British firms race to perfect safe helicopter designs
London reports on Benen warewat and others building four tiltrotor concepts and Bristol and Fairey advancing rotor and wing modifications. They explore gyrodyne options with separate power for forward thrust, blade pitch adjustments in flight, and improved speed to reduce dangerous loss of lift during engine failures.
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London
Benen Warewat
Bristol
Fairey Co
Chicago Sun
Cuba's Building Boom Opens Island to Tourists
Havana launches a vast public works program to develop interior regions for tourism. Hundreds of engineers modernize streets, parks, and public buildings while hotels rise with private capital. A new Key West to Havana ferry and expanding steamship routes accelerate visitor traffic.
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Cuba
Havana
Public Works
Key West
Mexico
Personalised Radio Broadcast Service Concept Stirs Interest
Westinghouse Electric researcher proposes a room based system with electronic plates on opposite walls creating an internal listen zone. The invention would keep broadcasts within a sound field, letting nonlisteners avoid noise in hotels and large apartments.
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Westinghouse
Wall Street Journal
German kite observation device during war
U S investigators describe a German 180 pound kite system used to observe enemy positions. It was launched from a submarine and stabilized by autogyro blades, with about 200 units built.
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U.S. Commerce Department
Chauffeur Subehe Dead Testifies At Nuremberg Trials
Ench Kampka, Hitler's former chauffeur, testified that he saw Hitler dead in Berlin and helped carry Eva Braun's body from the Reich Chancellery. Toni Seven, 20, of Los Angeles, dubbed All-Over American Beauty by an artists' committee after reviewing 35,000 photos.
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Sure Puehe
Ench Kampka
Hitler
Nuremerg
Berlin
Eva Braun
Reichschancellery
June Millarde
Los Angeles
Toni Seven
Blind pianist Mary Munn can name countries by applause
The Montreal born blind pianist Mary Munn reportedly can identify almost any country by audience applause. She memorizes about 1500 scores and says carrying Braille music would require box cars. The item notes reactions in Budapest and European audiences with wreaths for visiting artists.
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Mary Munn
Toronto Telegram
Ist
Budapest
France
Europe
New Photoluminescent Fabric Aids Postwar Fashion
A British report describes a photoluminescent satin fabric that glows in the dark like a watch face. Developed by wartime scientists, it covered landing paddies on aircraft carriers and could be used in plastics for equatorial zones. The RAF used one material for rustproof insect screening and easy stain removal.
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British Board of Trade
Goverment Department
Plag Ags
Britain
Royal Air Force
Singing Insects and Their Ultra Quiet Song
Prof. W H Pielemeer reports in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America on a sound detector revealing insect notes beyond human hearing. He notes three meadow grasshopper species produce intense high pitch sounds while Conocephalus fasciatus and gracillanus emit barely audible zip sounds, with strictus humming sssse. The male meadow grasshopper creates sound by rubbing a scraper on a file under its wings.
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W. H. Pielemeer
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Pielemeier
Antwerp Diamond Market Returns to Belgium After War
The Belgian diamond trade regains its historic base in Antwerp, exporters shipping nearly $20 million in 1945 and US purchases rising in early 1946. Industry leaders credit 500 years of craft, with cutters passing skills father to son, high wages, and a cooperative national commission settling disputes.
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Antwerp
Europe
Canada
United States
Palestine
Brazil
Iime
Albert Rudelsheim
Belgian Diamond Industry Syndicate
South America
Belgium
Saya Juda Polak
Polak
No Rank on Uniforms in British Women Volunteers
Lady Reading says Britain’s Women’s Voluntary Services use democratic uniforms with no ranks and a standard hat. She recalls helping in a northern England US center where tasks were simple and dignity questioned, illustrating the insistence on equal attire and modest assistance.
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Women's Voluntary Services
Britain
Lady Reading
New York
Reading
U.S
England
London
Australia Faces Juvenile Crime Wave Recall Of Pushes Era
Sydney reports a rise in juvenile crime across petty theft burglary armed robberies and assaults with youths and some girls aged 15 to 25 most involved. The piece recalls the 19th century Pushes gangs that terrorized the city with organized crime led by kinds called Kinz and harsh punishments.
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Australia
Sydney
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