British Pottery Output Soaring in Stoke-on-Trent
The British pottery industry, centered in Stoke-on-Trent, reports flourishing production with 85 percent of Britain’s pottery made in and around the area. Pottery relies on Cornwall and Dorset china clay, Devonshire ball clay, Kent flint, Staffordshire coal, and Birmingham machinery.
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Stoke-On-Trent
England
Arnold Bennett
Britain
Stoke on-Trent
Seine River
France
Cornwall
Dorset
Devonshire
Kent
Staffordshire
Birmingham
Invisible Ray Lamp Boosts Industry New Technology
New infrared beam lighting enables wireless point to point messaging for plants. Samuel G. Hibben of Westinghouse Lamp Division details lower costs and higher efficiency, with fluorescent and mercury lamps expanding retail and industrial applications. He notes demand rising, with 75 million fluorescent lamps projected, and improvements in light output, lifespan, and design including sun lamps and colored ceramic coatings.
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New York
Samuel G. Hibben
Applied
Westinghouse Lamp Division
Bloomfield
N.J
Hibben
Wealthy Lord Mayor's Loan Aids Young Traders
A 16th century benefactor Sir Thomas White funded loans of £200 without interest for young men in Nottingham Coventry Northampton Leicester and Warwick to start businesses. About £10,000 yearly remained available though few applied. Applicants aged 21 to 40 must have two guarantors to repay if the borrower dies or becomes bankrupt before repayment.
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Thomas White
London
Nottingham
Coventry
Northampton
Leicester
Warwick
G. Wardle
Bronze horsemen rise again in Italian cities after war
Italian cities restore mounted statues hidden during allied bombing. Duke Cosimo I of Florence returns to his bronze charger, followed by Bartolomeo Colleoni in Venice and Marcus Aurelius in Rome. Other works like David Perseus and Judith and Holofernes are also restored in Florence.
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Cosimo I
Florence
Lanzi Palace
Giovanni da Bologna
Francesco Petrarca
Venice
Bartolomeo Colleoni
San Zanipolo
Leonardo da Vinci
Andrea Verrocchio
Colleoni
Verrocchio
Rome
Marcus Aurelius
Capitol Hill
Pauli
Michelangelo
Constantine
David
Benvenuto Cellini
Perseus
Donatello
Judith
Piazza Della Signoria
Lanzi
Cosimo
Remering les Puttelange Villagers Accused of Looting Maginot Line
At Metz France the entire village of Remering les Puttelange including Mayor Charles Schwartz was arrested for looting Maginot Line fortifications. Accused acts include blasting gun placements removing steel from artillery tunnels stripping doors and wiring from officers quarters and pilfering air conditioning equipment. Mayor Schwartz testified Germans gave permission to take what they wanted arguing it served no purpose remaining.
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Metz
France
Remering Les Puttelange
Charles Schwartz
Maginot Line
Schwartz
British Husbands Impress Germans In Daily Life
German welfare workers in London reported British husbands impressed them with their participation in housework. Dr. Helga Probrus, a Hamburg radio broadcaster, noted husbands help with washing up shopping laundry and mending and praised the domestic partnership.
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London
Helga Probrus
Hamburg
Japs to Manufacture 300 Tiny Cars Yearly
Tokyo reports that Japanese plants will again produce bantam-size passenger autos, but only 300 annually. Allied headquarters authorized the production for Japanese doctors, police, and government agencies and for business firms and taxicab companies on official government business.
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Tokyo
Allied Headquarters
Causes and cures for eye strain in daily work
Experts say about 60 percent of people suffer tired eyes from faulty seeing conditions. Proper color use and adequate lighting can greatly reduce eye strain in factories offices and homes.
Britons await influx of 100000 displaced persons
More than 100,000 displaced persons from Germany are expected in Britain within a year, mainly Latvian Estonian and Lithuanian. The Ecumenical Refugee Commission says the London office coordinates with the Ministry of Labour and will place migrants in former military camps until they learn English and find work. First families arrive in September with at least 50,000 moved in six months.
