Long Distance Naval Strategy In The Pacific
London Sunday Times naval correspondent outlines Pacific war planning focusing on vast distances, fuel logistics, and the need for a robust Naval Train. It notes American Pacific strength, Allied squadrons in the Far East, and the strategic burden on Britain to safeguard merchant shipping between Auckland Hong Kong and Colombo amid potential operations beyond the North Sea mindset.
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Hollard
Russia
Far East
Pacific
Tadaya O
Atlantic
Hong Kong
Singapore
Honolulu
Vladivostok
North Sea
U.S
Panama
Manila
Philippine
Dutch East Indies
British Admiralty
Moscow
Far Eastern
Geoffrey Layton
China Command
British
Auckland
Colombo
London Sunday Times
Imitator Bernasconi in Milan Buckshot Incident
Siro Bernasconi, a Milanese imitator, set out to lure pigeons with a treebound call to rival a pigeon pie plan. A hunter mistaken the call for real game and fired buckshot into the tree, wounding the impersonator. The tale links Bernasconi’s talent to Velasquez Zeuxis and Matsya, likening his lifelike mimicry to famous painters.
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Sio Bernasconi
United States
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Signor Bernasconi
Milan
Italy
Siro
Ontario
Siro Bernasconi
Velasquez
Zeuxis
Matsya
Britain's Mystery Knight Sir George Binney Knighted for Secret War Work
Forty year old Sir George Binney dubbed Britain's mystery knight received knighthood from King George at Buckingham Palace for special services in supplying valuable war material. An Arctic explorer who led 1923 expeditions, he studied at Oxford, headed exploration parties, then joined United Steel Company and later worked with the iron and steel control of the Ministry of Supply during the war.
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Sir George Binney
Britain
King George
Buckingham Palace
Sir George
Arctic
Oxford
United Steel Company
Iron and Steel
Ministry of Supply
Decorations Returned by Allies Condemn Vichy Regime
Marshal Petain’s aides receive返urned decorations from friends of France including a Legion of Honor ribbon from Dr. Samuel H. Church of the Carnegie Institute in New York. Church, 83, once offered 100000 for Hitler’s kidnapping, stating the Legion has lost value under the recreant government.
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Marshal Petain
France
Vichy
Legion of Honor
Samuel H. Church
Carnegie Institute of New York
Church
Hitler
Petain
Canadian Soldier Wakes In England After Air Raid
A Canadian soldier injured by a severe air raid wakes in a British hospital cot. A Cockney nurse asks if he is there to die, and she reassures him with a grim pun. The piece also notes factory workers being moved between departments by bus as war mobilization details.
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England
Yesterdie
Swordfish Haul From Nova Scotia Waters Stirs Questions
Nova Scotia fishermen landed nearly 23 600 hundredweights of swordfish last year. The Fisheries News Bulletin notes the big fish, known for its swift power and flat sword, raises questions about origin and spawning grounds as researchers seek answers.
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Nova Scotia
Fisheries News Bulletin
Beggar Parade Vanity Turned to Ten Cent Bible Sale
A humorous catalog of repetitive begging phrases concludes with a note that the Bible can now be bought for ten cents. The item reads like a satirical notice in a historic paper, closing on a brisk consumer-priced appeal.
Flaxseed Production Drives Canadian Linseed Oil Industry
In 1940 Canada produced 5,621,246 gallons of linseed oil valued at 4,054,534 dollars, with linseed oil making up 94 percent of material value. Of 2,635,792 bushels used, 1,513,978 were Canadian. The industry also produced linseed cake, meal, soybean products, and soap with plants in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta.
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Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
Mutiny, suicides and deaths report from Norway at war end
Reports from Norway describe a mutiny among German troops at Kvarven fort near Bergen with many deaths. By July 2 German officers were buried in Bergen. News in Washington said German port captains at Bod and Sandnesssen died by suicide. On June 17 a German officer shot himself in Oslo at Svoldersgate and Gabersgate.
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Norway
Kvarven
Bergen
Washington
Bod
Sandnesssen
Oslo
Svoldersgate
Gabersgate
Newa
Heroes of Manchester Messenger Boys Die Under Rubble
Bodies of two Manchester messenger boys, William Higgins aged 17 and Walter Tierney aged 15, killed performing heroic deeds during the German Christmas blitz, were recovered from under tons of rubble about 100 yards from their homes. The first steamboat sailed on Lake Erie in August 1618.
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Manchester
William Higgins
Walter Tierney
Lake Erie
Knit Sweater Pattern 7077 Offered for 20 Cents
Simple hand knit sweater pattern for men and boys in small to large sizes with or without sleeves. Includes illustrations and stitch details. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Alice Brooks patterns check published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Parallels Found Between Napoleon and Hitler Invasions of Russia
Ottawa Journal notes striking parallels between Napoleonic and Nazi campaigns in Russia. It cites dates from 1812 and 1941, British sea power blocking direct assault, and the role of winter, scorched earth, and retreat tactics shaping outcomes.
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Russia
Europe
Napoleon
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Great Britain
Smolensk
Britain
Czar
Alexander
Baltic States
Poland
France
United States
England
Prussia
Austria
Italy
Niemen River
Moscow
BBC
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Rusia
British plan to organize political warfare directorate
The British government will place propaganda on a businesslike basis using a new directorate of political warfare with control over all concerned. It includes Foreign Office, Ministry of Economic Warfare, Ministry of Information, and the British Council, with the goal of unifying efforts across BBC, War Office, Admiralty, and Air Ministry to enforce cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Goebbels
Directorate of Political Warfare
Foreign Office
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Ministry of Information
British Council
British Broadcasting Corporation
War Office
The
Admiralty
Air Ministry
New Zealand Prime Minister Pleased by Dockside Mix Up
Peter Fraser, visiting Britain, lightheartedly witnessed dockers grumbling at a delayed unloading of New Zealand lamb in Liverpool. A BBC account notes the photographer’s portrait moment with the lamb carcase, while Fraser praised the dockers for their desire to work. He defended dockside efficiency and laughed at the incident.
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Liverpool
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Britain
Lamb
Fraser
Mr. Fraser
Stolen Jewelry Retriever Noel Scaffa Dies in Philadelphia
Noel C. Scaffa, 53, a former New York private detective famed for recovering stolen gems, died in Philadelphia after a stroke. He reportedly recovered more than $3,900,000 in stolen jewelry during a 20 year career.
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Noel C. Scaffa
New York
Philadelphia
Scaffa
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America
Briain
China
Cenger
Australia
Canberra
Western Desert
Berlin
N.c.o.s
Herr Goebbels
Ottawa Journal
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