Canada Faces Critical Shortage of Hospital Beds and Nurses
Canada confronts a nationwide health crisis with a need for 27 000 more hospital beds and 9 000 additional nurses. Doctors are scarce, and the deficit affects all regions, prompting federal health authorities and the Health League of Canada to push for national action to raise community health standards. Dr Gordon Bates warns that rapid disease spread is possible without uniform controls nationwide.
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Health League
Montreal
Gordon Bates
Bates
Health League urges action to improve Canada’s medical care
The Health League stresses that Canada can rival New Zealand for best health in the empire if public support and financial will address hospital shortages. It calls for expanded training for doctors and nurses and incentives to attract youth to health professions to raise national well being.
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Health League
British Empire
New Zealand
United Action
Canada
Poth
Drifting Away From The Prairies Editorial
The Calgary Herald editorial notes Alberta population rose from 1941 to 1946 while Saskatchewan and Manitoba fell, yet overall prairie youth leave due to higher East and city wages, urban drift, and limited local opportunities. It argues Western Canada must attract investment to develop oil, mining, and by products to stop the drain and offer openings for graduates.
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British Columbia
Toronto
Montreal
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Vancouver
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Western Canada
Ox Team
Canada
Queen Elizabeth Credits Bible Reading for Moral Leadership
Queen Elizabeth said she reads the Bible daily and finds it helpful during a speech at Central Hall Westminster honoring the Bible Reading Fellowship silver jubilee. She emphasized moral leadership for Britain and the Empire grounded in Christian tradition. The event was led by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher.
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Elizabeth
Central Hall
Westminster
Bible Reading Fellowship
Bible Fellowship
Geoffrey Francis Fisher
Canterbury
Record price for rough diamond in British Guiana
In Georgetown British Guiana officials report a 4912 carat rough diamond found near the Meamu river sold for 15000 dollars, the highest price for a stone in the colony. The 1946 output reached 30957 carats, more than doubling 1945 and marking the first notable rise since 1923.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Meamu
Government plans bring limited number of German scientists to Canada
Ottawa aims to add 14 or 15 German scientists and technicians to boost jobs and innovation. About 300 specialists have applied, but policy requires a Canadian firm initiate the move and prove the skill is not available locally. Expected outcomes include 1,000 new jobs, two to three new plants, and new products or processes.
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Toronto Financial Post
Montreal
Ontario
The
Post
Germany
Department of Trade and Commerce
Humorous Vignettes of Everyday Life and Misunderstandings
A collection of light anecdotes and jokes featuring domestic life, weddings, golf, travel, barber shop errors, and child mispronunciations. The scenes humorously reveal misunderstandings, wordplay, and social faux pas in quaint, everyday settings.
Condors Exhibit Clean Habits Despite Carrion Diet
A brief note reports carrion eating condors maintain cleanliness and frequent bathing behaviors, highlighting their surprising grooming tendencies.
Sister of Nehru Named India Ambassador to USSR
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit sister of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru has been appointed ambassador for India in the Soviet Union. She led the Indian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in New York last year.
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Nehru
Russia
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Pandit
United Nations’ General Assembly
New York
Cross stitch design pattern sale and water note
A beginner friendly cross stitch pattern 5 crosses per inch Pattern 7023 offers 14 motifs sized 114x214 to 9x13 inches with charts photos and complete directions. Mail 25 cents to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man write name address and pattern number. The note ends with a remark that most fresh vegetables are about 90 percent water.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Bacon Shortage Hits Eire Housewives And Industry
In Ireland housewives report scarce bacon as hog numbers plunge from 1,227,403 in 1940 to 645,411 last year. Prices have more than trebled and illegal private sales flourish. Government may create central buying to curb the black market and revive the hog and bacon sector.
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Dublin
Eire
Farthings To Stay In British Coinage
In London the House of Commons rejected abolition of the farthing. Financial secretary Glenvil Hall said farthings remain minted at about 13,500 600 a year to meet bank demands and retain monetary value. Conservative L D Gammans had pressed for ending the coin's circulation, citing its use in buying cheap items like milk and flour.
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London
House of Commons
Glenvil Hall
The
Treasury
L. D. Gammans
Hall
Mary Pitney Sets Strawberry Picking Record in Eight Hours
Mrs. Mary Pitney reportedly set a strawberry picking record with 525 pounds in eight hours at New Westminster B C She reportedly picked about 2% times her own weight and earned $21 The article also notes Bolivia as the fifth largest country of South America.
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B.C
Mary Pitney
Bolivia
South America
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