Empire Scientific Conference aims to share wartime lessons
The war's lessons in international cooperation lead to the Empire Scientific Conference to be opened by the King. It will be held in London Cambridge and Oxford during June and July. The British Commonwealth Scientific Office coordinated wartime research and now supports imperial scientific exchange with the United States on warfare topics.
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Cambridge
Oxford
British Commonwealth Scientific Office
Empire
United States
Scientific problems of peace demand empire collaboration
The London Times notes urgent peace era scientific issues parallel wartime needs across the Empire. It cites medicine tropical health agriculture nutrition and world fishing alongside radio and cosmic ray research as areas needing joint effort. It suggests creating a Commonwealth style scientific office to continue work.
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London Times
British Commonwealth Scientific Office
Imperial Agriculture Gains From Wartime Science Cooperation
Imperial scientific collaboration has centralized work for agriculture’s benefit. The 1929 Council of Imperial Agricultural Bureaux collects soil and animal health data to aid Empire farming. Postwar Empire science may boost world food supplies and new uses for surplus crops through coordinated effort.
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Council of Imperial Agricultural Bureaux
Gems of Thought Quotes on Praise and Self Knowledge
A compact collection of aphorisms from Samuel Johnson to Mary Baker Eddy and Goldsmith. The pieces reflect on the value of scarce praise, joy from meaningful deeds, vanity’s danger, wisdom over censure, self examination, and the draining effect of excessive praise.
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Samuel Johnson
Price Control And Rationing Information
Q and A on sugar preserves coupons allow two 20 ounce tins per coupon with option to substitute jam or other rationed preserves for one can. Meat sales prohibited on May 24 sports day since it falls on Friday. Three sugar preserves coupons become valid in April with four cent butter price increase April 1 but dairy prices otherwise unchanged.
Better to Shout Little Mabel Learns Lesson From Mistake
Six year old Mabel performed in a school exercise and loudly repeated a line about pleading the poor. A parent asked for a slower recitation and discovered she instead said and feed the cows. The moment highlighted a child mishearing a moral line.
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Mabel
Mabe
Advertising can educate on world cooperation says Bakovsky
Albert Bakovsky founder of the Educational Research Society urged use of newspapers and magazines to teach the principles of world cooperation. He compared selling soft drinks and tobacco through advertising to selling education and spiritual belief via ads.
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Toronto
Albert Bakovsky
Educational Research Society
Cartoon Caption Soup of Daily Life Jokes
A jumble of light dialogue sketches shows a young woman requesting an enlarged photo and other snippets: a clerk offers mounting, a mother’s seedy mail, a wife’s sorrow, and quips about kissing, church, and grave spit. A Pan American Clippers steward coat tale, teacher Tommy riddles, and a land girl’s incubator confusion close the page with farm humor.
Crossword Puzzle Answers List From Historic Page
Readable crossword with numbers and clues for across and down. Includes entries such as abyss two legged animal pure burial place of King Arthur sun god apostle nimbus conclusion To combine And not protection nocturnal insect Spanish yes breed of small cattle sponges precious stone son of Loki To indicate shield printer s measure festivity hard hearted Japanese statesman Satan to pose to transmit To pardon Symbol for tellurium Company Invocation Pleasing Conduit Vicissitude Exclamation of triumph Poisonous snake To check Length To haggle Four Exclamation of disgust Ardor Answer To Last Week s Puzzle Characterized by criminal intent Doctrine Water wheel God of love Piece of turf Brilliancy Deep sleep Man s name Bare Goddess of the harvest Half grown hare Jungle Ashes Glacial snow Covering for the ankle To penetrate Walks lamely Poetic enough Italian coins Owing Marble game Hebrew letter Archaic you
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Land per person for food in world differs starkly by country
The discussion notes 2 acres of arable land per person are needed to feed a human. Global cultivated area is about four billion acres for a population slightly over two billion, implying two acres per person. India averages one tenth of Canada's eight acres per capita showing wide regional gaps.
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India
Canada
Vanilla Vines Grow Beneath Shade of Large Trees
The article explains vanilla vines are cultivated under trees providing ample shade as they tolerate limited direct sunlight.
Grape-Nuts Flakes Take Center Stage At Trading Post
A rustic scene showcases Grape-Nuts Flakes as a hearty, malty breakfast. The dialogue touts carbohydrates for energy proteins for muscle and minerals for health. It stresses double-grain blend of wheat and malted barley and promises golden crispness and easy digestion.
Olive tree schools aid Greece war children
Travellers find small Athens area classes under olive trees where a teacher uses a broken branch as a pointer. Pencils cost $2, no paper or books, and many schools are rubbish or damaged. UNRRA aims to teach children to smile despite malnutrition and scarce resources.
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Greece
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
M.rra
Mn.r.r.a
Polish Navy Receives Russian Modern Warships
The Polish government announced that Russia has delivered an unspecified number of modern, splendidly-equipped warships to the Polish navy at Gdynia under an agreement signed in Moscow. The note carries no exact counts but confirms the transfer and location.
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Russia
Gdynia
Moscow
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