Orr Retires From FAO Role Amid Market Uncertainty
The retiring Ford and Agriculture Organization director Sir John Boyd Orr forecasts no rise in world food production beyond global demand for healthy nutrition. The prominent British farmer scientist and nutritionist, recently elected to Parliament for the Scottish Universities, stands as a leading authority on food and health.
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John Boyd Orr
Ford and Agriculture Organization of
United Nations
Out
House of Commons
Sir John Boyd Orr and his FAO work highlighted
Sir John Boyd Orr, 64, left Scotland two years ago to head the Food and Agriculture Organization in Washington. He became familiar with Canadian agricultural problems and was well known to many Canadians. At FAO he stressed raising nutrition standards and the need for international cooperation in food production, distribution, and consumption.
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Scotland
Sir John Boyd Orr
Washington
Food and Agriculture Organization
Canada
FAO
John
Might Avert Future Wars And Nutrition Knowledge
Sir John Boyd Orr argues that nourishing the hungry and educating people about nutrition could prevent future wars. He stresses FAO must ensure food reaches those in need and that adequate, healthful nutrition is available everywhere despite economic barriers.
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F.A.O
John Boyd Orr
Gems of Thought Adversity Quotes in 19th Century Tone
A collection of philosophical reflections on adversity from Johnson Seneca Carlyle H More E H Chapin and Mary Baker Eddy. The sayings praise self awareness through hardship and the strengthening power of trials for faith and character.
Princess Elizabeth gift bowls from Broadlands yew
Percy Dean carved from estate yew at Broadlands and crafted two hand turned bowls and a sandwich tray as a souvenir for Princess Elizabeth during her honeymoon period at the house in Hampshire England.
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Romsey
Hampshire
England
Broadlands
Percy Dean
Princess Elizabeth
Extreme Tibetan Temperatures Record Day Fluctuations
Weather notes show Tibet experiencing extreme temperature swings as mercury peaks around 110 degrees at midday and falls to about 30 degrees by night. This broad range highlights severe daily temperature variation across several places.
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Tibet
Forecast for 1948 by Hal Boyle in playful notes
Hal Boyle predicts a strange 1948 with higher prices and odd, humorous images. A bone‑thick steak, Leap Year proposals, open stadiums, Santa Claus buying a car, rattlesnake in a car, an eyebrow comb gift to John L. Lewis, and bears having more fun than people as they hibernate.
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American Mueum of Natural History
Santa Claus
Henry Ford
National Association of Manufacturers
John L. Lewis
George Bernard Shaw
Wit and Whimsy in a Gentle Satire of Everyday Grifters
A collection of light humorous vignettes and quips. Jests about money tight times, misdelivered goods, romantic miscommunications, and cheeky barbs at manners. Characters include Mrs Andrews, a butcher, Mary, Mrs Smythe, and a playful padre.
Australian girls sell dollar love notes for profit
A Daily Mirror dispatch from Brisbane reports banks are buying more dollar bills bearing messages from US servicemen. Girls holding the notes cash in at six shillings twopence each, while some sell on the black market for nearly double, turning war time romance into profit.
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Sydney
Daily Mirror
Brisbane
United States
Business Failures Rise in Canada for Q3 1947
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 136 business failures in the third quarter of 1947, up from 64 in the same period last year and the highest since 1942. Earlier 1942, 173. 1940, 256. 1939, 343.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Winnipeg man to join staff of Gen. Odlum
Ottawa reports Colonel John F. Bingham of Winnipeg has been appointed Canadian military attache at the Canadian embassy in Turkey and will join General Victor Odlum on the staff. Since 1946 he has led the army cadets as director. Meerschaum pipe material is mainly mined in Asia Minor.
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Ottawa
John F. Bingham
Winnipeg
Turkey
Victor Odlum
Bingham
Army Cadets
Welfare workers uncover cash in coat sleeve during aid effort
In New Haven, Connecticut, welfare workers relocating a 62 year old destitute woman from a squalid apartment found 1200 dollars hidden in the sleeve of a ragged coat from a closet used to clothe her.
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New Haven
Conn
Exhibition Opens at Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Viscount Alexander governor general of Canada opened the 68th annual Royal Canadian Academy of Arts exhibition presenting 189 oils and water color paintings in Quebec city.
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Quebec
Viscount Alexander
Canada
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Princess Elizabeth thanks Canada for wedding gifts
Prime Minister Mackenzie King read a letter from Princess Elizabeth to the House of Commons expressing gratitude for wedding presents from Canada. She praises the silver collection and mink coat and looks forward to visiting Canada with the Duke of Edinburgh to thank its people in person.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Elizabeth
Canada
Duke of Edinburgh
Alberta session set to open February 12
Premier Manning announced February 12 as a tentative opening date for the fifth session of the Alberta legislature. He declined to comment on whether it would be the last session amid unofficial forecasts of a 1948 provincial election. The text also notes the history of Greece beginning in 776 B.C.
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Edmonton
E. Manning
Alberta
Many French Anxious To Live In Canada
Paris reports postwar unrest pushing French citizens to seek emigration to North or South America. The Canadian embassy in Paris handles over 300 inquiries daily, with many listing home loss or fear of European events as reasons. barriers include transport, employment rules, health standards, and currency limits, while Quebec remains a favored destination due to language.
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Paris
North
South America
France
Europe
Atlantic
Canada
A. J. Desjardins
Ottawa
Montreal
Canadian Immigration Service
Quebec
Washing machines production rises in Ottawa notes
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a surge in washing machine output with 21,701 units produced in October, 22,352 in September, and 11,433 in October 1946. For the first ten months of 1947 total production reached 173,727 units, up from 9,404 in 1946.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
London Royal Wedding Photo Exhibition At Dorland Hall
London's largest royal wedding display features over 100 specially selected photographs many life size. Norman Hartnell's original dress sketches are shown. Proceeds benefit the Soldiers Sailors Airmen's Families Association.
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London
Dorland Hall
Norman Hartnell
Soldiers’, Sailors’, Airmen's Families Association
United States Demand Boosts South African Diamonds
Johannesburg jewellers report rising U S demand for South African diamonds. A parcel valued at £10 000 ($40 000) was bound for the United States, with much larger deals in progress.
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Johannesburg
United States
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