Britain’s Airfields The edge of occupied Europe air power
Britain’s vast Allied air offensive against German held Europe is described as the greatest operation of its kind. The piece notes the massive number of men and machines required and explains how Britain has become one great airfield to accommodate round the clock aircraft movements and servicing. Malta is cited as a model, once called The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier, with Britain potentially earning that title as well.
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Europe
Britain
Malta
Exact Number Not Revealed About British Airfields
Britain kept the exact count of airfields secret while publicizing scale details. Paved runways and hard standings totaled 160 million square yards, a road comparable to 9 000 miles long and 30 feet wide. Ballast and cement reached 30 million tons. other materials included wood, cables, and switchboards. 1942 spending equaled one sixth of peacetime national budget. The program also funded bases for the US Army Air Force under Lend-Lease reverse.
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Britain
United States Army Air Force
Suitable Soil Difficulties in Locating Airfield Sites in Britain
Britain faced severe challenges in choosing locations for many airfields. Dense population, swampy peatland, and the need to spare cropland limited open sites. Dry, level ground was essential, but wartime labor and transport constraints were also obstacles. The Air Ministry completed airfields now underpin the war’s air offensive.
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Britain
Air Ministry Works Department
Kellogg's All-Bran Relieves Constipation Naturally
A reader celebrates returning to regular bowel movements after two weeks by using Kellogg's All-Bran. The ad touts bulk forming fiber as the remedy, promotes daily servings with milk or sprinkled on cereals, muffins as an option, and urges drinking water for welcome relief. It notes All-Bran is available at grocers in two sizes.
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Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
Marvelous Technique British Gun Crews Shoot Down Nazi Plane
The British anti aircraft gun crews have sharpened skills since 1940 and trained intensively in gunnery courses. One Me 410 crossed the coast north of London at night and, in pitch darkness, was shot down from over four miles altitude with only 30 rounds.
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London
Fighting on all fronts across the globe by British Army
The British Army has fought in Norway, France, Holland and Belgium, Egypt, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Somaliland, Madagascar, Syria, North Africa, Persia, Sicily, Italy, Greece, Crete, Malaya, Burma and Hong Kong, illustrating global reach and sustained conflict across multiple theaters.
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Globe
Norway
France
Holland
Belgium
Egypt
Eritrea
Abyssinia
Somaliland
Madagascar
Syria
North Africa
Persia
Sicily
Italy
Greece
Crete
Malaya
Burma
Hong Kong
Watchmaker turns wreckage glass into repaired timepieces
Pte. Ted S. Malin of Detroit, a magneto mechanic turned jewelry apprentice, sets up a watch bench in his maintenance truck behind enemy lines in the southwest Pacific. He repairs about 45 watches weekly using plastic glass salvaged from wrecked Japanese bombers and Zeros, successfully restoring seven of ten timepieces without new parts.
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Southwest Pacific
Ted S. Malin
Detroit
Malin
Brandon Sun
Britain’s War Losses Grow Through Early Stages
The piece states Britain has suffered 38 300 pilots and aircrew killed and 10 400 missing with over 10 000 aircraft lost. Since the war began 41 000 officers and men of the Royal Navy have been lost, equal to about 30 percent of prewar strength. 2562
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Britain
British Isles
Royal Navy
Price Control Information and Ration Guidance
Q and A style notice explaining wartime rationing rules. It covers using early sugar coupons from book No 3, prohibition of soft drink carton packaging, replacement steps for lost ration books, surrender of ration books when a son enlists, and how to obtain Consumers' News pamphlet or the Blue Book from wartime boards in the province.
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Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Prices and Trade Board
Step In Agriculture Favors Industry Tied Farm Output
Dr Howard Doane of St Louis predicts a postwar shift where farmers become industrialists and raw material producers. He envisions fixed and movable processing plants near farms to extract dehydrate refrigerate concentrate and fabricate rural products. The plan emphasizes vertical diversification concentrating on profitable crops and delivering nearer to consumers.
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Howard Doane
St. Louis
Farm Journal
Doane
Scientific American
Gems of Thought Readings and Reflections Card
A collection of brief quotes on work praise empathy humility and faith from Victor Robinson Howells Edwards Tryon Edwards S H B Masterman Romans 15 4 and Mary Baker Eddy. The quotes emphasize understanding kindness encouragement and spiritual hope. Several voices share common themes of moral growth and consolation through attitude and scripture.
