Canadian and U S Loans Big Aid to Britain
London reports relief from Britain’s foreign currency problem due to Canadian and United States loans. Export gains reduce the adverse trade balance. sterling balances settle through new commercial agreements after tough bargaining. Budget deficit down, expenditures cut 35 percent, revenue strong with tax reforms likely next year. Massive capital is needed for coal, steel, electricity, transport, and housing programs.
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United States
London
Jim The Crow Nice Pet Steals From Contractors
A small dark crow nicknamed Jim causes petty crime in NILES. He steals nails from roofing and workers chewing tobacco, hides under roofing, and chases pets. Mrs. Miller defends him as misunderstood and hopes he matures, while police note his address and the crow stays around the Miller home with Trusty the dog.
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Niles
Jim
Nick Miller
Mrs. Miller
Miller
Trusty
Britain Plans Tourist Trade Amid Postwar Austerity
Britain prepares to host an estimated 250 000 visitors this year with 60 000 expected from the United States. A new tourist division and a non governmental body are organizing the industry while many hotels remain under government control or in disrepair.
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London
Britain
Board of Trade
United States
Soybean Cultivation Traced to China in 3rd Century BC
The record notes that soybean cultivation began in China during the third century BC, marking an early agricultural achievement. The brief entry emphasizes historical origins rather than modern developments.
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China
Failed Search for Whooping Crane Nesting Grounds in Canada
A plane survey headed by Terris Moose and Dr. Olin S Pettingill Jr. scanned vast areas of Northwest Territories and adjacent regions for nesting sites of the near extinct whooping crane. No nests were found, prompting plans for a broader 1947 search to aid species recovery.
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Toronto
Canada
Terris Moose
Boston Museum of Natural History
Olin Sewall Pettingill
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Minnesota
Thief Lake
Aransas Bird Refuge
Texas
Mississippi River
Women Factory Employment Rises to 3.28 Million in September
U S Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 3,277,000 women workers in factories in September, up 293,000 since February but down 1.6 million from wartime peak. September level exceeds prewar figures.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Queensland opens first aboriginal savings bank
Queensland's native affairs department establishes Australia's first aboriginal savings bank with deposits reaching 400000. Natives provide fingerprints to prevent forgery as many elders cannot write.
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Queensland
Native Affairs Department
Australia
City of the Dead in Shanghai and coffin traditions
Shanghai authorities plan cremation for about 100000 unburied coffins stored in the city graves. Chinese practice holds burial near ancestral home, keeping coffins in repositories until finances and war allow relocation to native places. wartime behavior accelerated removal and burial plans by the winter solstice period.
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Shanghai
China
Manitoba vegetable industry shows gains in processing output
Manitoba's vegetable industry set a new high for commercial processing with nearly 5,000 tons canned or pickled this year. Charles Walker of the Dominion Experimental Station at Morden told agronomists that more firms will begin processing in 1947 and acreages will rise, while urging closer co operation between growers and processors. He cited Winkler area farmers' eagerness to sign contract acreages for future plants.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Charles Walker
Dominion Experimental Station
Morden
Manitoba Agronomists
Legislative Building
Walker
Winkler
Right Way to Sing Auld Lang Syne..
The London Daily Mail quotes W A Nicholson of the Scottish Tourist Board debunking common mis-singing of Auld Lang Syne. He corrects the final line and the ceremonial circle dance movements, noting Scots and others sing the words wrong for over a century.
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Robert Burns
W. A. Nicholson
Edinburgh
Scottish Tourist Board
the Board
Mr. Nicholson
Fiere
Willie Waught
Piere
Gudewillie Waught
London Daily Mail
Twelve Nutcrackers Jokes and the Rubber Origin Story
A whimsical list of 12 riddle style jokes about nuts plums ducks and crafts plus a note that rubber was named in the 14th century after it was found to erase pencil marks. The piece blends humor with a brief historical tidbit on rubber.
Britons Face Major 1947 Challenges in Restoring Output
London reports warn that Britain must boost export production to avoid hardship as industry nears peacetime goals. Shortages of coal timber and materials strain recovery while agriculture remains on wartime footing. labor and manpower pose top hurdles as war controls ease and reliance on POW labor continues.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Clive Baillieu
Federation of British Industries
Discovery of newborn stars in Milky Way reported
Dr Bart Bok of Harvard Observatory told the American Astronomical Society centennial meeting that 23 dust collections in the Milky Way are forming new stars. Gravitational pull and light pressure trap dust and gas, compressing them until stars ignite, with some forming suns. He estimates half the galaxy’s mass is dust and gas rather than visible stars.
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Boston
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Bart J. Bok
Harvard Observatory
American Astronomical Society
Milky Way
Hitler's Intimate Life Revealed by Films
United States Army intelligence disclosed seizure of 31 reels of color films showing Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun at Berchtesgaden and various lakes between 1959 and 1961. The footage, filmed largely by Heinrich Hoffmann, includes nude scenes, family bathing, and Braun with Hitler, offering insights into their personal life and Hitler’s behavior as observed by authorities seeking Nazis.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Berchtesgaden
United States Army
Berlin
Fuehrer
Hitler
Alpine
Eagle’s Nest
Joseph T. McNarney
Europe
Heinrich Hoffman
Himmler
Ribbentrop
Goering
Starnberger See
Chief See
Wolfgang See
Braun
Gretel
New Instruments Aid For The Deaf In Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor two new devices from Bell Labs aid deaf children by translating speech into visual or paper patterns. The cathode ray speech translator displays speech on a fluorescent screen while the acoustic spectograph records patterns on treated paper. Dr. George A. Kopp and Miss Harriet Green describe how reading patterns can let deaf students listen to radio and converse on telephones. The instruments may also help typical speech defects and foreign language teaching. Feathers of the wild turkey were used by prehistoric Pueblo Indians for ceremonial purposes.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Bell Telephone Laboratories
George A. Kopp
University of Michigan
Harriet Green
Michigan State Normal College
Acousti al Spectograph
Kopp
Miss Green
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Lang Syne
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Chicago Daily News
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Iowa City
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Mason City
New Mexico
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