Runaway London dressmaker Clare seethes at betrayal
Clare, boss of Couronne et Cie, contemplates sending her husband Arthur to penal servitude after reading his taunting letters. She recalls past affairs, the nursing home, and Robbie as she plans a decisive move in a tense domestic drama.
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Clare
Arthur
Madame Clare
Couronne Et Cie
Dearcat
Bears
Rumball & Runball
D von
Legion
Robbie Robbie
Robbie
Ben
Clara
Robb
Ethel
Tyneside
Affair at Couranne's Reveals Police Theft Probe
Clare answers a call from Terry Naylor, her former manager and lover. He accuses a firm of embezzling over fifteen thousand and plans to turn the matter over to police, warning of a seven year case if the suspect flees or harms himself. Clare urges patience and questions the motive.
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Clare
Terry Naylor
Couranne's
Terry
Air Force
Dfe.c
America
Tray
Rogue Gainford
Rumball & Gainford
Beth
Dodd
Disobedient Son Faces Harsh Advice From Ethel And Mother
Ethel warns that a young man is cunning and rough and cannot be controlled. The mother agrees, saying he needs a father and shows no patience for anyone trying to discipline him.
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Etwet
Ethel
Courtroom plan of Clare and Robbie clash with betrayal
Clare schemes to expose her criminal husband in open court over Robbie's stolen money. She contemplates dinner with Terry and a future divorce, while Robbie resists and prepares to leave, as a confrontation brews.
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Terry
Couronne
Arthur Gainford
Rumball & Gainford
Robbie
Couronne’s
Clare
Rob
New Briton window shields tested at Watford station
The Experimental Building Research Station at Watford reports three window protection options for air raids. Netting in cellulose acetate film lets light in and keeps out rain, a heavier net protects strong panes, and a light net with adhesive holds plate glass fragments in place after impact.
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Britain
Watford
Don't Wait Wisconsin Horward Poem Fragment
An unfinished verse urges readers not to grieve after the speaker’s death as they may find a better job and urges sharing jam and roses while alive. The piece is attributed to Wisconsin Horward and reads like a mournful farewell with practical detours.
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Jay
Wisconsin
Plastic surgeons in wartime demand rise in Canada
The Toronto Star notes plastic surgeons, much in demand since the last war, are busier in this war with over 80 percent of patients in England being women. Bomb injuries prompt many cases, and surgeons, funded by the British ministry of health, repair faces across the country.
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Toronto Star
England
Ministry of Health
The Good Deed Neighbor Exchange
A witty exchange over a garden fence features a neighbor asking about bee yields. Brown quips that the bees haven’t produced much honey but have stung his mother-in-law twice.
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Brown
Tewice
Why Does the Mother Mourn
A grieving mother reads a war casualty note about her son lost in a conflict sparked by power struggles and invasions. The piece reflects on duty, national defense, and Britain’s call to arms against tyranny as families endure sorrow at the costs of war.
Hitlers Miscalculations
The Ottawa Journal argues Hitler erred by invading Russia instead of targeting Turkey and the Middle East. It suggests a successful push to Iran Iraq Egypt and Suez could have strangled British power, noting Crete hinted Germany might have invaded Britain after earlier victories.
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Russia
Hitler
Turkey
Asia
Britain
Dunkerque
Crete
Hugland
Factory Workers Consider Strike After Meeting
A conversation records a factory worker saying a meeting was held last night to plan a strike and another worker replying that he could not attend because trolley workers walked out. The exchange criticizes the public’s inconvenience caused by the walkout.
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F. W
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Fred T. Fuge
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Ohio
U.S.A
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P. O.box
St. John's
George Reid
J. McIntyre
Anprrew Woon
Brick
Gerald S. Doyle, Ltd
Chase & Sanborn
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Bian
Confederation Life
Bneath
Wen
Ottawa Journal
Christian Science Monitor
the Monitor
Christian Science
G Society One
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
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