Rebuilding Hiroshima Amid Five Year Amity Plan
Hiroshima launches a five year rebuilding program centered on international amity. Plans include a 70 000 yen city around the ruined Museum of Industrial Art dome, preserving the blast site as a memorial. Mayor Kihara notes a growing population of about 172 000, rising though new housing and business restoration continue.
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Hiroshima
John D. Montgomery
Kalamazoo
Mich
Museum of Industrial Art
Tokyo
Hichiro Kihara
Chamber of Commerce
South Africa moves to ration bread and cereals
The government welcomes a plan to ration bread and cereals to aid the poor. An investigation found moneyed shoppers obtained more food while non Europeans with little cash starved. Dr. H. J. Van Eck will draft a coupon based ration scheme and register buyers. eight ounces of bread daily or ten ounces maize meal or six ounces wheat meal. Rationing targets nine large towns. rural areas excluded.
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H. J. van Eck
van Eck
A Austria Church Candle Shows Hope in Cronin Visit
In Vienna Cronin finds city distress yet faith within a tiny church. An aristocratic old man with a paralyzed girl in rags lights a candle daily at the altar and says he comes to pray and show God they are not too angry. One burning candle, Cronin feels, offers world hope.
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A. J. Cronin
Reader's Digest
Vienna
Cronin
Luxurious Stockholm Bus Uses Wood Fuel Technology
A new Stockholm bus offers armrest chairs radio speakers a refrigerator and air conditioned compartments. It runs on wood chip fuel gas produced by a 135 horsepower engine with low speed gears limiting speed to thirty miles per hour.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Papers in India differ from Canadian papers in readership
Indian papers with small circulation are often passed by word of mouth because illiteracy is common. One reader may read for ten non readers who listen and receive their news from the gifted reader.
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India
Alfalfa Cultivation Traced to Persian Centuries Before Christ
Fragment notes alfalfa cultivation by Persians for centuries before the Christian era. The record mentions ancient agricultural practices and early crop spread.
New British Stamp Designs Selected By The King
The king approves new larger stamps for a peace commemorative issue. A blue 2 penny shows the king’s head with reconstruction symbols including a tractor and workmen’s tools. A violet 3 penny adds a dove with olive branch and planning symbols. Total print runs: 240 million of 2d and 24 million of 3d.
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Britain
World Farm Policy Urges Co operation to Halt Surplus Curse
Agriculture Secretary Anderson urged international cooperation to prevent abundant production from becoming a postwar economic burden. Speaking for Rotary International’s 37th convention, he noted wartime output rose then collapsed into low prices and unsold surplus, stressing action to keep production moving.
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Anderson
United States
Rotary Intentional
Derson
Mr. Anderson
Vanguard's Comfortable British Battleship At Sea
The 42 500-ton Vanguard, praised as the most comfortable warship by the London Daily Mail, features centralized messings, dedicated canteens, ice cream bars, book shops, spray baths, and a permanent cinema. Cmdr Capt. W. G. Agnew predicts it may be the last of its type due to the atom bomb. current crew totals about 60 officers and 1,200 ratings with broader fighting complement planned. Gunnery tests are slated off Northern Ireland.
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Britain
Vanguard
London Daily Mail
W. G. Agnew
Northern Ireland
Albino Gopher Captured at Morley Reserve
Dr. W. J. Siemens reports a rare albino gopher captured alive at Morley Indian Reserve. The animal, taken with its mother, was caught by an Indian who is now keeping and feeding it while Siemens travels from Calgary toward Rocky Mountain House.
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Morley Indian Reserve
W. J. Siemens
Seattle
Calgary
Rocky Mountain House
Soviet Scientists Develop Underwater TV and Hydro-Periscope
Moscow radio reports Soviet researchers are perfecting television sets to inspect ship hulls and underwater objects, and a hydro-periscope to observe and photograph sea life at depths of ten feet or more.
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Moscow Radio
Language Diversity in India Surpasses 200 Tongues
The report notes that more than 200 distinct languages are spoken across India reflecting rich linguistic variety. It highlights regional languages like Hindi and Bengali while acknowledging numerous regional dialects and minority tongues spoken in villages and cities nationwide.
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India
Queen Elizabeth Rationing Remark Highlights Coupon Plainness
Lieut. Nursing Sister Margaret Warren of Kinmount Ontario recalls a patient remark during a visit to a military hospital in England. The patient noted the Queen wore a coat with a simple darn and said the Queen deserved no more clothing coupons than ordinary people.
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Elizabeth
Margaret Warren
Kinmount
Still Missing 30000 Airmen Reported Over Europe
London reports 30,000 RAF and Dominion airmen still missing over Europe. Four mobile units of the RAF Missing, Research and Inquiry Service continue combing the continent for clues to their fate.
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London
R.A.F
Dominion
Europe
Ra.f
White Horse memorial at Uffington restored to reveal ancient mark
A London correspondent reports the White Horse on the Berkshire Downs will be cleaned to restore its visibility as Britain's oldest war memorial dating to Alfred's victory over the Danes. Nearby earthworks include Uffington Castle Hardwell Castle and a site called Alfred's.
