The Park Lane Mystery Ends With a Lawyer’s Alibi
Inspector Jim Carlton questions High Court officer Franklin Ellenbury about the Gibbinbs case. Ellenbury reveals pensions and embezzlement suspicions while a tense meeting with lawyer Theobald’s road office unfolds. Carlton presses for truth as he navigates Harlow’s shadow.
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Harlow
Jim
Ellenbury
Stotland Yard
Tam
Gibbina
Filenbury
Regents Canal
Louisa Gibbins
CSO
Jim Carlton
Charwoman
Carlton
Annie Gibbins
Fins
Mr. Stebbings
Maring
Poles Sing Scottish Song Stir Hearts in Edinburgh Broadcast
Polish soldiers now in British forces sang The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond in Edinburgh as part of a BBC broadcast. The unit’s journey from occupied Poland through Romania and Hungary to France, and finally to Britain, is celebrated as a heroic epic in the fight for freedom.
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Britain
Bonide
Loch Lomond
BBC
St. Hdinburgh
Bonnie Ike
Scola
Rumania
Hungary
France
Aircraft costs outlined for RAF battle effort
Inquiries reveal fighter planes priced at 500 and 122501, and bombers at 20000 pounds or about 89000 dollars. Lord Beaverbrook states these figures as guidance for public funds and individual donations. Suggestions include listing prices for parts to let citizens buy components for the war effort.
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Royal Air Force
Lord Beaverbrook
Air Ministry
Military Training Pay Rules For Dominion Civil Servants
Dominion government civil servants undergoing military training will receive only military pay if training occurs during regular civilian work hours. Training during vacations or after hours will earn both civilian and military pay. Absence for training does not affect seniority or status. A separate note mentions beggars on New York streets earning about 315,000.00 and a well drilled thousands of feet in one direction then another.
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Dominion
Defence Department
New York
Royal couple lead wartime thrift and morale at home
King George and Queen Elizabeth model daily wartime economy saving paper. They use back-to-back carbon copies, recyle envelopes, discard none, and inspect dustbins for waste. Royal farms supply produce, with scraps fed to stock and surplus fruits preserved. Some jam goes to a military convalescent home.
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George
Queenlizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Royal
Windsor
War-Weary Italys Would Rather Lose Than Face Hitler
Professor Alberto Tarchiani, former editor of Corriere della Sera, spoke in Montreal saying Italians would rather lose the war than be led by Hitler. He noted Italians are now servants of Germany and have lost national autonomy and freedom.
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Alberto Tarchiani
Italy
Montreal
Hitler
Tarchlan
Canada
France
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Germany
Base at Singapore Strengthens British Empire Defense
The Base at Singapore is described as a bastion of Empire defence, with 15 years of successive British government effort expanding its naval military and air facilities. It now safeguards Australia, New Zealand, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, Borneo and the Straits Settlements with reinforced capacity for repairs and maintenance.
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Singapore
Australia
New Zealand
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Borneo
Straits Settlements
Brandon Sun
Ipswich Residents Seek Lindbergh Road Renaming
Lindbergh Road residents in Ipswich petition to rename the street amid discontent with Colonel Lindbergh and to honor a Royal Air Force hero. A physician notes no polio epidemics in the area.
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Lindbergh Road
Ipswich
Lindbergh
Royal Air Force
Germans Lack Complete Planes in War Air Ops Says German Officer
Collier's interview with a German air officer claims German planes are not fully equipped, with only leading officers using capable aircraft. Squadrons move with a leader directing the rest, lacking instruments. rapid German retreat is attributed to this. Strong contrast with British aviation persists.
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Alent
Porto
Falas
Thar
Sparta
Collier's
Hamilton Spectator
Gems of Thought Brotherhood and unity across minds
A collection of quotes on brotherhood linking Edwin Markham Carlyle Hubbard Eddy and Gosse. The passages emphasize unity, helping others, and love for mankind as elevating humanity. The verses connect moral duty with collective harmony and shared purpose.
Returns To Canada Honorably Discharged French Soldier
Julian Charles Durupt, a French soldier honorably discharged, returns to Canada and works at Regina airport after a mine explosion near the Maginot Line. He suffered a severe concussion and near-total vision loss and remains hopeful for France under General Charles de Gaulle. Brazil aids coffee growers unable to ship to Europe.
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Julian Charles Durupt
Canada
Regina
Durupt
France
Charles da Gaulle
England
How to Give Beauty Treatments booklet offer
A Winnipeg newspaper notice promotes an 82 page booklet How to Give Beauty Treatments with skin care tips and makeup advice. It urges readers to send 18 cents to the Home Service Dept. and lists additional booklets priced 15 cents each on plants, slip covers, nerves and health, curtains, weaving, and decorative objects.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Men of Canadian force return to Toronto from England
Sixty seven members of the Canadian Active Service Force arrived in Toronto after service in England. They faced sickness wounds or disabilities and were welcomed by wives children and relatives. Corporal Michael McLean proclaimed that one veteran would not return to England and joked about discipline. Two dozen veterans had served in the first Great War and the older men noted long standing complaints.
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Harlow
Jim
Somerset House
Wa Adamantine
Aileen
Bloomsbury
Canadian Active Service Force
Toronto
England
Jerry
Cpl
Michael McLean
Not Taking Pay The Lifeboat Institute Refuses Government Aid
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution declines covering part of the cost to send 19 boats for Dunkirk evacuation. One boat was lost during the operation while crews searched for food and returned home at dusk.
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Royal National Lifeboat Institute
B.E.F
Dunkirk
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Lydia Pix
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