Left Behind US War Gear Tarnishes In German Hills
Writer from Germany notes vast quantities of US artillery, tanks, trucks, and other equipment left in Europe after V E Day. Most is demilitarized or idle at collecting points with little spare parts support, raising concerns over waste and future salvage value.
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Jack Beil
Germany
Chicago Daily News
E Army
United States
Europe
America
Fabrique Nationale
Browning
Turkey
Czechoslovakia
Morals From A Timmins Brewed Encounter
A South Porcupine resident, intoxicated, visited the Timmins police station to offer a drink to an on duty officer. The officer refused and the man was asked to provide name and address for magistrate court. The piece ends with multiple morals about not offering police, not drinking, and not carrying drinks to officers.
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South Porcupine
Timmins
Weill
Timmins Daily Press
Canning At Home And Preparing For Shortages
The article urges homemakers to sort canning equipment and ensure kettles and jets are in good condition. It notes the year of food shortages increases the need to preserve fruits and vegetables as they become available. Local organizations offer guidance on reliable canning methods.
Cable rate in 1858 set at 35 a word between Britain and America
In 1858 the transatlantic cable charged 35 per word for messages between Great Britain and North America, marking a high cost per character for long telegrams.
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Great Britain
North America
Sword of Union officer given to Kennesaw Mountain park museum
The sword of Capt. S. M. Neighbor of an Ohio infantry regiment, who fell at the 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, has been donated to the National Battlefield Park Museum in Marietta Georgia 82 years after the fight. The family sent the weapon as a memorial while a separate note mentions bitumen as an ancient Roman term for various hydrocarbons.
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Marietta
Kennesaw Mountain
National Battlefield Park Museum
S. M
Ved Wrat Marries Evelyn Corriveau at Stanford Chapel
In Palo Alto Ved Wrat 25 a Hindoo graduate of Leland Stanford university marries Evelyn Corriveau 17 a high school student in Stanford Memorial chapel.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Ved Wrat
Hindoo
Leland Stanford University
Evelyn Corriveau
Stanford Memorial Chapel
Russians claim life extending serum faces ethics and risk
Chicago Daily News notes a Russian serum allegedly extending life to 150 years, but questions its practicality and potential dangers. The piece contrasts with the need for sane endurance on Earth or a safe voyage to another planet, implying the serum may be as troubling as an atom bomb.
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Chicago Daily News
Britain to Aid France Build New Air Force
Britain agrees with France on aid for a new air force including aircraft arms, radio radar and signals equipment, with training in UK and licensed manufacture in French factories. Training for French Naval Air Arm personnel to be held in Britain under two 1945 46 agreements announced by Hector McNeil.
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Britain
France
United Kingdom
R.A.F
Naval Air Arm
Hector McNeil
House of Commons
French North Africa
French Equatorial Africa
Indo- China
North Africa
Ministry of Aiircraft Production
Beavers Use Ladder Chunks to Build Dam in Idaho
A Mayfield Idaho resident watched a beaver at work beneath a steep bank and left a ladder for the animal. When he checked again the next day the beaver had gnawed the ladder into pieces and used the wood to construct its dam, a humanlike tale the Chicago Sun calls remarkable.
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Mayfield
Idaho
Chicago
Duke and Duchess Entertained by Bounty Descendants on Norfolk Island
Governor-General the Duke of Gloucester and the Duchess visited Norfolk Island where mutineers descendants hosted a traditional island feast. They sat on a long tablecloth and were served island dishes as islanders spoke in a mix of West Country English and Tahitian. The royal party later attended a Kingston race course Royal meet with six races.
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Australia
Duke of Gloucester
Norfolk Island
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Pacific
New Zealand
New Hebrides
Duke and Duchess of
Gloucester
Philip Island
Kingston
BC Government Plans Massive Douglas Fir Reforestation Drive
The British Columbia government will seed Douglas fir for 20 million trees for 1948 reforestation, more than doubling the previous output. About 6.5 million trees were planted this spring on Vancouver Island with 3 year-olds, while labor shortages and bad weather limited operations. Next year 7 to 8 million three-year-old seedlings are planned, with two-year-olds available for planting.
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British Columbia
B.C. Forest Service
Vancouver Island
Two Year Wait For Television In Canada Foreseen
K V Swinton of Tronics Ltd told the Rotary Club outline that television will not reach Canada for two or three years. He traced television to 1873 and noted a long path of discoveries and investments. Swinton said U.S. sets cost about 150 dollars and ultra high fidelity models around 400 dollars, and that television remains limited in reach. He urged that TV will move from lab to public service and stressed its importance in entertainment education and advertising.
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K. V. Swinton
tronics @ Ltd
Elec- Victor Co.py
Rotary Club
Swinton
Public Service
Curtain cure aids window winners pattern 7005
The notice describes remodeling curtains with old and new fabric and provides instructions for six styles. To obtain pattern 7005, send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, with name and address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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Springfield
Tsung-le Wang
Shanghai
China
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Bounty
Mount Bates
J. Caldwell
R.C
Gairns
Parliament
M.P
National Brotherhood of Indians
Indian Act Administration
Morris Z. Davis
Louisville
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Alice Brooks
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