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London
Germany
Britain
Ecumenical Refugee Commission
Commission
Ministry of Labor
Church
Magistrate Grants Sleep Focused Sentence In Mattress Fire
Pittsburgh report says Dave Harvey resisted fire crews who entered to extinguish a mattress blaze. Magistrate Robert Williams sentenced Harvey to 60 days in the workhouse to catch up on his sleep.
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Pittsburgh
Dave Harvey
Henry
Robert Williams
Harvey
Oil formed by atomic energy experiments eyed as oil finder
MIT chemist Dr. Irving A. Berger told a Notre Dame symposium that atomic energy bullets acting on natural chemicals could produce oil components in the lab, suggesting radioactivity might aid oil prospecting. He declined to comment on commercial oil production feasibility.
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South Bend
Ind
Irving A. Berger
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
University of Notre Dame
Berger
Lack of Libraries in Canada Cited by Calgary Herald
The Calgary Herald notes a large portion of Canadians lack library service with Alberta showing 75 percent without access and minimal public library funding outside Calgary and Edmonton in 1939.
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Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Calgary Herald
Japanese accept Hollywood love scenes in motion pictures
Tokyo reports Japanese audiences envy American film romance yet resist domestic love scenes. Toho Studios added a brief kiss after surrender, sparking protests that bashfulness clashes with modern themes. Most films this year stay serious dramas with few light romances.
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Tokyo
Toho Studios
Beetle souvenir case prompts modest fine in Britain
Albert Burwood of Clapham faced a Destruction of Pests and Insects Act charge after returning from Belgium with a live Colorado beetle in a matchbox. A Dover customs officer seized the insect and it was handed to the Agriculture Ministry. Burwood pleaded guilty and was fined £10, with the court noting the maximum penalty was small.
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Scotland Yard
Metropolitan Police
England
Britain
Albert Francis Burwood
Clapham
Colorado
Burwood
Belgium
Dover
Agriculture Ministry
H. E. Ruffell
100 MPH Trains Foreseen For Future
William T. Fariey president of the Association of Americann Fariey spoke at the AAR and Railway Supply Association convention in Atlantic City New Jersey about future trains maintaining 100 mph over long distances. He said such high speed service hinges on safety improvements including straighter curves and stronger track beds.
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Atlantic City
William T. Fariey
Association of Americann
Fariey
AAR
Railway Supply Association
Flax Grows Across Broad Altitude Range
Flax can thrive from 50 feet below sea level to 8,000 feet above, showing wide adaptability to varied elevations.
Staticless radio claimed by Story brothers in Baltimore
C Baker Story and his brother Bob Story claim a new home radio eliminates all static even during thunderstorms and is repairable in 7 to 10 minutes. They seek a patent and a major manufacturer interest after a laboratory demo. Baker credits Bob for keeping the repair business afloat while Baker works on the invention.
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Baltimore
Story Brothers
C. Baker
Robert
Lou Gehrig
Esker
Bob Story
C. Baker Story
Brother Bob
Baker
Story
Noiseless Phone Idea Aims to End Ring And Hang Up
A Brantford Expositor report describes pulse code modulation from Bell Labs as a way to reduce noise in long distance calls. It notes the technique could enable listeners to stay on the line longer, addressing the ring and hang up issue common with impatient callers.
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P.C.M
Bell Telephone Laboratories
United States
Bell Organization
Brantford Expositor
Iceland's cultured image grows through literacy and arts
The text claims Iceland is highly cultured with almost universal literacy. It notes 75 percent speak two languages and 20 percent three or more, about 25 000 families, and a robust cultural scene including 100 newspapers, 70 bookstores, 20 libraries, a university, and a symphony orchestra.
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Iceland
Albany
New York
France Loses 620000 Citizens In War With Germany
The latest figures show France lost 620000 citizens in the war against Germany. About 150000 deportees died in Hitler's camps and 218000 were other civilians killed by his machinations. Less than half the toll were military deaths.
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France
Germany
Hitler
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