Forests of Canada Support Pulp and Paper Industry
Canadian forests cover about thirty five percent of national land in nine provinces, with 1160405 square miles under timber and 168,752 million ac ft standing timber in the East, 45828 in British Columbia, and 24577 in the Prairie provinces. Tree planting in farming districts aids soil moisture and wind protection, aided by Dominion Forestry Stations and the Saskatchewan PFA efforts.
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Canada
PUP Td
Dominion
Mallee
British Columbia
Britis Columbia
Prairie
Dominion Forestry
PFA
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Forestry Commission
Saskatoon
Need for forestry education and prairie tree programs
The article argues for a Western university forestry school and expanded research in tree culture. It notes trees can grow on the Prairies and provide snow retention, soil protection, windbreaks, and moisture conservation, plus aesthetic value. It suggests expanding roadside tree planting and urges supporters to pursue this work.
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Prairies
Bride Protected Custom In India And Egypt
The article notes a traditional practice where brides and their attendants wore identical attire in India and Egypt to confuse evil spirits and protect the bride from single attacks.
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India
Egypt
Character Counts Two Words Formed Foundation
A fragment recounts how two carved words on an oak plank in a London brokerage office defined Richard Cobden’s fortune and career. It notes Cobden’s rise from modest means to a reformer, and a moral lesson from his employer about character over finances.
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London
Richard Cobden
Manchester
Cobden
Unbeatable Politician Quipped On Lockjaw Fate
In a smokeroom remark a pundit quips that the invincible politician could endure typhoid pneumonia meningitis and yellow fever yet would burst at lockjaw. The note reflects wartime bravado and inflammatory humor amid discussions of health and resilience. A later report notes a big rise in linen exports to the United States and Canada after Britain releases 3.5 million yards worth £1 million to Northern Ireland manufacturers, all for export trade.
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Gad
United States
Canada
Northern Ireland
Bending the Beam and Naval Glow of Wartime Radio Tricks
A London report describes British scientists mounting a defense against Luftwaffe radio navigation beams used to guide attacks on Britain. The tale likens it to World War I trench raiders guiding by strings, noting Germans bombed Dublin in 1841 and that relations with Eire were affected. The piece mentions a coded RAF term Headache Aspirin and states all three services kept dry humor amid the crisis.
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Britain
Luftwaffe
Dublin
Ge Valera
Berlin
Bire
RAF
London
Ottawa Journal
Opened New Stork Derby From Fallen Mayor's Will
Thomas Foster former mayor of Toronto Ontario has a probated will revealing a 1 168 509 estate. A 600 000 trust funds cancer research at the University of Toronto and a 10 000 stork derby fund to yield 2 500 annually for four 10 year periods. The first period began Dec 11 1945 the death date. Subsequent periods start Dec 11 of 1948 1951 and 1954. Contesting mothers must reside in Toronto for a year before the race and remain in the city through its duration.
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Thomas Foster
Toronto
Ont
University of Toronto
Wintr
Honest Tom
Price Control And Rationing Information Summary
Wartime prices guide outlines ceilings for maple products sugar and dressed poultry. Maple syrup prices listed Canada Fancy Grade 3.40 per gallon Canada Light 3.15 Canada Medium 2.90 Canada Dark 2.65 Ungraded 2.40. Maple sugar blocks priced 35 cents and bulk farmer s run 22 cents per pound. Ceiling limits apply before transportation charges. Consumers urged to request pamphlet Consumers News or the Blue Book with time reference to wartime price offices.
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Canada
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Here To Stay Rationing Continues With No Europe Easing
R. Rodemar administrator of rationing and prices board in Montreal said in Winnipeg that Canada will keep the present rationing system while Europe’s food situation remains unsettled. He expects butter rationing to last until August 1947, meat until July 1947, and sugar until sometime in 1948. A stray sentence about butterfly wings mentions millions of scales.
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R. Rodemar
Montreal
Prices Board
Winnipeg
Europe
Canada
Word Puzzle Derived Clues From Mixed Letters
Fragmentary OCR style puzzle text lists coordinates and hints such as x and 11, African antelope, garment, French enese, proper, slip knot, removes from, violet, and seal. It reads like a cryptic fill in with misread tokens and stray numbers.
London duke opens genuine ducal boarding house in St Johns Wood
The seventh Duke of Leinster plans a luxury boarding house at 89 Hamilton Terrace in London, with breakfast at eight guineas weekly and services including a butler driver and hairdresser. The house has twelve bedrooms and three bathrooms, with the Duke's apartment on the ground floor. He is a former lieutenant in Ireland and served in WWI, wounded in 1917, and his heir is the Marquis of Kildare.
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London
Seventh Duke of Leinster
Hamilton Terrace
St. John’s Wood
Ireland
Irish Guards
Argyl and Sutherland Highlanders
Sth West Riding Regiment
Marquis of
Kildare
Gems Of Thought And Cultural Notes 2588
A dated collection presents quotes on character from Aristotle Cicero Wood and Eddy, noting moral purpose inner force and self knowledge, alongside a brief definition of Haik as a scarf like woolen garment worn by Arabs and Moors.
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Aristotle
R. Clark
Appalling Tuberculosis Crisis Among European Children
Dr. George Thelin of Save The Children International Union described European child health as dire. He cited Poland with 30 of every 100 children ill and 40 percent infected in France Belgium and Holland. Conditions worsened eastward with tuberculosis rickets and extreme malnutrition widespread.
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Europe
George Thelin
Save the Children International Union
Geneva
Ottawa
Poland
France
Belgium
Holland
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Rae
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