Food production problems in postwar agriculture
Lord de la Warr, chair of Great Britain’s Agricultural Research Council, spoke at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in Quebec urging fair prices and better world trade to unlock farming potential. A Canadian Commons report, led by Donald G. McKenzie, backs improved trade, rural credit, soil surveys, farm housing, and cooperative efforts to secure farmers’ financial stability and new uses for farm products. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration underscores food production as vital to postwar peace, with Canada poised to contribute amid future trade and production challenges.
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Agricultural Research Council of Great Britain
Canada
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Quebec City
United Nations
House of Ommons
Donald G. McKenzie
Winnipeg
Board of Grain Commissioners
United Nations’ Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
India to record rice crop surpassing twenty eight million tons
The first all India rice forecast predicts a record crop of more than 28.5 million tons. Domestic production is put at about 26 million tons, with 1.5 million tons expected to be imported from Burma to meet prewar consumption of 27.5 million tons.
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India
Burma
Seven Years of Bad Luck Myths and Mirror History
The article traces the seven year superstition linked to breaking a mirror, citing Roman beliefs on health cycles and mirrors as early reflections. It notes mirror invention in the 13th century and silvering in England, then expands to uses in optics, warfare, and reconnaissance, including submarines and fighters.
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England
Egypt
Milady
Anders
Britain
Price Control And Rationing Information Q As
A wartime Q A column explains rationing limits and price ceilings. It covers why broad rationing is hard, how horsemeat ceilings apply to animal feed, the use of ration cards and coupons, sign requirements on trucks, and corn syrup allowances for young children with medical notes. Readers are invited to request Consumers News or the Blue Book from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
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Consumers News
Blue Book
Prices and Trade Board
Regina
Sask
Navy oil salt water soap shown in House order
The Royal Canadian Navy developed a salt water soap to conserve fresh water aboard ships. It was presented in a tabled naval order in the House of Commons. The order did not detail the soap’s development or qualities.
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Royal Canadian Navy
House of Commons
Army finds headwaters of the Orinoco River in Guiana border area
United States Army teams locating the Orinoco headwaters in a mountain gorge near the Venema Brazil border end a long geograhic search. The discovery influences the boundary between Brazil and Venezuela by shifting the watershed east and reallocating about 1,000 square miles of territory for both nations.
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United States Army
British Guiana
Orinoco
Venema
Braz
Amazon
Smile Awhile Cartoons Show Simple Laugh Lines
A collection of brief comedic dialogue and gags from daily life. Jokes feature a boy named Johnny and his father, a school setting, and humorous misunderstandings about language odds and head bumps. The snippets capture early 20th century light humor and social foibles.
Sixteen Year Old Hitler Youth Ready for Front Line
A Stockholm Aftontidningen report says German sixteen year olds trained by the Hitler Youth could be deployed after only one more month of training. It also notes plans to train about one hundred thousand boys aged ten to thirteen for intelligence work.
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Gem
Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Hitler Jugend
Eczema- Skin Troubles: New Remedy Claims
An ad touts a skin treatment for eczema promising fast relief and no staining. It asserts strong concentration and complete satisfaction or money back, urging readers to try the product without details on usage or company.
Language shifts in Malaya and Japanese policy report
W L Clark notes Malaya people still use English for business though Japan promotes a Japanese term Koango for Asia Development Language. In Niagara Falls lore, Bobby Leach survived the fall but later died after slipping on an orange peel.
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Malay
Malaya
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Bobby Leach
Niagara Falls
Ater
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