Royal Tour Schedules Crowded South Africa Visit
The King Queen and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret plan a 10 week February to April tour of South Africa. They will travel by a 14 coach royal train with a pilot train ahead, visiting Pretoria Johannesburg and other towns. A King’s Cup air race in Johannesburg offers 5000 pounds prize. A state ball in Capetown will mark Elizabeth’s 21st birthday on April 21.
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London
Elizabeth
Margaret
South Africa
Canada
South Africa House
Teafeigar Square
Imtralia
G. B. van Zyl
Smuts
Capetown
Southern Rhodesia
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Pietersburg
Standerton
Area Club of
British Soldiers Held in Yugoslavia After Arrest
Belgrade British embassy says four soldiers are held by Yugoslav authorities since last August. embassy spokesmen report they have not been charged and have not been allowed access. The men allegedly strayed into Yugoslav territory at various times and the embassy has made representations without success.
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Belgrade
Manuscript Found in Shop in Union City NJ
The Herald Tribune reports a 14th century Petrarch manuscript of Africa located in a Union City New Jersey thread cutting shop. Walter Rechsteiner, 26, a former soldier, is identified as the buyer from an Italian who may have stolen the Trieste library possession.
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New York
New York Herald ‘Pribune
Petrarch
Africa
Trieste
Union City
Walter Rechsteiner
Doctor saves boy by slitting windpipe at home
In East Orange New Jersey Tommy Stanley age 445 was saved when his physician uncle Dr Thomas A Stanley used a kitchen carving knife to slit the windpipe and relieve choking on orange seed and pulp. Charles P Stanley held the boy on the living room couch during the emergency procedure.
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East Orange
Tommy Stanley
Tommy
Thomas A. Stanley
Charles P. Stanley
British Training Bases Debate In Parliament
War Secretary Bellenger told the House of Commons that British troops should be trained mainly in Britain. He rejected Canada as an alternative due to prohibitive costs and possible lack of arrangements there.
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London
Britain
Bellenger
House of Commons
Canada
Germany
Scientist dissects failed manmade meteorite launch
Dr James A Van Allen of Johns Hopkins says the first US attempt to launch meteorite fragments into the upper atmosphere with a German V 2 rocket failed at White Sands proving ground. He cites a time device in the warhead that apparently did not trigger and no metal fragments were expelled.
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Los Angeles
Science
James A. van Allen
John Hopkins University
White Sands Proving Ground
van Allen
Divorce rate in UK seen rising to US levels says bishop
London reports Dr Henry Wilson bishop of Chelmsford warns in a church publication that divorce in the United Kingdom is increasing rapidly and may become as common as in the United States. He says the rising rate causes alarm even beyond religious circles.
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London
Henry Wilson
Chelmsford
United Kingdom
U.S.A
Wilson
Lifting of Controls on Coal and Solid Fuels Announced
Reconstruction Minister Howe announced the termination of all controls on coal coke and solid fuels effective December 31. A new Prices Board regulated coal prices with J E Van Buskirk named as administrator of coal coke and solid fuels. The forecast expects adequate fuel supplies through winter with satisfactory coal stocks and steady US anthracite deliveries. Howe praised coal controller Ernest J Brunning and assistant controller Ian MacLaren and their teams.
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Howe
Prices Board
J. E van Buskirk
Commodity Prices Stabilization Corporation
Mr. Howe
United States
Canada
Ernest J. Brunning
Ian MacLaren
New operation defeats phantom limb pain
Cleveland reports a new surgical method to prevent phantom limb pain by ligating severed nerve ends about an inch from the stump. Dr Louis G Herrmann of the University of Cincinnati described tying off the nerves to stop scar growth and nerve tendrils from forming new connections.
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Cleveland
American College of Surgeons
Louis G. Herrmann
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Britain recalls ambassador from Spain over UN motion
Sir Victor Mallet, Britain's ambassador to Spain, is recalled to London to notify Madrid and return at once. The move follows the recent UN general assembly recommendation that ambassadors be withdrawn from Madrid, with Spain replying by recalling Domingo de los Barcenas from London.
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London
Britain
Spain
Victor Mallet
Victor
United Nations General Assembly
Madrid
Domingo de Los Barcenas
Canada Dominates Britain's 1946 Wheat Purchases
Board of Trade data show Canada supplied five sixths of Britain's wheat buys in the first 11 months of 1946, amounting to nearly £50,000,000 or about $200,000,000. Canadian shipments reached 107 million bushels, far above 1938 and 1945 levels, with US and Argentina contributing smaller shares and Denmark the only other major supplier in bacon and meat products figures.
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London
Board of Trade
United Kingdom
Dominion
Canada
Britain
Atlantic
United States
Argentina
Quadruplets born to British war bride in Baltimore
A 28-year-old British war bride and wife of a Baltimore book binder gave birth to quadruplets three boys and one girl at St. Agnes hospital. Doctors report mother Mrs Charles Henn Jr and babies are doing fine. The couple, formerly Dorothy Geast of Edmonton, London, have a one-year-old son John.
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Baltimore
St. Agnes Hospital
Charles Henn, Jr
Dorothy Geast
Edmonton
London
U.S
John
Finnish Population Largely Engaged in Farming and Dairying
The majority of Finland's more than 3,500,000 people make their living by farming and dairying, highlighting the rural economic base of the nation.
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Finland
Canadian dollar rate established in Canada
Ottawa reports the government has fixed the Canadian dollar at parity with the U S dollar under the Exchange Control act effective January 1. The move, not a revaluation, aims to confirm no planned currency shift and counters recent market speculation. A separate item notes Charles H. Davis proposing a Churchill memorial model for Dover cliffs with a U S fundraising plan of one to two million dollars.
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Ottawa
United States
Foreign Exchange Board
Canada
Britain
Winston Churchill
Charles H. Davis
Cape Cod
Mass
English Channel
Dover Cliffs
Davis
New York
U.S
Trans Canada Highway Urgent National Issue Demand
Ottawa warns the Trans-Canada Highway faces an urgent postwar problem with inconsistent all weather surfacing and maintenance across provinces. The federal and provincial governments clash over responsibility, funding, and long delayed national highway development from coast to coast.
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Ottawa
Canada
Saskatchewan
Dominion Department of Transport
Bevin: Russia Ready to Cooperate for Lasting Peace
Foreign Secretary Bevin says Russia has shown willingness to cooperate with other nations and that complete peace is within reach. He spoke after talks in New York with United Nations and Big Four ministers, noting the two great powers United States and Soviet Russia shape postwar roles while Britain sits between them.
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Bevin
Russia
London
Forein
United Nations
Big Four
New York
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Russia
War Trials High London
The United Nations war crimes commission cites 24,365 individuals tried in British United States French Greek Norwegian Czechoslovak and Polish courts. Death sentences total 1,432. prison terms 16,413. 6,520 acquitted. In the far east 1,468 tried by UK US and Australian courts with 457 death sentences 725 prison terms and 276 acquittals.
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London
United Nations War Crimes Commission
United States
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Far East
United Kingdom
Quick Action of Guest Averts Hotel Fire
An unidentified guest spotted smoke from a room in the Grosveneer hotel on Barrington Street and rang the alarm. Firemen said the blaze was confined and could have been serious if detected late.
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Halifax
Grosveneer
Barrington Street
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Phantom Limb
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Huxley
Unesco
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Julian Huxley
Hotel Majestic
Paris
Churchill
Ontario
Ray Lawson
Ont
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