Forestation in the West Shapes Canada’s Timber Industry and Soil Health
Canada’s forests, spanning about 1.22 million square miles or 35 percent of the land, form the nation’s largest industry through pulp and paper, lumber, and fuel. Eastern provinces and British Columbia hold most timber, with extensive planting programs to aid soil moisture and wind damage, highlighted by Saskatchewan briefs to the Forestry Commission.
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Canada
Dominion
British Columbia
Prairie
Value Shown By Experience in Forestry Education and Practice
The article argues for a Western university school of forestry and expanded research in tree culture. It notes shortages of trained personnel and highlights prairie success in growing trees for snow retention, soil protection, wind breaks, moisture conservation, and aesthetic value. It also cites highway tree plantings as a promising practice to expand.
Britain Deflects Luftwaffe Navigation Beam During War
A London correspondent recounts Britain's success bending the Luftwaffe radio navigation beam used to guide raids on Britain. German air crews bombed Dublin in 1941, prompting Irish leader de Valera to protest Berlin, which offered a wind-related apology. The device was nicknamed Aspirin by British RAF circles.
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Britain
No Man’s Land
Dublin
de Valera
Berlin
London
Ottawa Journal
Thomas Foster’s Will Creates Toronto Stork Derby Fund
The late Toronto mayor left a 1 168 555 estate with a 600 000 trust for cancer research at the University of Toronto. A 10 000 stork derby fund is to generate 2 500 yearly for four 10 year periods, with the first period already under way from Dec 11 1945. Contesting mothers must reside in Toronto for a year before the race and remain there through the contest.
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Thomas Foster
Toronto
Ont
University of Toronto
Honest Tom
Puzzle Answer To Last Week's [op wt satel VAS
A large mixed crossword with numerous clues across vertical and horizontal entries. The grid includes references to fruits, gods, celestial terms, and various common nouns. The puzzle features cryptic style lines and a final note about the previous week’s satellite question.
Price Control And Rationing Information
Wartime Prices and Trade Board details sugar coupon demand Canada twelve million pounds for all holders. Dressed poultry direct to restaurants limited to two cents over wholesale ceiling. Maple sugar syrup ceilings set by grade with per gallon prices and transport charges noted. Request pamphlet Consumers' News or Blue Book from provincial office.
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Canada
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Rationing in Canada to Persist Until 1947 and Beyond
O R Rodemar administrator of the prices board told reporters in Winnipeg that Canada will keep its rationing system while Europe’s food situation remains tight. He forecast butter rationing through August 1947, meat through July 1947, and sugar into 1948, noting ongoing shortages. Some butterflies’ wings are scaled with over a million tiny plates.
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O. R. Rodemar
Montreal
Prices Board
Winnipeg
Europe
Canada
Bride's Attire Unity Guards Against Evil Spirits
An old custom in India and Egypt had the bride and her companions dress alike at weddings to conceal the bride's identity and deter attacks by evil spirits.
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India
Egypt
Character Counts Two Words Formed Cobden's Fortune
A London brokerage tale centers on Richard Cobden whose ascent began from industry and integrity. An oak plank bearing the motto Character Counts hung over his desk after an employer valued moral risk over finance, guiding Cobden's future as merchant reformer.
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London
Richard Cobden
Manchester
Cobden
Unbeatables and Lockjaw Theorist Sparks Fateful Quip
A smoky room witticism targets a formidable politician by saying he could survive typhoid pneumonia meningitis yellow fever but would burst if he faced lockjaw. The remark underscores the speaker’s belief in the man’s iron constitution amid ailments.
Linen Exports to U S and Canada Seen Rise
Government releases 3 5 million yards of airplane linen valued at £1 000 000 to Northern Ireland manufacturers for allocation to the export trade. The move aims to boost exports to the United States and Canada with allotments dedicated to foreign markets.
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United States
Canada
Northern Ireland
Duke to Open London Boarding House with Ducal Service
The seventh Duke of Leinster plans a postwar ducal boarding house at 89 Hamilton Terrace St Johns Wood London offering breakfast, butler service, chauffeured car and hairdresser from eight guineas weekly. The house has twelve bedrooms and three baths. The Duke, age 52, is a WWI veteran and Ireland's premier duke. His heir is the Marquis of Kildare.
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London
Duke of Leinster
Hamilton Terrace
St. John’s Wood
Ireland
Irish Guards
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
8Th
West Riding Regiment
Marquis of
Kildare
Gems of Thought on Character and Truth
A collection of quotations on character moral purpose inner force and self knowledge from figures like Aristotle Cicero Mary Baker Eddy and Bishop Warburton. The excerpts emphasize inner sincerity self understanding and the quality of thinking as the basis of real character.
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H. Wood
Mary Baker Eddy
Haik Garment History Among Arab and Moorish Cultures
Haik is a scarf like cloth of coarse wool worn by Arabs Moors and Mohammedan peoples. The term describes traditional head and neck coverings with regional variations across North Africa the Middle East and Iberia.
Appalling TB toll on European children
Dr. George Thelin, secretary of Save The Children International Union, reported in Ottawa that Western Europe shows high child tuberculosis rates and worsening conditions eastward. Poland, France, Belgium, and Holland districts exhibit severe infection and widespread malnutrition among children.
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George Thelin
Save the Children International Union
Geneva
Ottawa
Poland
France
Belgium
Holland
Europe
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Saskatoon
Vas
Violet
Great Lake
Mecca
Bride
Richmond Adam Co
P.O
Vancouver
Bruce
Magic's Orange Marmalade Biscuits
Lamp and Stove CO. Ltd
Duke
R. W. Clark
Cicero
Warburton
Gree
Rea
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
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