German Methods in Belgium Create Real Reign of Terror
An interview with a Belgian escapee details German terror in occupied Belgium. He cites mass punishments for patriotic offences, executions in Brussels and Antwerp, and widespread spying. He describes fake prisoner disguises, coerced confessions, and sham trials with limited defense access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Reuter
Ndon
Francs-Tireurs
Brussels
Antwerp
Gents Provocateurs
Moose Jaw Fair Promises Western Canada Midway Spectacle
A Moose Jaw ranchers fair runs July 17 to 20 with the largest Western Canada Midway. Attractions include vaudeville, acrobatics, a Lille, France balloonist, a submarine show, Ferris wheel, animal exhibits, and a dramatic balloon ascent by Mile. Lucielle Belmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Jaw
Canada
Lille
France
Prairie
Animal Kingdom
Uncle Sam's Islands
Earth
Mlle. Belmont
Tunnelling the English Channel
A wartime fantasy of a Channel tunnel as a major postwar engineering feat. Sir Francis Fox describes a double tube tunnel under chalk layers with electric drives, water locks for emergencies, Dover fortifications control, and rapid cross channel service from London to Paris and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Channel
Great Britain
France
Royal Geographical Society
London
Francis Fox
England
Kent
Dover Castle
Dover Forts
Paris
Constantinople
Petrograd
Far East
German Submarine Losses Shrink As Reports Shift Front Pages
Rotterdam correspondent for the London Daily News notes German reports on submarine destruction are increasingly vague and smaller in print. Front page space now features boastful accounts of new air raids on England instead of submarine losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotterdam
London Daily News
England
Liquid Fire and Allied War Plans Highlighted
The piece explains liquid fire weapons and their crude design, plus a wartime vow to intensify Allied cooperation. It notes the British war mission to the United States and the hoped for closer Anglo American ties, trade preferences, Wheat and munitions coordination, and finance terms aiding Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Sam
America
United States
Great Britain
United State
Balfour
London
Congress
Alli Wheat Executive
Canada
Food Administration Bureau
Wheat Executive Committee
Allied
Council of National Defence
Britain
Washington
Lord Eustace Percy
C J. Phillips
Geoffrey Butler
Foreign Office
U. S
Husband in the Roads Cited as Dreamer or Aëronaut
Fragmentary lines reference a husband seen in roads and ponder whether he is a dreamer or an aëronaut. The wording suggests a poetic or philosophical note rather than a clear news event. No additional context is provided.
Stainless alloy steel from England shown to resist rust
An English metallurgist discovered that adding twelve to thirteen percent chromium to mild carbon steel yields stainless rustless steel. Rods stored in the lab were found to remain bright while others rusted, leading to this new alloy and its manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
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Ranchers’ Fair
W. M. MacIntyre
W. A. Munns
American Chemical Society
H. E. Howe
Toronto
Globe
Germany
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
New York
Liberty Loarr
Russia
Ostermoor
Attress
Béhae Manta
Alaska Bedding Co
Calgary
Winnipeg
Regina
Alaska
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