Huge Gamble On Wooden Flying Boat
Los Angeles AP reports Howard Hughes, builder of a 25 million dollar wood flying boat, accepts full responsibility amid possible U.S. government scrutiny. The contract, started 1942, was canceled 1964 after vast spending. Hughes defended personal design and construction as key to advancing aeronautical knowledge and industrial capability.
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Koreans Flee Daily Toronto Amid Occupation Claims
In a brief interview from Me arrival in Canada, authorities say Koreans describe rapid displacement near Geir Gouiy and coastal areas. Report cites foreign control and limited freedoms as forces move through the region, with references to occupation and resistance across the southern Roen area.
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Tobacco Growth Control By Hormone Inhibitor Found In Plants
A late 20th century plant science note describes a spray used on tobacco to suppress growth tips, forcing leaves to widen and reducing labor from removing suckers. Hormones in the growing tips are blocked, altering leaf development and increasing harvest efficiency.
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Innisfail RACQ Outings for Nurses and Patients
Innisfail RACQ unit proposes local hospital outings for nurses and convalescent patients. Secretary LB Williams conveyed the plan after a branch meeting. Proposals include Saturday or Sunday afternoon trips, or a full Sunday day, with quarterly outings planned beginning in June.
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Tully CWA May meeting notes fund drive and welfare efforts
The Tully branch of the CWA held its May 7 meeting at the CWA Hall with president Ansell and officers present. They announced plans for an upcoming fundraiser to aid the waiting mothers hostel, Angell to visit the maternity ward bearing booties and mother’s shawl donations, and a farewell to Mrs Hansen at the close.
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Portuguese Women Protests and Tarrafal Mention in Lisbon
A chaotic report outlines Portuguese women protesting Salazar’s regime in Lisbon while referencing the Tarrafal prison camp in Cape Verde and the broader push for democracy. The piece touches on economic strain, fuel shortages, transport stoppages, blackouts, and public sentiment, noting political and media dynamics amid unrest.
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Portal Pay Outlawed in America
Washington May 14 President Truman signed a bill ending portal pay a practice that paid workers for walking time between clock and machine. The bill shields employers and the government from past present and future wage claims. Truman urged Congress to raise the minimum wage from 40 cents to at least 60 cents an hour.
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Spain Ousted from ICAO Membership
Montreal May 14 the International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly votes to suspend Spain from ICAO with twenty sections in favor three opposed Eire Portugal and Switzerland abstain Argentina and South Africa abstain or remain absent not specified outcome confirms Spain removal from organization and members.
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Troops On Leave Sails With Australian War Relics
The Kamimbra has sailed carrying 949 Australian troops bound for Sydney on May 24. The voyage transports war trophies including books documents and souvenirs collected by the British Commonwealth occupation forces for the Australian War History Department.
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Associated Press
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Australan War History Department
New Zealand Chess Champion to Compete in Canada
New Zealand chess champion Robert O Wade has completed an eight month European tour and arrived in Toronto to enter the Canadian Championships in Quebec City this June. He will stay in Canada over the summer after an invitation from Abe Yanofsky the noted Zanadim master who returned from Europe with him.
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United Nations launches drive to feed starving children
The United Nations begins an emergency fund plan to feed up to 20 million hungry children worldwide. Funds will buy milk, high protein foods, cocoa, oil, and clothing, with nutrition and relief supplies distributed through a three part program led by the Economic and Social Council. The scheme targets long term recovery of livestock and food distribution across war torn countries.
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National Children’s Emergents Fund
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All Together Presape One of the Suet Postwar Cooperative Aim
Postwar Australia sees a cooperative housing plan with residents to own homes and land and shape suburb growth. A new society forms to build a model community with shared theatres hotels and land, aiming for full local control and economic self sufficiency amid material shortages and rationing.
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