, and horseradish. Will Rogers once touted oil of cloves.
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Long Island
New York
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Madge Evans
Will Rogers
Russia Delivers Soviet Munitions to China in 650-Ton Monthly Flow
Russian supply trucks arrive in China via the trans Asia route through Turkestan at about 650 a month, totaling nearly 2,000 tons of Soviet munitions monthly. Camel caravan traffic, carrying gasoline, supplements the line.
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China
Turkestan
Hen coop harvests on Lima roofs aid tabla trade
In Lima Peru hen coops sit atop flat roofs of low houses where chickens hatch lay eggs and grow fat for the tabla.
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Lima
Peru
Amazon River Basin’s Vast Span Sets World Record
The Amazon River in South America holds the largest drainage basin among all rivers, covering about 2,772,000 square miles. The immense basin supports vast biodiversity and feeds the river’s immense flow, underscoring its global hydrological significance.
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Amazon River
South America
Engineer Sergeant Uses Locomotive To Destroy Rail Stock
A Royal Engineers sergeant operating in Greece turned a locomotive into a rail destruction weapon during the withdrawal. He backed the engine up the track four times and drove it forward at full throttle against a line of freight and passenger cars to wreck rolling stock and deny it to the enemy. The telegraph and reports noted the dramatic telescoping crashes achieved the aim.
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Greece
Royal Engineers
Teport
No Sugar For Restaurants War Time Food Order Impacts Cafes
One day’s items bring the war home to common people with no sugar for restaurant tea coffee and other hot drinks after June 1 a 20 percent rise in doctors fees and possible railway fare increases. The Ministry of Food says catering establishments will still receive sugar allocations for cooking while private staff canteens remain unaffected.
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Ministry of Food
Gardens Without Soil Experts Pioneer Soil-Less Farming
Washington researchers push soil-less gardening on the go as experts test methods that could let tourists grow food on motor trailers. Tornadoes sometimes travel at a speed of 500 miles an hour.
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Washington
Time Brings Changes Since Trent and Garfield
The article notes a recent Pacific incident where a British warship halted an American steamer near Honolulu and removed four Germans seeking home via Japan and Siberia. It contrasts this with the 1861 Trent affair where a Union ship seized Confederate commissioners, arguing the two events show England and the United States moving from ill will to cooperation over thirty years.
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Ureally
Honolulu
Japan
Siberia
Trent
Europe
England
United States
Pacific
Detroit Free Press
Enjoy A Real Scrap Australian Troops Have No Fear Of Nagi
Australian troops display unholy pleasure in battle and say they do not fear German forces after Balkans experience. Prime Minister Robert Menzies spoke in Washington. He also noted mixed feelings about Italian fighters and added that many farmers remain hopeful despite hard times.
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Balkans
Germany
Robert Menzies
Washington
Orgaster Of Westminster Abbey For Many Years P Georgeed
Dr Ernest Bullock organist of Westminster Abbey for over 13 years resigns to become Principal of the Scottish Academy of Mass in Glasgow. Born in Wigan 51 years ago he devoted his career to music and served in World War I attaining the rank of captain. He previously led Exeter Cathedral music and arranged pieces for the coronation of King George VI earning a CVO.
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Ernest Bullock
Westminster Abbey
Scottish Academy of Mass
Glasgow
Wigan
Bullock
Tausic
Exeter Cathedral
Westminster
George VI
Army of British Empire Earns Glory Across Africa and Europe
British troops stretch from Cairo to Addis Ababa and Mogadiscio in Italian Somaliland, then to Greece and Tobruk. They moved from Egypt to Benghazi, helped clear Italian power from Somaliland, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, and faced German tanks in Greece and Tobruk, earning wide admiration for their sustained operations.
