British Heroism in Burma Campaign
Telegram feature lauding the Burma theatre effort led by Lt Gen Sir William Slim’s 14th Army and Brig. Orde Wingate. It credits air supply methods, harsh jungle fighting, and monsoon conditions for driving Japanese 15th 28th and 33rd armies from Burma with large Allied casualties avoided and Mandalay and Rangoon reach.
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Japan
Burma
Gnally
Sir William Sim
Montgomery
Pacific
India
Indo-China
Siam
Malaya
Rommel
Middle East
China
Harold Alexander
Canada
Alexander
North Africa
Orde Wingate
Wingate
Bay of Bengal
Mandalay
Rangoon
Admiral Mountbatten
Japa-Toronto Telegram
Greatest Discovery freeing atomic energy seen as new era
Sir John Anderson, head of Britain's atomic research, visited the United States in 1943 to interview four senior officials about atomic power. He calls splitting the atom the greatest discovery in physical science, likely to bring peace uses, starting with heat generation, with safeguards noted by Professor Alfred Egerton.
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Sir John Anderson
Great Britain
America
Stimson
Marshal
U.S
Bush
Conant
Harvard
John
Faraday
Sir John
London
Ottawa Journal
Sir Alfred Egerton
War Cabinet
Discovery of mold yields potential penicillin-like typhoid remedy
Dr. L Rosenthal of Israel Zion Hospital Brooklyn reports in Science that a red dye produced by mold may stop germ growth and could be taken orally as a typhoid remedy. Penicillin does not affect typhoid dysentery germs. tests on toxicity and bodily effectiveness are underway.
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L. Rosenthal
Israel Zion Hospital
Brooklyn
Rosenthal
New York Times
Buried Cities Unearthed At Troy Mound Site
Heinrich Schliemann identified nine buried cities within the Troy mound as digs reached only 50 feet, despite the hill rising about 125 feet high.
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Heinrich Schliemann
Troy
Egypts 12000 Square Miles Of Arable Nile Valley Land
Egypt possesses about 12000 square miles of arable land along the Nile valley and the delta below Cairo.
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Egypt
Nile Valley
Cairo
Churchill to write personal narrative of the war
London correspondent reports Sir Winston Churchill plans a war memoir from his perspective and Britain's. He will draw on confidential documents and dispatches with Labor Cabinet approval. The work aims for a definitive inside view of the war and meetings with Stalin. Churchill will lead the Opposition in Parliament for at least a year while writing.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Churchill
Great Britain
Marshal Stalin
There Are Two Ways of Eating a Peach
The piece presents two methods for eating a peach as described by Mr. Bishop in the Buffalo Courier Express. The first method involves peeling and slicing but risks juice stains and social disapproval. The alternative is to split the fruit, remove the stone, and eat quickly with less mess, though some may call the eater rude.
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Mr. Bishop
Buffalo Courier- Express
Quebec
Clouthier
Chateau Richer
Que
Lorenzo Clouthier
Eugenia Vezina
F. Tanguay
Royal Navy corvettes aid Atlantic flight safety
Corvettes of the Royal Navy, about 200 feet long and 580 to 950 tons, patrol the Atlantic to assist downed aircraft. They discard depth bombs for rescue gear and medical supplies, hold 14 day shifts, and maintain radio contact with shore bases and passing aircraft. One ship reported contact with over 660 aircraft, giving pilots and passengers at sea vital reassurance.
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Atlantic
Royal Navy
British Information Service
New York Sun
Mercy Ships Patrol The Atlantic To Aid Stricken Aircraft
Royal Navy corvettes shift from U boat hunting to mercy missions patrolling trans Atlantic air routes. Each ship carries rescue gear and medical staff and stays on station for 14 days with constant radio contact to bases and passing aircrafts. One patrol reported contact with over 660 aircraft, many unseen due to height or visibility.
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Royal Navy
Airplane noise stems from propeller rhythm and engine pulses
Text notes that ground observers hear the propeller’s rhythm as the main noise while anti-aircraft devices detect engine pulsations. It mentions Maslin being imported into England from India in the late 1600s.
