Sweden's Postwar Prosperity Shines Across Europe
Swedes emerge from the 1939- era peace with confidence and spring hopes for record prosperity. Paper and pulp firms see high orders, iron utilises improve with a Poland trade pact, and federation output hits a record. The merchant fleet nears wartime losses recovered, civil air services expand, radio ownership is widespread, and travel to the U S and S America rises.
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Poland
Federation of Swedish Industries
Sweden
Stockholm
European
United States
West Africa
South America
Europe
Apple crop shortage sparks scarce early market sales
An article notes last year’s near failure of the apple crop raising prices and limiting availability mostly to early buyers. It discusses the apple’s nutrition and long history in Canada, naming varieties like McIntosh Melba Hume and Courtland, and credits cross-border origins from the United States and England.
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British Isles
Nova Scotia
Quebec
de Monts
McIntosh
Dominion
Canada
Melba
Hume
Lobo
Joyce Linda
Sandow
Spy
Jonathan
Gravenstein
Wealthy
Courtland
United States
England
Kitchener Record
Mountain Climbing Boosts Elder Statesmen Says Times
The New York Times notes Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts, soon 76, climbed Table Mountain last month, boosting his spirits and prompting concerns foes may seek another decade in office. The piece likens elder climbers to renewed vigor and cites wartime veterans seeking jobs as context for policy limits.
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Jan Christian Smuts
Table Mountain
Carter
New York Times
Eiffel Tower Reclaimed by French Authorities
The Eiffel Tower in Paris has been re requisitioned by the US Army Signal Corps and returned to France. Radio equipment at the tower’s summit has been dismantled, marking a shift from wartime to peacetime use.
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Paris
Eiffel
US Army Signal Corps
Nature to War: Lessons From Animals and Insects
The Ontario bulletin argues man copied many war ideas from nature including camouflage, flight concepts from birds, gliders, and armored turtle-inspired protection. It notes the flying fish foreshadowed aircraft and that modern tanks use turtle shell principles to shed enemy fire. Niagara Falls Review.
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Ontario Department of Game and Fisheries
United States
Army News
Niagara Falls
Atlantic Weather Ships Network Formed by Conference
A plan to station 13 weather reporting ships across the north Atlantic about 300 miles apart was approved by an international aviation conference. Representatives from 17 countries agreed to share the maintenance cost of the fleet for weather reporting and potential rescue operations.
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North Atlantic
International Aviation Conference
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute Foundation Laid
The foundation stone for the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute was laid recently at Jadavpur India. The development of machinery enables automatic drawing of fine glass fibre to produce glass cloth.
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Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
Jadavpur
India
Ships to be built in Vizagapatam shipyard for 8000 ton cargo hulls
After centuries Indian shipyards resume work at Vizagapatam with two 8000 ton cargo ships planned. Construction should start early 1946 and run 12 to 18 months. Also notes a total solar eclipse where the sun appears blacked out due to the moon lacking atmosphere.
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Vizagapatam
Cats Rule St Ives Wealth of Famed Port
The town of St Ives in England is famed for its large cat population. Visitors are greeted by friendly cats at the station and in the streets where many roam, rest on doorsteps, or clean themselves. Fishermen store nets in cellars to protect them from rats, kept in check by cats.
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St. Ives
England
Real Snake Queen of South Africa Builds Export Empire
Mrs. G. Peers runs a large snake park in South Africa and trades in live snakes and venom. Her cobra venom exports serve the Soviet cancer research program, while wartime demand boosts orders from British and American zoos seeking replacements after wartime losses. Cobras and puff adders are in strong demand.
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South Africa
G. Peers
New Wax Modelling Material Named Harnelhen
Toronto kindergarten teacher Ella Henry and two colleagues claim a new wax modelling material called Harnelhen. When heated it softens and can be hand shaped into delicate paper-thin flower forms that are practically unbreakable.
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Ella Henry
Toronto
Harnelhen
Shaw’s vegetarian ethics challenged by vegetable cruelty
The Argonaut notes Bernard Shaw's vegetarianism rooted in kindness to animals but recounts his disillusion after witnessing experiments by Sir Jagadis Bose with vegetables. Shaw, present with Balfour, observed cabbages convulsing when scalded, making him unhappy about his diet.
