Fortunes Spent in Perpetual Motion Hunt Across the World
The Ottawa Citizen recalls how inventors worldwide pour money into perpetual motion dreams while Canadian officials require a working model for patent consideration. Some proposals come from Japan and Europe. most are rejected as impossible by physics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Rougine
Ottawa Citizen
Canadian Patent and Copyright Office
Ottawa
Patent Office
Japan
Europe
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Driving Record of CWAC Driver Chuck Marshall
Cpl Eunice Chuck Marshall of Borden has a near flawless drive record covering about 50 600 miles with only one minor accident. She served from January 1943, trained at Vermilion Alberta, Red Deer Alberta, and Regina Saskatchewan, driving jeeps trucks and armoured transport for CWAC units and 112 Depot. Her sole mishap involved a slippery road collision with an army fire truck, causing only a dented fender. She has two sisters also in CWAC and two brothers discharged after overseas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Eunice
Chuck) Marshall
Borden
Canadian Workers Army Corps
Regina
Pl. Marshall
Vermilion
Alta
Chuck
Army Service Corps Training Centre
Red Deer
C W.A.C
Army Service Corps
Devot
Canadian Womens Army Corps
Doris Marshall
Kitty Marshall
Ottawa
Two Newsmen Tackle Live Wire Stunt in Town
In a western town a wire fell across the main street blocking traffic. Fearing shock, bystander caution kept people away. The editor dispatched two reporters one to touch the wire and another to cover the incident for the paper.
Vikings Visited North America Long Before Columbus
Famous botanist Dr. Nicholas Polunin arrives at McGill University to lead Arctic research. He claims botanical evidence from Greenland and the St Lawrence mouth supports Viking colonization of North America centuries before 1492. Polunin cites plant introductions and past Oxford expeditions as proof, with ongoing work on Parts II IV of his Arctic Botany series. Works include Botany of the Canadian Eastern Arctic Part I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Christopher Columbus
St. Lawrence River
Nicholas Polunin
Oxford University
McGill University
Canadian
Arctic
Arctic Institute of North America
Greenland
Atlantic
Polunin
St. Lawrence
Oxford
Lapland
White Sea
Hudson Strait
Canadian Eastern Arctic
Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Mines and
Montreal Star
Belgians Honor Canadian War Dead At Adegem Ceremony
More than 3000 Belgians gathered at the Canadian army cemetery near Adegem to remember the 800 Canadians of the 3rd and 4th divisions and the 2nd armored brigade who fought along the Leopold canal in 1944. Mr Justice Turgeon led a ceremony with wreaths and earth sent to Canada for next of kin. Also noted, Britain's King George added to Who's Who in America for the first time, with nine year old Margaret O'Brien highlighted as the youngest entry since Shirley Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adegem
Belgium
Ghent
2Nd Armored
Leopold Canal
Dominion
W. F. A. Turgeon
Welfare Committee of
London
Oostende
Ostend
Welfare Committee
Justice Turgeon
Canada
Britain
George
United States
America
Margaret O'Brien
Shirley Temple
Modern industry shapes a nation of engineers
A discussion on mechanization replacing labor and expanding varied work underscores industrial progress. It notes machines dig sandbanks and trenches while mixing materials, highlighting the growing role of engineers. It also explains lung capacity and breathing: about six pints normally, ten pints when full.
Extent of Canada's agricultural soil resources hard to gauge
Dr A Leahey notes that precise measurement awaits full soil surveys across all arable possibilities. He cites the 1941 census showing 175 million acres farmed or pastured, with a large share in pasture and unoccupied lands likely used. suggests about five percent of cultivated land should retire to grass or woodland, but most remaining land could be farmed with proper management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
A. Leahey
Experimental Farms Service
Ottawa
Agricultural Institute Review
The
Agricultural Institute of Canada
C.st.a
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Cordillera
Leahey
Prairies
Modern Music Miss Kinley Fears Jive Swing Trend
Winnipeg music director Ethel Kinley told the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Associations in Toronto that adolescents embracing jive and swing threaten progress and high brow art. She warned of a culture fueled by Hollywood and New York promoters, urging young wage earners to invest in masterworks and lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Kinley
Winnipeg
Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations
Toronto
New York
Government to curb unsightly outdoor ads in Britain
In Britain future legislation will control outdoor advertising to protect amenities. Minister Lewis Silkin said advertising serves a purpose but must not spoil towns or countryside. He noted controls should avoid hampering advertising activity and urged advertisers to curb unsightly ads now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Lewis Silkin
Incorporated Society of British
Maugham Donates Of Human Bondage Manuscript to Congress Library
London writer W Somerset Maugham has given the manuscript of his novel Of Human Bondage to the United States Congress Library as a token of Anglo American friendship. The work had long been sought by American collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
W. Somerset Maugham
Library of the
United States Congress
Canadian Youth Tour Arrives in Britain for Moral Leadership Program
Eight Canadian youths representing Toronto Winnipeg London and Orillia arrive in England under the Empire Youth Movement and National Council of Education of Canada plan to foster moral responsibilities. The group met Princess Elizabeth at Southampton on May 19 and attended the Victory Parade in London on June 8 with Lord Beaverbrook hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Britain
Empire Youth Movement
National Council of Education of Canada
England
Kathleen Deacon
Branksome Hall
Toronto
Marion Charters
University of Toronto
Elizabeth Holmes
John Allen
David Stubley
Boy's Parliament
Orillia
Ont
Jack Spalding
Central Collegiate Institute
London
Joyce Chown
Winnipeg
Philip Ashton
Air Cadets
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
Southampton
Elizabeth
Lord Beaverbrook
Butterfly Crochet Pattern 7305 for Decor Set
Crochet a decorative butterfly set in No 30 cotton with an identical two half design. Pattern 7305 provides directions for the set and recommends sending twenty cents to the Household Arts Department of the Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7305. Include name address and pattern number in clear handwriting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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CWAC
Columbus
Who's Who
King George
Herbert Kennedy
U.S
Nicolai G. Redin
Lieut. Redin
Kennedy
Lion's Gate Bridge
Lion’s Gate Bridge
Vancouver
British Commonwealth
Port Dolly Grassiot
Buffalo
N.Y
Fort Erie
C.I.0
Tour
National Council of Education
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