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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1945
Page
4
A garbled wartime transcript references the Lord Mayor and wartime decrees, mentioning Vietorea Vietar?a and the Forests Commission. It cites reports of decrees, absences, and policy aims, including public notices and a Save the Forests campaign with schoolchildren, amid chaotic broadcasting syntax.
The report from Jugo Slavia covers Soviet leadership honors and Tito era tribute, detailing Marshal Tito and the Order of Victory, plus a wide narrative of wartime strain, shortages, and postwar rehabilitation. It notes agricultural orders in Bosnia and cites foreign diplomats in Chungking with anecdotes about Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang.
In wartime aviation, long range cargo gliders drawn from military use spark debate over peacetime value. British and American tests spurred ideas to carry tanks and troops, with wing spans around 100 feet and engines adapted from existing aircraft. Enthusiasts foresee civil application, though practical commercial glider use remains unsettled.
An Australian veteran reports Lin Yutang’s Sheervaton as illustrating Chinese resilience amid eight years of war with Japan. The piece reflects optimistic national spirit, cites songs and street scenes, and notes a British journalist’s encounter with Mrs Violet Fisher and a Chungking cable office inquiry about foreign messages.
The Babinda branch of CWA held a monthly meeting with reports on fertilizer supplies, the Baby Clinic, and charity efforts. Attendees included Mrs O'Brien and others, with gifts received for warding to headquarters, plus Christmas greetings.
British airborne raids and Norwegian forces captured a German camp in Central Norway housing about 400 suspected Gestapo and SS members using false papers. Many had served at Auschwitz and Dachau. several acted as informers to aid arrests. Names and specific ranks appear in reports from the Norwegian Information Office.
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