Midwinter cold wave grips Canada with rising illnesses
Health authorities report widespread respiratory infections across major cities including Edmonton Ottawa and Montreal. Measles and diphtheria cause concerns as hospitals limit visits and immunization programs target 35000 schoolchildren in Vancouver.
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Canada
Edmonton
M. R. Bow
Alberta
Pacific Coast
Ottawa
Sherbrooke
Que
Regina
Montreal
Toronto
Calgary
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Stewart Murray
Island Without Snakes Anticosti a Snake Free Island
A Mississippi River style description notes Anticosti in Canada as a large, rocky forested island off the St Lawrence River mouth. It spans over 120 miles by 30 plus, larger than Delaware, largely uninhabited, once owned by Henri Menier, now by a pulp mill firm, and has no reptiles or amphibians including frogs and toads. An attempted introduction of frogs failed due to black ducks eating the tadpoles.
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Ireland
Anticosti
Canada
St. Lawrence River
Delaware
Henri Menier
France
St. Lawrence
Menier
IN HALF CENTURY Progress reshapes sound and travel through radio and air
Men over 50 recall skeptics’ doubt about the phonograph and early talking devices while noting the rapid evolution from wired voice to radio and from balloons to air travel, illustrating bold changes in technology and transportation.
Atomic history and Roman silver mirrors
In 1919 humanity split the atom and in 1929 built giant particle accelerators, culminating in 1939 with uranium 235 fission. The piece also notes that many wealthy Romans possessed solid silver mirrors reflecting their era's wealth and taste.
Paris Clad in Clogs Reveals War Hit Fashion
A writer portrays Paris in clogs due to leather shortages, noting clack of wooden shoes on crowded streets and shop windows that once sparkled now appear drab. He observes war weariness, but cites France’s hope and resolve to recover and regain its place in the sun.
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Paris
France
Booby trap quiz urges home safety vigilance
The Greater New York Safety Council circulated a home safety questionnaire to families with school age children. It asks about loading loads, medicine labels, wet electrical handling, washing machine releases, lighting in halls, trip hazards, secure handholds in tubs and showers, and window safety to prevent falls. It notes the wide interest in safety, then abruptly shifts to a zoological curious fact about monkeys and apes attracting crowds.
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Greater New York Safety Council
London spearheaded by Romans as capital of empire
The article rejects a pre Roman Celtic city, arguing Roman founding in AD 43 made London a gateway to the sea. It notes Romans often adopted native names and cites the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments dating back two decades. It concludes London grew rapidly into a major city, likened to Kansas and Nebraska in modern expansion.
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London
Llyn Din
Lakefort
Londinium
A. G. Tansley
St. Paul's Cathedral
Kansas
Nebraska
Rome
RAF Bison and Lion squadrons move personnel from Italy to England
Aircrews based in Leeming Yorkshire fly 20 men per mission as part of a war time escape scheme code named dodge. Since September the flights have transported over 1000 personnel with no crashes or losses. Pilots require substantial flying hours and Lancaster experience for these missions.
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R.C.A.F. Bison
Lion
Leeming
Yorkshire
Italy
Air Force
England
Wartime Food Drops in Axis-Occupied Regions Cited
The report notes sharp declines in wartime food production in occupied Soviet Russia, China, and the Dutch East Indies, highlighting strain on local supplies.
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Soviet Russia
China
Dutch East Indies
Pull Together Canada Release Promotes Individual Economic Responsibility
A Canada wide appeal asks citizens to restrain spending as controls ease. It argues inflation and postwar demand require disciplined use of purchasing power, and that success depends on public restraint, honest measures, and patriotism guiding budgets and consumption. The message cites Donald Gordon on reconversion and urges collective effort to build confidence and national security.
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Canada
Ome
Dad
Jimmy
Donald Gordon
War Time Prices and Trade Board
Ontario milk demand rise linked to butter shortage
The Ontario Depart ment of Agriculture cites higher fluid milk sales as a key cause of butter shortages. October 1945 saw over 1,250,000 quarts of milk sold daily, up from 650,000 in 1939, prompting calls for more cows to boost butter production.
