FRANCE: Communists top poll.
CANADA:
Corvette HMCS Dundas sold for scrapping. Broken up 1946 Hamilton, Ontario.
Minesweepers HMCS Bellechasse, Georgian, Swift Current, Grandmere and Fort William paid off Esquimalt, British Columbia.
NEWFOUNDLAND: Mosquito PR 34, RG 241 of No. 540 Squadron RAF smashes the previous trans-Atlantic speed record with a west to east crossing in 5 hours 10 minutes. (22)
U.S.A.: Eleanor Roosevelt writes bemoaning the destruction of historic building in the United States. Link.