UN Food and Agriculture Organization Conference Viewed in Canada
The recent conference of the FAO in Quebec City drew interest in Canada where agriculture remains a major industry. The FAO aims to end hunger by boosting production and organizing global food distribution to avoid surpluses and shortages.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Quebec City
Canada
Food and Agriculture Organization
United Nations
FAO Conference Emphasizes Farmer Information and Cooperation
The FAO aims to address individual farmer needs through disseminating advanced farming methods soil improvement and credit and cooperation. Representatives will push farmers interests to governments on marketing and other key issues. Canada hosts the meeting with its experts prominent in discussions and now bears responsibility to advance practical international cooperation for world benefit.
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Food and Agriculture Organization
F.A.O
Canada
United Nations
Viscount Lascelles to accompany Earl of Athlone in Canada
Earl of Athlone returns to Canada to finish his term as governor-general with aide de camp Viscount Lascelles 22 son of Earl and Princess Royal. Lascelles a POW in Italy 1944 after Grenadier Guards service. Bamboo plant note adds it can swell 16 inches in circumference in a day.
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Viscount Lascelles
Earl of Harewood
Princess Royal
Earl of Athlone
Canada
Grenadier Guards
Italy
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid with Mixed Definitions
A scrambled list presents crossword clues and partial answers for horizontal entries and various word prompts including verbs, nouns, abbreviations, and names. The set includes hints for organisms, metals, tools, and common terms, with some misprints and garbled phrases likely from OCR.
Price Control And Rationing Advice For Wartime Readers
Wartime prices and rationing guidance cover sugar coupons for returning servicemen five extra pounds, and five pounds added to ration books. It notes double breasted suits may be ordered with Canada production up about five percent, but much is reserved for demobilized servicemen. It warns stores to destroy unused ration coupons. It mentions Miracles of Make-Do and remaking clothing and directs readers to request Consumers' News and Blue Book pamphlets from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
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Canada
Consumers' News
Prices and Trade Board
Gems of Thought on Contentment and Happiness
A compact collection of reflections from Dillwyn Balguy Horace and Emerson on contentment as true riches. It cites a Pearl of great price, a contended mind, spiritual power from goodness, and the link between character and life events.
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Horace
Mary Baker Eddy
Emerson
Spenser
Colder Winters Predicted by Government Astronomer
Government astronomer Dr. R. S. DeLury links sun spots to colder winters. Dominion farm forecasters reviewed maps and charts and expect this winter to be colder than last, with continued cold for the next four or five years as solar disturbances shift.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
R. S. DeLury
Canadian Walk renamed from Newman's Row in Holborn
In Lincoln's Inn Fields London the former Newman's Row area housing the RAF headquarters during the war was renamed Canadian Walk. Mayor Wilfred Mullen of Holborn and Air Marshal G O Johnson unveiled two plaques and walked the route as a band played The Maple Leaf Forever.
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Newman's Row
Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
R.C.A.F
Holborn
Wilfred Mullen
G. O. Johnson
Mounted Police Dog Prince Tracks Down Burglars in Maritime Regions
Prince the three year old Doberman built Mounties’ dog unit record in the 12 months ending March 31 1945 with 79 cases and 3800 miles travelled mainly in the Maritimes He aided in burglaries suspects capture at Port Hood and a bush line before leading to a camp and a haystack where two men were found and later convicted
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Prince
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Mounties
Maritimes
Port Hood
Ottawa Journal
First Transatlantic Glider Tow Set in 1943
The British air ministry records a glider tow across the Atlantic completed in June 1943. The Montreal to England flight lasted 23 hours.
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British Air Ministry
Atlantic Ocean
Montreal
England
Idaho's First Gold Discovery Traced to 1860
A historical note places Idaho's initial gold discovery in 1860, marking the start of a mining era. The fragment highlights the early mining origins and the subsequent growth of the region's mineral activity.
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Idaho
Canadian CWACs and Denmark Visit Highlight War Service
S/Sgt Teresa Hoskins becomes eighth CWAC recruit from Saskatchewan Broadview. Camilla Carlsen, first Canadian servicewoman to visit Denmark since liberation, flew from Holland to Copenhagen family reunion after fourteen years away. Brown awarded Bronze Star for entertaining troops despite adverse weather conditions.
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Canadian Women's Army Corps
Saskatchewan
Teresa Hoskins
Broadview
Sask
CWAC
Terry
No. 12
Canadian Army Pacific Force
Brockville
Ont
Kentucky
South Pacific
Breckville
Regina
Hoskins
RCAF
Denmark
CQMS
Camilla Carlsen
Holland
Copenhagen
Camilla
E. Beyer
Port Alberni
B.C
Victoria
Red Cross
FE. Brown
U.S
Ernie Pyle
Free To Teachers Learning Unlimited Booklet Released
Associated Screen News distributes a new learning aid for educators in Montreal and Toronto. The booklet guides use of films in classrooms with chapters on preparation facilities selection and evaluation of films school-made films projection quality and a reading list. Copies are free by writing ASN 1330 Sherbrooke St West Montreal Que.
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Learning Unlimited
Associated Screen News
Montreal
Toronto
Filmo
Sherbrooke St. West
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