Britain Plans To Develop Her Tourist Trade
Britain aims to rebuild and expand tourism after the war. Hotels and inns are being rebuilt and modernized, with a focus on better beds meals and amenities. The British Travel Association has attracted about 20 000 overseas members from the United States and Canada, including honored service personnel.
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Frilly British Fashion Returns as War Limits Ease
Frills furbelows pleats pockets and buttons are set to reappear in British women’s clothing with autumn or winter arrival. Prices for coats costumes and frocks will rise about 15 percent due to extra working hours on non austerity styles. Lace sequins and trims remain scarce as wartime restrictions ease gradually.
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Need Coat of Paint Wildings AM Over Britain An Looking Pretty Shabby
Basil Dean notes in the Vancouver Province that Britain’s paintwork on shops homes offices and railways shows austerity as wartime shortages ease. Glossy paint available in limited shades while skilled painters remain mobilized for new building work delaying small repairs. The salvage chief JC Dawes cites Britain importing waste paper from Finland and Sweden and achieving 10 000 tons a year domestically.
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Old Custom Of Wellington Involves Rent to the King
A silk banner marks an annual rent payment by the Duke of Wellington to the King in exchange for the Hampshire estate of Strathfield Faye. The First Duke of Wellington gave the estate after Waterloo and returns a small tri color each year. The Duke of Marlborough pays a similar rent for Blenheim Palace on the Battle of Blenheim anniversary.
Tiny baby conquers diseases in Mobile
In Mobile Alabama the 1943 tiny patient Ronald Regan Moore named Ronnie, once a kitten sized infant at 13 inches and two pounds, has grown into a normal two year old weighing 25 pounds. After two years of illness he is now of normal height and healthy as of the report.
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Silk back in Canada with limited use and high price
Horace Boivin of the Silk Association of Canada says silk will return to the Canadian market but its use will be restricted and prices will stay high as silk goods cost about four times pre war levels. An escort bureau in Sydney offers female escorts and safety details for patrons. Scientists report 51 new sea creature species in shore waters, described as elephant fish with a flexible trunk.
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Planes to aid tuna fishing in Oregon start June first
Fishermen will use plane flights from a local airport to locate albacore schools. Pilots will identify the schools and radio the plant which will direct the fishing fleet to exact locations. The plan aims to speed up the tuna run beginning about June 1 each year. Louis Mountbatten will join the House of Lords for the first time.
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Deserted League Of Nations Buildings In Geneva
Desolate Geneva complex once hailed as world peace hub shows emptiness after $10?100,000 in value loss. Only one peacock remains as visitors dwindle and corridors echo with memories of prewar bustle. Upkeep costs once $2.5 million yearly during wartime.
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U.N. Moves to New York World’s Fair Grounds Site
New York The United Nations plans to relocate its general assembly to the former World of Tomorrow site at Flushing Meadow Park in September converting the vast fair grounds into an interim home. Workers reshape the 12 2 acre area around the City Building to house the UN with an auditorium for more than 2000 and spaces for committee rooms lounges and a foyer while the skating rink becomes the main assembly hall.
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Remembrance Day Observed in Britain on Nov 10
Prime Minister Attlee announced in the House of Commons that Remembrance Day for the two World Wars will be on Sunday before November 11 each year. The King will unveil the Cenotaph in Whitehall and Remembrance Sunday will shift to the Sunday before Armistice Day with a national 11 am observance and two minutes of silence.
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Fragments Highlight Historical Facts and Odds
A compile of varied notes cites that 19 percent of accidents occur in yards, death rates from appendicitis fell about 40 percent in the U S during 1940 and 1943, oranges arrived in Europe from China via Portugal in 1547, lightning odds in temperate zones are 1 in 200 000, and snowflakes on fast planes can disrupt radio reception.
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