Ducks Unlimited finances and goals outlined by Judge Ross
Judge W G Ross of Ducks Unlimited Canada spoke at the annual meeting detailing a decade of US funding exceeding $1,000,000 spent to improve 1,263,600 acres for waterfowl across Canada. He urged Canadians to contribute, noting restoration efforts and wildlife population gains from 27 to 150 million.
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United States
Canada
Ducks Unlimited Inc
W. G. Ross
Moosmumin
Ducks Unlimited
Ross
Drouth
Canadian
Prairies
Nwt
Judge Ross
Nature
P.F.R.A
Young Columbia Girl Serves as Jury Attache
Five year old Ann McEachern of Columbia South Carolina works as a veteran court attache drawing jurors names in Richland County circuit courts. She earns two dollars a day when court is in session and observes proceedings when idle. State law requires the attache be unable to read and she succeeded a predecessor who reached six and went to school.
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Ann McEachern
Columbia
South Carolina
Richland County
Ann
Clever father can trip sons in parental wisdom
The head of the house reads a newspaper aloud and muses that a father's cleverness can become a stumbling block for men. His wife responds that their son Bobby will avoid such a fall and stay steady.
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Bobby
Scotch Parliament Bans Golf in 1457 Over Archery
In 1457 the Scottish Parliament banned golf arguing the game distracted from archery practice. The act aimed to preserve military readiness by keeping citizens focused on archery skills.
Canada plans postwar arsenals for wartime readiness
The St. Catharines Standard reports a Canadian defense plan to formalize postwar readiness. Arsenals Ltd led by Col. Malcolm P. Jolly would coordinate rapid plant conversion for clothing and equipment, produce shells and rifles, and supply machine tools to designated plants. The aim is businesslike defense, eventual integration with National Defense, and ongoing readiness.
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Canada
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Arsenals, Ltd
Malcolm P. Jolly
Department of National Defense
St. Catharines
Atomic chain reaction risk seen as tiny by Urey
Nobel laureate Harold C. Urey, famed physicist involved in atomic research, estimates the probability of an atomic bomb triggering a world-scale chain reaction at one in 100 septillion, a figure presenting an almost zero chance.
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Los Angeles
Harold C. Urey
University of Chicago
Pyramids and Wall Built in Low Mood to Ease Unemployment
The article notes claims that Egypt's pyramids and China's Great Wall were constructed during times of economic hardship to relieve unemployment. It discusses the theory as a historical perspective without asserting proven facts.
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Pyramids
Egypt
Great Wall
China
New Emergency Wheat Receipt Plan Issued for 1946 Deliveries
The Canadian Wheat Board announces the Emergency Wheat Receipt program to spur wheat deliveries by Prairies farmers between April 1 and June 30 1946. Producers may choose cash or emergency receipts with set payment options through December 31 1948 and can adjust holdings by surrendering receipts for partial cash settlement.
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Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
Port Arthur
Vancouver
Beaver Catch and Fur Prices in Canada Across Years
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics tracks beaver catches and pelt values in Canada. Beavers numbered about 170,000 twenty years ago, declined to 59,000 by 1934, rose to 90,000 in 1941, then 131,000 in 1944. Pelt value ranged from 15 dollars in 1924 to 37 dollars by 1944.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Local bank slip error leads to tense call
A Courier-Journal item recalls a bank book keeper calling a customer to point out an addition error on a deposit slip. After a long explanation the customer asks what to do and the teller replies they only want to change the slip, prompting her to hang up in anger.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Help Your Neighbor Driver Delays Two Women Outcome
A driver bound for Finchley stops to give a lift to two young women in central London. Two older women arrive and switch seats claiming they must reach Finchley. The driver protests while passing Paddington Station. The two older women insist on getting off at Finchley.
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Finchley
London
Paddington Station
Wisconsin Restaurant Association Pushes National Soup Day
In Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Restaurant Association urged President Truman to proclaim November 15 as National Soup Day and to designate split pea soup as the national soup. The convention also touched on broader policy goals amid a packed agenda.
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Wisconsin Restaurant Association
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Truman
British Fall Whale Expedition To Use New Gadgets
A British Antarctic expedition plans to deploy advanced scientific gear including planes and radar this fall. The mission aims to protect whaling resources and undermine the long standing hunt by restricting whales' opportunities to evade capture.
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Antarctic
Sir Ben Smith
House of Commons
Britain
Sir Ben
John Grierson
Grierson
Fleet Air Arm
England
Capetown
Remote Fort Prince of Wales Welcomes Muskox Guard
A modern force from Exercise Muskox arrives at Fort Prince of Wales near Churchill Manitoba to mount a ceremonial guard before the fortress once held by Samuel Hearne. Royal salute from a 24 pounder marks the event as historians recall La Perouse capture in 1782.
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Fort Prince of Wales
Churchill
Manitoba
Samuel Hearne
Fort Princes of Wales
la Perouse
Hudson Bay
Canada
Muskox
York Factory
Racial prejudice curbed by license loss in Virgin Islands
A new anti segregation statute in St Thomas and St Croix allows a business to lose its license if a discriminated against individual wins in court. The policy aims for simple enforcement and public-place protection, deterring frivolous charges and abusive conduct in hotels and similar venues.
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Virgin Islands
St. Thomas
St. Croix
Islands
United States
Winnipeg Free Press
Man Seeks Sport on Creekside Holiday
A traveler hunting along creeks and lagoons meets a small freckled boy on a bridge near a hotel. The boy points out the arriving schoolmaster, sparking a moment of local humor as the man considers possible targets.
Polar bears drift between Greenland and Iceland on ice floes
A curious note describes polar bears migrating from Greenland toward Iceland riding cakes of ice. This unusual drift highlights Arctic wildlife movements amid changing seas.
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Greenland
Iceland
Stitchery Magic and Linen Craft Transfer Pattern
A Winnipeg notice advertises cutwork needlecraft and linen embellishments. It offers a transfer of twenty motifs sized 3 x 9 to 2 x 4 inches, with stitches, for twenty cents, to the Household Arts Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Univ, 175 McDermot Avenue E. Include name, address, and pattern number clearly.
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Patio
Ars
Winnipeg
Univ
McDermot Avenue
Winni Man
Rare five-cent New Brunswick stamp sells for £60 in London
A rare five-cent New Brunswick stamp bearing the likeness of Postman Charles Connell sold at auction in London for 60 pounds, about 270 dollars, highlighting its historical value. The sale underscores note on colonial postal history and the stamp’s collectability.
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New Brunswick
Charles Connell
London
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Alice Brooks
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