West Farmers Hit Records In Wheat Crops
Canadian farmers produced 420.7 million bushels in 1946, eighth highest on record, with a bumper crop valued at about 489.0 million dollars. Output compared with long-term averages and 1945, with Britain and other buyers shaping the outside market while a large carryover limited domestic supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ite
Canada
Britain
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Prairie
Experts Predict Atomic Energy Within a Decade
United Nations economic experts say atomic energy will not threaten jobs or power supplies for at least 10 years. They expect no immediate industrial revolution, with pilot plants not starting until next year and coal remains cheaper given current knowledge.
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Lake Success
N.Y
United Nations
United States
UN Economic and Employment Commission
Isador Lubin
U.S
America
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Lubin
Oak Ridge Laboratories
Aquitania Returns Veterans to Canada on Retirement Voyage
The troopship Aquitania brings the last major load of veterans back to Canada. Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton first raised the army flag aboard her in 1939. Maj.-Gen. Harry Foster honors include a bronze plaque for wartime service. The ship carried over 100,000 Canadians and will make five more trips before being scrapped.
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Halifax
Canada
A. G. L. McNaughton
Harry Foster
Atlantic Command
Foster
Pony Express Fails as Telegraph Ends Rival Venture
The famed 1860 Denver Pony Express failed financially after 16 months as the overland telegraph invented later proved superior. The operation with 500 horses and 200 riders could not compete and went broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Pony Express
Express
Always Need Horses in Saskatchewan Farms
Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister J. C. Nollet told the annual meeting of the Saskatchewan Horse Breeders Association that a job for horses would persist on farms where motor power is not economical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
J. C. Nollet
Saskatchewan Horse Breeders’ Association
Price Boosts for Minerals in Canada Raise Metal Ceilings
The prices board in Ottawa announces large increases in ceiling prices for copper, lead, and zinc to reflect higher production costs and reduced export quotas. Copper climbs to 61.625 cents per pound, lead to 10.63 cents, and zinc to 10.25 cents for grade A electrolytic. scrap prices rise proportionally. Antimony rises to 29 cents per pound due to subsidy cuts and continued imports.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Canada
Perambulating Pigeon Trains in Vancouver Kitchen
The story follows Cheekie Girl, a two year old pigeon owned by Mrs. Louise Hodgson who never learned to fly. Found as a month-old squab in 1944, Cheekie Girl attempted a brief flight before tumbling to the ground. Now she wanders Hodgson's kitchen and sleeps in a cushioned box near the stove.
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Vancouver
Cheekie Girl
Smuts Says South Africa Won’t Accept Trusteeship Plan
Capetown Prime Minister Smuts told the house South Africa will not submit the draft trusteeship agreement for Southwest Africa. The former German territory will stay under Union laws as it has since 1920, amid Indian opposition in the UN. An Indian resolution backed trusteeship by a 17 to 15 vote.
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Capetown
Smuts
South Africa
House of Assembly
Southwest Africa
United Nations
League of Nations
UN General Assembly
Union
Gordon explains new shoe prices in Ottawa
Ottawa prices board chairman Donald Gordon says 11 percent rise for men and 9 percent for women shoes apply only to new stock from manufacturers. Retailers base ceilings on either the manufacturer's price or a basic period price, whichever is lower. The order covers boots and shoes received after January 20.
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Ottawa
Donald Gordon
Prices Board
Gordon
Britain Urges Workers to Speed Up Production
The government calls on Britain's 20 million workers to shoulder the burden of industrial speedup as the only path to economic salvation. Prime Minister Attlee presents a peacetime version of Churchill’s war cry in a white paper warning of three dangers: inflation at home, a huge export shortfall, and a grave manpower shortage with no relief soon.
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London
Britain
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Hitler’s Successor to Adolf Hitler Sentenced in Stuttgart
Sigfried Kabus, a 23 year old self-proclaimed successor to Hitler, was condemned to death by hanging by a five man military government court in Stuttgart for perpetuating Nazi ideology.
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Frankfurt
Sigfied Kabus
Adolf Hitler
Stuttgart
Freezing Toll in Hamburg Fifty Days of Cold Snap
Official British figures report 32 deaths from freezing in Hamburg between January 1 and January 17 with 124 frostbitten treated in hospitals. The frigid period underscores severe winter conditions across the city and region.
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Hamburg
Germany
Church ministers live in church housing in Arlington NJ
Two pastors Rev. Frank Microp and Rev. William Restrick and families occupy apartments built within their churches due to housing shortages. Microp and family reside at Oakwood Avenue Baptist Church while Restrick and family live at the Church of the Nazarene, both in Arlington. Lord Louis Mountbatten is noted as the great grandson of Queen Victoria.
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Arlington
N.J
Frank Microp
Oakwood Avenue Baptist Church
William Restrick
Church of the Nazarene
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Queen Victoria
Exports Of Dairy Produce Blamed For Shortages
The National Dairy Council of Canada told President Robert C. Smellie that butter and dairy shortages result from large exports to the United Kingdom rather than a lack of Canadian production. He warned milk output has become a national problem and urged measures to boost domestic production while noting heavy export trade challenges and continuing six ounce butter rations and usage restrictions.
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Winnipeg
National Dairy Council of Canada
Robert C. Smellie
United Kingdom
Canada
Smellie
Marshall Declines Political Ambition Amid Secretary of State oath
Gen. George C. Marshall, sworn in as secretary of state, explicitly refused any political draft for president and stated the post is non-political. He noted his place in the presidential line of succession as secretary of state, given the absence of a vice president. The ceremony was attended by President Truman, James Byrnes, and senior officials.
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James F. Byrnes
Centre
U.S
George C. Marshall
Washington
Lord Inverchapel
Henri Bonnet
France
Truman
Marshall
William T. Sherman
Fred M. Vinson
Mr. Truman
Byrnes
Army
Chicago
China
Honolulu
Vampire jet hits record altitude near Salisbury
In a routine experimental flight near Salisbury a Vampire fighter powered by Rolls Royce reached 51 200 feet in what is believed to be a jet record altitude. The aircraft was piloted by Wing Commander John Baldwin.
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London
Salisbury
John Baldwin
Palladium Tests Show Tarnish Resistance Near Platinum
Recent tests indicate palladium matches platinum in tarnish resistance, underscoring palladium as a durable sister metal in industrial uses. Analysts note the finding could affect pricing and alloy formulations across jewelry and catalytic markets.
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K. W. Taylor
Prices and Trade Board
Bank of Canada
Mr. Taylor
Souts
Great Britain
Hitler
Dif
Jose Luis Rivera
Peru
Francisco Grana Garland
la Prense
Secretary
Paul Martin
Otzenship Bill
Pauline Martin
Napoleon Martin
Chatham
Ont
O. A. Martin
Gen. Marshall
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