Britain Faces Food Shortage Return to Wartime Controls
An official British Ministry of Information report notes a year after V E Day that Britain reimposes strict wartime food policies. Farmers must sell millable grain and edible potatoes to approved buyers, with compulsory cropping orders reintroduced and supplies strained to keep livestock fed as the nation fights postwar hunger.
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Britain
United Kingdom
Ministry of Food
Women's Land Army
Quotes on Motives and Character from Notable Thinkers
A collection of aphorisms on motive and character. Brackets of ideas from Bruyere Penn Mary Baker Fay Johnson Goethe frame the ethical influence of intention on actions and speech.
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Bruyere
Wiliam Penn
Mary Baker Fay
United States to Launch Five Year Cold Prevention Campaign
The National Institute of Health will open a five year effort to prevent and cure common colds. Dr Rolla Ryer leads a team to isolate cold viruses and develop a vaccine. Initial funding is 50 000 dollars for the first year, with wide public impact anticipated if successful.
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United States National Institute of Health
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Rolla Ryer
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Vancouver
St Thomas Times-Journal
Mistake or Return: Farmers Sons Choose Windsor Jobs
A St Marys Journal Argus item notes Henry Jenry, a well to do farmer with 200 acres, kept for his two sons who served overseas. On return the brothers chose Windsor jobs, the old man sold the home place and pondered costs of rent tax and city expenses.
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Windsor
Bad driving habits blamed for most accidents study
A study of 3 500 accidents in the Weekly Underwriter links quarter of crashes to failure to slow for blind intersections. Drivers who are inexperienced show more bad habits. experts urge correction without waiting for an accident. New York Sun notes careful approach at intersections reduces risk. Fred Marshal viscount Montgomer y mentions umbrella and cane gifts at Farnham Grammar School. Northern lights seen about 50 miles above Earth.
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New York Sun
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Farnham Grammar School
Plastic marvels and toys at New York ex position
The New York event showed plastics made items from bugles to wallpaper and clothes. A girlish jest about a boy who saved a man from the canal drew cheers as a bystander praised brave deeds while a child boasted about marbles.
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Junior
New York Herald Tribune
30 Day Test Promises Better Alertness With Kellogg Cereal
An editorial style pitch encourages a 30 day diet change to combat dullness and headaches from incomplete elimination. It promotes Kellogg’s Bran Flakes and other cereals as bulk from natural foods, claiming increased energy and alertness with a Kellogg branded plan.
Eye health tips from a Canadian specialist
A noted Canadian eye expert links many childhood diseases and infections to eye problems and urges vaccination tonsillectomy toxoid treatment and hygiene to prevent eye complications. He covers congenital cataract prevention by avoiding risky marriages proper diet early glasses for crossed eyes and prompt treatment of eye injuries and systemic diseases.
Persian Carpets Reflect Craftsmanship Across Persian Heritage
The piece notes Persian carpets as unequaled products of artisans with storied history. It cites high prices in British salerooms amid wartime shortages and highlights carpets used for wall decoration and daily life as part of Persian culture. Sir Murdoch Smith remarks link the Chehel Situn Palace carpet to Shah Abbas era.
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Centurie
Murdoch Smith
Chehel Situn
Ispahan
Shah Abbas
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