Progress Toward Unity After War Ends
A little over a year after the war, unity looks possible yet fragile. Hopes for world cooperation and lasting peace persist, but patience and diligence are needed as conditions vary globally. The British Commonwealth of Nar stands as a potential model for world unity, with wartime cooperation among Britain Canada and the United States cited as proof of practical international collaboration.
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British Commonwealth of
Nar
Britain
Canada
United States
Canada Continues To Co-operate In Defence Efforts
Canada maintains defence and military science cooperation with Britain and the United States. London reports unobtrusive steps to improve commonwealth and empire defence while noting UK discussions assume UN takeover of international duties and that commonwealth governments act independently.
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Canada
Britain
United States
London
United Kingdom
United Nations
A Link Between Great Powers
Canada guides hemispheric defence under the Canada United States defence board with General McNaughton as co chair and Canada’s UN atomic commission representative. The country, tied to Britain and the United States, is seen as a key bridge for English speaking powers and world security.
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Canada-United States Defence Board
McNaughton
Canada
United Nations Atomic Commission
British Commonwealth
United States
Price Control And Rationing Information Summary
Questions and answers explain Beaver versus Buffalo ration coupons with invalidation dates for meat sugar and butter. It covers wartime price controls ending of priority suit certificates for ex servicemen, how to obtain missing ration books, and guidance on turning in unused meat tokens to aid overseas hunger relief.
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Armed Services
Reckless Driver Pleads Guilty in Arizona Manslaughter
In Phoenix a young man who admitted responsibility for a traffic death was sentenced to pay child support of not less than ten percent of his earnings each payday until two children reach 21. The victims include a four year old and a three month old. The case highlights issues of reckless driving.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Montreal Gazette
Statue of Queen Victoria Ordered by MacArthur in Hong Kong
The article notes General MacArthur ordered Japanese forces to locate and restore Queen Victoria’s statue to its Hong Kong site. It recalls the statue’s prior station at Horse Guards Avenue in London, then on land now part of the War Office, with transfer overseen by Mr. Shaw-Lefevre later Lord Eversley. The text also mentions elephant brain weight at about eight pounds.
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MacArthur
Hong Kong
Horse Guards Avenue
War Office
Office of Works
Shaw-Lefevre
Lord Eversley
Gladstone
National Registration Cards To Be Microfilmed In Canada
Canada moves to dismantle national registration after wartime use. About 9.25 million cards will be microfilmed. original 30 000 square feet of records in Ottawa will be destroyed. Staff reduced from 300 to about 5 0 custodians. Card certificates lose official value and may be discarded.
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Ottawa
Danish Medal A Former Winnipeg Resident Receives Honor
Winnipeg learns Danish King Christian X awarded Dr. Richard Beck a Danish liberation medal for work benefiting Denmark during the war. Beck, former Winnipeg resident and former Icelandic National League president, has also received honors from Norway and Iceland including the Knight and Commander in the Order of the Falcon.
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Winnipeg
Richard Beck
University of North Dakota
Christian X
Denmark
Beck
Icelandic National League
Haakon
Norway
Order of St. Olaf
Iceland
Order of the Falcon
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid Mixed with Random Words
An assorted list of crossword style clues and partial answers covering topics from geography to language. Entries include clues for objects actions and persons such as Greek epic poem antelope and rivers and train terms with many fragmented hints.
Gems of Thought Echoes on Work and Mind
A collection of quotes from Beecher Schwab Emerson Eddy Wilberforce and Taylor praising hard work, love of labor, thoughtful effort and the value of personal industry. The passages emphasize intrinsic reward over money and the motivation provided by hopeful progress.
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Wilberforce
Toronto Violinist Joins University of British Columbia Chair
Harry Adaskin, noted Toronto violinist and Hart House quartet member, is named to the newly created chair of music at the University of British Columbia. He brings extensive teaching and lecture experience to the post.
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Toronto
Harry Adaskin
University of British Columbia
Hart House String Quartet
Adaskin
Bus driver and policewoman Scottish war bride in Canada
Mrs William Reeve a Scottish war bride living in Guelph Ont says during the war she was the first woman bus driver in the British Isles and later a guard for German prisoners and Glasgow policewoman. She drove father s trucks at 14 studied engineering and led a ration truck for the Ministry of Food before supervising 50 German POWs. She calls Canada a swell country aside from the wee buses.
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William Reeve
Guelph
Ont
British Isles
Glasgow
Glasgow Transportation Corporation
Ministry of Food
Canada
Vancouver Doctors Hail Northern Clay as Healing Cure
The Vancouver Medical Association bulletin says clay from a northern British Columbia deposit, found 11 years ago by Max Buse, has wide curative powers. Vancouver doctors report its effectiveness on many internal and external ailments and foresee it becoming a valuable addition to the pharmacopoeia.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Medical Association
Prince Rupert
British Columbia
Max Buse
Buse
Hats For Monty Field Marshal Collects Several Go
Kingston report notes Field Marshal Montgomery adds to his headgear collection with items from Dalhousie Halifax Mill University Montreal and Royal Military College Kingston. He receives a blue and gold chin strapped pill box from RMC as part of the tour.
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Canada
Kingston
Montgomery
Dalhousie University
Halifax
Mill University
Senate
Montreal
RMC
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Mel the White
Rea i Akinda
Sir Ra
Donaia
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Englang
Ola
Philippines
Ula
Henry Ward Beecher
Charles M. Schwab
Emerson
Mary Baker Eddy
Sir Henry Taylor
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Lipton
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Kellogg’s
Ogden
Monty
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