European Artists Form Nucleus Canadian Theatre
Seven former European artists in Winnipeg form a nucleus for an all Canadian theatre. Led by Alex Lubimin the group, once persecuted by Nazis and communists, plans to stage a concert under YMCA funding to aid rehabilitation and fund a future stage company. They seek to regain careers after war and farm labor stints. Antonina Pid dubon Ostap Radiana Alina Drinska and others join from across Europe.
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Winnipeg
Europe
Alex Lubimin
Loothbe-mew
Ansious
YMCA
European Rehabilitation Fund
Antonina Piddubon
Kharkov
Munich
Berlin
Hitler
On von Genesys
Ballet
Sweden
Italy
Germany
Hungary
Ostap Radiana
United
Alina Drinska
Chopin
Canada
Lubimin
Britain's Education Program Enters Billion-Dollar Phase
Britain’s education plan scales up to the billion-dollar class as the Ministry of Education reports 1949-50 spending at £273 million. Government bears about 60 percent, with local authorities funding the rest, to expand facilities, raise the leaving age, hire teachers, build schools, offer university scholarships, and provide hot meals and milk for pupils.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Education
Gov. Mount Grants
Ellen Wilkinson
Red Ellen
Atomic Energy Helps Crop Growth Move for Using Atomic
Radiation from atomic experiments at Oak Ridge is used to breed new plant mutations. Seeds placed through concrete shielding may yield bigger crops and disease resistance, with corn, potatoes, cotton and soybeans among tested varieties. The project aims to boost sugar in corn silage, heavier tubers in potatoes, and longer storage, as described by U S Atomic Energy Commission chair David Lilienthal.
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Getty
Orver
Oak Ridge
David E. Lilienthal
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Robert L. Dorek
Scott
Arka
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Michigan Botanical Gardens
Alberta moves to curb coarse grain marketing
Alberta lawmakers introduced two bills to regulate coarse grains. The Coarse Grain Marketing Control Act imposes penalties up to 500 dollars or six months in jail for selling oats and barley outside the wheat board, with an exemption for sales to live stock owners. The second bill supports federal rules allowing a marketing body to manage all coarse grains.
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McMonton (Cp
Alberta
Wheat Board
Baby Is Born To Polio Victim In Los Angeles
Willard Dare, a barber, is told by phone he has a daughter weighing six pounds four ounces. He rushes to the hospital as his wife Virginia, 28, a polio victim, has been in an iron lung since November 15 and the infant is healthy.
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Los’ Angeles
Willard Dare
Virginia
Newfoundland Dog Will Retain Name Despite Confederation Debate
A Newfoundland dog remains unchanged by talk of Confederation. the hardiest breed with Basque ancestry, famed for amphibious nature and sled hauls in winter. The piece notes Newfoundland export history and broad global interest, juxtaposed with trivia about cosmetics spending and Greenland flora.
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Watcheu
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Greenland
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