Canadian scientists outline 1945 NRC advances in aviation radar and chemistry
The National Research Council reports 1945 work including atomic energy pilot plant plans at Chalk River Ontario, a 47 foot wing span tailless aircraft for wind tunnel testing, radar distance indicators, and wind tunnel facilities. It notes anti freeze from wheat and improved food preservation, heating by radiant floors, and peacetime civilian use of wartime research. The Ottawa citizen adds a note that lithium is extremely soft.
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National Research Council
Chalk River
Ont
Ottawa
Council
Canada
Council Laboratories
Applied Chemical Research
Allied Biology
United Kingdom
United States
Ottawa Citizen
Battle For Peace 1LO.D.E. Sends Comforts To Europe
Mrs. Ryland H. New, national president of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, announces the Post War Service Programme to operate from January 16 1946. The program provides civilian relief including Polish relief, seamen support, and hospitality services for convalescents and service personnel as Europe lies in ruins and Britain faces shortages. The IO D of E urges Canadian women to knit and sew to supply ready-made clothing and comforts, stressing the need to prevent a failed peace by aiding those in destitution.
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Europe
Britain
Canada
North American
Eisenhower
America
British Empire
Cotton in Indian texts and Greek references ancient
The piece notes cotton as the oldest commercially important product in sub tropical climates with early Indian mentions over 800 years before Christ. It cites Herodotus as the first European to reference cotton, describing a tree in India bearing wool akin to sheep’s fleece.
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Herodotus
India
Malaya Paper Continues Arabian Nights Serial
A Malaya newspaper has run a serialized adaptation of the Arabian Nights for over a decade, maintaining a regular installment schedule and drawing steady reader interest.
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Malaya
Canada Population Growth Cited By Dominion Bureau of Statistics
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes Canada’s population at 12,119,000, up 613,000 since 1941. The piece compares Canada’s land area and density with India Belgium China Britain and Australia, arguing for moderation and a focus on high living standards and leadership. It cites Queen Victoria’s long reign and life.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Australia
India
Belgium
Europe
China
Great Britain
Britain
St. Catharines
Bell shows car telephones and in-vehicle radio systems
The St Thomas Times Journal explains Bell Telephone’s new car telephones and highway radio links. The system connects Chicago to St Louis New York to Buffalo and New York to Boston enabling calls from moving vehicles via mobile service operators and radio transmitters with audible and visual signals.
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Bell Telephone Company
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Buffalo
Boston
St. Thomas Times-Journal
New loom allows in-home weaving without shuttle
A United Kingdom firm develops a shuttleless loom that lays the weft across the warp by a carrier moved by a spring device. The head of the firm envisions home weaving revival as the loom fits a spare room and runs quietly. One skilled worker and an assistant could manage 24 looms.
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United Kingdom
Fresh Alfalfa Seed Outlook for Canada in 1946
Canadian alfalfa seed production in 1945 covers domestic needs with only limited export supplies. High demand from the United States and Northern Europe means 1946 exports may fall short of global demand. Leeds Administrator expects a strong export market ahead. The article notes that platinum derives from platina, the Spanish term for silver.
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Canada
United States
Leeds
The Farmer in Japan Faces Many Difficulties to Live
The article notes Japan’s hilly terrain and limited plains, with soils low in nitrogen requiring careful, intensive cultivation. Despite small farms averaging 2.7 acres, farmers achieve large crops, but agricultural income rarely covers household expenses. Non agricultural earnings compose 23 to 31 percent of total income, and tenancy limits profits unless farms exceed about 4.5 acres.
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Japan
Armer
Japanese Bureau of Statistics
Secret pool experiments forged underwater war weapons
A country mansion pool in southern England hosted covert work by Admiralty scientists and engineers. They developed midget submarine charges, RAF depth charges, and canal breach mines later used to attack and damage Germany’s Tirpitz and Dortmund Ems Canal, per the newspaper Britain.
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England
R.A.F. Coastal Command
Dortmund-Ems Canal
Admiralty
Britain
Selected Soup and Chowder Recipes for Cold Evenings
A compact guide describes making meat and vegetable soups and chowders using saved bones, pork fat, onions, flour, milk, and vegetables. Includes a vegetable chowder and a fish chowder with step by step instructions and a brown rice cereal serving idea.
Great Western Railway to Open Automat Buffet Cars
The Great Western Railway announced plans in London to debut automat buffet cars believed to be the first of their kind. Passengers insert six pence or shillings to obtain sandwiches ice cream soft drinks stamps and other supplies from the automats.
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Great Western Railway
London
Lasting Beauty Peacock Embroidery for Linen Heirlooms
Embroidery pattern 7087 offers a 14 by 17 inch motif transfer and two 54 inch motifs for bedspreads. Send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man. Include name and address. Weather is recorded by bird and insect movements.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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Sir Bernard Montgomery
Tank Corps
Berlin
Alice Brooks
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