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England
India
Seaweed yields valuable agar in American discovery
American research notes seaweed from Atlantic waters yields agar useful for soups ice cream adhesive paper sizing canned fish pastries and sausage casings. The Gracilaria confervoides species is identified as the immediate source.
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East
America
Atlantic
Dog raises howl at Buckingham Palace opera tale
Margaret Aitken relays Marjorie Lawrence story of a command performance in London. Lawrence says her high C caused Queen Elizabeth's dog Crackers to howl, a moment English papers summarize as Crackers has crack at opera.
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Margaret Aitken
Marjorie Lawrence
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth
London
Kaffir term traced to coast by Portuguese and Arab roots
The word Kaffir, used to describe all natives in South Africa, is said to have arrived from the East Coast via Portuguese channels and to derive from an Arab word meaning unbeliever.
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South Africa
Youth Hostelling Expands Across Calgary to Banff Route
The National Parks Bureau in Ottawa provides a Banff National Park cabin for the Canadian Youth Hostels association. A house parent runs the Calgary to Banff hostel opened with Miss Verde Mae Fuller as the first guest. The movement began in Germany in 1910 and reached Canada in 1934, promoting inexpensive, cooperative travel without discrimination.
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Calgary
Banff
Alberta
National Parks Bureau
Ottawa
Canadian Youth Hostels Association
Banff National Park
Verde Mae Fuller
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bow River
Canadian Rockies
Bow Falls
Canada
Germany
American Association
Andimeshk Persian tale of underground life in war
A BBC London Letter anecdote from Persia describes harsh conditions at Andimeshk where locals and even Persians go underground. The officer asserts only the British soldier moves above ground, claiming many files die or vanish in summer heat.
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BBC London
Andimeshk
Persia
Confusing CSM note on language learning and slang
The Christian Science Monitor quotes a Kansas contemporary asking how a Russian can learn English when told that applesauce and baloney mean the same thing. He also cites phrases soft soap and banana oil as equivalents.
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Christian Science Monitor
Kansas
Tuberculosis Declared a Specific Disease by Willemin
In 1875 Willemin proved tuberculosis is a specific disease with an inoculable agent and classed among virulent diseases. The note cites historical medical assertion amid a broader discussion of disease causation.
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Willemin
PREDICTS NEW LIGHTING SYSTEM
Designer Lurelle Guild forecasts a postwar home embrace of fluorescent lighting with pencil lights. Eight foot tubes, circular fixtures, and various shade options promise shadowless, cooler light that suits decor and requires less heat. Built in fixtures may reshape color perception, especially reds and browns, guiding fabric choices.
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Lurelle Guild
Aladdin
Guild
A Prisoner's Prayer From War Time Noted Abroad
A Canadian officer wrote a poem titled A Prisoner s Prayer while POWs in Japanese hands. Readings from Manila on the hospital ship Oxfordshire reveal it circulating among inmates. The verse asks for meat and Red Cross parcels amid samshuipo hardship and scarce rations.
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Manila
Oxfordshire
Argyle Street
Lost And Found Tales Of Thefts Before The War
Collier's Magazine recounts remarkable pre war losses and discoveries. An 80 foot bridge vanished in Italy while a forest was cut and moved from a Hungarian estate. A submarine with no prior record surfaced at an abandoned French navy dock, and an unknown church was found on a remote English farm.
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Italy
Hungary
France
England
Collier’s Magazine
H G Lawrence Lays Stone for South Africa Housing Drive
South Africa launched a postwar housing push as H. G. Lawrence laid the foundation stone for the first of 6,000 homes to be built in 18 months under the national housing scheme.
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South Africa
H. G. Lawrence
Postoffice Boxes Carried on Stockholm Streetcars
In Stockholm Sweden streetcars carry postoffice boxes on their backs. A passing car at the postoffice prompts a clerk to swap the box for an empty one.
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Stockholm
Sweden
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Samshuipo
South Afria
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