Dream Of World Air Service Planned From Washington
A regular round the world flight named the Gloucester opens Sept 28 from Washington National Airport. The 29 147 mile trip lasts six and a quarter days with 31 passengers and crew. Tickets cost 2431 dollars plus 15 percent tax. The route includes New York Bermuda Santa Maria the Azores Casablanca Tripoli Cairo Calcutta India Manila Honolulu and more. Three reporters will accompany to cover the inaugural and test civilian airline travel for the future.
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PAUL MILLER
WASHINGTON
dream of flying
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Washington National Airport
United States
New York
Bermuda
Santa Maria
Azores
Casablanca
Tripali
Cairo
Abadam
Iran
Karachi
India
Calcutta
Luliang
Kunming
Chine
Manila
Guam
Kwajalein
Johnston Island
Honolulu
San Francisco
Kansas
City
Ines Rebb
International News Service
Frederick ¢. Othman
United Press
Associated Press
Apple Pie Tops Canadian Dessert Habits Says Dietician
Miss Edyth Fordyce of Toronto, chief dietician for a large restaurant chain serving 30,000 meals daily, says Canadians favor apple pie because homegrown cooking apples are superb and fresh pie aroma is irresistible. She criticizes standardized meals and lack of variety, noting a regular roast beef and mashed potatoes menu.
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Maclean's Magazine
H e
Edyth Fordyce
Toronito
Fordyce
Canada
resta
Miss Fordyce
Interim Navy Force Terms of Service Announced
Ottawa reports the two year interim volunteer navy force will recruit from active service personnel to meet manning needs until the navy is established on a peacetime basis. The announcement was made at navy headquarters on Thursday.
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OTTAWA
navy headquarters
No Argument This Time For Haggis Eaters
Ottawa reports the price hoard allowing haggis on St. Andrews Day November 30 a meatless Friday in public eateries. The advisory says go ahead and eat your haggis whether meat or other filling, pleasing Scots.
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OTTAWA
St. Andrews
Canada
Canadians Near Home As Most Prisoners Freed In Japan
Canadian prisoners in Japan have been evacuated, with most headed to Guam and Manila. Lt Col M W McA Nulty of Sherbrooke leads the Far Eastern reception group now in Manila to speed return to Canada. A remaining raft includes 23 nuns at Sendai and a few civilians of Canadian origin awaiting repatriation instructions. Cont Ken Woodsworth made initial contact with remote groups.
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WILLIAM STEWART
TOKYO
U.P
Japan
Guam
Manila
M. W. McA’Nulty
Sherbrooke
Quc
Canada
Sendai
Ken Woodsworth
Toronto
U S Ends Rationing Of Poorer Beef Oct 1
In Indianapolis on September 7 1 Agriculture Secretary Clinton P Anderson announced that with meat demand high and industry on a pay as you go basis lower grades of beef will end rationing October 1. Canner cutter and utility grades will be reduced to zero ration point value during October.
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INDIANAPOLIS
Ind
Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
agriculture department
Washington
Ottawa may seek British talks on imperial conference
Prime Minister Mackenzie King hinted in the house he might seek authorization to go to Britain within months for talks with the Labor government. He said no discussions had occurred in two months about an imperial conference in Ottawa or elsewhere.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Mackenzie King
Britain
King
Clement Attlee
John Bracken
J. L. Asley
Isley
meat board
C.P
coumerts
house
Perishables, Fancy Meats Lifted From Rationing
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Nisley announced the prices board has temporarily removing edible butchers offals such as livers hearts kidneys and tongues from meat rationing. The suspension aims to curb spoilage as sales slow while keeping future limits under review.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Ilssey
commons
prices board
Bosley
Pridts Board
Nisley
Neurath Captured in Baden Baden for Trial This Fall
Konstantin von Neurath, once Hitler's foreign minister, has been captured in Baden Baden. A member of the French delegation said he will face trial before the international court this fall. Von Neurath had been among the top German war criminals listed by investigators.
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NUERENBERG
Germany
Konstantin Von Neurath
Baden
international court
Von Neurath
Hitler
Joachim Ribbentrop
USSR Sticks To Its Guns
London dispatch notes that Moscow insists on retaining Mediterranean colonies while the United States seeks control of Pacific islands. Foreign Commissar Molotov signals Moscow will not concede amid ongoing Romanian peace talks, with cross-continental security aims shaping the postwar balance of power.
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FLORA LEWIS LONDON
Europe
United States
Pacific
M. Molotovv
Moscow
Mediterranean
Russia
Canadians in New York Find Wide Range of Goods
War weary Canadians see New York as a land of plentiful items with many goods unavailable in Canada. U S stores offer shirts, rayon stockings, dresses, nylon underwear in some shops, and roast beef menus amid rationing. Meat remains a hot topic as shoppers compare supply and prices across Fifth Avenue stores and 34th Street giants.
