British Pottery Output Soaring In Stoke on Trent Surge
Britain shows robust pottery growth with 80 percent of output centered in Stoke on Trent. The article notes world class china clay from Cornwall and Dorset, ball clay from Devon, flint from Kent, high flame coal from Staffordshire, and machinery from Birmingham, highlighting wartime industrial strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Bennett
Britain
Stoke on-Trent
France
Cornwall
Dorset
Devonshire
Kent
Staffordshire
Birmingham
Invisible Ray Lamp Aids New Industry Growth
New infrared beam lamps enable wireless messaging for plants says Samuel G. Hibben of Westinghouse Lamp Division. The lamps cut lighting costs to about 26 percent of 1939 levels and boost efficiency with brighter light, longer life, and lower prices. Fluorescent and mercury lamps expand retailer demand, with shapes and styles appealing to home decorators. Sun lamps and ceramic coatings improve durability and color options for industrial and home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel G. Hibben
Applied
Westinghouse Lamp Division
Bloomfield
N.J
Hibben
Wealthy Merchant Lets Young Men Start Businesses
A 16th century benefactor Sir Thomas White, once Lord Mayor of London, endowed loans of 200 pounds to hopeful youths in Nottingham Coventry Northampton Leicester and Warwick. About 10,000 pounds yearly remains available but few applicants are seen. G Wardle of the Nottingham trustees notes increasing demand since demobilization.
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Thomas White
London
Nottingham
Coventry
Northampton
Leicester
Warwick
G. Wardle
Bronze Horsemen Return to Saddle in Italian Cities
Bronze horsemen across Italy are being remounted after World War II era hiding. Duke Cosimo I of Florence leads, rejoined by Bartolomeo Colleoni in Venice and Marcus Aurelius in Rome, with Michelangelo and Donatello sculptures also restored in Florence.
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Italy
Cosimo I
Florence
Lanzi Palace
Giovanni da Bologna
Francesco Petrarca
Venice
Bartolomeo Colleoni
San Zanipolo
Leonardo da Vinci
Andrea Verrocchio
Colleoni
Verrocchio
Rome
Marcus Aurelius
Capitol Hill
Paul I
Michelangelo
Constantine
David
Benvenuto Cellini
Perseus
Donatello
Judith
Piazza Della Signoria
Lanzi
Cosimo
Villagers Loot Maginot Line in Metz Area
In Remering les Puttelange, Mayor Charles Schwartz and 21 families were arrested and charged with looting Maginot fortifications during and after German occupation. They allegedly stripped gun positions, railway equipment, doors, wiring, and air conditioning from underground batteries. The mayor testified Germans permitted taking items, saying the line was pointless.
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Metz
France
Remering Les Puttelange
Charles Schwartz
Maginot Line
Schwartz
British Husbands Impress Germans in Welfare Work
British social services report explores how British husbands support daily life for wives, including washing up, shopping, and laundry, during wartime welfare efforts with German observers noting domestic roles and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Social Services
Psa
Japanese Plants to Build 300 Tiny Cars Yearly
Tokyo reports allied headquarters authorize annual production of 300 bantam size passenger cars for use by Japanese doctors police and government agencies as well as firms and taxicab companies on official government business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Allied Headquarters
Eye Strain Tied to Faulty Seeing Conditions
Experts report about 60 percent of people suffer eye strain due to faulty seeing conditions. They urge correct use of color and proper lighting in factory office and home to reduce fatigue and improve vision.
Britain to Welcome 100000 Displaced Persons From Germany
Ecumenical Refugee Commission says over 100000 displaced persons, mostly Latvian Estonian and Lithuanian, will come to Britain within a year to join the labor force. London office coordinating with Ministry of Labor. first families arrive in September with about 50000 brought in six months.
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London
Germany
Britain
Ecumenical Refugee Commission
Commission
Ministry of Labor
Church Organization
Magistrate Orders Sleep Recovery For Man After Mattress Fire
Pittsburgh resident Dave Harvey resisted firefighters amid a mattress blaze at his home. Magistrate Robert Williams sentenced Harvey to 60 days in the workhouse to catch up on his sleep.
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Pittsburgh
Dave Harvey
Henry
Robert Williams
Harvey
Oil produced by atomic bullets on chemicals explored
Dr. Irving A. Berger of MIT told a Notre Dame symposium that laboratory experiments simulating atomic energy effects on natural chemicals have produced petroleum constituents. He suggested radioactivity traces might someday aid oil discovery, though he declined comment on commercial production viability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Irving A. Berger
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
University of Notre Dame
Berger
Alberta lags in library services, Calgary Herald notes
The Calgary Herald reports that close to half of Canada lacks library service with Alberta showing 75 percent without libraries. It notes 1939 spending of only $20,000 on public libraries outside Calgary and Edmonton, highlighting a long road ahead.
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Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Calgary Herald
Japanese Accept Hollywood Love Scenes in Osaka Pictures
Tokyo reports that Japanese audiences favor American love scenes while condemning local chaste portrayals. Toho Studios first eased with a brief kiss scene provoking protests that bashfulness remains strong. War era taboos faded as serious dramas and themes of democracy and women’s emancipation appear in new films.
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Tokyo
Toho Studios
Beetle souvenir lands man in court for pest offence
Albert Francis Burwood of Clapham faced a magistrate after bringing a live Colorado potato beetle in a matchbox from Belgium. He pleaded guilty to keeping the beetle in captivity under the 1933 order and was fined £10, with the chairman hoping the punishment serves as a warning.
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Scotland Yard
Metropolitan Police
England
Britain
Albert Francis Burwood
Clapham
Colorado
Burwood
Belgium
Dover
Agriculture Ministry
H. E. Ruffell
100 MPH Trains Foreseen by Rail Leaders
William T. Fariey, president of the Association of American Railroads, told the AAR Railway Supply Association convention that trains could average 100 miles per hour over long routes in the future. He cited needs for improved signaling, curve straightening, and stronger track beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
William T. Fariey
Association of American Railroads
Fariey
AAR
Railway Supply Association
Eea
Flax Growth At Wide Altitude Range
The report notes flax can grow from 50 feet below sea level up to 8000 feet above sea level, indicating broad adaptability. It mentions altitude range as a key factor for cultivation, with no further context or names provided.
Story brothers invent staticless home radio in Baltimore
C Baker Story and his brother Robert claim a new staticless radio that resists thunder and noise, with quick repair times and simple user operation. They seek a major manufacturer to back the device after a recent lab demonstration, asserting the set is nearly indestructible and immune to household interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Story Brothers
C. Baker
Robert
C. Baker Story
Brother Bob
Baker
Story
Noiseless Phone and Pulse Code Modulation Idea
The Brantford Expositor reports Bell Telephone Laboratories work on pulse code modulation to erase noise in long distance calls. The piece notes the potential for devices forcing brief callers to hold the line longer and comments on ring-and-hang up behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.cm
Bell Telephone Laboratories
United States
Bell Organization
Brantford Expositor
Iceland’s Culture and Education Spotlight
The piece notes Iceland as highly cultured with low illiteracy and strong education. It cites about 75 percent speaking two languages and 20 percent three or more, along with 25,000 families and a network of 100 newspapers 20 public libraries a hall and a symphony.
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Iceland
Albany
New York
France Loses 620000 Citizens in War Against Germany
The latest figures show France lost 620000 citizens in the late war with Germany. About 150000 deportees perished in Hitler s camps and 218000 others died violently due to his machinations. Less than half the toll were armed forces.
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France
Germany
Hitler
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