Jobs for Canadian Workers After the War
Canada faces reconversion as war contracts wind down. Howe and Mitchell project short, manageable readjustments with strong demand in civilian goods. While war workers total falls from 1.66 million in 1943 to 426 thousand currently, up to 100000 positions await filling, and many plants shift to peacetime production.
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Howe
Mitchell
Canada
NSS
Arthur MacNamara
Financial Post
Labor Gazette
Proper Outlook Essential in Safe Use of Science
The Brantford Expositor argues that science progress cannot be retarded by improper use but depends on users' outlook. It warns that safeguarding atomic energy is vital to prevent misuse by any dictator or government, yet prohibition is impractical. It notes atomic power aided ending the war and may deter future conflict.
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Brantford Expositor
Quinine Isolated First Time In 1820
A historical note records that quinine was isolated for the first time in the year 1820 by researchers seeking to harness its medicinal properties. The event marks a milestone in pharmacology and chemistry.
Canadian doctor opens Berry Institute style school of physical reeducation
Martin Berry of the Berry Institute at San Carlos California leads a new Vancouver program teaching polio victims and others to walk again through muscle reeducation. The eight student Vancouver project, praised by Dr. Strong and Dr. Bell, aims to train others and expand Canada wide.
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Martin Berry
Berry Institute
San Carlos
Calif
Berry
Vancouver
Canada
G. F. Strong
Barbara
University of Southern California
Milton Berry
British Columbia
Federal
Department of Veterans Affairs
Shaughnessy Veterans Hospital
F. C. Bell
Shaughnessy
Atomic engine for aircraft seen as distant possibility
Scientists at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics say an atomic aircraft engine is a distant possibility. They envision a brick sized fuel supply delivering ample power for world flights with no large gasoline storage. Atomic energy could expand air transport and strengthen wing profiles for supersonic craft while enabling broader global communication and business.
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National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
N.A.C.A
Rumor Spreads Fast Than Garden Matures
An observant man notes that garden crops take thirty to forty days to mature while a rumor planted at a backyard fence can sweep through the neighborhood in an hour or less, highlighting the quick reach of gossip.
Valuable Asset: Canada Urged to Increase Sheep Production
Dr. E S Archibald of Canada's experimental farms service urged higher sheep output at a wool growers meeting. He cited Canada’s 3 500 000 head, versus Britain and Australia, and warned against small flocks. He favored larger scale breeding and cross breeding for sustained farm income and better wool. The Vel Marie coop in Saskatchewan already converted abandoned land to 50 000 acres of flock land.
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Canada
British Isles
Australia
E. S. Archibald
Experimental Farms Service
Wool Growers’ Association
Co-Operative Sheep Producers Association
Vel Marie
Saskatchewan
Archibald
St. Thomas Times- Journal
Depot Harbor Housing Crisis Shrinks Town to 115
A Georgian Bay village six miles from Parry Sound, once a bustling port of 450, now hosts 115 residents. The town offers 100 houses but only about 20 are occupied, leaving roughly 80 vacant as housing shortages bite.
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Canada
Depot Harbor
Ont
Parry Sound
Georgian Bay
US Highways Stretch Would Create Mile by Mile Gas Stations
If all US highways were laid end to end in a single line, there would be a gilling station for each mile.
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United States
Hitler Oak uprooted in Westphalia hides Nazi messages
Workers cut down the Hitler Oak in Rehme Westphalia uncovering three secret bottles with messages praising National Socialism and Hitler. Burgomaster Karl Jaecker led the uprooting condemning the terror power while noting suffering under Hitler and defending counteraction.
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Hitler
Herford
Westphalia
Germany
Third Reich
Karl Jaecker
Rehme
Reichstag
Millikan Retires as Caltech Administrative Head
Renowned scientist Dr. Robert A. Millikan, 77, who confirmed cosmic ray existence, retires as administrator of the California Institute of Technology. Millikan won the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics for measuring the electrical content of irons.
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Robert A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Millikan
Uranium Its Origins and Postwar Challenges Across The World
Uranium, key to atomic bombs, links to radium and Becquerel discoveries. Pitchblende and carnotite deposits exist in the United States and other nations. Uranium 235 existed before the war as an explosive basis, while today displaced persons and displaced Germans strain postwar order and control efforts.
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Pierre and Marie Curie
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Henri Becquerel
Becquerel
United States
Connecticut
North Carolina
Texas
Colorado
Canada
England
Austria
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Attlee Pays Tribute to Churchill in Commons
Prime Minister Attlee paid glowing tribute to Winston Churchill in the House of Commons praising his role as a chief architect of victory and noting Churchill’s leadership during dark hours. He said Churchill’s place in history is secure and linked his legacy with Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Attlee
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Roosevelt
Magna Carta Copy Presented to British Museum
One of two original Lacock Abbey copies of Henry III's 1225 Magna Carta was presented to the British Museum by Miss M. T. Elliot. The other copy remains in Durham. The Lacock Abbey document shows the charter in its final form and completes the museum’s representation of the Magna Carta.
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Lacock Abbey
British Museum
M. T. Elliot
Durham
Britain
Penicillin labeling rule issued in Canada Gazette
By Order in Council all preparations for injection purporting to contain penicillin or derivatives must be labeled with the potency. For tablets pills and similar dosage forms the label must show potency measured in units, as required by the regulation.
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Canada
Last Supper Returns to Milan Convent After War
The famous Leonardo da Vinci fresco The Last Supper may be seen again in Milan at the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent. Allied officials say only a four inch square on St James’s tunic shows bomb damage with surrounding plaster dust and later restorations noted.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Milan
Church of
Santa Maria Delle Grazie
Allied Commission
St. James the Greater
New York Times
Rag doll pattern for gift season charm
A playful item describes a rag doll with floppy arms and yarn curls that captivate a child. It promotes Pattern 7210 with directions and instructs sending twenty cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg for the pattern, asking buyers to include name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Unien
McDermot Avenue
Man
Women Doctors Serve Worldwide With Royal Army Medical Corps
Nearly 500 women doctors in the Royal Army Medical Corps serve across the United Kingdom Europe Italy the Middle East East Africa and India. Fully commissioned with the rank pay and privileges of male officers they perform all regular medical duties except frontline combat and field ambulance work.
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Royal Army Medical Corps
United Kingdom
Europe
Italy
Middle East
East Africa
India
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Japan
Hirohito
Norihito Takamatsu
Adolf Hitler
Jaecker
Control
Magna Carta
Alice Brooks
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