Britain builds concrete merchant ships and war risk cuts aid
The Evening Standard notes Britain is constructing concrete merchant ships while J C Smuts says South Africa will soon have 24 schools and train thousands yearly. The Cana dian Women’s Army Corps costs are estimated at 1.53 million dollars. A Dutch maritime court opened in London, the first foreign court in Britain. Attlee urges planning for a postwar world. Woollen uniforms for Australians will shift to five shade camouflage, and a Spitfire pilot survived a fiery landing undamaged. Lloyd’s underwriters announce reduced war risk insurance, mainly for Middle and Far East. Survivors report an 18 year old shipwreck victim shouting as he clung to life.
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The
Evening Standard
Britain
J. C. Smuts
South Africa
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Netherlands Maritime Court
London
C. R. Attlee
Institute of Underwriters
Lloyd’s
Canadian wheat board allows over deliveries to buy war stamps
The Canadian Wheat Board announced that farmers may over deliver beyond the 12 bushels per seeded acre quota to buy war savings certificates or stamps. Over-deliveries, valid until July 31, 1942, must be logged in permit books with a note that the excess is for certificate purchases for the farmer and family.
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Canadian Wheat Board
Pathfinders Findings On Earth's Water Coverage
The Pathfinder notes that about 72 percent of Earth's surface is water, with oceans totaling 139,440,000 square miles and land 57,510,000 square miles along with lakes and rivers near a million square miles. Ocean volume estimates reach 323 million cubic miles, with the Milwaukee Depth north of Puerto Rico at 30,246 feet and average ocean depth around 32,450 feet, over five times average land elevation.
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Milwaukee
Puerto Rico
Poles Ordered to Register as Blood Donors for Nazi War Effort
Newsweek reports that just before Hitler’s invasion of Russia all Poles aged 15 to 60 were ordered to register with local employment bureaus. Authorities allegedly sought blood for transfusions to Nazi wounded on the eastern front, provoking riots as many potential donors fled. The text then abruptly shifts to a claim that 20 to 40 percent of all trees consist of gases trapped in minute cells.
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Newsweek
Hitler
Russia
Eastern Front
Moon trip unlikely in near term say scientists
Dr Dinsmore Alter of Griffith Observatory predicts first manned Moon visit perhaps within 160 years, depending on Uranium 235 research. He cites fuel cost estimates around 100 million dollars and notes Moon takeoff would be easier due to lower gravity. Also discusses night vision in pilots and color perception tests used by RAF and RCAF to assign night operational roles.
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Dinsmore Alter
Griffith Astronomical Observatory
Royal Canadian Air Force
United Kingdom
R. W. Ryan
R.C.A.F. Medical Services
House of Commons
Ryan
England
Slim Panel Novelty Dress Pattern 4790 by Anne Adams
Anne Adams Pattern 4790 features a front panel and back panel for a slenderizing fit with a curved front waist panel and waist-girdle. Side bodice shirring creates a fitted shoulder line. optional back sash. Available in sizes 36 to 50. fabric needs vary by size. order form and 20 cents price included.
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Anne Adams
Annne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
London Bomb Blast Renews Vivid War Time Tale
A Londoner recalls a night air raid in a neighboring square where a blast scatters plaster dust on a young woman who calmly requests her hat be fetched so she can catch a bus. The incident illustrates the odd aftermath of bombings and the resilience of civilians.
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London Calling
Project Abandoned After Spitsbergen Overhead Railway Plan
In 1900 Bauendahl, a German lieutenant, attempted an aerial railway from Spitsbergen to the North Pole with cars suspended from a wire across miles of poles. The effort erected some poles but was abandoned before completion.
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Bauendahl
Spitsbergen
North Pole
Basques and a 17th Century horseless machine patent
The article notes about 750,000 Basques worldwide living along the Pyrenees who reject both French and Spanish tongues. It also mentions two Englishmen in 1619 obtaining a patent for a machine designed to run without horses.
