Natural rubber output grows as war demand fades
The article notes rising natural rubber production from Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Ceylon as war-rested trees resume flow. It discusses American and Allied demand, the role of synthetic rubber, and potential future policy balancing natural and synthetic sources amid projected global supply around 3,000,000 tons annually.
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Dutch East Indies
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Sumatra
Java
Borneo
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Ceylon
United States
Washington
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Asia
Butter From Coal Factory Discovered By British in Ruhr Zone
British find a factory named Imhausen and Company in a Ruhr city producing synthetic butter from coal. Manager Dr Kurl Heinz Imhausen says the plant could make 600 tons monthly at lower cost, with butter that resists refrigeration and tastes like the real thing.
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Imhausen and Company
Ruhr
Kurl Heinz Imhausen
Imhausen
Gazelle Boy Rumor Tops International Track News
London reports a sensational claim about a 15 year old boy captured in Trans Jordan said to run up to 50 miles per hour. Officials urge caution while comparisons to Hagg Owens and Heino are noted. He has been moved to an asylum in Iraq for possible civilization.
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London
Fang
Trans-Jordan
British Middle East
Sweden
Gunder Hagg
America
Jesse Owens
V. Heino
Finland
Daily Mirror
Earth
Owen
Hagg
Heino
Iraq
Romulus
Remus
Rome
Stink Bomb Panic Closes Prescott Theatre
Police probe a powerful stink bomb thrown inside a Prescott theatre, sickening about 200 attendees and forcing a halt to the program as crowds fled to the street coughing and vomiting. Investigators note the device was stronger than common novelty bombs.
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Prescott
Famine in Bengal and hidden danger of MP 295
A 1943 Bengal famine is described as Indians struggle with unfamiliar foods and starvation despite abundance. The piece notes public education on replacing rice with wheat and the dangers of misinformation. It also touches on a Didcot to Glasgow bomb threat box containing MP 296 beryllium, shielding, and potential energy beyond Bikini tests.
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New York
India
Bengal
London Daily Mail
Didcot
Berkshire
Glasgow
London
Canada
Britain
Harwell
Three boastful youths at inn trade tall tales
Three young men in a local inn boast about their height. The first claims six feet two in socks, the second says six feet four and a half with his hat, and the third proclaims seven feet nine with an umbrella held high.
Friction in China Strains Sino-Soviet Ties and Manchuria Issues
In Nanking the Sino-Soviet pact is seen as violated though not openly ripped apart. Moscow faced accusations of looting Manchuria and allowing Chinese Communist forces to seize arsenals and supply dumps. Chinese fear Moscow backing for Yenan and concern over Dairen and Port Arthur fuel the cold tension.
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Moscow
Russia
Manchuria
United Nations
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Yenan
Dairen
Port Arthur
Shanghai after war ravages changes haunt the Bund
The city once famed as the queen of the Orient is deeply altered by eight years of Japanese occupation and subsequent upheaval. The Bund is less orderly, street vendors fill the avenues, and Blood Alley recalls fights in its venues. cargo thefts ring large scale losses. Push-push rackets exploit pedestrians. Prices surge with taxis at 3 dollars and meals for two at top hotels reaching 15 to 20 dollars.
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Shanghai
Blood Alley
Soochow Creek
Congress Acts to End Union Interference in Truck Commerce
A Calgary Albertan report notes Congress passed a law to curb union drivers demanding pay and passage in trucks entering New York. Violent pressure and threats had been used to compel participation, a practice once deemed lawful by Supreme Court, prompting federal action to stop similar coercion across interstate commerce.
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Congress
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Calgary
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