Mastery In The Air Foretold In War's Long Struggle
Aeroplane predicts victory will hinge on air superiority, noting Britain expands from Fairey battles to four engine bombers like Stirling Halifax Fortresses and Liberators. It compares German and Allied air power, praising Beaufighter's long range and the umbrella of British air power shielding distant operations, with U.S. and Russia support mentioned as crucial. A separate piece honors Dr. D F Webster for 50 years of country practice in West Scene, Ontario, highlighting steadfast, community-focused service.
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Russia
Britain
Mescof
Middle East
England
Crete
U.S.A
Germany
Marne
Somme
Ypres
Verdun
University of Toronto
West Scene
Ont
D. F. Webster
Kitchener
Princess Elizabeth Attends First Private Buckingham Dance
Princess Elizabeth, 15, joined her parents at Buckingham Palace for a private royal dance. She wore her first formal long party frock and danced with Guards officers and other guests, often partnered by her father. A famous West End band played fox-trots and waltzes as dancing continued until 2 am.
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Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Go In Three. Funny how things go in three
A compact verse style item lists phrases that pair three related words or concepts. It juxtaposes familiar triads such as Faith Hope and Charity, fair fat and forty, love honor and obey, and others like battle murder and sudden death, ruin romanism and rebellion, lock stock and barrel, wine women and song, tag tag and bobtail.
Neat in Canada Palm warblem migration routes observed
In Canada, Palm warblers winter in Louistens fy te Latredor and those in the Greater Astilles winter there, with summer spent in northwestern Canada. The two migration routes cross each other in Georgia.
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Louistens
Te Latredor
Greater
Astilles
Canada
Georgia
Stocks being accumulated to feed Germany after war ends
London reveals Britain plans to feed Europe once the war ends. Starving people across Europe to be fed by Britain, the Dominions, Allied nations, and the United States. Large stockpiles ready for shipment to Europe. discussions underway among governments. Germany freed from Nazism to be aided to prevent a repeat plague in Europe. The postwar order to be enforced by imperial and Allied economic strength with possible Russian involvement.
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Britain
Germany
London
Europe
Dominions
United States
British Empire
Russia
Underground Moscow Shelters Become Cultural Hubs
Thousands in Moscow spend hours nightly in subway shelters during German air raids. Shelters function as a cultural center with concerts, movies, and lectures for men women and children. Subway traffic halts at 8 pm and resumes for women and children at 8 30. Men wait for the air raid alarm before entering. People rest listen to music or watch films while sellers offer books magazines and refreshments.
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Moscow
Norwegians protest as German officials leave Oslo
German commissars of shipping and social welfare depart Oslo amid ill health after Norwegian demonstrations against quislings. The move comes as unrest grows in the capital and authorities grapple with public dissent during occupation.
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Oslo
Carrot Lollypops Sold to English Children
A playful note describes carrot based candy for English children, calling it vitamin A rich and likening it to a carrot on a stick with sugar syrup coating. It emphasizes health and novelty in a simple, child friendly form.
Learned Lesson From France In Soviet War Tactics
A military informant close to the Soviet front reports that Germany’s invasion initially pushed tanks ahead of infantry as in France, but Soviet defense adapted. Russians now let tanks advance briefly, then deploy infantry to blunt the German thrust, resembling early World War I tactics with combined arms.
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Hitler
Red Army
France
Play Bails At Pyramids Desert Baseball Match
In the shadow of the Pyramids British desert troops play baseball as an English colonel promoter cheers. He became a red hot fan while commanding Canadian troops in England last year.
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England
Domestic cats destroy rattlesnakes without bites
Domestic cats can kill rattlesnakes without suffering bites, while advancements in telescope tech reveal about three hundred trillion stars.
Webster’s visit exposes Lord Brougham’s brusque reception
During Daniel Webster’s 1840 London visit as Secretary of State, the American envoy faced a cold, businesslike greeting from Lord Brougham who later quipped that he mistook Webster for the author of the dictionary who “turned the English language upside down.” The misunderstanding was cleared, and Webster’s reception improved.
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Daniel Webster
England
London
Lord Brougham
Webster
Mr. Webster
United States
Remarkable Postwoman Jane Preston Serves 45 Years
Miss Jane Preston of Cockerham North Lancashire completed forty five years delivering Post Office mails and has logged nearly 140000 miles in clogs. At 68 she plans to wear clogs to a hundred, walking ten miles daily through Peonines foothills salt marshes and Morecambe Bay sands.
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Jane Preston
Cockerham
Lancashire
Misa Preston
Jane
Morecambe Bay
A Nose Becomes Pipe Organ With Hay Fever
A humorous note likens a congested nose during hay fever to a Pipe organ, highlighting how allergy symptoms transform a simple nose into a musical metaphor.
Evolution of animals and earthworms impact on soil
The text notes that more evolved animals are at birth more helpless, and explains earthworms enrich soil by pulling leaves into their burrows transforming organic material into nutrients for the ground.
Embroidered Baby Motif Pattern 7070 Details
Spread Motif Now describes an embroidery pattern 7070 featuring a baby motif 13 by 14 inches and five smaller motifs averaging 5 by 6 inches. Includes color schemes and materials. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7070. address 175 Mc Dermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man. No Brooks pattern book.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
W! Man
Brooks
Cultivation After Harvest Controls Weeds Effectively
A Ontario agriculture expert urges after harvest cultivation as the best weed control. Post harvest tillage disrupts shallow roots and prevents seed set, with heat and dry conditions aiding killing sprouts. Deep plowing controls perennials like Canada thistle while avoiding root fragmentation.
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J D. Macleod
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Toronto
Macleod
Sensible idea frees boy stuck in steering wheel wheel
In Detroit a boy became stuck after poking his head through wheel spokes. A sequence of failed attempts by father and police ends when a bystander suggests cutting the wheel with a blow torch, then shov ing him through. The crowd watched as the plan succeeds and the boy is released.
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Detroit
Inscription Found After Weight Breaks Top Layer
A railway passenger at Hradec Kralovo station Bohemia dropped a heavy weight on a counter top breaking the layer to reveal a stone fragment bearing the inscription Here lies the the body. The fragment suggests a historic memorial or burial marker uncovered in the station area. Further investigation by station officials is awaited.
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Hradec Kralovo
Bohemia
Imear Total War On the Eve of Second Anniversary
On the eve of the second anniversary of Germany's invasion of Poland the National Geographic Society noted that 2 790 000 000 people four fifths of the world's population now are at war. Being easy to do keeps you from being well to do.
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Poland
National Geographic Society
Squirrel antics vary across regions in lighthearted mishaps
A Toronto Star Weekly items note squirrels in Ontario fetch half an apple, climb a tree and dine on a limb while in Omaha a pet squirrel tears a curtain, wallpaper, and refrigerator motor and chews a radio. In South Carolina tiny mischiefs cause telephone outages by chewing insulation.
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Ontario
Omaha
South Carolina
Toronto Star Weekly
Beaver flight to Manitoba game preserve delights official
An unusual excursion saw a delegation led by D. M. Stephens Manitoba deputy minister of natural resources take beavers by air to the new 1,000,000 acre game preserve along Fisher Bay on Lake Winnipeg. The trip followed concerns after beaver activity flooded several hundred acres along the Pembina river in southern Manitoba.
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Manitoba
Pembina River
D. M. Stephens
Fisher Bay
Lake Winnipeg
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