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Pyrenees Mountains
John Murray Gibbon Receives Silver Medal Award
John Murray Gibbon of Montreal general publicity agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway is awarded the silver medal of the Association of Canadian Advertisers for distinguished service to Canadian advertising. C. R. Vint presented the medal to an advertising manager, specialist, poet, novelist, librettist and musician for service to his own company and to the Dominion of Canada since 1907.
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John Murray Gibbon
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Association of Canadian Advertisers
C. R. Vint
Dominion of Canada
Oak Beams Sail to Britain Under Lease Lend Act
The first shipments of American hardwood to Britain under the Lease Lend Act will include maple, hickory, ash, and oak timbers. Oak, long a symbol of England, is scarce there, so American oak beams will help build ships and bolster English resolve, tradition, and fortitude.
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Britain
England
Robin Hood
Sherwood
Frobisher
Cabot
Drake and
Raleigh
America
New York Times
Protein Power for Muscle Growth
The article compares hard muscular labor to fires in a forest, noting that meat proteins supply complete amino acids to extinguish muscle breakdown and rebuild tissue. Each shovel of dirt reflects muscle burning, and adequate protein from meat supports recovery and growth.
Awards For Gallantry Acknowledged In Britain
Policemen in Great Britain have earned 250 awards for gallantry and 176 commendations since the war began, including one George Cross and 99 George Medals, reflecting recognition for acts of bravery.
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Great Britain
Christ the True Vine and Abiding in Him
Sunday school lesson centers on John 15 and the vine metaphor. It explains pruning as necessary for fruitfulness, defines fruit as character and service, and emphasizes abiding in Christ to bear fruit and receive answered prayer when aligned with God's will. It cites related scriptures from Jeremiah to Romans and Ephesians.
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Jeremiah
Jesus
Christ
God
Germans Reported Buying Suez Shares From French Interests
Financial circles in Cairo report German interest in acquiring Suez Canal control via large French share purchases. Fritz Keller allegedly bought 25 000 shares from Philip de Wendel and the Homberg heirs, acting for Goering. Reports warn of German signals echoing through Vichy, with Britain maintaining canal control during the war.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
Vichy
Fritz Keller
Philip de Wendel
Octave Homberg
Keller
Goering Corporation
France
Netherlands
Henry Deterding
Holland
Britain
Benjamin Disraeli
United States
Suez
Woman Opens Repair Shop For Bombed London Homes
Mrs. Lawrence Mitchell starts a small repair shop in London to clean and repair worn furnishings and carpets for bombed out homes. The business quickly grows, employing five assistants working day and night to furnish displaced residents.
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London
Ralda
Lawrence Mitchell
RAF benevolent fund auction raises funds by Bromley allotments
Members of the Bromley Common Allotment Association in Bromley England collected thirty two pounds for the RAF benevolent fund by auctioning vegetables grown on allotments More than half a million people live on the slopes of Mount Etna despite the volcano erupting nineteen times in the last hundred years
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Bromley Common Allotment Association
Bromley
England
R.A.F. Benevolent Fund
Mount Etna
Baby's first pair of shoes promotes healthy feet
A Health League of Canada official urges parents to choose square-toed, well fitting shoes with ample room for growth. He warns narrow stylish shoes risk bunions and hammer toes and stresses foot care, washing, drying, massaging, and occasional olive oil to prevent infection from blisters.
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Health League of Canada
Ministers Register for Fire Watch Duties in Cities
British cabinet ministers under 60 must register as fire watchers under urban area schemes. Met with Home Security Minister Herbert Morrison aged 53, Labor Minister Bevin 57, First Lord of the Admiralty A V Alexander 56, War Minister David Margesson 51, and Air Minister Archibald Sinclair 50.
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Herbert Morrison
Bevin
the Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
David Margesson
Archibald Sinclair
Complex engine uses thousands of metal pieces
The description notes more than 8,000 distinct metal parts assemble into one large aircraft engine, illustrating the intricacy of modern propulsion. It also recalls that ultraviolet light has long been recognized to kill bacteria dating back to Pasteur era.
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Pasteur
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