The English Channel A Narrow Strategic Waterway
The English Channel, a 24 000 square mile strip linking the Atlantic and North Sea, separates France and England. Its width ranges from 21 miles at Dover to over 100 at the far end and its waters are treacherous in storms. Favorable spring and summer weather influenced the D Day decision. A prior railway tunnel proposal under the Channel was rejected by the Imperial Defence Council in 1924.
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Europe
English Channel
Atlantic Ocean
North Sea
France
England
Straits of Dover
Channel
Britain
Imperial Defence Council
Delay Helped Allied Cause
It was the English Channel which stopped the march of Hitler's victorious armies in 1940 and helped save Britain from conquest. The delay hindered the German invasion after Dunkirk and aided the Democratic cause, influencing the war's course. The later channel crossing enabled by UN resources marks a historic military achievement.
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English Channel
Hitler
Britain
Europe
Dunkirk
United Nations
Invasions in Times Across the English Channel
Military planners cite historic Channel invasions from Julius Caesar to William of Normandy and William of Orange. Napoleon aimed to cross in 1803 but failed due to Lord Nelson. The First Great War saw mass British to French moves. The English Channel shaped events since ancient times.
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Europe
Julius Caesar
Britain
B.C
William
Duke of Normandy
England
William of Orange
Channel
Napoleon
Lord Nelson
France
English Channel
Not Just Drudgery Sir Leonard Hill Praises Housewives Skill
Britain's famed physiologist Sir Leonard Hill at 77 says housewives rank among artisans, not in drudgery but as skilled workers. He and his wife, living in suburban London, tested housekeeping after losing their help, creating a 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. schedule and concluding that housework is a sequence of skilled acts.
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Britain
Sir Leonard Hill
London
Sir Leonard
Synthetic rubber to stay in postwar era says Dr. Eghoff
Dr Gustav Eghoff of Chicago, president of the American Institute of Chemists and director of research for a U S oil company, states synthetic rubber is here to stay with its postwar era usage rising in thousands of applications.
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Gustav Eghoff
Chicago
American Institute of Chemists
United States Oil Company
Hydrangeas Show Color Shifts With Soil Acidity
Hydrangea plants produce blue blossoms in acidic soil and pink flowers in neutral soil, reflecting soil pH influence on pigment expression.
Piggery at RAF Stations Boosts Camp Amenities in West England
Sunday pork dinners become a tradition at RAF stations in the west of England. Y.M.C.A. centres save scraps for livestock and a former Alberta MP, Frt.Lt. E. C. Breton, improved the station piggery. Extra hogs were sold with profits aiding the Services Institute Fund and the camp Y.M.C.A. amenities for the men.
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R.A.F
England
Y.M.C.A
Alberta M.P
E. C. Breton
M.P
Leduc
Alberta
Services Institute Fund
Camp
Tire care tip warns of blowouts from underinflation
Driving on soft tires weakens cords and can damage a tire leading to a possible blowout. Over inflation is dangerous too. Check pressure at least weekly. Tires are valuable assets in current times.
All-Bran Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
An advertisement extols Kellogg's All-Bran as a natural daily remedy for constipation. It emphasizes bulk from cereal or muffins, daily intake with water, and nonmedical relief, noting the product is a cereal not a medicine. Made by Kellogg's in London Can.
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Kellogg's
London
Price Control And Rationing Information
Questions and answers outline wartime price rules for rent on summer properties, price tagging on clothing and footwear, keeping ration books, and guest charges at summer hotels. The article directs readers to contact the Wartime Prices and Trade Board for publications and guidance.
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Prices and Trade Board
Consumers’ News
The Right Honorable Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
The Ottawa Citizen notes Londoners call the UK Prime Minister Winnie while formal legal form uses The Right Honorable Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill. The Court Circular lists him as Winston Spencer-Churchill, but Leonard is his unused given name.
