Agriculture Abroad Production and distribution after war
The article outlines Allied efforts to rebuild food systems after six years of war. Britain and Europe face shipping blockages and blockade impacts, land in battle zones disrupts farming, and sabotage by retreating forces worsened losses. Recovery of meat and dairy will take years. grain may resume sooner. Assistance will come from other nations to rehabilitate disrupted agrarian sectors.
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Great Britain
Europe
Britain Faces Wartime Food Shortage and Farm Boom
The article describes Britain's early war food shortage due to reduced imports and shipping limits. A nationwide farm mechanization program expanded arable land from 13 to 19 million acres, bringing one third of the nation under cultivation and boosting output by about seventy percent. An electrical system now reaches 97 percent of the population, enabling remote farming with modern mechanized equipment.
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Great Britain
Britain
British Isles
Farm Workers Now Mechanics in Britain
British agriculture has shifted to heavy mechanization with more than two tractors per square mile of territory and seven per square mile of arable land. Fifty two UK produced tractor types exist plus other war developed machines, turning farm laborers into mechanics. Britain plans exports of farm machinery after the war and continued imports for some foods.
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Britain
United Kingdom
Practical Education for Remote North Saskatchewan Students
C H Piercy administrator for northern Saskatchewan calls for practical education in remote areas. Boys should study motor mechanics forest and animal conservation mink fur farming simple economics firearms map reading and nature science. Girls should learn cooking sewing home nursing preserving and simple economics. Government to build two boarding schools for 250 children and seven new schools in settlements.
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North
Piercy
Plans Considered to Move Parliament During War
British officials disclosed that in wartime Britain considered moving Parliament from London. One option involved taking members to Stratford-upon-Avon and meeting at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre as a precaution during the darkest days of the war.
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Britain
Parliament
London
Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
Eskimos Trim Hoods With Wolf Verine Wool
Eskimos use the wool of the wol verine to trim the front of their hoods because it does not catch frost from the breath.
Naval bakers find soy flour mix keeps bread fresh
Canadian naval bakers at Halifax report eight percent soy flour in the bread mix preserves freshness for four to five days at sea while improving flavor and color. The team is expanding tests to cake mixtures to determine soy flour proportions for keeping cakes fresh aboard ship.
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Halifax
Navy
Gems of Thought on Zeal and Character
Writings from Emmons Addison Chapin Hannah Moore Mary Baker Eddy and Horace Mann on zeal moderation devotion and Christian virtue. The passages urge steady benevolence true hearted effort and active benevolence as marks of a good character.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Christ
Horace Mann
Air Transport Leader Urges Frequency Allocation Postwar
H. J. Symington, president of Trans-Canada Air Lines and new head of the International Air Transport Association, calls for allocating air frequencies to international airlines to prevent ruinous competition after the war. He warns chaos in the skies would hinder orderly expansion and says standardized procedures by the 59 airlines of 33 nations will bring people and nations closer, breaking down barriers.
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H. J. Symington
Trans-Canada Air Lines
International Air Transport Association
Smiles and Wisecracks in a Ragtag Conversation
A jumble of light jokes and quips covers self mockery social mishaps and a jest about reading ancient texts. The banter touches on sunrises memory teachers actors actors wives and a remark about Egyptian manuscripts read by infrared photography.
Price Control And Rationing Information Column
Wartime guidance explains civilian ration books will be issued to discharged soldiers via Form RB-64-D starting May 1. Other letters discuss wrapping paper shortages, clothing labels, and decorator pricing. readers directed to contact Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices for pamphlets and ceiling price data.
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Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Rural Electrification Committee Formed in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan government forms a six member committee to study rural electrification in small urban and rural centers. Prof. H Van Vliet of the University of Saskatchewan chairs the panel while J H Sturdy, Reconstruction Minister, announced the move. The group will report findings and assess individual power unit options where major transmission lines are unavailable.
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Saskatchewan
J. H. Sturdy
H. van Vliet
Farm Management Department
The
University of Saskatchewan
Health Education Plan for Canadian Workers Endorsed
The Health League of Canada's plan for health education and medical supervision in plants gains support from Hon. Brooke Claxton and other ministers. It outlines starting and operating a worker medical program, improving diets, and maintaining worker health with an educational campaign. Ministers emphasize national concern for worker health during war and peacetime reconstruction.
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Health League of Canada
League
Brooke Claxton
National Health and Welfare
Ontario Department of Health
Claxton
Health League
Canada
Humphrey Mitchell
C. D. Howe
Guide to Cleaning Paint Brushes by Medium
The guide explains cleaning methods for brushes based on the medium used. Use alcohol for shellac or alcohol stain brushes. Use lacquer thinner for lacquer brushes. Use water for water thinned paints. Use turpentine for regular oil paint brushes.
Notable Biographies in 1945 Who's Who Include Hitler Roosevelt Churchill Stalin
The British Who's Who for 1945 dedicates extensive entries to major leaders. Adolf Hitler appears over 31 lines with a listed Berlin telephone number Ber lin 11 6191. Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin receive lengthy bios as well.
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Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Berlin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Eggs Shipments Revised Figures For Britain Shipment
Nearly 10 million eggs sent to Britain in a single ship are shown to be closer to 25 million. In 100 carloads of 66 000 cases the total eggs amount to 1 980 000 dozen 23 760 000 eggs not the previously stated 782 000 dozen and 4 384 000 eggs. British egg trade reps praise quality and low breakage while Canada faces calls for stronger safeguards to ensure uniform quality and reduce losses.
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Britain
Canada
Egg and Poultry Weekly Market
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Advertisement
Poisons waste filtered by kidneys causing backache dizziness and sleep disruption. The ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a diuretic kidney stimulator, claiming fast relief for congested kidneys and irritated bladder. Sold at drugstores for 40 cents, advertised as the original Dutch Drops packed in Canada.
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Haarlem
Canada
Hayate Whirlwind Fighter Seen Rushing to Bag U.S. Planes
The Japanese Domei agency unveils a new fighter named Hayate or Whirlwind described as rushing forward like a hurricane to intercept U.S. planes. Domei notes it is a hybrid with a four bladed propeller and was announced in a Tokyo radio broadcast.
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Domei
U.S
Radio
Bronze Age Sword Found by Lake Vattern Fisherman
A Stockholm fisherman pulling in nets found a two foot long double edged sword. The well preserved blade, dating to the Bronze Age, was recovered from Lake Vattern.
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Lake Vattern
Stockholm
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