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Uffington
Berkshire Downs
London
Ottawa Journal
Britain
Alfred
Ethelred I
Ashtree
Hardwell Castle
White Horse Vale
13 Year Old Soprano Sells Record Milestones in Britain
Still popular among gramophone buyers is Ernest Lough, a 13 year old boy soprano whose 1926 recording of Mendelssohn Oh for the Wings of a Dove has sold 700 000 copies and continues to sell. Now a baritone with the Temple Choir he earns royalties that mostly go to charity, with the rest shared by the Temple Church Choir. He left professional singing after six years with the National Fire Service and now works in advertising handling gramophone publicity.
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Gramophone
Britain
Ernest Lough
Mendelssohn
Lough
Temple Choir
Temple Church
National Fire Service
Scots Laugh at Themselves in Tales of Thrift
Ottawa Journal notes that Scots steadily produce thrift jokes shaping a tradition. Macpherson and MacTavish anecdotes appear in Empire Digest with fresh quips about penny pinching and clever disguises, suggesting a secret factory of humor in Edinburgh or Glasgow.
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Edinburgh Castle
Glasgow
Macpherson
MacTavish
Empire Digest
Scot
Sandy
George's
Ottawa Journal
Changing World Shows Women Leading Business in New York
The Ottawa Journal notes women increasingly run shops and services once dominated by men in New York State. They head shoe shops, boat and motor shops, a pants shop, bowling alleys, a bus line, a mattress maker, and a monument firm. Women also own 17 percent of groceries, 14 percent of dress and millinery, 10 percent of real estate and insurance, and eight percent of laundries. One respondent says she acquired a husband with the business, another that she gained a business by marrying the owner. The piece portrays a transforming world with mixed implications.
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New York
Ottawa Journal
Face The Facts Our Empire kept us victorious and strong
The London Sunday Express credits the Empire as the steel core of a world power. It claims the Empire provides seas, raw materials, and limitless markets, calling it the foundation of future prosperity and security.
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London Sunday Express
Ronnie Refuses Pudding Battle Sparks Tears
Ronnie's mother blocks a fifth pudding helping telling two is enough for a boy. He bursts into tears for a full hour before finally calming. He mutters he is tired of being told to behave and insists he is only resting.
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Ronnie
New Stamps Soon Hinted by Postmaster General in Commons
Postmaster General Bertrand, in a Commons tabled return for Thomas Reid of New Westminster, expressed hope that Canada’s proposed postage stamps would be ready for release in the near future.
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Bertrand
Commons
Thomas Reid
L. New Westminster
Canada
Epidemic Fears Grip Tristan da Cunha Islanders
Passengers blamed as germs from visiting ships trigger a cold epidemic on Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic. All 167 inhabitants are susceptible to the illness, and the island faces ongoing contagion risk each docking.
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Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic
Naval cadets on carriers must learn to fly
The Royal Navy orders all naval cadets training at Dartmouth to learn to fly, aiming to expose officers to the practical hazards of operating aircraft from ships. The policy covers non flying officers and captains in training, with lessons at RAF schools to grasp deck, ship movement, wind, and weather effects, plus future rocket and missile control implications.
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Royal Nav
Dartmouth
England
RAF
Radio Activity Prospecting In Great Bear Lake Area
Hon. C. D. Howe reports in Commons that prospecting parties are working in the Great Bear Lake area of the Northwest Territories to gauge radio activity. About 20 parties over two seasons and this season have used Geiger counters, funded by Eldorado Mining and Refining Co., with no likely prospect found outside the territory.
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Great Bear Lake
Northwest Territories
C. D. Howe
Mines and Resources Department
Eldorado Mining & Refining Co
Eldorado
Howe
U S Must Watch Foreign Controlled Communist Movement
The House Un American Activities Committee released a 73 page report claiming Russia backs a Communist movement in the United States. It warns the movement aims to renew class warfare and race agitation to promote revolution and urges vigilance by individuals, organizations, and the government. Labor unions are urged to purge Communist elements.
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U.S
House of Representatives Committee On un-American Activities
Russia
United States
Low Cost Atlantic Flight Speeds Predicted by UK Delegate
Sir Donald Banks, head of the UK delegation to the Provisional ICAC meeting in Montreal, predicted low cost air travel for transatlantic crossing. He said 1,000 mph is possible and Toronto to London could be five hours in a reasonable time. He noted current flying costs are about four cents per mile per person and foresee broader access.
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Donald Banks
United Kingdom
International Civil Aviation Organization
Montreal
Donald
Deportation Pact Moves Germans to Russian Zone
The Czechoslovakian Government announced an agreement with the Soviet Union to transfer 65,000 German civilians from Czechoslovakia to the Russian-occupied zone in Germany by November.
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Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Britain Surges in World Car Exports Amid U S Labor Strife
Britain exports three times as many motor vehicles as the United States reflecting labor troubles in the U S and rapid British recovery. The article notes Britain wastes no time reclaiming world trade long paused during the war.
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Britain
United States
Turko-Eastern Brew Reaches Europe Around 1683
A noted historical note claims coffee arrived in Europe roughly in 1683 after Turkish traders introduced the beverage. The claim highlights an era of expanding trade and cultural exchange impacting European customs and cuisines.
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Lady Baden Powell
Toronto
Girl Guides Association
Wymilwood Halls
Beverley Vine
Pamela Miles
World Farm Policy
Official Appeals For International Co-operation
Vanguard Comfortable
Princess Chichibu
Emperor Hirohito
Higashiyama
Ontario
Yashita Chichibu
Carmack
The
Christian Science Monitor
Aviation Progress
Atlantic
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