Volunteers Train to Operate 16mm Projectors in Regina
Film showing and 39 more courses fill the waiting list as trained operators aid women's groups in Regina. Centres across the region plan similar classes to train volunteers for films of consumer interest. In Peterborough a hostess course covered etiquette and recreation, while Edmonton volunteers pursue public speaking with library lectures drawing about 60 attendees.
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Regina
Peterborough
Ontario
W.V.S. Centre
Edmonton
Edmonton Public Library
Weed Prevention Through Clean Seed and Rotation
The text urges weed control by clean seed and well drained, fit fields. Plant clean plump seed of adapted varieties while moisture remains in the ground to grow a vigorous crop able to fight weeds. Rotations, early cutting, and timely tillage reduce hoeing and lessen summer fallow needs.
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Herbert Groh
Division of Botany
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Polish Refugees Find Haven in Uganda Farms
Five thousand seven hundred fifty Polish refugees have found a haven from persecution and war in Uganda British East Africa. The majority are women and children who have become agriculturally self supporting.
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Uganda
British East Africa
Good Seed Certification Warns Against Uncertified Seed
Good seed quality relies on certified or registered seed. These grades come from crops inspected in the field and certified by the Plant Products Division of Canada’s Department of Agriculture. Certification and registration require field inspection, purity and germination tests, and tagging under the Seeds Act.
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Plant Products Division
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Seeds Act of Canada
Dominion
W. H. Wright
A Wartime Style Laugh Parade in a Musical Interlude
A string of lighthearted vignettes unfolds from a social gathering, with a young woman rushing into a concert, a hat price quip about holes for ears, barbed compliments and barber shop humor after a long march, and quick exchanges on proposals, dress, and dolls. The mood is playful and lightly satirical.
Smuts Urges Peace But Opposes German Colonies
Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts of South Africa said it should be possible in peace to avoid mistakes of the last war and to provide even the vanquished with the means to live, but he opposed granting colonies to Germany.
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Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Germany
Ancestor sharks reached lengths over 100 feet
Researchers note that modern sharks are diminutive compared with ancient varieties that grew more than 100 feet long, highlighting dramatic size evolution in the lineage.
Ice Cream Freezer Invented By Mrs Nancy Johnson
Philadelphia housewife Mrs Nancy Johnson is credited with inventing the ice cream freezer and securing patent number 3245 for the device.
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Mre
Nancy Johnson
Philadelphia
Concert Singer Crossing Ocean Faces London Mission
Section Officer Mutch of the RCAF serves in Britain's Women's Division. Regina to Europe for music studies, then New York concert and radio success. She joined the Women's Division and now performs for Canada's service personnel overseas. She hopes to sing again in Berlin before returning to Canada.
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Ocean
Omicer Tshbel Mutch
R.C.A.F
Britain
Regina
Europe
New York
Radio
Canada
Mutch
Berlin
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Fast Eczema Relief
Make up your mind today to give your skin a real chance to heal with Moone's Emerald Oil. This highly concentrated antiseptic oil claims quick relief from itching for eczema, itching toes and feet, barber's itch, and salt rheum. It supposedly lasts days, does not stain or leave a greasy residue, and offers complete satisfaction or money back.
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Moone
Attlee Says Bar of Justice Broadcasters To Face British Trials
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee stated in the British Commons that Lord Haw Haw and other Britons broadcasting for Germany will be tried after the war. They will not be war criminals but will be charged under British law and tried in appropriate courts.
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Lord Haw Haw
Germany
Clement R. Attlee
British Commons
Ernest Lloyd
Columbus Describes Sweet Potatoes as Carrotlike
The explorer Columbus noted sweet potatoes found in the western hemisphere resembled carrots with a savor of chestnuts, describing their taste and texture in his account.
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Columbus
Western Hemisphere
Daniel Webster Warned Nations About Hawaiian Islands
Daniel Webster as American secretary of state warned other nations to keep out of the Hawaiian islands, marking a early assertion of U S influence in Pacific affairs.
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Daniel Webster
Hawaiian Islands
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