Empire Scientific Conference to Convene in London Cambridge Oxford
Lessons from wartime cooperation will guide peacetime science. An Empire Scientific Conference will be opened by His Majesty the King and held in London Cambridge and Oxford in June and July this year. The British Empire’s Scientific Office coordinated wartime research and will continue to foster international scientific interchange with the United States on warfare related matters.
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Empire
London
Cambridge
Oxford
British Commonwealth Scientific Office
United States
Scientific problems of peace demand empire coordination
The piece argues urgent peace era scientific issues rival those of war and urges empire wide cooperation. It cites medicine tropical issues agriculture nutrition and world fishing, plus radio and cosmic research, and notes a proposal to replace the British Commonwealth Scientific Office with a similar body.
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London Times
British Commonwealth Scientific Office
Imperial agricultural science collaboration postwar prospects
Imperial cooperation in agriculture grew during the war and in 1929 formed the Council of Imperial Agricultural Bureaux to share soil, animal health, and related research. Postwar activity could boost world food supplies and find new uses for surplus farm products through coordinated effort.
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Council of Imperial Agricultural Bureaux
Empire
Scienst
Gems of Thought Reflections on Praise and Wisdom
A collection of maxims about praise value and inner strength. Quotes from Johnson Grenfell Emerson Rochefoucauld Eddy and Goldsmith discuss scarcity value honesty censure vanity and self examination as paths to genuine worth.
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Samuel Johnson
Goldsmith
Arable Land per Person and Global Farming Facts
A discussion notes two acres of arable land are needed to feed a person, while four billion acres are cultivated worldwide for a two billion population. It contrasts India’s one tenth acre per person with Canada’s eight acres of improved farmland and mentions vanilla vines grown under shade trees due to sun sensitivity.
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India
Canada
Crossword Puzzle Clues December Edition
A compact presentation lists horizontal and vertical crossword clues covering words from abyss to archate fou with definitions in a vintage puzzle style. It includes entries like two legged animal burial place sun god and roman numerals modern terms interwoven with classical references.
Price Control And Rationing Information
Q how many cans of fruit can I purchase with one sugar preserves coupon. A one coupon is good for two 20 fluid ounce tins of fruit. If you wish to buy one can at a time, grocer may make up difference with one jar of jam or proper quantity of any other rationed preserves such as honey molasses or maple syrup. Q planning a sports day on the 24th of May. Will we be allowed to sell hot dogs and hamburgers on that day. A as sports day falls on a Friday you will not be able to sell meat of any kind. Q how many sugar preserves coupons become valid in April. A three sugar preserves coupons can be used in April S5 became valid on April 4 and S6 and S7 become valid April 18. Q has the price of butter been increased. A on April 1st price of creamery butter was increased four cents a pound. Prices for dairy butter remain at the same level as before.
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Canada
Peg Belle Crown Winner Miss Winnipeg 1946
The article names Joan Stirling as Miss Winnipeg 1946 winner, shown happily wearing her crown of office. The piece highlights the pageant title and the new holder's celebratory status.
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Peg Belle
Winnipeg
Joan Stirling
Little Mabel Misquotes Line in School Exercise
A six year old girl, Mabel, performed a school exercise with gusto. She loudly proclaimed the phrase and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Her mother later checked the line and found the misquote feeding the cows instead of feeding the poor.
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Mabel
Advertising proposal links education to world cooperation
Albert Bakovsky, Austrian-born founder of the educational research society, urged in Toronto that advertising could teach principles of world cooperation. He argued that if soft drinks and tobacco can be marketed, education and spiritual belief could be sold through the same medium.
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Toronto
Albert Bakovsky
The
Educational Research Society
Smile Awhile Comic Quips Across Daily Life
A collage of lighthearted vignettes and dialogue from a photo studio to military camp, ranch life and travel. It captures witty exchanges about portraits, marriage, business, letters, church, and everyday misunderstandings with a playful, peppy tone.
Grape-Nuts Flakes Endorsement From Trading Post Scene
A rustic dialogue extols Grape-Nuts Flakes as a hearty, malty rich breakfast. The speaker highlights carbohydrates, protein, minerals, and easy digestion while planning to stock up at the trading post.
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Murgatroyd
Olive-tree schools show Greek children relearning peace
In war-torn Greece U.N.R.R.A. struggles to fund schools: one teacher with a broken limb marks earth with a stick while pupils share scarce pencils, no paper or books, and malnourished kids. The program aims to teach children to smile through play amidst vast shortages.
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Greece
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
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U.N.R.R.A
Russian ships delivered to Polish navy at Gdynia
The Polish government announced that Russia has delivered a number of modern warships to the Polish navy at Gdynia under an agreement signed in Moscow.
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Russia
Gdynia
Moscow
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