Plan To Utilize Farm Products In Industries
Ottawa reports two agricultural scientists told the House of Commons reconstruction committee that farmer cooperatives supplying local plants with raw materials could spur rural industry in Canada. They discussed alcohol production from surplus crops and straw, costs of materials, and near-term uses for straw such as insulation and fuel, urging regional research tied to prairie universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons Reconstruction Committee
W. H. Cook
Applier Biology
National Research Council
W. D McFarlane
Macdonald College
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Quc
Dr. McFarlane
Excise Department
A. S. MacMillan
Nova Scotia
J. B. McNair
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Alberta
Cook
McFarlane
Western
Prairie Provinces
Empire Council Urged For Canada’s Security Policy
J. G. Diefenbaker urged forming an Empire council to handle defence shipping aviation migration and social security issues. He called for a unitary empire foreign policy with fuller cooperation with Great Britain and a future relation with the United States. The policy priorities include waging war to a swift end mobilizing the United Nations for peace and maintaining aviation leadership for the Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
J. G. Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Sask
Canada
Great Britain
United States of America
United Nations
United Empire
Governor General Confers Awards At Ottawa Investiture
Capt. Charles M. Schwerdt CVO R N commanding officer East Coast base receives CBE military in Ottawa ceremony. Rear Admiral George C Jones RC N Ottawa vice chief of naval staff also awarded CBE military. Major General J C Murchie vice chief general staff named in recap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Charles M. Schwerdt
C.V.O
R.N
C.B.E
Schwerdt
George C. Jones
Rc.n
Ont
William Henry Pferringer Elkins, C.B, Dso
Atlantic Command
Churchill Acknowledges Mark Twain Medal Award
In a letter to Cyril Clemens president of the Mark Twain society and Winston Churchill accepts the society's annual gold medal for literary achievement. The medal honors the prime minister's oratorical eloquence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain Society
Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Special services sections to aid disabled war workers
Ottawa announces new special services sections to place physically handicapped workers. Experts will be appointed in Moncton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg and Vancouver to operate these offices as part of selective service and employment efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Mitchell
Moncton
N.B
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Powerful fuel touted by Imperial Oil in Dartmouth
Imperial OilLimited in Dartmouth Nova Scotia is producing a new super fuel called Triplane at about one dollar per gallon Charles Scrymgeour general superintendent says the blend with high octane aviation gasoline yields remarkable extra power and no engine is yet designed to use it at full strength
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmouth
N.S
Imperial Oil, Limited
Charles Scrymgeour
Scrymgeour
Big Three outline four point plan to force Japan back
Churchill Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-Shek finalize a wartime agreement to drive Japan to the home islands. The plan demands Japan disgorge Pacific islands seized since 1914, restore Manchuria Formosa and other disputed territories, free Korea in due course, and relinquish all other conquered lands. The blueprint covers Philippines Wake Guam Hong Kong Malaya Burma and Dutch and French colonies, ending with a note that island hopping was thoroughly discussed.
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Japan
Pacific
Germany
Marshall
Caroline
Mariana
United States
Manchuria
Formosa
Pescadores
China
Korea
Philippines
Wake
Guam
Hong Kong
Malaya
Burma
Islands
Netherlands East Indies
Pearl Harbor
South Pacific
MacArthur
Ancient Egyptians used funeral wreaths early in history
Researchers note that funerary wreaths were in use by Egyptians around 1200 B.C., indicating established burial customs and symbolic adornment for the deceased. The find sheds light on early ritual practices and material culture in ancient Egypt.
Junker Germans await moment for government coup
London reports say an old line Junker group, opposed to Hitler, plans a move if peace terms arise from a Churchill Roosevelt Stalin meeting. Informal armistice proposals were rejected by the Allies as unofficial and not acceptable under the UN surrender condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
United Nations
A Negotiated Peace Is Hope Of The Enemy
London reports say the fascist republic in control parts of Italy orders confiscation of Jewish art, with registration by December 5 or confiscation without compensation. In Canada, Martin MacDonald argues German hopes for a negotiated peace failed, citing U boat defeats, diplomacy, and withdrawals as reasons for renewed Allied strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Rome
Italy
Vancouver
Martin MacDonald
United Kingdom
Canada
Russia
Canavan Club
MacDonald
Britain
North Africa
Europe
America
Germany
Mac Donald
Moscow
Research facilities to expand in western Canada
Federal minister James A. MacKinnon announced plans to extend research facilities in western Canada for intensified study of industrial uses of agricultural crops. A western unit of the National Research Council is to be set up at a prairie university center once equipment and staff are available, with appropriations being arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Canada
James A. MacKinnon
Trade and Commerce
National Research Council
Saskatoon
Prairie Provinces
Mr. MacKinnon
Steel In Lawn Mower Could Make 100 Pound Bomb
A statement notes that the steel from an average-sized lawn mower is sufficient to craft a 100 pound explosive device. The remark appears in safety or defense discussions about improvised weapons and materials handling.
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Empire Council
Naval Staff
J. C. Murchie
Eric Brand
Ottawa, Ont
O.B.E
Military
Robert Leckie, CB
Ds.o
Dso
Air Staff
Order of the Bath
C. R. Lockhart
Sussex
Guardiaregia
Cairo
Chiang Kai-Shek
H. R. Alley
Veterans Guard of Canada
Sia
England
I’hoto
Canadian Postal Corps
Pte
A. C. West
Newmarket
Sgt. G. Beecroft
B.C
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