UNRRA Reports Greek Village Rebuilding Efforts After War
UNRRA and partners report on Vrastamides and nearby villages in Greece where destruction from 1944 bombing leaves most homes ruined and schools closed. villagers plan rebuilding with looms beehives and workcentres, aided by tools seeds livestock and raw materials while health and education services are restored.
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UNRRA
Vrastamides
Greece
UNARA
Near East Foundation
Agricultural Bank of Greece
UNNRA
Malanidiron
Karcutais
Here To Stay Cotton Keeps Postwar Relevance In Canada
The Monetary Times notes Quebec manufacturers expect cotton mills to endure after the war. Abundant southern raw fiber supports a Canadian market for cotton fabrics in aircraft, flame resistant cloth, and other postwar uses as synthetic textiles surge.
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Quebec
Duchess Proves Rank Never Serves to Level
A young British lieutenant in a London canteen encounters a scrub woman who asks for water. He rebukes her for addressing an officer. She lifts her head and declares she is a Duchess, reversing the social dynamic with quiet dignity.
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London
Judge balks at age guessing in Sydney divorce court
In Sydney Australia Mr Justice Edwards testified that judging women’s ages is unreliable. He noted women misstate ages, with young saying they are older and older saying they are younger. He observed many want to be in their twenties and doubted any reliable method to verify ages.
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Justice Edwards
Sydney
Australia
Secretaries Laud Russian Chinese Treaty Step Forward
State Secretary Byrnes called the new Russian Chinese treaty an important step forward and a practical example of continuing unity and mutual helpfulness among United Nations in peace and war.
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Byrnes
United Nations
Massive India ammunition depot highlights wartime waste
A vast Allied ammunition dump in India contains 129 464 tons of explosives. Its value has plummeted since Japan's surrender, with an estimated cost between 50 and 82 million dollars. Disposal options remain undecided, with some salvage possible and much likely dumped at sea. The depot spans 9.7 square miles, built by British forces, and features 54 miles of concrete roads and 5.7 miles of rail.
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China
Burma
India
Japan
Betwen
U.S
United States
Prepare For Winter Heat Up Your Home Now
Canadians should act to improve heat efficiency before winter. Clean scales from furnaces and boilers add ins efficiency and clean chimneys and smoke pipes. Install weather stripping on warped windows and doors to reduce heat loss before the cold winds arrive.
Strange war cargoes aboard British transport planes
The war has sent unusual freight by air including live frogs from South Africa for research, fleas from Sierra Leone, and guinea pigs for smallpox studies. A yellow fever vaccine marked with a 48 hour life label reached its destination in time. The containers bore the instruction that water must be changed at Cairo.
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South Africa
Cairo
Sierra Leone
Medical Research Council
Open Fire to Cease Fire Newspaper Change on USS Norris
The shipboard paper aboard the destroyer USS Norris was initially titled Open Fire. On V J Day the publication adopted the new name Cease Fire signaling a wartime to peacetime shift and shipboard morale change.
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U.S.S. Norris
Ration Levels Fall Below Wartime Peak in Great Britain
A survey reports UK ration levels have dropped below any wartime point with meat bacon and cheese scarce and further reductions risk harming work output health and morale. It notes Combined Food Board allocations to liberated Europe shrink world supplies and Canada would be asked for over 400 million pounds of meat in late 1945 to meet armed forces needs.
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United Kingdom
Canada
Germany
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Athens
Greece
United States
Britain
Canadian shipyards to stay open to complete postwar fleet
Several shipbuilding plants in Quebec and British Columbia are expected to remain in operation for months to finish ships already far advanced. The move aims to replace obsolete vessels in the wartime fleet and prevent mass layoffs.
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Ottawa
Quebec
British Columbia
Strange Value Cans Drive Chinese Junkyard Prices Skyward
Tin cans in China fetched high prices with household size cans at 60 Chinese dollars and two quart cans at 180 dollars. Factories repurposed the cans into tea pots pans office supplies lamps and other utensils.
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China
Beekeepers and Bee Colonies Rising in Canada
In 1924 Canada had 22 200 beekeepers caring for 280 000 colonies. By 1944 the numbers grew to 40 700 beekeepers with 508 500 colonies, and further increases are anticipated in 1945.
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Canada
Never Called Her by Name
A humorous army base exchange shows a new recruit unable to name his wife when asked by the examining officer. He replies that he never needed to because she was always there, revealing a lighthearted misunderstanding of the question.
Man who broke the bank of Balik Papan story told
Australian troops in Borneo heard the tale of an anonymous engineer captain who planned to blast open a steel safe at Balik Papan. A huge explosion instead revealed a booby trapped cache of invasion currency. Pieces of the safe and currency were found strewn along the beach.
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Borneo
Balik Papan
Australian News Review
Chinese Orphan Finds Shelter After Wandering to Base
An eight year old Chinese orphan boy wandered into a Chinese air force base and told guards he was hungry. He was invited to stay for dinner and has remained with the soldiers. Margaret Black of Virginia sends primers crayons and drawing books to the boy as he learns English from a Virginia woman. It is not known whether his English has a southern accent.
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Virginia
China
Margaret Black
Pineapple Crochet Doilies Pattern Notice
Doily lovers may obtain Pattern 7193 for Pineapple design with a matching small size. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Cement Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number written clearly.
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Household Arts Cement
Winnipeg
McDermot Avenue
Man
Ancient Civilizations Used Cement Across Empires
The text notes that the Egyptians, Carthaginians, and Romans all utilized cement, highlighting its long history and widespread use across civilizations.
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