Britain and United States declare end of U boat war
In a joint London Washington statement Prime Minister Churchill and President Truman report the end of the Battle of the Atlantic with Germany’s surrender. They note over seven hundred U boats sunk and many destroyed by German actions, crediting Allied naval and air forces, mines, and bombardment.
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Britain
United States
Ritain
Churchill
Truman
London
Washington
Germany
Archives of German Foreign Office Found in Harz Mountains
The complete archives of the German foreign office including records linked to Joachim von Ribbentrop were found by the US First Army in the Harz Mountains and are being examined in London by British and American experts. Despatches quoted say thousands of packages were revealed by two former officials who claimed the papers were moved for safekeeping from Allied air attacks. The archive was transported by train to London after an initial report to Allied authorities.
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Foreign Office
Joachim von Ribbentrop
United States 1St Army
Harz Mountains
United States
London
Europe
London Daily Express
Absie
Harz
United States Office of War Information
Landon
Refugees shaping Canada with skilled work and enterprise
The Chatham News notes refugees seeking asylum in Canada contribute to industry across provinces. Czech refugees in B C dry and process hemlock, others rebuild mills into plywood plants. Poles make aircraft parts and pre fab houses in Toronto. Romanians make packaging for shell cases in Montreal. Belgians supply industrial diamonds in Toronto. Hungarians produce chemicals and precision tools. The piece advocates careful immigrant selection to sustain prosperity and a welcoming future.
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Canada
Dominion
Canadian National Committee On Refugees
B.C
Vancouver
Toronto
Montreal
W.I.B
Chatham News
German chemist seeks wood-based protein yeast plant
Dr. Friedrich Bergius asked American authorities to permit resuming production of a protein food from waste wood. He aims to process 800 tons of dry yeast monthly from wood sugar to supply a diet substitute for meat and dairy for 1.7 million people. He suggested any discarded wood products could yield wood sugar for refining dry yeast.
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Friedrich Bergius
Bergius
Allies face huge task in rebuilding Germany
Brubaker in The New Yorker argues the challenge of reconstructing Germany may rival the difficulty of its dismemberment, underscoring the enormous political and social hurdles ahead for postwar governance.
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Germany
Brubaker
The
New Yorker
British Honors System Highlights The George Cross and Related Medals
The George Cross established by the King in 1940 marks civilian and military acts of heroism. The George Medal rewards civilian bravery and certain noncombat military deeds. The British Empire Medal honors gallant service below warrant officer and meritorious work.
Synthetic gems and Niagara Falls geology reveal long horizons
The piece describes Battelle Institute experiments on synthetic sapphires and rubies, detailing production methods and the analsys of artificial gems. It then shifts to Niagara Falls lore, explaining how the falls formed, their slow retreat, and how human actions might influence the erosion rate over tens of thousands of years.
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Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Office of Production Resources and Development
War Production Board
Union Carbide & Carbon Corp
Comedic Propaganda Bust of Haw Haw and Nobel’s Dynamite Discovery
The Detroit Free Press mocks William Joyce Haw Haw as a failed propaganda expert, noting English listeners sought his Reich praise for relief during the blitz while he inadvertently aided British morale. Alfred Nobel reportedly discovered dynamite when nitroglycerin leaked into sand.
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Haw Haw
William Joyce
Detroit Free Press
Alfred Nobel
Swastikas Gone In Germany After War Ends
Joseph W Grigg Jr describes postwar Frankfurt where only two swastikas remain on blitzed buildings. He recounts how German Nazi symbols have been burned or removed, mentions Gauleiter Wilhelm Sprenger and his fate, and notes locals renaming streets and institutions including the Rothschild Foundation Library.
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Joseph W. Grigg, Jr
B.U P
Frankfurt
Germany
Hitler
Wilhelm Sprenger
Sprenger
Gauleiter
Reich Social Insurance Office
Labor Front Bureau
National Socialist Reich Medical Association
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Rothschild Foundation
Largest Diamond Uncut Stone Reaches Sierras Fame
A 770 carat uncut diamond weighing the size of a hen egg, found by a native in Sierra Leone last January, was flown to Britain in a registered package. Owned by Sierra Leone Selection Trust Company, experts say it is a breathtaking gem with exceptional color and quality likely to rise to about 2 million dollars after cutting. The largest uncut gem before was the Cullinan given to King Edward VII by London Daily Mail.
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Britain
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Selection Trust Company
Edward VII
London Daily Mail
Miracle Drug Yet More to Be Done in Penicillin Use
Sir Alexander Fleming, British physician and scientist who discovered penicillin, said much remains to be done in increasing the usefulness of the miracle drug, particularly in methods of application.
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Alexander Fleming
Noted pianist Max Reger receives trout gift in Berlin
A Berlin concert featured Max Reger playing the piano portion of Schubert's Trout Quintet. An appreciative woman in the audience sent trout for his dinner the following day. Reger praised the tribute and promised to perform Haydn's Ox Minuet with her permission at his next show.
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Max Reger
Schubert
Berlin
Reger
Haydn
Easy Doily Crochet Pattern for Luncheon Set
One simple crochet doily pattern suitable for beginners and experienced crafters. Two doilies are included one 18 inches and the other 12 1 2 inches Pattern number 7055 offers directions and stitches. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern. name address and pattern number must be written clearly. Mail may be delayed by slow post delivery.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Job for Mountbatten in Channel Tunnel project
The Ottawa Citizen reports the Channel Tunnel between England and France has partly formed as an oil pipeline. Enclosing the piping in large tubing could complete the tunnel concept. Lord Louis Mountbatten might oversee the project after events in the Far East conclude.
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Ottawa Citizen
Channel
England
France
Channel Tunnel
Louis Mountbatten
Far East
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