Royal Gardens of King George VI and Queen Revealed
Aberdeen readers learn about W E Snowell Cooper and photographs documenting royal gardens at Balmoral and Birkhall. The King and Queen guided visits, with Princess Elizabeth present, highlighting blue gentians, Bonnie Prince Charlie Rose, and scented verbena, reflecting their indoor viewing and broad scenic aims.
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King George VI
W.E. Shewell Cooper
Birkhall
Elizabeth
Mrs. Snowell-Cooper
Balmoral
Ancient Auto Keeps Retirement Fun In Shubenacadie
W G Nelson preserves a 1900 Model I Popte Tribune, a single cylinder, six horsepower gas buggy. Retired after nine years, he brings it out annually for spins up to 30 mph, meeting tourists and recalling early transport in Nova Scotia and across Canada and the United States.
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Shubenacadie
W.G. Nelson
Nelson
Canada
United
No Laughing Matter in Communist Lands
Vienna reports Communist leaders fear lack of political humor as laughter wanes under shortages and grim daily life. Western diplomats note decades without smiles in Moscow Budapest Prague and Bucharest trains and buses show silent passengers as young couples rarely smile.
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Vienna
Moscow
Budapest
Prat
Bucharest
Public mood damp as humor faces censorship across Europe
A Czech paper laments scarce merriment as operettas wear out from being labeled bourgeois and writers shy from satire. Moscow and Hungarian outlets echo worries of dull stage and cinema, urging sponsored comedy and organized lighthearted culture to amuse youth and fuel optimism.
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Iment
Moscow
Gzetto
Hungary
Szibad Ifjusag
Government undecided on future of Almonier nursery
Sources say the government has not decided what to do with its Trea Nursery at Almonier. The matter remains in abeyance as officials weigh options amid uncertainty and limited public guidance.
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Almonier
Rumors Hover Over Nursery At Salmonier Prison Camp
The Forestry Division faces a top question on the Nursery's future after its abandonment from its original tree-raising purpose. Rumors linked it to pritams and a prison camp, but no official plan has emerged. Various options have been proposed, yet final decisions remain uncertain.
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Pritams Irs
Salmonier
Forestry Division
Boulder Turned to Ward Off Devil in Devon Village
Farmers armed with craw barn turned over a large boulder by a 12th century church to keep the Devil away for another year. The stone sits at the foot of an old oak, near the church, where locals say it must be turned yearly or evil will come. Only during the First World War was the ceremony neglected, and bad crops and livestock followed.
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Ehoglash
Devon
Hell
Duke of Edinburgh Begins RAF Training at White Waltham
The Duke of Edinburgh has passed a pilot examination by the Royal Air Force and will start fringe training at White Waltham. A Chipmunk trainer aircraft arrived and is kept under tight guard with a police dog stationed in the hangar nightly. Flight instructor Flt Lt C B Gordons, aged 28, will supervise daily sessions after servicing. The duke would train before reaching the usual RAF trainee age limit of 26 within five years.
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London
Duke of Edinburgh
R.A F
White Waltham
Magistrates vote against whipping reintroduction in UK
More than 200 magistrates across the United Kingdom oppose reviving corporal punishment for violent crimes. The motion, urging repeal of postwar limits on whipping, failed 219 to 166 amid a press and Lords criticism of lenient crime measures. Proponents argue harsher penalties deter crime and support corrective training for the hardest offenders.
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London
United Kingdom
Magistrates’ Association
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