Ottawa Week Preview Sketches King Seat Amid Conference
The piece notes Prime Minister Mackenzie King may seek re election in a Ottawa area seat after the August 23 opening of the new parliament. It cites discussions on where he will run and the upcoming Dominion provincial conference starting August 6. It also mentions food shortages and post war reconstruction plans in Canada.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Dominion
Prince Albert
Kin
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward
Oltawa
Ottawa West
Russell
Prescott
Fleafrew North
Stormont
San Francisco
King
Canada
Agriculture Department
Halifax
United States
Glass fiber revolution boosts industry and armor uses
British factories expand glass production for bullet proof windows and fabric integration. A Scottish plant experiments with ultra thin glass thread. electric industry relies on glass fiber insulation to cut weight and boost performance. Glass plastics show high strength to weight, aiding aircraft and ships.
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London
Britain
Sussex Veterans Build Oak Ships For Pacific War
Rye England reports Sussex oak shipwrights restore a long craft tradition to build 75-foot oak Weasels for the British Navy. The 420-ton, 100-man vessels are crafted by hand with a diesel and refrigerator, aiming to support Pacific war efforts against Japan.
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Rye
England
Sussex
Sussex Oak
Pacific
Napoleon
Foittain
Jim’ Wellard
Chen
Newton Welland
Suston
Jempson Ois
Jempson
Thia
Alfred Newton
Newton
Leonard Easting
Fifeshire
Scotland
Wellard
Australia Seeks Timber Imports From Canada Amid Shortage
Australia faces a growing housing timber shortage with demand around 1.2 million feet annually. The Victoria Forestry Commission plans to open forests promising up to 1,000,000,000 feet of timber, while Canada supplies timber valued at 6.5 million dollars in the year ending November 30.
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Canberra
Canada
Australia
Australi
Victoria
Victoria Forestry’ Commission
Fasmpantn
New South Wales
Queensland
Douglas
Federal Capital
Ganberra
North America
New Cutout Game Lets Families Rehearse Room Layouts
A rug maker’s decoret scheme uses a large half inch grid on heavy paper to simulate a floor with paper furniture. Families rearrange the plan, then move real furniture to match. Fabric swatches and colors can test effects before buying new coverings or painting.
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New York
Administrators Auction Sale in Erin Township Ontario
Auction notice for the estate of the late J A McLean to sell by public auction at Erin lot RE on June 30 1945 at 1230 hours. Items include horses cows sheep hogs poultry implements furniture and farm real estate of about 100 acres with a stone house and barn. Terms: 10 percent down on farm price with balance in 60 days. chattels cash day of sale. items to be removed after payment.
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Nan
Jan
Agqnen McLean
Erin
Mlighway
Smiles
Acton
Hereford
Ayrshire
Helfern
York
Oxford
Oxford Ram
Hampshire
M.H
Lee
Morris Chale
Singer
Roy ‘Hindley
IBZ
Wm. Bracken
Mayor Matches Lonely Sailors With Local Girls
London reports Hammersmith Mayor Fred Srader arranged romance for 15 sailors aboard HUMS Kem penfelt and HMS Daedalus. He interviewed 30 borough girls, pairing each sailor with two correspondents, many of whom sought matrimony, while a mythic warning reminded of Icarus’ wax wings.
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London
Hammersmith
Hums. Kempenfelt
HMS
Daedalus
Fred Srader
Anilor
Blason Tcarus
Icarus
Limited London Travel Space Despite Victory and War Strain
The War Transport Ministry announces passenger travel to overseas countries will remain severely limited on a private basis due to heavy shipping and aircraft demands for military and other essential purposes and the loss of ocean going vessels.
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London
GCP
Europe
War Transport Ministry
Public Auction of Mrs McCurdy Estate Items in July Sale
Proclaimed by the Precursors of the Fatale of the Late MRA Laurenta Mare McCurdy to sell by public auction on Monday in July at 140 o clock next to CHL Station. The sale lists numerous household goods including parlour suite oak furniture clocks radios sewing machine oak sideboard dining tables chairs beds carpets lamps and tools with cash settlement due day of sale and no reserve.
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MRA
Lauretta Mare McCurdy
Mrafalgar
CHL
Cloc
Marcon Batte
Atwater Kent Radio
Selleres
Raymond
Pandora
Steve McClary
Roy Hindley
J. A. Elliott
R. R. Ford Clark
Post War Plans Transform Teeside Into Industrial Powerhouse
Aberdeen reports post war planning turning Teeside Scotland into a diversified industrial hub. Shipyards run at full capacity while firms produce tankers and war materials, and new plants like hydrogen and radar facilities rise alongside port pre fabrications. A Teeside Development Board maps site, dock, and transport upgrades to boost post war production.
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Aberdeen — Plana
Teeside
Scotland
One
Heilein
Digxeal Penicilin
a@Isaa
Normandy
J) Gibson
China
Teeside Development Board
Aay
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L. Jones
Wester
Royal Navy
Will Sands
Sawyer
Commonwealth
Great Forest
Ein
Chum
Industry and Labour Board
Charies Daily
Minister of Labour
Ontario
Canadian Pacific Railway
Saleh
Montreal
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