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Winston S. Churchill
Winston Spencer-Churchill
Spencer- Churchill
Marlborough
Leonard
United Kingdom
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
Winnie
Ottawa Citizen
Refugee Centre Opens Near Fedala on Moroccan Coast
The British and American governments establish a refugee centre in a former U.S. Army camp near Fedala to care for refugees moved from Spain. Interned after fleeing Nazi advances, a portion have arrived while plans foresee transfers of up to 800 now and possibly 2,000 in total under the United Nations Rehabilitation Administration.
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Fedala
Moroccoan
Spain
Poland
France
Low Countries
United Nations Rehabilitation Administration
Detect Hidden Ills Using Heart as Sounding Board
A heart-sound detector developed by Haskel Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology can identify otherwise hidden illnesses in other body parts by listening to tones from the circulatory and muscular systems. DuPont Co recently revealed this innovation.
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Haskel Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology
DuPont Co
Grasshoppers as Pets Widespread in China
Report notes millions of Chinese keep grasshoppers in their homes as pets. The trend underscores cultural fascination with insects and growing interest in unconventional companions across urban and rural areas.
RCAF Winnipeg members awarded DFM for gallantry
Sgt. Robert Alexander Edie of Langham Sask Bateman receives the Distinguished Flying Medal for a 1944 attack on enemy aircraft and a later U boat destruction. The 22 year old rear gunner completed many sorties and is noted for skill courage and devotion to duty. Edie, a farmer in civilian life, was commissioned in 1942 and born at Humboldt.
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RCAF
Winnipeg
Robert Alexander Edie
Langham
Sask
Bateman
Humboldt
Edie
D.F.M
R.C.A.F
Friedrichshafen
King’s inspection reveals distant PM descendant in fleet
During a royal inspection of the British home fleet an ordinary seaman named Erskine William Gladstone was revealed as a descendant of Prime Minister William Gladstone from Queen Victoria’s era. The King remarked that history would find such a meeting remarkable and asked what their forebears would think.
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George
Erskine William Gladstone
Queen Victoria
Smile a While and Quick Wit's Bank and Duty Gags
A string of light verse and jokes from a reading gag page. It includes lines about an Irish foreman taunting a sleeping worker, a joint bank account misunderstanding, a fortune mishap, drill sergeants, hospital emergencies, a preacher and practicing doctor, and a maid with a perfect reference.
CWAC Stories Highlight War Service and a Quirky Cwoot
A CWAC profile recalls Pte Val Williams Dow and another volunteer whose record spans Scotland, England evacuated families, postwar Britain lectures in the United States, and secretarial work in Denver. The piece explains CWAC slang Cwoot as a cherished pet or mascot kept near the cot, with many CWACs proudly displaying theirs alongside rank and trade badges.
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Williamina
C.W.A.C
Scotland
England
United States
Britain
Denver
Colorado
Dow
Corps of Military Staff Clerks
Winnipeg
Man
Nessie Dow
Kinross
Churchill
CWACs Drill and Parade Life Brightens War Work Week
The CWACs at Fort Osborne Bar in Winnipeg drill weekly to build army life familiarity under CSM Agnes Johnson. They also enjoy weekend cottage getaways in Kingston and Ottawa vicinity, and CWAC beauty parlours introduce hair fashions like the halo roll and feather bob, blending femininity with regimental standards.
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C.W.A.C
Fort Osborne Barracks
Winnipeg
C.S.M. Agnes Johnson
Fort William
Cwacs
Miss Canada
Gems of Thought and War Savings Stamp Motto
A collection of quotes urging restraint in anger and judgment from Seneca Browne Eddy Plato Lavater and Browning, followed by a call to buy War Savings Stamps regularly as a closing note. The page presents timeless maxims on handling offense and adversity and ends with a patriotic savings appeal.
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West of England
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Prices Board
Premier Churchill
Morocco
Freddie
Tom
Frankie
Mrs. Blow
Rascal
Kingston
Ottawa
Collin’s Bay
Ont
Dann's Lake
Que
Kingston War Services
F. W. Atack
Dann Lake
Joseph Richardson
Nabisco
Nes
Seneca
Sir Thomas Browne
Mary Baker Eddy
Plato
Robert Browning
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Canada
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