Reformers Challenge Self-Electing College Council
The narrative describes early governance of a historic medical college where a self‑electing council of twenty-one surgeons ruled with a president and vice presidents. Members, about 13,000, had no management voice, elections replacing leaders upon death, and calls for reform led by Sir Benjamin Brode amid railway and scholarly ties.
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York Academy of Sciences
al- Bilaiad
England
Sir Arthur
College of Surqgeven
Benjamin Brode
Powers Birth Announcement at Osk River
Birth reported for Mr. and Mrs. E. Powers of Osk River on a Monday in January, referencing a baby born at home with limited readable details.
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Powers
Rivers
Foundation Fellows Face Post Elections In Empire Surgery
The article notes life members died and successors were chosen by assembled fellows, while elections now proceed by post for 3,709 fellows across the empire. Candidates entering the suffrage faced a savage Grand National style exam, with over a third passing, yet the process favored brisk, practical men over reserved researchers. New regulations aim to rebalance the mix of candidates and restore the museum and college after enemy bombing.
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Tme
Foundation
German de Nazification progress under British administration
The British administration reports substantial de Nazification progress in Germany through October. Nearly 47,000 Germans left public posts and over 13,000 job applicants were refused. About 200,000 investigated members faced removal or exclusion for Nazi links. Industrial and banking sectors saw major removals, with Hamburg reviewing thousands in public and private sectors. Arrests and internments persist as occupation forces pursue removal of Nazis from influence, with weekly arrests down from July figures.
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Germany
Britsh Safety Branch
Fone
sntiNnal
Hamburg
Hugh Stewart Returns Home From Overseas Leave
Leeve sans Hugh Stewart has returned home from overseas after ten months in various parts of Europe. He is at present on leave.
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Hugh Stewart
Hugh
Europe
Doctors wife subsidy urged by Brighton doctor
Dr Pasi E Eirby of Brighton Boxland argues for a government subsidy for doctors wives to hire adequate help. He notes that wives handle housework child care and even phone duties for free Panel patients and that the National Health allowance of 2.06 dollars per patient does not cover high domestic wages.
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Pasi HE E Eirby
Brighton
Boxland
Smuggling Meade Reveals Opium Bag Myth
A Sydney narrator recalls Meade, a famed Australian mercantile skipper. At customs he was asked what was in the bag. he would rap the bag and declare Opium, causing instant permission to pass. Later it emerged the bag held nothing but air.
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Berriers
Mays
Sydney
Red Coats May Be Replaced By Blue uniforms
A Belfast report suggests the British Infantry Regiments of the Line may switch from scarlet tunics to blue, with only Household Cavalry and Guards retaining the scarlet and apiked helmets. The change would redefine the three-century-old red coat image and alter dress for infantry.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Atoms Spare Spirits Question Asked in Pietermaritzburg
A Pietermaritzburg Spiritualist Church medium states that atomic blast effects are purely material and would not touch spirits. He explains that the vibration from elemental forces differs from spiritual powers and cannot affect the spirit or its powers.
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Pietermaritnburg
South Africa
New Word Genocide Emerges In World War II Language
A London report notes a new term genocide entering English during World War II. The word traces to Greek genos race and Latin put to death cide, meaning the killing of a race or tribe. An American professor is credited with coining it.
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Coventry
London
Genoz
Welfare Centres Revived to Aid Refuges in German Zone
The British Military Government will revive four German welfare societies in the British zone to care for refugees and the Jewish community this winter. The Red Cross will be de Nazified and handle billeting and medical care, while two churches Caritas and Innere Mission and the Socialist Working Welfare Organization will address refugee needs including feeding. A fourth group, revived from pre 1928, will be supported if religious or democratic. Local welfare committees will include a Jewish member. Separately, housing repairs reduce disease risk in Berlin with homeless numbers dropping and room density improving from September levels.
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Germany
German Red Cross
Catholic Caritas Association
Evangelical “Innere Mission
Socialist Party
Death notice for Mrs. William A. Common
Mrs Catherine Flora McKenzie Common died at Bradwardine on January 22 at age 54. Born June 26 1892 in Woodworth municipality, she had been ill for some time. Portable Homes Victoria Colonist discusses a mobile bungalow initiative to ease unemployment in British Columbia.
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Bradwardine
William A. Common
Catherine Flora McKenzie
Woodworth Municipality
Victoria
Vancouver
Country stores sales rise in November 1945 pool
November sales for country general stores rose nine percent from 1944 but were six percent below October. For the first eleven months of 1945, sales averaged about 65 percent above 1944. Unadjusted index values show 181.4 in November 1945, 165.9 in November 1944, and 192.3 in October 1945. A New Zealand soldier recounted a New Guinea air alert he aided by spotting 18 enemy bombers at 27,000 feet, triggering alarms and gun position warnings, with no panic reported.
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New Zealand
New Guinea
GPO
Hobo Hotel Lost as Grand Hotel Becomes Stores and Flats
In Benoni South Africa the former Grand hotel once occupied by hoboes before the war will be replaced by a modern block of stores and flats. The building, once commandeered for war work, stood as a bleak landmark in the town center until its demolition.
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Benoni
South Africa
Manitoba Winter Fair to be Held April 2-4
The Manitoba Winter Fair launches a three day event from April 2 to 4 with renovated buildings and expanded prize lists. Early entries point to strong horse participation and a program featuring jumping riding events along with beef cattle swine and poultry competitions. A seed show led by Alex McPhail is drawing interest as part of the schedule.
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Manitoba
Alex McPhail
Vienna Boys' Choir Rehearses World-Wide Arias in Vienna
Sixty boys of the Vienna Royal Choir rehearse in the Hofburg amid Allied troops and memories of Nazi era. Father Schmitt, once Gestapo-detained, now administers the group as it eyes American concert stages. The choir, founded in 1498, faces hardship in feeding the boys while keeping them from weight loss.
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Vienna
Hofburg
Hapaburge
France
Bak Glum
Holland
Poland
Germany
Austria
America
Joseph Schmitt
Gestapo
Hitler
Father Schmitt
Selecer Zone
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