British 'Fish' secret voyage seen as war finance gamble
Story details Britain’s plan to move seven billion dollars in securities and gold to Canada as a reserve for wartime needs. The Emerald carried the vault cargo from Greenock to Montreal in 1940, with key figures from the Bank of Canada and British officials guiding the operation.
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Greenock
Clyde
Cossacks
Emerald
David Mansur
Canada
Britain
Sidney J. Perkins
Craig
Teign Exchange Control Board
France
Mansur
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Jand
Perkins
Paris
Bonaventure
Montreal
Alexander
Bank
England
Bank of Canada
North Atlantic
Lendlease
United States
Churchill
Crecy
HMS
United Kingdom
Francis Cyril Flynn
Scotland
National de Land
Atl
Communists renew bid to influence U S politics through unions
The American Communist Party plans a inside push to sway the Democratic primaries and convention. Leaders argue they will expose members in New York and push a Kremlin loyalist agenda via labor unions while facing a deep financial and organizational crisis.
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AFL
CIO
Martin Arundel
New York
Evers
New York City
Claude Lightfoot
U.S
Red
Kremlin
Democratic Party
Red-Faced Mars Turns Blue-Green in Major Change
Dr. E C Slipher reports a vast blue-green region on Mars nearly the size of Texas marking the greatest geographic shift since mapping began. The new dark area covers about 200000 square miles near Syrtis Major canal, revealed from 1954 and 1956 photographic data.
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Washington
Mars
Texas
National Geographic Magazine
E. C. Slipher
National Geographic-Lowell Observatory
South Africa
J. Slipher
Great Bhoth Canal
National Geo-' Fl Graphic Society
Well-Housed Arctic Town Floats From Pole To 180 Miles Away
A U S Air Force ice island base at T-3, once the northernmost settlement, drifted to about 180 miles from Ellesmere Land’s north coast. The Arctic weather station housed five intrepid scientists before departure, with plans for potential reuse during the International Geophysical Year.
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Pole
U. S. Air Force Base
Air Force
Arctic
Ellesmere Land
Ocean Radioactivity Rising in North Atlantic and Pacific
Washington report notes ocean water in the North Atlantic and Pacific is about ten times more radioactive than two years ago. The rise has not yet affected areas south of the equator.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Pacific
Equator
New Model Autos Kit Delights Hobby Makers in Detroit Style
In Detroit area workshops and factories, miniature authentic scale car models are produced for plastic hobby kits. Revell AMT officials note the same seasonal turnover as real cars, shifting 1955 lines to make room for 1956. The piece also mentions atomic studies on Tritium formation and radioactivity in ocean water.
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Venice
Calif
Detroit
Michigan
Revell-Amt Co
Cnokesman
Carey
Supervision of CIA Proposed in Congress Debates
Washington reports a push by Sen. Mansfield and 36 colleagues for a joint congressional committee to oversee the CIA. Administration officials oppose the plan and fear a veto by President Eisenhower unless the bill is changed.
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Washington
NANA
Central Intelligence Agency
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
CLA
Atomic Energy Commission
Stuyvesant Wainwright
R-N.x
Executive’ Branch
Eisenhower
Sen. Mansfield
Teddy Girls and Delinquency Ghosts in Hollywood Example
Hollywood stars lure public with talk of a high protein lunch plan as a humorous splash while Teddy girls are blamed for a crime wave. The piece blends celebrity chatter with a mock warning about teen delinquency and moral panic in Britain and Michigan State University apple picking methods.
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London
Nana
Teddy Gus
Britain
Che Aye
Robert ‘Faylor
Teddy
Ava Gardner
Hein Bayardian Gant
Eestors
Teddy Bo
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Tony
Scotland Yard
Hetty Hill
Salvation Army
Booming Birthrate May Double Total
Population forecasts project the United States reaching 336 million by 2000 if current fertility continues. Dr. Benjamin Greenberg cites trends of earlier marriages, larger families, and prosperity as drivers, while noting limits like food supply could eventually cap growth.
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David Barnett Washington
Nana
Census Bureau
United States
Benjamin Greenberg
Bureau
Suitland
Greenberg
Korea
Dr. Greenberg
Utopia Behind Bars Led by Warden in Normandy Jail
In Pont L Saint Eveque France a jailer Fernand Billa and swindler Grainville ran a reform of the jail creating a modern utopia. Prisoners enjoyed radios meals and leave privileges while Grainville and accomplices embezzled funds and granted favors. The trial revealed the extent of their control over the establishment.
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Pont-Veveque
France
Billa
Nana
Balzac
Pont-L'sant
Normandy
Éveque Court House
Fernand Billa
Rene Graine
Restville
Taurateur
Georges
Chudde
Grainville
Cnudde
Deatville
Utopia Amies
Utopia
Girls Form Pitchfork Brigade in Secret Dutch Village
Amsterdam report details Staphorst, a medieval village where women resist photos and Nazis never occupied. A Friday window courting custom lets suitors peek then, if chosen, share bed and later wedding bells for new couples.
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Amsterdam
Nana
Staphorst
Straphort
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Libby
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New Yorker
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