Canada to Establish Nine Arctic Weather Stations
Ottawa will set up nine Arctic Circle weather stations over three years with five years of operation. Canada leads the project with U S assistance and Russia’s data exchange, placing a main station at Winter Harbor Melville Island and a Eureka Sound outpost. Economic gains include long range forecasting savings and potential polar air routes.
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Ottawa
Canada
Arctic Circle
Howe
Russia
Arctic
North Pole
Eureka Sound
Ellsmere Island
Winter Harbor
Melville Island
Ottawa to pay 100 percent repair for 2600 veteran houses
Veterans Minister MacKenzie said the government will fund a full repair job on 2,600 houses built under the Veterans' Land act. Repairs costing between 500000 and 700000 dollars address faults from workmanship and materials with most fixes inexpensive. The program aims to finish within months, while royal commissions are ruled out to avoid delays.
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Ottawa
MacKenzie
Commons
Hazen Argue
C.C.F
Weed Mountain
Argue
Board of Transport Commissions
Ross Macdonald
Veterans Department
Discovery of Roman House Remains in Canterbury Coachyard
Remains of a mid second century Roman house were found beneath the coachyard of the bombed Rose hotel in Canterbury England. World cotton production for 1945 46 is estimated at 21 650 000 bales.
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Canterbury
England
Post Office Bids Higher Rates for Post Cards and Mail
The United States post office department proposed to double penny post card rates and raise charges on most mail classes except first class letters. The note mentions about 1,500,000 Indians still residing in Brazil.
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Washington
United States Post Office Department
Brazil
Atomic war could destroy world food supply warns expert
An agricultural expert at Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters warned that a world scale atomic war could wipe out existing crops and threaten future plant life due to radioactive dust. W. M Myers from Pennsylvania State College cited abnormalities in plants near Japanese explosion zones and warned of lasting effects on future generations of plants.
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Tokyo
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
W. M Myers
Japan
Myers
State College
Pennsylvania
Man seeks housing to dodge mother in law
In Vancouver a man advertised for help to house his visiting mother in law or risk her moving in. Readers offered to take the burden. The mother in law condemned the ad as dastardly and urged its ban.
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Vancouver
Insect Catalog Reaches Half Million Species Count
Scientists report a milestone with about 500000 insect species catalogued by humanity. Researchers note ongoing discoveries across rainforests and oceans, highlighting vast diversity and gaps in global inventories.
Canada’s WW II weapons tested in Arctic conditions
Canadian trials in Churchill show most Second World War arms work in sub zero weather. The slit trench is deemed impractical in the Arctic due to cost and space, while items like the 25 pounder gun Bren gun and wireless sets perform with minor alterations. American engineers note blasting soil with shaped charges is feasible but expensive.
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Churchill
Canada
Joint Services
Normandy Beach
Europe
Butter supplies improve over last year in nine cities
Statistics show a stronger butter position with 11,255,650 pounds in nine principal cities on March 1, up from 5,569,156 a year earlier. February 1 stocks were 17,444,172 pounds. Cheese stocks on March 1 stood at 12,907,308 pounds versus 14,880,432 on Feb 1 and 14,235,418 on March 1, 1946.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Funds Tied to Emergency and Normal Housing Programs
Ottawa outlines housing funding in the estimates for 1947 48 with 700000 set aside to move houses between locations for emergency needs and 400000 for incentives to speed strategic building materials. Wartime housing operations expected to continue at a reduced volume with 27500000 next year versus 42000000 this year and home conversion support halved from 500000.
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Ottawa
Reconstruction Department
Howe
Wartime Housing, Ltd
Sums To Be Spent On West Projects In 1947 48
Ottawa reports 1947 48 estimates for the Dominion department of agriculture total 23 202 947 up 2 349 135 from 46 47. Major increases include 1 125 000 for prairie farm rehabilitation irrigation and basic industry support plus 1 224 135 spread across services. A 20 147 820 allocation covers demobilization and reconversion.
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Ottawa
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Supplies Board
St. Mary's River
Alberta
Prairie Farm
Prairie Provinces
Science Service
Argentine Russian treaty talks collapse in failure
Negotiations for a commercial treaty between Argentina and Russia, deadlocked for six months, ended in outright failure according to well informed diplomatic circles.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina Holds Rank as Second Largest Nation in South America
Argentina remains the second largest country by area and population in South America, trailing Brazil. The statement notes its sizable geographic footprint and demographic weight relative to regional peers.
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Argentina
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