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U.S
JOHN D. HAMILTON
NEW YORK
Land of Oz
United States
Fifth Avenue
34th Street
Canada
Milady
Miners Consider Strike Over Canadian Meat Ration Policy
Miners in the Drum Heller valley near Calgary discuss possible strikes in protest of Canada’s meat ration system. A United Mine Workers meeting urged ration modification and sent telegrams to Ottawa with a strike date potentially set for September 26 if no favorable government response is received.
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PRUMNELLER
Alla
C.P
Canada
Drumheller
United Mine Workers of America
C.C.L
Calgary
the
mine workers association
Ottawa
Britain seeks US aid amid gloomy war resource report
New York Times reports Britain presented to American negotiators in Washington a stark case for aid, calling Britain a proud ally with a depleted balance sheet after six years of war. The dispatch notes Britain claims its war contributions exceeded those of the United States, yet asks on grounds of justice. No figures were released.
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NEW YORK
The
New York Times
Britain
United States
Lord Keynes
Earl of Halifax
Washington
Great Britain
John H. Crider
Premature Disclosure Shakes British Mission
British financial and trade officials in Washington were startled by an early leak of a top secret document outlining Britain's case in talks for a large US credit. The document valued Britain's wartime contribution far higher than the United States and was not yet approved by either government.
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WILLIAM HARDCASTLE
WASHINGTON
Reuters
United States
Britain
King
King May Visit Britain Shortly
Ottawa dispatch reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King stating he may ask the house to authorize a trip to Britain within months for talks with Britain's new Labour government. In New York, the Washington Senators fell 14 games behind Detroit after a 4 0 loss to the Yankees as Nick Ellen drove in four runs with a homer and two singles.
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NEW YORK
Washington Senators
Rye Stacked For Feed Back In 1940 Being Threshed
Seven Persons district farmers thresh rye stored for feed in 1940. Rye then sold for 37 cents a bushel. now it brings 1 43 a bushel, yielding a profit of 1.06 per bushel. Some farmers threshing rye while others weed fall rye fields.
Tojo's Ribbons Now Souvenirs Of U.S. Private
Private Donald Kincaid of Dayton Ohio received a complete 24 ribbon set from Gen Hideki Tojo as a personal souvenir after guarding Tojo’s bedside following his death by suicide. The ribbons were taken from Tojo’s dress uniform and handed to Kincaid by the general himself before officers sent the items to Cold King.
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TOKYO
Donald Kincaid
Dayton
Ohio
Hideki Tojo
Kincaid
Tojos
Tojo
King cold
Defeat CCF Amendment in Ottawa Parliament Vote
Ottawa shows government survives ccf non confidence challenge as Liberals join Progressive Conservatives and Social Credit to defeat the CCF motion 193 to 29 with Herridge and Rose voting with the government. Motion to throne speech adoption faces further tests on two remaining motions.
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OTTAWA
C.CF
Social Credit
Progressive
CCF
H. W. Herridge
People’s CCF
Kootenay West
Fred Rose
Lab
Montreal Cartier
C.C.F
Henry Ford II Named Head of Great Industry
Henry Ford II becomes president of the Word Motor Company in Detroit. He succeeds his grandfather who resigns. Ford II has served as vice president since April 28, 1544, as the elder Ford suggests his grandson Henry Ford I may be appointed in the future.
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DETROIT
Henry Ford
Word Motor Company
Ford
Henry Ford I
Japanese shortages and new orders under occupation
Tokyo dispatch reports Gen. MacArthur ordering the arrest of Lt Gen Kenji Doihara and issuing a press code for truthfulness and restraint. Cabinet discussions focus on food shortages and civilian repatriation from Manchuria and Korea amid surrender turmoil. An Asahi report notes an armed incident near former Premier Kantaro Suzuki as surrender plans stirred danger.
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TOKYO
MacArthur
Kenji Doihara
Japan
1st general army
Manchuria
Korea
Asahi today
Kantaro Suzuki
Suzuki
Cothars
Manchuna
1st
Sugiyama
J.S
Explosion Damages City Billiard Parlor on Fifth Street
A heavy blast at 1 30 pm Friday noon shook the Arcade billiard and cigar store at 325 Fifth Street South. Ten windows shattered and furnace rooms damaged as the boiler room in the basement suffered impact. Proprietor Johnny Achter reported expected losses around 3000 with no injuries. Fire Chief W H Short said cause not yet determined as flames were quickly checked by firefighters.
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Arcade Billard and Cigar store
Fifth street south
Johnny Achter
W. H. Short
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