Canada’s wartime science program shown as global asset
A Canadian research surge under Dr C J McKenzie and the National Research Council enabled wide war contributions. H H Lank says imagination powered Allied victory, while postwar plans push peacetime projects to improve housing, health, food, and employment. Funding remains the key challenge to sustain expansion.
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Canada
United Nations
National Research Council
C. J. McKenzie
Engineering
Saskatchewan University
H. H. Lank
Canadian Industries Limited
Research Council
Department of Reconstruction
Advertising Gains Expected In 1946 Sales Push
Marketing's annual forecast predicts advertising spending will rise 15 to 20 percent in 1946, with gains across newspapers magazines farm papers radio direct mail and outdoor media. Despite supply limits, the second half of the year likely outpaces the first six months as all ad forms increase.
Kipling howlers spark search for misprints and myths
A Sunday Times letter argues Kipling has at least 17 misprints in On the Road to Mandalay, prompting others to hunt more. Cmdr. W G Gerard notes a nautical error in Bread Upon the Waters. The piece also cites Shakespeare and Homer slips, and references Montreal A Manchester to order 1o Auster aircraft for Europe deliveries.
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Sunday Times
Rudyard Kipling
Mandalay
Kipling
Cmdr
W. G. Gerard
Royal Navy
Sir Walter Scott
Manley Hopkins
Shakespeare
Avon
Hamlet
Homer
Lesser
Montreal
Sun Heats Up Says Scientists Warn of Future Migration
Scientists say the sun is burning hotter rather than cooling, implying humanity may need to migrate to another planet or face extreme heat. At the present rate, Earth should remain comfortable for several billion years.
Price Control And Rationing Information Q and A
Q and A on token circulation for butchers to ease rationing and reduce bank trips. Discusses tire price controls, sugar coupon transitions to S coupons, and turning a ration book to the local Wartime Prices and Trade Board after death. Includes request for pamphlet Consumers' News or the Blue Book from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board.
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Prices and Trade Board
Prices Board
Consumers' News
German sound gun could end war, expert says
Col Leslie E. Simon of Aberdeen Proving Ground told U S supersonic researchers in Maryland that Germany developed a device described as a sound gun to kill a man in 30 to 40 seconds as a last minute attempt to stave off defeat. He said development was cut short by Allied victory but latent possibilities warrant further study.
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Army Ballistics
Supersonics
Maryland
Leslie E. Simon
Ballistics Research Laboratory
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Col
Simon
Western Composers Shine In Ninth Scholarship Contest
The Composers Authors and Publishers Association of Canada reports a strong response to the ninth annual scholarship contest offering 750 dollars. Applications arrive from across the Dominion, with heavy participation from the western provinces. President Jamieson praises latent talent and notes co operation from provincial Education Departments. New works emerge from western composers Robert Fleming Saskatoon Jean Coulthard Adams Vancouver Minuetta Borek Calgary.
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Rendant
Composers Authors and Publishers Association of Canada
Dominion
Hot Jamieson
Canada
Jamieson
Robert Fleming
Sasktoon
Jean Coulthard Adams
Vancouver
Minuetta Borek
Calgary
Control in Germany to keep a close watch on industry
The Daily Express from Berlin reports American planners proposed withdrawing occupation forces in 5 to 10 years and signing a peace with a new German government. An Allied industrial secret service would monitor German industry for 25 to 50 years, with plan approval possibly by Washington and the Allied control council. Public pressure is cited as driving a quicker withdrawal.
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Daily Express
Berlin
Control Council
Germany
Reich
Washington
State Department
United States
Allied Control Council
the Express
Adrawal
Crossword puzzle clues and mixed entries from a page
A scrambled crossword puzzle grid and scattered clues from a newspaper page. Numerous garbled words mix abbreviations numbers and titles with clues such as Jewish month lamb and rolling movement along with stray entries like sacred terms and family hints, creating a fragmented word puzzle snapshot.
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Sera
Dead Sea
Spaak Defeats Lie for UN Assembly Presidency
Henry Spaak defeated Trygve Lie by 28 to 23 to become the first U.N. assembly president. The vote reflected blocs and regional support, with Lie representing Norway and the Russia and Europe seat contest decided by acclamation in secret balloting amid bloc opposition.
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U.N.C
Henry Spaak
League of Nations
Trygve Lie
U.N. Assembly
Bet
Russia
Run Europe
Lie
Bloc
Eal
Smile Awhile and Jokes From a Busy Bus Stop
A collage of witty quips and brief scenes from daily life. Jokes about pastors, fashion, crocodiles, ships, disarmament, and dreams thread through conversations among soldiers, a tradesman, and friends. The tone mirrors light humor amid ordinary moments. The piece ends with a note praising Western Canada's bread wheat and prairie exports as a world granary.
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Canada
Prairies
West
Ready For Attack Canada To Keep Permanent Force
An air force official said Canada will establish a permanent air force “on the top line for preparation” to be ready for any conceivable future attack including space ships. He cited recruiting to fill ground crew trades and stressed an efficient modern air arm working with scientific research as the strongest insurance against aggression.
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Canada
Air Force
Home Skin Remedy Discovers Healing Agent
A home skin remedy claims to relieve acne and other skin troubles with a simple routine. The note highlights quick results on stubborn pimples and minor facial issues using a reformulated topical preparation.
Celebrated Birthday and moral maxims on charity
A collection of moral sayings from Adamsmith Thackeray and others on benevolence and virtue. It notes Mary Baker Eddy and Richter inspirations, praises charity as universal, and recalls The News Chronicle’s Liberal reform milestone as Bri tain’s press marks a century. It ends with a curious line about Pigeon's rubies versus diamonds.
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Adam Smith
Thackera
Gilead
Golconda
Mary” Baker Eddy
News Chronicle
Britain
The
Daily News
Charles Dickens
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