Diplomats and Peace Hope at Luxembourg As Byrnes Watches
Hundreds of international newsmen fill the Luxembourg palace gallery as Jimmy Byrnes sits listening during a Paris peace meeting. Evatt challenges big-nation arrogance while Attlee negotiates Germany's fate amid a chorus of translations and wary diplomats.
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Paris
Palace of
Luxembourg
Baluchistan
Iceland
Saskatchewan
Samoa
Jimmy Byrnes
Europe
Army Navy E awards scandal robs war effort says editor
Editor notes a vast Army Navy E awards program allegedly wasted hundreds of millions through morale boosting celebrations. Critics accuse officers and PROs of stirring costly events, travel, and parties charged as legitimate expenses, while plants faced shutdowns and inflated costs.
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Army
Navy
Army-navy
Guardian Angels
Signal Corps
Hollywood Gin Rummy Swindle Sparks First Assignment
A cub reporter from the Los Angeles Examiner uncovered a Hollywood gin rummy swindle on his first assignment. Michael MacDougall, a sleuth, was in town, and Baker Conrad followed a thin tip. Club members spoke openly, naming suspects and signaling a wider scheme. An early notice referred to three sharpers taking Hollywood big names. an hour later three top winners hired a costly lawyer to protect their interests.
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Hollywood
Los Angles Examiner
Michael MacDougall
Baker Conrad
Newsbreak
Diels Opposes Goering as Nazi Regime Probes War Crimes
Rudolf Diels, founder of the Gestapo, sits in a Berlin dungeon resisting Hitler's orders to liquidate a former ally. Goering demands his divorce from Hitler's sister, and Diels defies the demand. Now in Nuernberg a villa, Diels aids the prosecution by supplying information to war crimes investigators. Capt. Harry Sperber sees Diels regularly during trials.
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Gestapo
Berlin
Rudolf Diels
Diels
Adolf
Fuehrer
Rudolf
Hitler
Hermann Goering
Goering
Nuernberg
Harry N. Sperber
Playwrights bring dark ballad to Asheville stage
Howard Richardson and William Barney took Dark of the Moon to the Community Theatre in Asheville North Carolina the Smoky mountains inspired by the ballad Barbara Allen found nearby. Viscount Las Celles nephew of King George VI is touring Broadway offices with a play.
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Smoky Mountains
Howard Richardson
William Barney
Community Theatre
Asheville
N. C
Barbara Allen
Viscount Lascelles
George VI
England
A New Attitude Toward Russia Develops in Washington
Paul Mallon argues that Russia is neither friend nor foe and urges a pragmatic approach. He cites UNO and Paris experiences, warns against disarmament dangers, and calls for maintaining arms to ensure a lasting peace. He critiques politicians for optimistic peace rhetoric and urges vigilance to prevent another Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Russia
Brooks Atkinson
New York Times
Atkinson
Moscow
Paris
UNO
Britain
Munich
Pearl Harbor
Adventure in Field Work by Coast and Geodetic Survey
The United States coast and geodetic survey blends science with danger as field crews face snakes, gales, wild terrain, and cliff-edge work. Young engineers join summer field parties, gain pay, and some stay on as permanent members while mapping geographic positions and elevations from elevated towers. The bureau evolved from the United States coast survey in 1807 and 1816 operations, becoming coast and geodetic survey in 1878 to chart the nation inland as a comprehensive map puzzle.
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Washington
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Department of Commerce
Thomas Jefferson
Bureau
United States Coast Survey
Interior
United States
U.S. Will Buy 145000 Long Tons of Natural Rubber
The United States will purchase 145,000 long tons of natural rubber from Britain France and Holland for 23.5 cents per pound in the latter half of the year. The deal, through the U S Rubber Development Corporation, may require price increases or subsidies to sustain the program. Britain will reopen the Malayan market to stabilize prices for all available rubber.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Holland
State Department
London
U. S. Rubber Development Corporation
South America
Siam
Philippines
Africa
Clean Milk Comes From Modern Barns
Concrete dairy barn floors and mangers will prove a big help in producing high quality milk and reducing labor. The U S public health service milk code requires a long lasting sanitary floor such as concrete. Mix uses five gallons water per sack cement and should be plastic and workable. Build manger curb litter alley and stall platforms and cure the concrete for five days.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Optometrists pledge eyes to eye banks in pledge at convention
Pittsburgh reports Beta Sigma Kappa members at the American Optometric Association sessions pledged to bequeath their eyes to eye banks. Dr. H E Pine of Chicago urged the move noting doctors improve vision and refrigerating methods enable practical, large scale participation to aid diseased persons and accident victims.
