UNRRA Plans Second Meeting in Canada in June
The UNRRA announces its second meeting will be in Montreal in June after a first gathering in Atlantic City in 1943 that outlined a worldwide relief and rebuilding program. Director General Herbert H. Lehman leads the body with Deputy Sir Arthur Salter and Canadian chairman L. B. Pearson guiding supplies and relief efforts.
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UN_RLRA
Canada
Atlantic City
Montreal
United Nations
Germany
U.N .R.A
Associated Nations
Great Britain
L. B. Pearson
Washington
Andrew Cairns
Edmonton
Mary Craig McGeachy
Relief
Resources To Be Required For UNAR Aims
The UNAR Aims to heal war scars by supplying clothes, food, and medical aid and to rebuild economies and agriculture. Estimates show US 1.5 billion dollars Britain 320 million Canada 90 million Australia 40 million. shipping 23.5 million tons and food 50 million tons will be needed. Canada, as a major agricultural nation, will play a key role and the upcoming meeting holds wide interest.
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U.N.A.R.A
United States
Britain
Canada
Australia
United Nations
Policy Of Expansion By Britain After War
Col J J Astor president of the Empire Press Union and publisher of the London Times told the Ottawa Canadian Club that Britain will seek postwar expansion to maintain employment purchasing power and the home market. He emphasized adapting the strictest financial principles while Canadians also focus on both war effort and peace.
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Britain
J. J. Astor
Empire Press Union
London Times
Ottawa
Blevery
Ottawa Canadian Club
Astor
Kellogg's All-Bran: a natural relief for constipation
A testimonial praising Kellogg's All-Bran as a regular, bulk forming aid for constipation. It claims lasting relief from mild digestive troubles and recommends daily intake plus water. Advertises two convenient Canadian sites and London production.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
London
Can
Empire News and the War’s End Appeal
The Calgary Herald notes that Empire news distribution and regular publication lag behind European coverage in British and Dominion papers. It argues distance hinders interest but hopes war’s lessons will boost cross‑Empire reporting after hostilities end.
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Dominions
Calgary Herald
Canadian firms plan 25 percent more workers postwar
A Financial Post survey of 2,400 Canadian firms with 50 or more employees shows plans to hire 25 percent more workers and buy new equipment worth millions of dollars by the end of the first postwar year.
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Financial Post
Radios in Canadian Homes Reach High Census Level
According to the last census 78 percent of Canadian homes had radios.
Cadet Captain Grace McNeill Leads Dominion Band Tour
Capt Grace McNeill of Hamilton Ontario named officer commanding the C W A C Pipe and Military Bands. She will lead the bands on an eight month Dominion tour, beginning in the Maritimes.
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Andi
Grace McNeill
Hamilton
Dominion Tour appoints Capt Grace McNeill CWAC band commander
National Defence Headquarters named Capt Grace McNeill of Hamilton Ontario as officer commanding the Canadian Women's Army Corps Pipe and Military Bands. Recent ATS overseas course returnee, she joins the CWAC bands in St John New Brunswick for an eight month Dominion tour after early service at Macdonald College and Kitchener training centre.
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Grace McNeill
Hamilton
Ont
Canadian Women's Army Corps
National Defence Headquarters
A.T.S
McNeill
Ottawa
C.w.ac
St. John
N.B
Dominion
Cw.a.c
Macdonald College
Que
Britain
C.W.A.C
Kitchener
Jokes and Exchanges From a Busy Corner
A string of quick wits and conversations unfolds from hotel chaos to flirtations and misunderstandings. Banters touch love duty and neighborly ties with punchlines about umbrellas and a dachshund.
Garden Notes On Guard In The Small Vegetable Patch
The article urges constant vigilance against pests such as sparrows cut worms and grubs in lettuce tomatoes carrots and beets. It suggests scarecrows wire netting paper collars and safe dusts plus thorough cultivation and careful seed spacing to reduce thinning later. It also promotes two for one planting by alternating rows of early small crops with larger later varieties to maximize output.
Canadian journalism award proposal at board meeting
Dora Dibney of Regina, national president of the Canadian Women's Press Club, proposed a $1000 annual journalism award at the Canadian Daily Newspaper Association meeting. The prize would be open to Canadian residents and limit entries to journalism, news coverage, editorials, or articles in Canada’s daily, weekly, or monthly press.
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Canadian Daily Newspaper Association Board
Dora Dibney
Regina
Canadian Women's Press Club
Canada
Portland Man Seeks Priority for Gas Stove Purchase
A Portland resident writes the O P A requesting priority to buy a gas stove explaining his wife is ill and cannot bring in wood. Separate note states scientific tests show near constant temperatures seven miles above Earth.
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Portland
Oregon
O.P.A
Man Without Permit barred from tires for a year
James I. Simpson of Toronto, chair man of the rubber advisory committee, said in Calgary that a man with no special permit will not be able to obtain tires for at least twelve months. Simpson is president and GM of Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Company and president of the Rubber Association of Canada.
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James I. Simpson
Toronto
Rubber Advisory Committee
Calgary
Mr. Simpson
Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Company, Ltd
Rubber Association of Canada
Gems of Thought on Nature and Knowledge
A collection of quoted lines on nature and wisdom from Humboldt Blake Shakespeare Eddy and Cowper. It reflects on nature as Infinite Power, the value of quiet observation, and the idea that understanding comes from recognizing a guiding lawgiver beyond natural rules.
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W. Humboldt
London war factory worker with African Star ribbon
Mrs L B Dunster honored for wartime service in the Merchant Navy. She was under fire at Dunkirk evacuation, witnessed Jervis Bay in action, and was present when the San Demetrio was struck by shells.
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London
L. B. Dunster
Dunkirk
Jervis Bay
San Demetrio
China could keep Canada busy with modest living standard rise
Gen Morrice A T warns in Toronto that China’s postwar rise in living standards by 10 percent could occupy Canada. He notes a shift from 10 to 11 bowls of rice weekly as emblem. The remark follows a discussion of wartime production records and military logistics.
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Morrice A.two Gun Cohen
Sun Yat Sen
Chiang Kai-shek
Toronto
China
Canada
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