World sheep numbers fall about twelve percent due to war
Wartime losses reduced global sheep and goat stocks to roughly 88 percent of pre war levels. The Soviet Union suffered heavy damage with 27 million sheep and goats lost from a 102 million pre war flock. Europe except the USSR preserved about 76 percent, while South America and Argentina saw increases toward 114 percent of pre war totals.
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Preminion Department of Agriculture
Soviet Union
Asia
Hungary
Europe
South America
Oceania
North America
Argentina
New Ration Book For Canada Amid Wartime Shortages
Canada prepares to issue ration book No 6 with more than 600 local ration boards operating during the week of September 9 to 16. Donald Gordon, chairman of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, says continued rationing is essential as long as many countries face hunger. Thousands of volunteers will assist at distribution centres, with local boards announcing specific open days, and individuals must claim their own books before the final day to avoid delays until September 30.
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Canada
Donald Gordon
Prices and Trade Board
Gordon
Parasite Service May Stay In Belleville Ontario
The Imperial Parasite Service, using insects to combat pests, may remain in Belleville Ontario where it settled as a war refugee. Five years of Canadian operation show Belleville's climate suits insect collection and pest control studies, resembling conditions in the Antipodes and colonies more than the United Kingdom.
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Imperial Parasite Service
Belleville
Ont
Canada
United Kingdom
British take over Aldershot detention barracks
The Canadian military prison and detention barracks at Headley Down Hampshire was officially taken over by British military authorities. Canadian detention barracks now are at Bramshott.
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Aldershot
Hants
England
Headley Down
Hampshire
Bramshott
Mouse-saving gas station tale ends with thieves foiled
At a rural service station outside town TAN JACKSON battles a clever mouse while dodging a robbery. A pair of thieves enter, but Stan and Highway Patrolman Clancy Burke intervene. The mouse trappins the culprit and Stan jokes the trap saved two hundred dollars for the country.
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Tan Jackson
Pine Grove
Stan
Clancy Burke
Clancy
Buddy
Princess Elizabeth in Windsor review sticks to platform
Princess Elizabeth watched members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women’s division of the army, at the Imperial Staff College. She remained on the reviewing platform as it was newly painted, leaving sticky white footprints on the parade ground during the ceremony.
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Windsor
Surrey
Eng
Elizabeth
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Army
Imperial Staff College
Teen-Ager Sewing Pattern 4832 for Teens 10 12 14 16
Pattern 4832 offers a simple frock for teen beginners in sizes 10 12 14 and 16. Priced at 20 cents with 25 yards of 35 inch fabric required for size 12. Send name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Smile a While Cartoon Snippets and Quick Quips
A collection of short jokes and wry exchanges. The judge taunts a defendant about hiring a lawyer while airmen and sailors exchange quips. A wife flees a RAF husband and a black market racketeer is described as having no fixed abode. A poet and editor clash over length and breadth.
Big business grows from many small poultry firms
The Egg and Poultry Market Report from the Dominion Department of Agriculture notes Canada’s poultry industry is large yet fragmented. Success hinges on strict management and optimal use of nature’s resources. It highlights grass, earthworms, water, light, air, earth, and exercise as overlooked essentials for healthy, productive stock.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Soil fertility loss lowers wheat protein warn growers
A Lethbridge Herald report from Kansas notes ongoing soil fertility removal in wheat lands is reducing grain protein. It urges farmers to restore fertility, limit fertilizer use, or adopt artificial supplements to maintain high protein wheat for millers, highlighting Plains soil richness in Western Canada.
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Kansas
Canada
Plains
Park Belt
Lethbridge Herald
Switzerland Seeks Role as European Cultural Centre
A Cultural Centre Switzerland untouched by post war problems bids to be Europe's cultural hub. The country hosts high standard theatrical and musical festivals this year and serves as a meeting ground for French German Italian and British civilizations. English is widely understood.
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Switzerland
Europe
Potato Crop Outlook for Canada 1946 Above 1945
Canadian potato growers expect a 23 percent increase in 1946 with planting intentions and average yields pointing to about 74,000,000 bushels. The 1945 crop stood at 59,976,000 bushels.
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Canada
End of cheap food era foreseen in Canadian remarks
R C Smellie president of The National Dairy Council told the Ottawa Rotary club that the era of cheap food could not continue as farmers face higher wages and costs. He noted wartime price controls hid true prices and urged reducing labor and equipment costs to keep food affordable. Ottawa Citizen.
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Canada
R. C. Smellie
National Dairy Council
Ottawa
Smellie
Ottawa Citizen
Unemployed Seek Preferred Work Sparks Vancouver Shortage
The Calgary Herald notes a mismatch between high unemployment in Vancouver and a berry harvest shortage in Fraser Valley. About 10,000 unemployed locals contrast with a 3 million dollar strawberry crop needing 5,000 workers, prompting import of prairie labor as locals wait for better options.
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Vancouver
Fraser Valley
Bread Restrictions Considered to Reduce Waste
The Ottawa Journal discusses possible measures to limit bread usage during shortages. It suggests options such as breadless days or serving no more than one slice or roll with meals, and the need for rationing-like control on restaurant flour. It condemns waste while millions go hungry and urges zealous enforcement.
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Ottawa Journal
Groundhog becomes farm pet in Ontario village
Grand Valley Ontario farmer Jack Clegg captured a groundhog and kept it as a pet. The animal now roams the farm at will, responds to a whistle and plays with the family dog, illustrating one farmer's unusual bond with a sworn adversary.
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Grand Valley
Ont
Ontario
Jack Clegg
Dufferin County
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Princess Elizabeth
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Zoological Society
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