New Oat Variety Resists All Rust In Canada
Ottawa reports a new man-made oat variety developed at Winnipeg’s Dominion rust research laboratory after 14 years of cross-breeding. It resists all stem and crown rust strains and loose end smut, with about 1 500 bushels of seed slated for distribution to seed growers next spring. The project began in 1932 using Victoria and Vanguard lines from the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Ottawa
Canada
Nature
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
United States Department of Agriculture
Vanguard
Eden urges new approach to Russia to avert war threat
London reports that Anthony Eden, wartime foreign minister, urged Britain and the United States to adopt a new spirit toward Russia. He said only a new approach can avoid fatal consequences and supported a United States of Europe while noting communism and capitalism might coexist if not forced in every land. He offered no fixed method, stressing governments must judge how to undertake such an approach and that suspicions must be dispelled by a positive effort among great powers.
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London
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Russia
Britain
United States
Eden
Food ration rise in Berlin zones to 1500 calories
Deputy military governors for the American and British occupation zones announced a daily food ration increase to 1500 calories, effective October 14. The British zone gains 400 calories daily while the American zone rises 250 to 300 calories.
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Berlin
United States
Oil Dreams For Bitumont Promised By Alberta Official
Hon. W. A. Fallon Alberta public works minister envisions a large oil industry at Bitumont 50 miles downriver from Ft. McMurray If the department report confirms profitable oil separation a separating plant in the north and a pipeline to Edmonton will be constructed by private interests.
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W. A. Fallon
Alberta
Bitumont
Ft. McMurray
Edmonton
Alberta Wheat Crop Largest In Four Years
Alberta's wheat crop this year is estimated at 142000000 bushels the largest yield since 1942 according to figures from the provincial department of agriculture. Oats and barley are down in acreage but total grain harvest will exceed 1945 with oats 110000000 bushels and barley 52000000.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
R. M. Putnam
Stettler
Higher Price For Pulp Wood In Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan timber board raises rough pulp wood ceiling to 9.50 per cord from 8.00 after talks with the federal timber controller. Peel ed pulpwood price climbs from 11 to 13. Board projects 30 000 to 40 000 cords of pulpwood to be marketed next season.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan Timber Board
Timber Board
Danish palace may host UN FAO headquarters
Copenhagen reports a palace built two centuries ago for Count Bernstorff could become the European headquarters of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization if Denmark accepts an invitation from its government.
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Copenhagen
Count Bernstorff
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Safety steps urged after trans Atlantic airliner crash
Washington reports renewed focus on long distance flight safety standards. Investigators note potential factors include navigation aid standardization, reduced in flight and post crash fire hazards, better passenger protection, and improved rescue facilities. Pilot confusion over radio beams and altitude figures may have contributed amid weather delays.
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Washington
Gander
Newfoundland
Wheat board imposes barley shipment ban to Fort William Port Arthur
The Canadian wheat board forbids any barley shipments to Fort William Port Arthur from western points effective immediately. Oats shipments from western elevators are allowed in a ratio of one car oats for every three cars of wheat shipped.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
Port Arthur
Woman Dies After Army Shell Explosion At Home
In Modesto California Dorothy Bower man aged 14 used a one pound army shell as a war trophy to hammer a chair. The shell exploded injuring her and killing her in hospital after part of the charge entered her body.
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Modesto
Calif
Dorothy Bowerman
London Expect Wheat Shipments as Bread Rationing Ends Soon
Britain eyes early end to bread rationing after Canada begins wheat deliveries for 1946. Food minister Strachey defends controls amid calls for voluntary flour limits and bakers seek flexible schemes. observers note supply disruptions in the US and crop failures, while housewives report ration points exchange for other foods.
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London
United Kingdom
Food Ministry
John Strachey
Strachey
Britain
United States
Trespassing motorists threatened by hidden park mines in Transvaal
New Idea Johannesburg reports that drivers ignoring signs to stay out of the Dongola botanical reserve in northern Transvaal risk flat tires from hidden road hazards described as bent nails and other sharp-pointed obstacles. Most intruders are said to be game poachers, and the mines lie flush with the road, potentially trapping motorists who venture deep into the park.
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Johannesburg
Dongola Botanical Reserve
Northern
Transvaal
British Exhibit Opened By The King And Queen
The king and queen opened the Britain can make it exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. His Majesty urged invigorating British industry and design as a world hallmark while prosperity relies on overseas markets. The display features 6 000 postwar items from 1 300 firms, with 36 percent available for home trade and 62 percent ready for export by year end.
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London
Britain
Victoria and Albert Museum
Russia Leads Canada in Tan Talum Race
Dr. Daniel Gardner a rare metals scientist from New York says Russia currently leads in the race to produce tan talum, a vital metal for jet propulsion and surgery, with Canada close behind and expected to surpass Russia in a few years. He notes only Canada and Russia can produce large quantities, and a $600,000 Mining and Refining Corporation of America plant will soon operate at Edmonton.
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Toronto
Daniel Gardner
New York
Russia
Canada
Gardner
Mining and Refining Corporation of America
Edmonton
Wartime railway fare relief for servicemen ends Sept 30
Ottawa Defence headquarters announced the wartime railway fare concessions for servicemen will end September 30. Introduced early in the war, the program let troops travel any distance for a nominal cost capped at 15 dollars, saving many troops substantial travel expenses.
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Ottawa
Defence Headquarters
Allies vow to stay in Europe to aid rehabilitation
In New York Lake Success British delegate Noel B. Noel Baker and U.S. delegate John Winant told Soviet representatives that Britain and the United States will remain in Europe to support rehabilitation. They cited UNRRA's phaseout and the vast aid funds, with the U.S. and Britain as major contributors, as the Allied effort continues to avert inflation and economic chaos.
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Lake Success
N.Y
United Kingdom
United States
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Europe
Philip Need- Baker
John Winant
Council
Nikolai Feonov
Feonov
Winant
Germany
Austria
Allied Control Council
Noel-Baker
Economic Commission
UNRRA
Britain
Ireland orders wheat imports after crop losses from rains
Dublin reports Ireland plans to import 350000 tons of wheat from Canada and the United States this year up from 150000 tons normally. Abnormal fall rains threaten about a quarter of the grain crop. Sean Lemass launches a bread rationing plan with 3000000 ration books ready for printing, risking reduced food exports to Britain.
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Ireland
Dublin
Eiie
Canada
United States
Sean Lemass
Industry and Commerce
Britain
Hudson and Manhattan railcars debut in pink and aqua repaint
New York transit project advances as the Hudson and Manhattan railroad prepares its first four repainted cars. The units feature pink floors white ceilings and two tone aqua marine walls ready to enter service.
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New York
Hudson and Manhattan
June
Smuggling gang busted on Dutch Belgian Danish German frontiers
International smuggling ring operating across Dutch Belgian Danish and German borders has been crushed by the frontier control services. Several arrests have been made as authorities reveal the extent of the network.
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Herford
Germany
Frontier Control
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