Unified Western Hemisphere Fleet Plans Highlight Canadian Navy Role
Canada aims for a hard hitting postwar fleet with three services trained to operate alongside Britain and the United States. Defence Minister Douglas C Abbott stressed close cooperation with Allied navies and a postwar force ten times larger than prewar, geared for rapid wartime strength and global reach.
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Free Erie Fee
Western Hemisphere
Atlantic
Dumas
Athos
Aramis
Porthos
d’Artagnan
Britain
United States
Canada
Douglas C. Abbott
Great Britain
R.C.A.F
R.A F
Royal Canadian Navy
Germany
Japan
Abbott
Defence Departments
United Kingdom Information Service
Dominions
India
Canadian Arctic
Northwest
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Mediterranean
Far
Austria
Palestine
Greece
North America
Mechanized Progress Time Coming When Blacksmith's Shop Will Be Just A Memory
The piece recalls the blacksmith shop as a social hub where men discussed world topics while hot iron shaped tools and horseshoes. It contrasts that scene with modern mechanized shops, which inhibit such gatherings, noting the strong, communal atmosphere fading as industry advances. Also mentions sardine fisheries and plastic preservation of snowflake patterns.
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Senny
Christian Science Monitor
Clarkson Honors Canadian National Chief With Degree
Robert Charles Vaughan head of Canadian National Railways received an honorary Doctor of Science in Business Administration at Clarkson College of Technology in Potsdam New York. Clarkson President Dr John A Ross Jr and vice president trustee Dr L K Lillcox praised Vaughan for administrative talent and cooperation.
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Robert Charles Vaughan
Canadian National Railways
Clarkson College of Technology
Potsdam
N.Y
John A. Ross, Jr
Vaughan
L. K. Lillcox
Watertown
Clarkson
Canadian National Executive
Mr. Vaughan
William James Cunningham
Boston
Harvard University
Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Joseph E. Davies
Russia
Cunningham
International Assembly of
America
Ross
Fingerprint use expands beyond crime in voter registration
The Boston Post argues fingerprints will soon identify 5 000 000 Mexican voters at registration for a presidential election, highlighting fingerprints as universal identification. It notes wartime use increased prints among Americans in service and war jobs and predicts birth records will rely on fingerprints in the future.
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Mexico
Boston Post
Families await urns for fallen Japanese servicemen
Kyodo News reports the demobilization ministry says urn deliveries are delayed due to a shortage of supplies. About 75,000 Japanese service members are killed or missing in action, and families still have not received final notification of their fate. Nearly 40 percent of Australia’s total area lies within the tropics.
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Kyodo
Australia
Tropics
Nylon dressings ease pain and bleeding in wound care
Scientific American notes a plague of surgery is dressings sticking to tissue. Woven nylon screens, improvised from army nylon window screenings, prove easier to remove with less pain and bleeding. They also promote smoother healing and better skin grafting prospects.
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Scientific American
Pacific Army
Dream Comes True as Windsor Violinist Helps Artist
Mario De Soto, a Windsor Ontario violinist, prays he followed a dream to bring his violin to a Kitchener recital. When Betty Anne Fischer's violin broke at the fingerboard, De Soto offered his instrument and she completed her program.
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Mario de Soto
Windsor
Ont
Betty Anne Fischer
Kitchener
Miss Fischer
de Soto
Fulbright calls for world law amid atomic age unrest
U.S. Senator J William Fulbright told the Canadian Club of Ottawa that the world needs a breathing spell to gather strength and agree on rules governing atomic bombs. He urged abrogation of some sovereignty, cited UNO reform, and pressed for law as the basis for lasting peace, noting historical precedents and current tensions. The report also notes Captain Charles B McVay III, of the Indianapolis, has been restored to duty after a court martial remittance.
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United States
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Canadian Club of
Ottawa
Chateau
Fulbright
United States Congress
Mackenzie King
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Stalin
UNO
United Nations
Ottawa Citizen
Charles B. McVay III
McVay
Indianapolis
Pacific
How to Get a Taxi in Paris Today
The process starts at a precinct police station where you request a taxi and show credentials. If approved, a cab arrives from any available source, and you pay for both the ride to the station and the trip itself. Applications are filed in triplicate, taking about an hour.
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Paris
Committee to report on new distinctive Canadian flag
A parliamentary committee formed in the last session to study and recommend a distinctive flag for Canada expects to bring in a report during this session. It has heard numerous witnesses and reviewed hundreds of proposed flags.
Beetle noted as strongest relative to size and a man lifting 700 tons
The text claims the beetle is the strongest living thing for its size and presents a comparison that a man of proportionate strength could lift 700 tons.
Sheffield Becomes Alloy and Special Steel Hub
Sheffield rises as England's centre for alloy and special steel industry, attracting firms, workers, and investment to the city. The development signals a shift in regional manufacturing strength and industrial job growth.
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Sheffield
England
Wasteful Sea Dump Of 770 US Airplanes Off Australia
The Brockville Recorder notes the Royal Navy will dump 770 lend-lease aircraft into the sea off Australia after removing fittings. US will not require return or salvage. British fittings will be kept and sold as war assets. The piece laments waste and suggests future seabed salvage for scrap metal.
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Royal Navy
Australia
United States
Brockville Recorder and Times
Linen Embroidery Pattern 7102 Offer From Winnipeg Union
Colonial style embroidery pattern 7102 offers transfers for two 5 by 15 inch motifs plus a 6 by 20 inch piece with edging. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Include name and address and pattern number clearly.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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