Capital Ships For The Royal Navy Are Necessary In Order To Maintain Freedom Of The Seas
In the Navy estimates debate the First Lord argues that sea and air power defend freedom of the seas and the Commonwealth. He cautions against unpreparedness, notes that atomic energy does not end naval need, and urges continued capital ships as the fleet’s core while stressing science and shipbuilding's economic impact. Naval strategy shifts toward rockets and advanced weapons, with future fleets likely more scientifically oriented.
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Royal Navy
Britain
United Nations Organization
United States
First Lord
Percy Scott
Indian Nurses from Canada Begin New Zealand Training
Three North American Indian nurses from Canada are due in New Zealand for midwifery training at St Helen’s hospitals. Training is arranged with the government by Mrs Barbara A Robertson, formerly of New Zealand and ex president of the Canadian Mothercraft Society. Upon returning to Canada they will specialize in care of Indian mothers and infants.
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Canada
New Zealand
St. Helen's Hospitals
Barbara A. Robertson
Canadian Mothercraft Society
Princess Royal Visits Canadian Scottish Regiment Battalion
The Princess Royal, sister of the King and honorary colonel in chief, inspected the regiment's occupational battalion on the eve of its departure for Canada. She expressed hope of visiting the unit at its own headquarters in Victoria.
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Princess Royal
Canadian Scottish Regiment of
Victoria
Canada
Observe the Ten Commandments Week Proposal
George Durst of Jamaica proposes a national Observe the Ten Commandments Week to reduce crime and dishonesty. He urges all creeds to practice goodwill, printing the commandments in newspapers to raise recall beyond six or eight of ten.
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America
George Durst
Jamaica
Durst
New York Times Magazine
Indian Navy to receive three Royal Navy cruisers by 1947
Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck announces the Royal Indian Navy will soon take three six inch gun cruisers from the Royal Navy, the first due in 1947. He notes RIAF has expanded to ten Indian manned squadrons and signals continued push toward Indianization of the army and an Indian military academy. The army is described as almost fully mechanized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Navy
Claude Auchinleck
India
Royal Indian Navy
Indian Navy
Auchinleck
Royal Indian Air Force
Roosevelt Memorial site given in Grosvenor Square
The Duke of Westminster donated Grosvenor Square for a Franklin Roosevelt memorial in London. A statue of the president will be erected there funded by citizens from all commonwealth countries, who call the site the heart of America in London.
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Grosvenor Square
Franklin Roosevelt
Skin to Be Studied Under National Council Grant
The medical school and Victoria hospital in London Ontario will lead a full time research project on skin, one of the body's key tissues, funded by the National Research Council of Ottawa. Bay War Savings Stamps regularly
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Medical School
Victoria Hospital
London
Ont
National Research Council
Ottawa
British Aircraft Ahead in War Effort Slogan
A representative of Armstrong Whitworth asserts Britain will stay ahead in aircraft design with extensive research. Plans include an Atlantic crossing plane at 600 mph, arriving with the sun at New York, plus a 400 mph liner for 25 to 60 passengers at 35,000 feet with comforts.
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Armstrong-Whitworth Company
Atlantic
British Isles
New York
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Grapefruit’s Name Tied to Grape Like Bunches
The article traces the grapefruit name to its habit of growing in grape like clusters. Once planted by Spaniards in Florida in the 16th century, it was neglected for ornament rather than food until its value as a nutritious commercial fruit became clear.
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Florida
Brandon Sun
Larger Feet Survey Shows Young Women Wear Bigger Shoes
Dr Jonas C Morris told the Chiropodist Society of New Jersey that a survey of retailers finds younger women with feet two to three sizes larger than their mothers due to soft shoes. If trends continue, by age 25 they may wear size 10 cm instead of 5A their mothers wore.
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Chiropodist Society of New Jersey, Incorporated
Jonas C. Morris
Audubon
Wartime censorship uncovered secret enemy messages across mail and cables
A vast US censorship network opened mail and listened to calls to thwart spies. Censors traced thousands of codes, intercepted 1,000,000 dangerous letters, and exposed operatives in Havana New York and on Staten Island while preventing Japanese V‑1 threats and other plans.
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Mary Knight
The
Washington Post
State Department
White House
Argentina
New York
Sweden
Germany
Spain
Washington
FBI
Europe
Theresa
Miller
Grace Buchanan- Dineen
Bermuda
London
Hirzel
Switzerland
Staten Island
N.Y
Fred Lehmite
Lewis
Count von Rautter
Hiroshima
Japan
Oregon
Forest Service
Brabazon One to Rise as UKs Largest Airliner
The Bristol Aeroplane Company received government authority to construct four Brabazon One airliners. The giant aircraft, housed in the world’s largest hangar, is planned for trans Atlantic service with cruising speeds of 250 mph and 350 mph for jet versions.
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Bristol Aeroplane Company
United Kingdom
English wallpaper cuts heating time by a third
English women researchers unveil wallpaper that heats a room in one third the normal time. The paper reflects heat from an electric fire instead of absorbing it into the wall due to a metal decoration that prevents heat loss through the plaster.
Demand for Canadian lumber to extend into 1948 and beyond
R D Roe the newly appointed Canadian timber trade commissioner to the United Kingdom said in Edmonton that heavy demand for Canadian lumber in Britain will persist at least until spring 1948 and probably for two or three years further.
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United Kingdom
R. D. Roe
Edmonton
Homecraft pattern for filet crochet chair-sets and ends
Clever ad for a filet crochet pattern titled Home Sweet Home. It promises dainty chair-sets and scarf ends at low cost, Pattern 710% includes a chart and directions. To obtain contact Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E, Winnipeg Man, sending twenty cents and writing name address pattern number.
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Home Sweet Home
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
British stamp ISS80F to issue large 2 1 4d and 3d values
Two hundred forty million Vic tory stamps of 2 1 4d value and 24 million of 3d value are being printed at double the size of standard postage stamps. They are expected to reach British post offices by June 11.
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Pauline Ann Clarke
Ile de France
Anthony H. Clarke
R.c.e.mle
Roosevelt
Bay War Savings
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Havana
Byron Price
Montreal
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