Britain Plans To Develop Her Tourist Trade
London reports that Britain aims to rehabilitate its tourist industry with cautious steps through 1947. Hotels and services rebuild from wartime losses while improving meals and beds, training staff, and promoting with the British Travel Association. United States and Canada lead overseas interest as service personnel receive honorary membership offers.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
England
Brtish Travel Association
British Travel Association
United States
Canada
Frilly Clothing Returns for British Women After Austerity
British women will gain frills furbelows pleats pockets and buttons in autumn or winter as clothing prices rise about 15 percent due to extra labor for non austerity styles. Austerity rules lifted from underwear but lace remains scarce.
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London
Coat of Paint Covers Britain in Need of Fresh Hue
Across Britain, shopfronts and homes appear shabby as paint, drafted for wartime use, remains scarce. Although glossy paints are available, veteran painters stay in service on new building projects, delaying small redecorations.
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Britain
Basil Dean
Vancouver
Britain burns 100000 tons of waste paper yearly
J C Dawes director of salvage at the Board of Trade says Britain uses about 100000 tons of waste paper each year and asks Finland and Sweden to send more of their waste paper to Britain for recycling. He spoke in Bristol, England, as part of salvage efforts.
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Bristol
Eng
Britain
Finland
Sweden
J C. Dawes
Board of Trade
Airman Roy Carter of Burketon Killed by Gestapo
Letters from Holland reveal that Flying Officer Roy Carter, a young airman from Burketon Ontario, was captured after his plane went down and was executed by the German gestapo. The mother learns of her son’s death through these communications.
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Roy Carter
Burketon
Ont
Holland
Gestapo
The Duke of Wellington Pays Rent on Waterloo Anniversary
The Duke of Wellington presents the royal rent payment on the Waterloo anniversary. A silk banner is displayed annually in exchange for the Hampshire estate Strathfield Fay. The Duke gives the King a small tri color each year. Marlborough pays similar rent for Blenheim on the Blenheim anniversary.
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Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Hampshire
Strathfield
Duke of Marlborough
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim
Tiny baby conquers diseases in Mobile incubator miracle
In Mobile Alabama a 1943 incubator baby Ronnie Reagan Moore, once 13 inches and two pounds eleven ounces, has grown to a normal two year old weighing twenty five pounds. After two years of illness he now stands a normal height for his age and is said to be only partly underweight relative to peers.
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Mobile
Ala
Ronald Regan Moore
Ronnie
Silk imports poised for limited market rebound in Canada
Horace Boivin of the Silk Association of Canada in Montreal says raw silk will return to the market but use will be limited and prices high. He notes raw silk currently costs about four times its pre war price and silk goods must reflect that rise.
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Horace Boivin
Silk Association of Canada
Montreal
Mr. Boivin
Peru Shores Reveal 51 New Sea Creature Species
Scientists report 51 previously unknown species discovered in Peru’s coastal waters. Among the findings is an unusual "elephant fish" with a leaf shaped flexible trunk, highlighting Peru's rich marine biodiversity.
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Peru
Planes to Scan Oregon Tuna Runs by Packing Plants
Tuna fishermen along Oregon coast will gain aerial spotting as packing plants use planes from a local airport to locate albacore schools. Pilots identify schools and radio the exact locations to the plant, which then relays the data to the fishing fleet starting around June 1 each year.
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Oregon
Viscount Mountbatten Granted House of Lords Seat
Lord Louis Mountbatten now becomes a viscount and will sit in the house of lords for the first time. He is the king’s cousin and received the title in the king’s birthday honors list, his former courtesy title reflecting his position as younger son of the Marquess of Milford Haven.
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Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
House of Lords
Louis
Marquess
Milford Haven
Mountbatten
The Demise of the League of Nations at Geneva
Geneva describes the League of Nations as a vast, largely empty complex valued at ten million dollars. A lone peacock remains amid vacant halls once filled with international leaders, while visitors still walk empty corridors through a mausoleum like memorial to failed world peace efforts.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Lake Geneva
U.N. Moves to Site of New York World Fair Grounds
United Nations delegates will relocate to the former World of Tomorrow site at Flushing Meadows Park in September. The New York City Building and 1,200 acre area are being prepared, with the skating rinks converted into a 2000-seat auditorium and assembly halls for the 51 member body.
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New York
World of Tomorrow
United Nations General Assembly
Flushing Meadow Park
United Nations
U.N
New York City
Constitution Mail
Lagoon of Nations
Court of Peace
League of Nations
Telephone Company
Remembrance Day Observed On November 10 In Britain
Prime Minister Attlee announced in Parliament that Sunday November 10 will be Remembrance Day for the dead of the two World Wars. The King will unveil at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, with Remembrance Sunday to be observed the Sunday before Armistice Day. If November 11 or 12 falls on Sunday the date shifts accordingly. The Cenotaph will bear 1939 1945 dates and a national 11 am service with two minutes of silence.
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London
Attlee
House of Commons
Whitehall
Interesting Facts From The Past
The note lists items of interest such as home yard accidents, a 40 percent drop in appendicitis deaths from 1940 to 1943, oranges entering Europe from China by the Portuguese in 1547, odds of being struck by lightning in temperate zones, and static electricity from snowflakes hitting fast planes disrupting radio reception.
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Europe
China
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