Perennial Wheat claimed by Russian scientist Tsitsin
A Russian scientist, Prof. N V Tsitsin, reports developing a perennial wheat that resews itself for at least two years. His work followed twenty years of crossbreeding wild perennials with wheat, yielding a gluten content of 60 percent and bread of good flavor. Experiments in the United States, including seeds sent to several universities, show promise though hybrids start sterile before bred back to wheat.
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N. V. Tsitsin
Tsitsin
Russia
Niels E. Hansen
South Dakota State College
Brookings
Minnesota
Indiana
Texas
America
Shrine at Westminster Abbey Honors 60 000 Civilians Killed in War
The New York Sun notes a carved oak shrine in St George chapel Westminster Abbey housing four books naming 60,000 civilians killed by bombs in Britain during the war. The piece urges that the memorial underscored the need for peace and warns of future destruction by atomic weapons if no better path is found.
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St. George
Westminster Abbey
Charles Peers
Britain
London
British Isles
New York Sun
Passing of an era in home costs at Fort William
The Fort William Times Journal notes the shift from a few hundred dollar grey home to a modern stucco house around 5000 dollars. The change marks a new era in homeseeker expectations under current circumstances. The piece ends with an odd line about ringing a doorbell via electric fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort William
Nuernberg Trials Set Global Moral Standard for Responsibility
In Liberty Magazine the piece argues the Nuernberg conclusions redefine personal and collective accountability. It cites Sir Hartley Shawcross and asserts that those who enabled Hitler bear moral and legal responsibility, not just direct orders, reshaping international and national ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuernberg
Hartley Shawcross
Goering
Hitler
Germany
Pilate
Liberty Magazine
Eight White families live along Halwill Main Street
In Halwill Devonshire eight White families reside close together. Among them are the postmaster district councillor a milk retailer and a village confectioner. The text notes English inheritance taxes take a large share of a deceased man's fortune with heirs receiving only part of the estate.
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Halwill
Devonshire
England
White
Butter And Cheese Shortages Amid Strengthening Milk Demand
Canadian milk production has fallen since October while consumption rose, pressing butter and cheese output. D. M. Beattie of the Federal Agriculture Department told the Manitoba Dairy Association that returning service personnel and higher family allowances likely boosted milk and butter use. Seasonal cheese curtailment freed milk for fluid use, keeping distribution mostly steady except in parts of Western Canada. Beattie noted low stocks hint at a late fall winter production drop, with cheese production in 1944 up about 42.6 percent from 1939 and 1945 cheddar output exceeding the objective by about 5 million pounds.
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D. M. Beattie
Federal Agriculture Department
Winnipeg
Manitoba Dairy Association
Beattie
Canada
Agriculture Department
When Trees Ripen They Should Be Harvested
A Port Arthur News-Chronicle note urges harvesting ripened trees and planning replacements to avoid waste from rot fires or spruce budworm. It compares forest resources to grain and warns against poor economics from leaving mature trees unharvested. A separate line notes gasoline's power relative to dynamite.
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Port Arthur News-Chronicle
Flight of P-80 cross country signals jet age shift
The New York Times notes an Army Lockheed P-80 jet crossing California to New York in 4 hours 13 minutes at an average 584 mph with bursts at 660 mph. Col Council predicts such flights will become everyday within two years and the jet may either supplant propeller planes or be surpassed by rockets, transforming life and thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
California
New York
Col. W. H. Council
Gifts From Denmark Reach British Servicemen
One hundred thousand homes of British servicemen receive parcels of butter bacon and cheese from Denmark in gratitude for the liberation of Denmark.
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Denmark
Unusual Frigid-Dough Bakery Delivers Ovenless Frozen Goods
E Gordon Male runs America's only ovenless bakery in Oak Park near Chicago. His Frigid-Dough system freezes pies cakes rolls and biscuits for home finishing, allowing housewives to bake oven fresh from frozen or refrigerated deposits. The concept aims to save time and eliminate early morning baking, with products in 200 stores nationwide.
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New York
E. Gordon Male
America
Mr. Male
Oak Park
Chicago
Male
Shooting at the Moon Proves a Scientific Breakthrough
Scientists from Belmar New Jersey used a 111.6 megacycle radio beam to contact the Moon. After 24 seconds an oscilloscope trace confirmed radar contact, proving radio waves can pass the ionosphere and opening potential for lunar study and earth controlled space vessels.
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Belmar
New Jersey
Earth
Moon
New York
British Textiles On Show Exhibition Opens in London
An exhibition of British textiles highlighting modern design and production opened in London. Sir Stafford Cripps inaugurated the show which travels England under Arts Council auspices. Fabrics span bold West African inspired patterns to designs by Gra ham Sutherland and Henry Moore. Key items include Irish linens and furnishing materials such as quilted satin rayons and curtaining for small houses.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
British Institute of Adult Education
England
Arts Council of Great Britain
West Africa
Graham Sutherland
Henry Moore
Ireland
Radar forecasts storms using short wave radar
Meteorologists can now predict storms over 100 miles away with radar, which shows precipitation patterns for rain snow ice or hail. Simple measurements reveal size speed and direction of precipitation and wind aloft, aiding airport forecasting and hourly weather updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Halls Of London Losses From War Bombs Deplete Livery Halls
London Times reports extensive wartime damage to the London Livery Companies halls. Of 36 halls, at least 20 destroyed or unusable, including the Mercers and Merchant Taylors, with losses tracing to the December 1940 fire and earlier great fires.
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London Livery Companies
Mercers
Whittington
Merchant Taylors
London
London Times
Ontario Announces Expanded Reforestation Plan
The Ontario department of lands and forests introduces a broader reforestation policy. The division has planted over 500 million trees since 1905, with 50 000 acres reforested in the province and 9 000 acres in Norfolk county. A new forestry station is being organized at Kemptville to serve Eastern Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Edmund J. Levitz
Division of
Ontario
St. Williams
Norfolk County
Province
Kemptville
Deposed Maharajah Gulab Singh Bahadur of Rewa Removed
Viscount Wavell has deposed Gulab Singh Bahadur ruler of Rewa state in central India after an inquiry into 1942 charges. His heir apparent Sir Yuvraj Maharajah Kumar Mart Singh Saheb is named successor to rule over 13,600 square miles and 1,500,000 people under British oversight.
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Gulab Singh Bahadur
Maharajah
Rewa
Viscount Wavell
India
Sir Yuvraj Maharajah Kumar Mart and
Singh Saheb
Sir Gulab
British Electric Microscope Showcases Nuclear-Scale Clarity
The first British manufactured electron microscope, capable of revealing objects as small as 1 906 000th of an inch, was displayed in London at the 30th exhibition of Scientific Instruments and Apparatus. It stands nine feet high and houses 53 radio tubes, dry condensers, transformers, and an elaborate switch system.
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London
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Country Book Magazine
Supreme Court OF Ontario
Dalton Wells
Prices and Trade Board
Susan
Caroline
Nuernberg Trials
White Street
Talburt
New York World-Telegram
Arts Council
Halls of London
Wavell
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