Shadowed Mission in Buenos Aires leads Morgan to a street clash
Lt Christopher Morgan a US Navy detective returns from a fruitless Buenos Aires assignment and tails a mysterious sailor gaited man through crowded streets. A German submarine commander Pfahls followed by two aides ambush Morgan in an alley stealing his belongings before vanishing.
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Morgan
de Nova
Christopher Morgan
U.S. Navy
Senor
Mein Herr
Buenos Aires
Rojas
Unconscious man at Casa Grande spotted by De Nova and Velasquez encounter
In a Buenos Aires lobby an unnamed man with a dog is helped after an apparent blackout. Morgan, De Nova, and Senorita Velasquez cross paths as the man awkwardly introduces himself, and the trio parts toward an elevator with Uncle Miguel guiding Velasquez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Morgan
Buenos Aires
United States
Morgan
de Nova
Casa Grande
Colonel Monguel Velasquez Y Cavas
Senorita Rosita
Turital
Oa Vise
Morvan
Senors Morgan
Senorita Velasquez
Senorita
Senor
Miguel
Transmit Diseases Warn of Animal Vector Spread
A list identifies more than 75 diseases potentially transmitted to humans by animals. Cattle dogs pigs cats horses sheep goats wild rab bits squirrels rats parrots clams fish oysters and many insects are named as carriers. The warning emphasizes broad ecological links between host species and human health.
Sierra Leone Ceded to Britain for Displaced Slaves in 1787
Sierra Leone on the West African coast was ceded to Britain in 1787 by native chiefs as a home for destitute negroes and escaped slaves in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra Leone
Britain
England
Care Of The Piano Advice On Keeping Old And New Pianos
Piano care emphasizes avoiding open windows and radiators to prevent swelling and rust. Clean strings with a dry cloth beneath them, deter moths with camphor, and wipe keys with a barely damp cloth followed by a dry cloth. Some suggest milk to prevent ivory yellowing.
Cosmic Rays Study Returns From Pamirs Research
An Institute of Physics expedition from the USSR Academy of Sciences has returned to Moscow after six months on Eastern Pamirs peaks. Researchers studied cosmic rays at five to six kilometers high and found that atomic nucleus splitting is caused by cosmic particles with tiny oscillation amplitudes near the ultraviolet spectrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of Physics
Academy of Sciences of the Ussr
Moscow
Pamirs
Ussr Bulletin
Model Aircraft Hobbyist Delivers Planes to RCAF Montreal
Ernest Boucher a 43 year old hobbyist supplies the Royal Canadian Air Force with model planes. He bought a kit after hearing of a need for 50 000 models. His first plane a Vought Sikorsky Vindicator shipped to Montreal air force HQ. He obtained plans for a Blohm and Voss 142 and returned five weeks later with a second accurately built model. He then secured plans for a Jap Model and is now working on a model aircraft carrier. Also reminder to clean air cleaner every 5 000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Boucher
R.C.A.F
Air Force
Montreal
Loot Across Europe Aims at Billions in German Domination
The U S board of economic warfare says Nazi looting in occupied Europe totals billions of dollars yearly by end of 1941 and continues. It details widespread seizure of armaments, machines, art, and labor, with Poland singled out for vast public-property confiscation and trade of equipment for food and raw materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
U.S. Board of Economic Warfare
Germany
Poland
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Indian soldiers praised by Churchill for Mareth and Wadi Akarit
Winston Churchill praised the valor of Indian forces in a message to Lord Linlithgow the Viceroy of India. He cited the Fourth Indian Division’s actions at Mareth and Wadi Akarit, noting its December 1940 Egypt deployment and later claims of 15 000 casualties and 160 000 prisoners by February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
India
Lord Linlithgow
Mareth
Wadi Akarit
Egypt
Bran Sugarless Muffins From Ancient Recipe
Selected recipes present a Bran muffins method using All-Bran, milk and flour with shortening and egg. Instructions mix shortening and sugar then add egg, soak bran, fold in dry ingredients, fill greased pans, bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes. Notes suggest corn syrup as sugar substitute if milk is reduced.
Home Service Weaving Grows Popular As Wartime Hobby
Wartime demand renews interest in weaving as a practical hobby turning into a potential profession. The Winnipeg News paper Union advertises a 32 page booklet How To Weave Useful Novelties for 15 cents, offering materials like wool cotton silk and linen and scraps to create useful items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Aerial concert by pigeons tuned with whistles
Chinese attach whistles to young pigeons tail feathers. The devices are tuned to harmonize and when a flock flies together an aerial concert results with coordinated sounds.
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ROYAL
Lready
Cmdr
Pfahls
Lydia B. Pinkham
Canada
New Thrilling Serial Story
Serevice
Naval Inteligence
Riaselt
Oneboon
South Mimerica
Stateness
By J. B
Ryan
Science
la Split Pulse
Smasken
Goddess of Mischief
Syte Pated
Hassan Haine
Cere
Tum
Genaa
Nevada
International Red Cross
Legion
MacDonald
Daily Mail
WAR Department
W. C. MacDonald Inc
P. O. Box
Place d’Armes
Occupied
Churchill
Home Service
AMR
LD Fam
Burgess Radio
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