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Ontario Department of Agriculture
Ontario
Kingston
India Leads World in Milk-Producing Animals
Found in India one third of the world’s milk producing stock, about 219 million animals. Average daily milk from a milking animal is roughly two pounds, while top government farm herds average 600 gallons per year per animal.
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India
Red Peppers Used by American Indians Over a Thousand Years Ago
The article notes red peppers used in salads and pickles by American Indians dating back more than 1,000 years, highlighting early culinary use and cultivation by Indigenous communities.
All Work Together Biggest Farmer In England Has Three Sons Who Are Specialists
Billy Parker the biggest farmer in England and his three sons Billy Jr Jim and Eric own and farm extensive tracts in Norfolk Lincolnshire Leicester and Northampton Each son specializes with Eric flax Jim barley and light land farming Billy Jr bullocks Parker travels 600 to 700 miles weekly overseeing farms and industries including three butcher shops a large limeworks forestry interests and major flax and dehydration plants supporting a vast family farming enterprise across multiple counties.
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England
Leicester
King’s
Sandringham
Norfolk
Lincolnshire
Northampton
Billy Parker
Billy Jr
Jim
Eric
J. Wentworth Day
Britain
London Writers Homes Endured Bombs Across City Shrines
The Manchester Guardian notes many London houses tied to great writers and artists survived or were damaged in the war. Johnson’s Gough Square home was bombed lightly and awaits repair. Dickens’s Doughty Street site is closed until further notice. Carlyle’s Cheyne Row is safe but not reopened. Rossetti’s Queen’s House remains. Thackeray’s residences survived. Goldsmith’s Wine Office Court lodge was destroyed. Lamb’s Temple birthplace is dust and ashes. Four is unlucky in parts of the Far East.
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Keats
Hampstead
London
Manchester Guardian
Dr. Johnson
Gough Square
National Fire Service
Doughty Street
Dickens
Gadshill
Kent
Carlyle
Cheyne Row
Chelsea
Queen's House
Cheyne Walk
Rossetti
Whistler
White House
Lindsay House
Thackeray
Young Street
Kensington
Kensington Palace Gardens
Wine Office Court
Fleet Street
Goldsmith
Lamb
Temple
Law
Research Produces Starch From Wheat Across Range of Products
Investigations into new wheat uses yield a spectrum of chemical products valued far beyond wheat. Wheat starch may replace cornstarch. anti freeze solutions and wheat syrup are studied. A simple gluten starch separation yields high purity starch. Wartime starch demand spurred a British Columbia plant to 100 tons of glucose monthly. Additional work explores glutamic acid for flavors and converting residues into furfural derivatives.
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National Research Council
British Columbia
Empire Solidarity Urged By Yorkshire Post Editorial
The Yorkshire Post urges stronger Empire solidarity and closer Dominion ties with Britain. It argues genuine friendship requires reciprocity and criticizes isolationist attitudes in Canada while praising shared Imperial virtues and the need to tighten the Empire’s bonds amid a volatile wartime context.
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Britain
Yorkshire Post
United Kingdom
Dominions
the Post
Canada
Middle West
United States
Atlantic
Maritimes
Rewards for Merit on Safer Highways Hinted
The Kingston Whig Standard suggests beyond penalties and safer highways, a merit reward system for drivers might reduce heavy casualty lists. The piece argues driver behavior remains the key factor and calls seriously to consider incentives to promote safer driving.
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Kingston Whig-Standard
Crystalline Snowflakes Reflect Light Creating White Appearance
Snowflakes are transparent yet their crystal structure reflects light in many directions, making them appear white to the eye. The scattering of light from countless facets gives a bright, white look despite the material’s transparency.
The Thorn of a Rose Hardened Hair
A fragmentary line suggests a poetic image of a rose's thorn as a hardened hair. The brief text presents no clear event or factual report to anchor a fuller summary.
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San Francisco Chronicle
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B.C
Jeanne Demers
Hollywood
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