Centurion’s Long Career as a Noted Dummy Warship
HMS Centurion, a renamed Anson during WWII, served as a dummy battleship and decoy in multiple theatres. It helped mislead Axis forces, protected convoys near Malta and Normandy, and finally formed part of the Gooseberry shelter harbors off the invasion coast.
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Smiles and kangaroos highlight human kindness and animal diversity
The Sarnia Canadian Observer divides smiles into innocence and peace, arguing true smiles signify joy and kindness rather than contempt. It notes kangaroos exceed a hundred species, varying from six feet tall to small, many capable swimmers, climbers, and adept fighters, with the tree kangaroos spending time high in trees.
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Record Dive Plan By Piccard To Reach 14000 Feet
Professor Piccard, famed for his stratosphere ascent in 1981, plans a vertical sea descent in a cabin to 14,000 feet in the equatorial Atlantic. He aims to film deep sea life, seeking a record depth beyond Beebe's 3,000 feet.
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Youthful principal praised for good manners in Brantford court
Magistrate Gillen commends a youthful principal in Brantford police court for using the word sir, calling it refreshing and a sign of good upbringing. The remark highlights a rare display of courtesy among youths, contrasted with broader trends toward defiant independence. The Hamilton Spectator is cited on pride and servility.
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Lime Use to Counteract Acid Soil Condition
Lime has long been used to neutralize acidic soils that hinder plant growth dating back to early agriculture.
Visitor To The Orient Praises Chinese People And They Way
A Westerner describes Chungking during eight years of war, noting Chinese resilience and friendliness. He recounts helpful locals guiding him, the high costs of goods, the open black market, and bustling tea houses where bargaining occurs with subtle signals. He observes abundant foreign-made goods and the ironies of wartime commerce.
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Roosevelt Memorial Statue Planned for Grosvenor Square London
Franklin D Roosevelt will be honored with a standing statue in Grosvenor Square London. Sculptor Sir William Reid Dick has been chosen to create the monument for the Roosevelt memorial committee. The square was chosen as it was the hub of American official activity in wartime London. Duke of Westminster will convert the area into a public park.
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Time marches on in Vancouver Sun verse
A short reflective piece notes that modern life rejects old notions of hell and uses electricity for cooking while sulfur and matches fade away. The prose suggests a lighthearted take on progress and scientific comforts, with playful diction about disgruntled atoms and spring tonics.
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English Widow’s Hen Alarm Turns Into Happy Protest
In England an English widow complained a Canadian battalion stole her hens. The colonel urged restraint. Two days later Mrs Jones reported her flock had risen from sixteen to twenty nine hens, a curious twist amid wartime relations and morale.
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Dress from 1939 royal tour moved to Toronto museum
Souvenir dress in gold and pearl worn by Queen Elizabeth at an Ottawa reception during the 1939 royal tour has been moved from public archives to the Toronto museum. State Secretary Martin said the move allows Toronto residents to view it and it is not planned for a trans-Canada tour. The dress, costing $20,000, was sent to Canada by the Queen in 1940 as a royal tour keepsake.
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Home-Aid Patterns for Home Accessories
Instructions 7448 describes dressing table skirts bedspreads stool covers and other useful articles. To obtain the pattern send twenty cents to Winnipeg 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man write name address and pattern number clearly.
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Oldest Working Horse Black Person Dies at 51
The aged equine Black Person, regarded as possibly the world’s oldest working horse, has died at the age of 51. Owned by EE CE, the horse’s long career spanned decades of service and companionship.
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