Canada and Turkey raise legations to embassies status
Canada and Turkey agreed to upgrade their legations to embassies. Officials note the move reflects formalizing diplomatic ties.
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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1947
Page
3
Canada and Turkey agreed to upgrade their legations to embassies. Officials note the move reflects formalizing diplomatic ties.
Washington reports the United States Army Air Forces are developing a 42,000 pound non analytic bombardment device likely to be tested in months. It would be among the largest standard explosive weapons, imagined for B-36 bombers, with earlier 100,000 pound designs shelved.
Ottawa reports University of Chicago student Stanford Whitmore says Canadian girls have a scrubbed bath-ready look while American girls more cosmetics. New Yorker Paul Binderglas notes few differences. other travelers comment on whistles, style, reserve, and shopping-side scenes near Metcalfe and Sparks.
Testimony from a wife that her husband believed spouses should be beaten three times a day on principle helped win a divorce for Mrs Agnes Vukson of McKee’s Rocks. She said he would strike her anytime and that his father advised a woman should be beaten three times daily.
The Nursery Schools Association of Britain condemned the tale as cruel and fear inducing for children. Education secretary Miss Joyce Cornish-Bowden urged banning the story from British youngsters, citing harmful influence and fear responses linked to the big bad wolf.
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Windsor Ontario report quotes Basil O Stevenson Ford Motor Company of India managing director on possible future independence of India. He says changes in Indian government could push firms away from importing assembled autos and toward manufacturing cars wholly within India. He notes rising nationalist sentiment may demand local production.
Six queen bees valued at 600 dollars were flown from the University of California at San Francisco to Woollahra Sydney New South Wales for experimental breeding. During the 32 day journey the bees were kept in a temperature range of 75 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Each bee occupied a separate compartment in a large cardboard box.
Health authorities urge parental cooperation as children resume school. They advise thorough medical check ups, sound daily habits, and responsible hygiene. They champion musical training, prudent soap use, and consulting family doctors to instill lasting health habits.
Pel Brown loves strawberries costing 1.29 for berries and 94 for a transatlantic call to London to confirm diet allowances. His breakfast totals 95 dollars. A stray line notes a badger digging underground with rapidity if cornered.
Sir Stafford Cripps says Britain cannot allow colored pottery decoration as it would cost exports. Households will keep using plain white cups and plates for tea and boiled potatoes.
Heatherdown Alberta Donald Wilby a 70 year old farmer near Edmonton has built a vast natural history trove. His 1300 egg varieties hold about 30000 eggs from world wide species including a Black Cockatoo egg valued over 100 and a bird of paradise egg over 50. He also preserves over 1000 butterflies and moths plus bird skins mounted specimens and stamps. He began in Edmonton in 1904 and moved to the country in 1905 seeking healthier life.
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