Racketeers Busy As Spring Comes Around
Ottawa housewives face spring sales scams from canvassers selling lawn grass seed linoleum and tour packages. G B Piers of the Better Business Bureau warns about door to door tricksters offering overpriced inferior goods and photographs urging caution. He advises buying only from reputable stores and firms that sell through legitimate means.
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Symeron Boogy
Ottawa
Piers
Better Business Bureau
Matty-Id
Merivale Road
Minerals Traced By Helicopter
New York report describes prospectors using a helicopter mounted magnetometer to map mineral deposits in one hour, surpassing 70 days of ground survey. Louis Shattuck Cates, head of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and Phelps-Dodge president, calls it revolutionary, citing ultra violet light, the electroscope, Geiger Mueller counter, and geophysical methods as enhancing discovery potential.
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New York
United States
Louis Shattuck Cates
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Cates
Phelps-Dodge Corp
Lee Ae
Canada’s Force Strength Debates Echo Across Nations
The article surveys comments by Canadian leaders on defense readiness and citizen duty amid postwar security concerns. It notes public skepticism over army funding, estimates of costs, and the role of the United Nations in shaping policy while highlighting societal debates on national service and the balance of power.
Britain’s wealthy class shrinks after tax drive
Britain's wealthiest group with net incomes over 24 000 after tax fell from 7 000 in 1939 to 45 in 1945 46. Only 840 earned 16 000 to 24 000 while 12 000 did so in 1938 39. Across 14 million taxpayers 13 175 million had under 2 000 after tax. Labor Daily Herald notes half of money income still goes to 10 15 percent of people.
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London
Treasury
Britain
Laborite Daily Herald
Beaver Evidently Liked To Travel
A beaver family built a beaver house on a five log raft with furnishings, drifting down the Vermillion River toward a Raphoe camp. Four beavers occupied the house with poplar food, suggesting a winter drift. The tale notes remarkable beaver ingenuity and travel habits observed by trapper Tom Burns.
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Tom Burns
Raphoe
Tom
Georgian Bay
Quebec
Sing With The Baby
A brief on singing with a child to aid speech development praises daily vocal play. It states singing with a baby benefits language acquisition and that every child can learn to speak given opportunity, barring physical or mental defects.
Ethics Codes in Canadian Papers Highlight Press Responsibility
The Ottawa Journal notes a claim about the American Society of Newspaper Editors ethics code while acknowledging Canadian papers large and small that uphold a strong code. Malta spans 122 square miles with a population of 268,668.
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American Society of Newspaper Editors
Society
Ottawa Journal
Canada
Malta
Cause of Baldness Linked to Brain Work
Montreal report from the American Association of Anatomists says men who do heavy brain work are more prone to balding due to less fat on their scalp. Dr. H. Warton Young of Howard University presented the five year study at the 60th meeting.
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Montreal
American Association of Anatomists
H. Warton Young
Department of Anatomy
Howard University
Washington
Russia Sees BC Fish Trade Rival in Postwar Era
British Columbia packers warn Russia may challenge BC markets as they gain access to former Japanese fishing grounds. Spokesmen note Siberian salmon packs and planned sales to Britain, with Britain likely the top customer while Australia and New Zealand reopen. Officials monitor Russian Pacific activity, fearing future incursions.
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Vancouver
Russia
British Columbia
B.C
Britain
Japan
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
United States
Pacific
E. V. Alexander
Siberian
U.S. Merchants Campaign Against Prices
Walter Morrow of the American Retail Federation outlines a campaign by 500,000 retailers to cut prices item by item and category by category. He says production will rebound, profits will compress, and voluntary action can root out speculative pricing and excess profits to ease price shocks.
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Washington
Walter Morrow
American Retail Federation
Federation
Morrow
Mr. Morrow
Hope to ease fear of war in prisoner camp visit
In Birmingham England Alderman A F Bradner the Lord Mayor urged that British and German people form lasting friendships to remove the fear of war. Visiting a German POW camp near the city he expressed wishes for the prisoners to regain health and return home to help rebuild peace and Europe’s prosperity.
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Birmingham
Eng
Ald
A. F. Bradneer
Here
Europe
Capetown approves Smuts motion on Southwest Africa
The South African Parliament adopted Prime Minister Smuts' motion declaring Southwest Africa an integral part of the union with representation in Parliament.
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Capetown
Smuts
Southwest Africa
Union
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