Canada Wheat Acreage Seen Critical For World Food Shortage
Canada faces a pivotal harvest as world food shortages loom. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics projects wheat acreage rising from 23,414,100 acres last year to about 26,451,000 this year, with the Prairie Provinces adding about 3,265,000 acres while Ontario drops 230,000 acres in fall seeding. If realized, Canada's wheat area would near 1939 and 1940 levels, signaling a decisive contribution to global food supply amid scarce reserves. Barley and flax acreage trends show declines, with summer fallow at 18,724,000 acres.
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Canada
Mimenta
Europe
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Dowding Led RAF in Defining Battle of Britain
London correspondent recalls Lord Dowding who just turned sixty four and shaped Britain's air defense. He approved the eight machine gun fighter design, devised strategy, trained crews, and commanded the air defense that repelled the Luftwaffe. His affection for the RAF pilots shines through in a vivid tribute.
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Lord Dowding
RAF
Britain
Avr
Cmer Aarsna
Great Britain
London
Gems of Thought on Home and Happiness
A collection of quotations celebrating home love and domestic happiness. Featuring Goethe Henry van Dyke Mary Baker Foldy Holland Montrosier Christopher Harvey and others, asserting home as center, safety, and peace. Each line emphasizes the home as a refuge and source of affection.
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Henry van Dyke
Mary Baker Foldy
Holland
Montrosier
Christopher Harvey
Joliot-Curie Proposes Peaceful Diamond Experiment
French Nobel laureate Frederick Joliot-Curie, France’s atomic research chief, suggests a peaceful test turning coal into diamonds by drilling a tunnel into granite, filling it with coal, sealing it with an atom bomb, and remotely detonating it to observe heat effects and mineral changes.
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Frederick Joliot -Cusie
Joliot-Curie
France
High Commissioner For
Atomic Research
United Europe and the limits of unity in history
The column argues Briand's dream of a United Europe is unlikely to occur in our era. It notes humanity's progress beyond tribal rule but cites Europe’s linguistic and racial divides. It compares to the United States, whose union required a costly Civil War and shared beliefs, and suggests the best current path may be the United Nations.
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Europe
Aristide Briand
United States
Mr. Churchill
United Nations
Pnly
St. Catharines
Valuable Pictures Urge Return of Art Transferred from Germany
Representatives of major museums urged President Truman and Acting Secretary Adison to repatriate 200 artworks brought to the United States from Germany last December. Juliana Force of the Whitney and Fred Mortimer Clapp of the Frick called the transfer unjustified, citing safety as an unproven motive and questioned the grounds for the move.
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Truman
Dean Adiison
United States
Germany
Juliana Force
Whitney Museum
Fred Mortimer Clapp
Frick
Death Ray by Graphite Walls at Hanford
Report describes Hanford facility using graphite surrounded concrete walls three feet thick to confine radioactive and neutron rays. Filters of steel aluminum and lead would tame the energy, making rays cheap and allowing simultaneous treatments. The text compares potential dangers to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and envisions large neutron ray supply for medical use.
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St'stanford
Washington
Alee Cage
Hanford
Husky Devours 1000 Vitamin Pills on Muskox Trek
A lean husky named Mukluk scavenged 1000 fish oil vitamin pills spilled from a snowmobile during the Muskox Arctic expedition near Baker Lake. He is reported doing fine with only a glossy coat as a side effect. The crew shared a new supply of vitamins after the accident and resumed the 9100 mile trek.
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Husky Dox
Mukink
Defence Headquarters
Mukluk
Baker Lake
Makiuk
Grape Nuts Puff Pudding Recipe Card
Le mon rind adds zest to butter and sugar creamed together then yolks beaten with lemon juice. Fold in flour grape nuts and milk then stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in hot water bath at 325 F for about 1 hour 15 minutes until sponge crust forms top and custard shows below. Serve cold with cream. Makes six servings.
Made Over Clothes Highlight Princess Elizabeth Wardrobe
The Princess Elizabeth outfit at Hurst Park races drew comments on a blue serge coat blue hat and veil. The piece notes her limited rationed wardrobe still relying on her mother's clothes and alterations while her role in RAF support figures include delivering millions of newspapers and freight to British forces in Europe using radar guided blind drops in fog.
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Princess Elizabeth
London Daily Mail
Elizabeth
Hurst Park
Magaraigs
RAF
Europe
Ancient Roman infant skeleton unearthed in Canterbury
In Canterbury England archaeologists uncover a Roman era infant skeleton dated between 1600 and 1900 years ago. The find sheds light on life and burial practices in ancient Britain.
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Canterbury
Eng
Grape Nuts Flakes Blend Sealed For Flavor And Digestion
Description touts two golden grains wheat and malted barley in Grape Nuts Flakes. The blend is baked toasted for flavor crispness and easy digestion amid a call to buy an economy package.
British Children's Theatre Tour At Toynbee Hall
The Glyndebourne Company brings a children’s theatre show of Dickens Great Expectations to Toynbee Hall London for two performances daily, with the Education Authority supplying the audience. The company tours Britain for 25 weeks, providing schoolchildren access through free teacher-led school sessions.
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Britain
Lawson County Council Education Coutrites
Glyndebourne
London
Charles Dickens
Toynbee Hall
Ant End
Wartime "leader cable" guided ships home through sea bed current
A disclosed wartime secret describes a single core insulated cable laid on the sea bed to steer ships. Low frequency current from shore created a magnetic field detectable by surface ships with equipment, allowing course corrections to stay above the cable and aid vessels approaching harbor in thick weather.
Famed Glassworker Deuerlein Dies at 82
Frederick F. Deuerlein, 82, a renowned glassworker and longtime Corning Glass Works employee, died after a short illness. He claimed to have flown the first electric light bulb ordered by Thomas A. Edison in 1879, a test bulb that led Edison to order 165 bulbs.
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Frederick F. Deuerlein
Corning Glass Works
Thomas A. Edison
The
Glass Works
Deuerlein
Edison
Our Crossword Puzzle Clue Pack Surfaces
Crossword puzzle entry hints include 11 Across for over power and 17 Mascatine personal tied to 22 The selt, suggesting a themed clue set with names and wordplay. The fragment hints at puzzle numbering and likely crossword style clues.
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