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Cairo
Warralls
Addin Ababa
Mogadiscio
Somaliland
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Greece
Tobruk
Solum
Atlantic
New York Sun
Trials Of An Author In Harvard Lectures On Rhetoric
John Quincy Adams, then professor at Harvard, delivered admired lectures on rhetoric and oratory. The anecdotes recount his curiosity about a volume’s reception, entering a publisher’s warehouse to ask a sweeper if copies existed, only to learn the "Lectures by Mr John Quincy Adams on Rhetoric" were so plentiful they filled a cellar.
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John Quincy Adams
Harvard College
Adams
John Quincy Adama
Two Ronald Campbells Prominent British Diplomats Compared
The article profiles Ronald Campbell the former British Minister in Belgrade and contrasts him with his namesake also named Ronald Campbell. Both men are celebrated diplomats aged around 50 with distinct careers shaped by Grey and Reading. The Belgrade minister is described as modern and unbureaucratic, while the ambassador to Paris is noted as unrelated though sharing the same name.
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Belgrade
Ronald Campbell
Lord Grey
Lord Reading
Egypt
New School
Paris
Cawdor
Argyll
Training British General Foresees Close Combat With Hun
Major-General John Leake Inglis Hawkesworth, now British Director of Military Training at home, learned his trade in the East Yorks Regiment. He has trained young officers and adapted to mechanization while insisting every unit must master bayonet work. The Army prepares for close in fighting when meeting the Hun.
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John Leake Inglis Hawkesworth
East Yorks Regiment
Edgar Wallace on film industry fortune and misfires
A Great Business for Edgar Wallace recalls his praise of the film industry. He notes a friend sent four scenarios to a company and received nine in return, illustrating the oddities and surprises of suggested story ideas in cinema.
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Edgar Wallace
Wallace
Vet Suggests Clock Alarm To Quiet Noisy Puppy
Dr Lyndon Potter suggests placing a loud alarm clock in the puppy box to soothe a yowling pet. The ticking supposedly reassures the dog he is not alone and helps it sleep through the small hours.
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Lyndon Potter
Mosque Town Shows Unified British Support in Jerusalem
The British Broadcasting Corporation notes an all Moslem town in Jerusalem applauded Arabs who enlisted with British forces, illustrating broad support for Britain across diverse communities in the Middle East.
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Middle East
Jerusalem
British Broadcasting Corporation
Nerves and a Martyr to Excessive Sensibility in Dorchester
An 1799 grave inscription in Dorchester to Mrs. Sarah Fletcher notes her early death at 29 from delicate nerves. The piece cites her beauty and gentleness, claiming she could not endure rough worldly shocks. A later London New Statesman reflection echoes the theme of fragile nerves amid wartime air raids over Oxford.
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Dorchester
Oxford
Sarah Fletcher
London
Mrs. Fletcher
London New Statesman
Italy gains Ljubljana in Yugoslav spoils claim
The New York Times notes Mussolini secured Ljubljana and some Slovenes as Italy's sole territorial gain from the postwar carve up. Rome portrays the result positively, but the verdict is perceived as a hollow rejoicing for a jackal’s portion.
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Yugoslavia
Serbia
Croatia
Slovenia
Italy
Hitler
Alice
Ljubljana
Germany
Rome
Mussolini
Nice
Savoy
Corsica
Tania
New York Times
Jail Pride Wins Over Hospital For Fanny Bay Inmates
The Jail Police of Fanny Bay Australia report natives often prefer jail to the hospital. A man transferred to the hospital returned to jail by 4 in the morning and rang the entrance bell loudly claiming jail is better and offers more food.
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Fanny Bay
Australia
Instinct Of Birds Stands Out Over Human Intelligence
A Farmer's Advocate argues that birds navigate vast distances without tools. He claims a bird can cross two continents and return to its birthplace tree without road signs maps or compasses, contrasting with human errors in navigation.
Life begins at 40 and the mind’s human quirks
The saying frames aging as a turning point with humorous notes on fallen arches lumbago and poor eyesight. It reflects on happiness as a state of mind and suggests that storytelling habits persist into middle age.
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