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Bernard Shaw
Lady Randolph Churchill
Lady Randolph
Shaw
Mr. Balfour
Jagadis Chunder Bose
Makes Good Story Tr ing To Solve Indian Problem
A conscientious American officer seeks a solution to the Indian problem by studying, reading, and interviewing nationalist leaders. After four months his health falters and a nightmare reveals colonial burdens. The roommate recalls the officer waking with terror.
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India
After Many Years the Russian Midget Troupe Breaks Up
The royal Russian midget troupe that toured globally and lived together for 39 years disbands after the death of master of ceremonies Michel Sokolsky who stood three feet four inches tall. The group had left Russia in 1909 for the stage, marking its first breakup since then.
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Royal
Michel Sokolsky
Sokolsky
Russia
Famous Woman Flier Winnifred Fair Arrives in Montreal
Winnifred Fair, renowned as possibly the world's most experienced woman flier, arrives in Montreal with her husband Capt. Peter Fair of British Overseas Airways. The British pilot, native to Bedfordshire, has 4,000 hours of flight time and 60 aircraft types, and served with the Air Transport Auxiliary during World War II.
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Winnifred Fair
Peter Fair
British Overseas Airways
Montreal
England
Capt. Fair
Kingston
W. J. Fair
Mrs Fair
Bedfordshire
Cw.a. Scott
Pauline Gower
Robert Gower
Air Transport Auxiliary
British Isles
Mrs. Fair
ATA
Britain
Say How Movement Calls for New Ways to Talk
Don Richardson argues in Atlantic Monthly that English has grown dull with words like skill and knowledge. He advocates replacing phrases such as understanding and perspicacity with sharper forms like know why know-who and do it. He urges replacing taste with gee where for precision and expanding the language beyond know-how.
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Don Richardson
Atlantic Monthly
Nelson Antiques Presented to Rear-Admiral Maxwell
Two silver sauce boats once given to Nelson after the Battle of Copenhagen were presented to Rear-Admiral Sir Wellwood Maxwell by shipbuilders, repairers and engineers of the Tyne and Tees in Newcastle England on his relinquishment of the post of flag officer Tyne area.
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Nelson
Copenhagen
Sir Wellwood Maxwell
Tyne and Tees
Newcastle
England
Tyne
Moon Formation Theory From Early Earth Debris
Scientists theorize the moon formed when a detached portion of a rapidly rotating early Earth was flung into space as the planet was plastic. This view presents a collision and disc-origin scenario based on planetary dynamics.
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Earth
Pattern of life in Britain steadily getting brighter
Canadian press outlines gradual improvements in postwar Britain with easing blackouts. Stores show cautious restocking as shortages persist for exports and manpower, but consumers find more hair pins, utensils, and cheaper utilities. Bananas and oranges appear. housing rents expected to fall slowly. Cripps defends gradual easing after wartime austerity.
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Britain
John Dauphinee
United Kingdom
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Birmingham
British Place Names in Animal Breeds Across Isles
The article lists animal breeds named from British place names including Jersey and Guernsey cows from Channel Islands Ayrshire from Scotland Burns Ayrshire, Shetland ponies and dogs, Skye terriers, Yorkshire and Kerry dogs, Airedale terrier, Clydesdale horse, Manx cats, Dorking and Orpington hens, Plymouth Rock origin, Berkshire hogs, Cheviot sheep, and Cheviot Hills border region highlights.
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Jasper B. Sinclair
British Isles
Man
Channel Islands
Jersey
Guernsey
Ayrshire
Robert Burns
Highlands
Scotland
Aberdeen
Angus
North Sea
Shetland Islands
Shetland
Isle of Skye
Skye
Yorkshire
England
Kerry
Ireland
Aire
Clyde
Irish Sea
Isle of Man
Britain
Dorking
Orpington
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth
Berkshire
Color as incentive boosts British industry output
A North England cotton mill plans color coding by painting looms lime green and duck egg blue and walls green and light gold to spur higher production. The article notes the first atom was split in 1919 by Rutherford by altering a nitrogen-oxygen mix.
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North England
Rutherford
Leading Fire Causes Include Flues and Chimneys
The article identifies defective flues and chimneys as the primary causes of house fires, underscoring the need for chimney maintenance and safe heating practices.
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