Belgrade Returns to Normal After War Destruction
Belgrade shows signs of reconstruction with urban cleanup led by volunteer residents. Streets are busier as trams and railways resume service, shops stock more food, and prices are stabilized by co operatives and government controls. Cultural life resumes with museums libraries and theatre, while cafe culture shifts to outdoor gatherings.
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Ers
Danube
Sava
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Hungary
John Galsworthy
J. B. Priestley
Bernard Shaw
Upton Sinclair
Jack London
Sinclair Lewis
Electronic microscope hailed as new weapon against cancer
Princeton reports describe the electronic microscope as a powerful tool in cancer research at a second scientific conference. The device offers insights into cell growth and division, comparing its view to a spy using binoculars to see inside a factory, with potential cancer answers on the horizon.
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Princeton
N.J
Princeton University
Schmitt
Amoeba Moves About Three Quarters of an Inch an Hour
The amoeba travels at a rate of about three quarters of an inch per hour, indicating its slow but steady movement. This measurement helps compare microscopic organism motility and supports basic biology observations.
Augmented Artesian Wells Support Australia Water Supply
Australia relies on about 9,000 artesian and sub artesian bores yielding around 340 million gallons daily. The Great Australian Artesian Basin spans a fifth of the nation, supplying wool and wheat industries with water amid widespread drought.
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Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
New South Wales
South Australia
Victoria
West Australia
British plastic surgeons help Yugoslav war wounded
Dr John N Barron told a U N R R A press conference that 10 000 Yugoslav war wounded require treatment as British units assess damage in Belgrade Hospitals were looted and equipment dumped into the Danube leaving surgeons to operate with improvised tools He cited 5 000 blind children in care and an estimated 18 000 leg losses with a six year timeline to supply 5 000 artificial limbs annually
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John N. Barron
U.N.R.R.A
Belgrade
Danube
Slavery in New York and Insurrections Through 1741
The record notes slavery beginning in New York in 1625 with major insurrections in 1712 and 1741. It mentions executions occurring after these uprisings including twenty one executed in the first case and thirteen at the stake in the second, with eighteen others noted in the text.
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New York
François Pilâtre de Rozier first air balloon ascent
The French innovator François Pilâtre de Rozier became the first man to ascend in a balloon, reaching about 80 feet and staying aloft for four and a half minutes in 1783.
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Francois Pilatre de Rozier
Emperor Selassie orders two Dove passenger aircraft
The Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie forms a Royal Flight and orders two Dove planes built by de Havilland. The new aircraft boast cutting edge aerodynamics and the latest in propulsion and equipment. Brazil was the sole South American nation to declare war on Germany in the First World War.
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Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
de Haviland
Brazil
Germany
Ocean Levels Rise One and a Half Feet per Century
A New York Times report based on United States Coast and Geodetic Survey records over 20 years shows ocean levels rising about one and a half feet per century. The rise began around 1920, with potential future change. Scientist H A Marmer cites glacier retreat as the cause.
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New York Times
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
H. A. Marmer
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Canadian Horses Abroad Demand Remains Strong
Canadian horse exports stay high with thousands sent to France and Europe this year. Barbados received six horses for police work and riding mares, while another horse went to a Bermuda railway official. French CA mare and three stallions sent earlier prove satisfactory, prompting a request for a new stallion to Montserrat. By July end the French Horse Purchasing Commission bought over 5,000 Canadian horses for France and about 7,000 mares for UNRRA, with July shipments from West to East Canada the heaviest in years totaling 9,950 animals.
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France
Europe
British West Indies
Barbados
Department of Agriculture
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Montserrat
French Horse Purchasing Commission
UNRRA
Canada
Schoolboy Safes Locks Breaks Bank Record in Sault Ste. Marie
Seventeen year old Bob Saunders was called from school to open a bank safe after staff failed. He accessed the lock in about three minutes, displaying a noted ability to sense tumbler variations and pick locks with ease.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Bob Saunders
Young Saunders
Atomic scientist foresees great developments in nuclear science
Glenn Seaborg predicts future advances in using radioactive carbon to grow crops and produce energy without sunlight. He notes experiments with plant life and light and dark conditions, and says tracers may yield humanity’s greatest gains. He cites medical uses of radioactive elements like carbon phosphorus and iodine.
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Tall
Glenn Seaborg
University of California
Seaborg
New Deal Considered For Channel Islands 700-Year Constitution
Jersey and Guernsey face reforms to their ancient constitution as four Privy Council members examine proposed changes to the States and judicial system. Plans include replacing Rectors with deputies, reforming Jurats from life terms to six years, and aligning juror roles with English practice, amid local caution about preserving island distinctiveness.
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ST. Helier
Jersey
Channel Islands
John
Imperial Privy Council
Home
Chuter Ede
R. A. Butler
Samuel
Ammon
Guernsey
England
World Food Supplies Urges Stable Grain Production for 1947 48
A FAO endorsed report from Copenhagen calls for maximum grain production in the 1947 48 season to aid both producers and consumers. It notes producers fear prices may falter after shortages and urges security through national measures. The study forecasts continuing shortages of basic foods including milk meat fats and sugar, with grain in particular scarce.
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Copenhagen
Food and Agriculture Organization
Gibraltar
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