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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 22, 1946
Page
4
In Johannesburg AP reports union aims for junior typists to start at £30 a month with shifts and tea breaks, while seniors receive £30 for over ten years of service. The plan also contemplates upper limits and duties, prompting talk of reforms and a push for recognition of senior shorthand type roles.
Warsaw reports a plan to restore Polish industrial output by reclaiming factory equipment from the Russian zone in Germany. The effort includes Tarun Malls, Granat armament sectors, Ciszewski electrical plant gear, Bydgoszcz transformers, and Radom plant assets. Berlin trolley and metalworking machines are also to be brought back.
Washington report recalls the 1941 Roosevelt Churchill agreement trading 50 destroyers for six Atlantic bases. It notes the bases' long roles protecting the Panama Canal, serving as key Caribbean outposts, and housing warning centers in Puerto Rico. It highlights destroyer crews earning war records while convoying ships and aircraft through the North Atlantic with seven ships sunk and one dramatic attack at St Nazaire.
The US Department warns industry that thousands of wartime secrets are being leaked through reports, blueprints, and analyses. Documents describe German and Japanese processes, radar, aircraft systems, and by products, with US agencies listing 14 000 more being prepared for publication. Public interest orders can obtain details by number.
A long, dramatic note on curses tied to famous diamonds the Koh-i-noor and Regent, Blue Diamond legends, and their fates. It recounts Victorian era lore, Aga Khan weightings, and the supposed misfortune surrounding blue gems, coronations, and royal treasuries, ending with a mention of a newly found large uncut diamond in Sierre.
A reporter notes that once Germany has enough food, unrest could grow as Germans, many outside the Reich, adjust to scarcity and watch politics. Officials warn relief limits may spark renewed efforts to disrupt supply, with hotheads seeking an audience at political meetings.
Valuable war era racehorses tied to many nations may race again this summer at Berlin Frankfurt and Munich as entertainment for American troops. A new German bloodstock Stud Book is being prepared with Count Sponeck aiding. Restitution officers seek owners of horses from the United States Britain France Belgium Holland Poland Czechoslovakia Nazi Austria and Hungary researchers work to untangle pedigrees amid war disruption.
Fragmentary OCR describes Mond, third most valuable diamond, next to Cullinan and another gem, insured for 200 fabulous sum. It mentions Jacobus Janes, a tall bearded man once battling poverty with a wife and seven children, and a storm breaking loose as the diamond allegedly moved toward the Diamond Corporation offices.
Britain’s tennis scene languishes after six years of war with uncertainty over Davis Cup opponents and which players will compete. Veterans Mia Men Ber Kay Stammers and Dorothy Round may anchor a weakened women’s team, while young players like William Monn and Jean Kvertier emerge under Dan Maskell’s guidance. Hare’s return and possible discharge affect lineup as Wightman Cup hopes hinge on this reshaped team.
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