Soviet potato bug charges seen as pretext to blockade Berlin
Moscow may use the potato bug propaganda as a pretext to pressure Berlin’s western air corridors. Blockade veterans say Russia failed to cut the airlift during 11 months of attempts to starve the city, while Allied relief kept 2.3 million Berliners fed. Soviet notes claimed US planes dropped potato bags, but analysts see the charges as an unreliable pretext. Officials dismiss the claim as ridiculous and dangerous to escalate.
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Berlin
Frankfurt
Germany
Russia
Moscow
United States
East
Czechoslovakia
West Berlin
Welch
Colorado
Col
J. E. Barr
Templehof Air Base
Wings on Cats Reported in Spain Cities
Reports from three points in Spain describe cats with wings. Another Spanish city claims a kangaroo like cat with a front pouch tiny forepaws and heavy hindpaws.
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Spain
Beware of Elephants in Africa's Transvaal National Park
A historic note recalls elephants once common across Transvaal now surviving mainly in an 8000 square mile National Park. Roads there carry warnings reading Beware of the Elephants, reflecting reduced range and ongoing safeguards.
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Africa
Transvaal
Number of US veterans totals 25 million with 19 million alive
Data from Veterans Administration official Carl R Gray Jr shows 25 030 000 men served since the Revolutionary War, 19 014 000 alive, 14 000 000 from World War II, 935 300 total battle losses, 278 000 minor children and 384 800 widows on VA rolls, and 2 308 700 disabled veterans.
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Washington
United States
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Gray
Grand Army
Veterans Administration
Molasses to alcohol fuels Argentine distilleries
The report notes molasses in 22 Argentine distilleries converted to alcohol at sugar centers while grain alcohol is produced near Buenos Aires and at a new plant in San Nicolas. It also mentions ongoing black magic practices among native communities in North Queensland, Australia.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
San Nicolas
North
Queensland
Australia
Nattiest sea son bullet proof vest sold for 32 dollars
A London firm markets a stylish sea season bullet proof vest priced at 32 dollars. It features a waistcoat made from a steel manganese alloy whose inch square plates resist drilling, marking a notable safety claim.
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London
Rhodesia’s Ivy Cairns First Licensed Female Pilot in South Africa
Ivy Cairns of Rhodesia becomes South Africa’s sole licensed woman air pilot, highlighting pioneering achievement in aviation.
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Ivy Cairns
Rhodesia
South Africa
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