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Pittsburgh
Beta Sigma Kappa
American Optometric Association
H. E. Pine
Chicago
Pine
Giants among early humans may have dwarfed gorillas
Dr Franz Weidenreich of the American Museum of Natural History reports fossils suggesting ancient humans could reach up to twice the size of male gorillas. He cites a giant jawbone from Java and a large tooth from China as possible evidence, with further finds hoped after the Pacific war.
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Chicago
Franz Weidenreich
American Museum of Natural History
Weidenreich
Java
China
Pacific
Burma Rice Output Seen Short of Internal Needs
RAF aerial survey reports Burma and Java will miss internal rice needs by about 600000 tons this year. About 16 million acres of irrigated rice land in Burma Java and French Indo China remain uncultivated. Britain expects Burma may draw on wartime surplus and possibly continue limited exports.
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Singapore
Straits Settlements
Burma
Java
Indo-China
Sarawak Becomes British Crown Colony After Transfer
Sarawak, the rich Borneo kingdom known as the white rajahs, has been made a British Crown colony. An order in council enacted legislation approved by Parliament and Sarawak’s supreme council. The state, with 500000 inhabitants and 300000 acres of rubber, was ceded by Sir Charles Vyner Brooke and his heirs under a $4 million trust fund arrangement for his three daughters and local officials.
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London
Sarawak
Borneo
Supreme Council
Britain
Charles Vyner Brooke
Know Your Breed Guernsey By W J Dryden
The Guernsey breed originated on Guernsey Island and came to America by 1818. It is medium in size with fawn and white markings. A summary of 98 297 advanced registered records shows average production of 10 151 pounds of milk and 498 pounds of butterfat. Fifty three animals produced over 1 000 pounds butterfat and fourteen have lifetime records over 100 000 pounds of milk.
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Guernsey
English Channel
America
Death toll due to starvation and overwork at German camp
Taegliche Rundschau in Berlin blames overwork systematic starvation and epidemics for more than 100 000 deaths found in mass graves at a former German prison camp near Zeithain Saxony in the Russian occupation zone. Most victims were Russian. The camp hospital held 50 000 prisoners ill and unattended with mass graves as the only exit.
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Berlin
Red Army
Taegliche Rundschau
Zeithain
Saxony
Chums Bay Artificial Arm for Crippled Youth
Willis Conkright Jr., 14, of Flint Michigan, who lost part of his right arm in a mowing machine accident, received funds from neighbors to buy an artificial arm. He was driving a horse drawn mower on his father’s farm when he fell in front of the blades while shooing a pheasant and brood.
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Flint, Mich
Willis Conkright Jr
Feeding molasses to salt grass for cows
Cattle fatten on molasses and water with grass, producing bigger tastier steaks. A solution of one third water to two thirds molasses may cover salt grass that cattle will not eat. Power spray can be used economically with a 20 foot width. Other similar uses may be devised to meet individual requirements.
Grandmother Takes First Plane Ride Over Farm
A small silver monoplane flies low over a Glenshaw farm as Anna Hartman, 80, sits in the open cockpit. A farmer in the barnyard spots her and exclaims that she is grandma. The scene captures her maiden flight above the hay fields.
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Pittsburgh
Glenshaw
Grandma
Anna Hartman
2,4-D Shortens Crop Maturity Trials Across Crops
Reports from Hawaii and Puerto Rico indicate 2 4 D based weed killer may hasten maturity in pineapples by two years and shorten time to harvest for many crops in America. Early results show tomatoes melons corn yams potatoes and other crops maturing sooner amid ongoing experiments.
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Hawaii
Puerto Rico
America
Changing Character Of Outmoded Rocker
A brief design notice explains how to alter an old rocker to suit cramped living quarters. By removing rockers the chair can change character to match either antique or modern furniture, with cushions and backs updated accordingly. The idea comes from Home-Making Booklet No 5 offering over 30 pages of illustrated DIY projects. Readers can obtain Book 5 postpaid for 15 cents by writing to the publisher.
Waterspouts Show Wide Range in Size and Duration
Collier's notes water spouts vary greatly in duration action and size. Sighting reports include as many as 30 from a single vessel in one day. An 1898 New South Wales spout reached 10 feet wide and 5000 feet high while a 1914 California example was 700 feet in diameter and 100 feet tall.
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Collier’s
New South Wales
California
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