George Foster obituary and local notices from London and Lincoln
George Foster 2 theatrical agent who helped Henry Lauder start his career died in London. The Lincoln copy of Magna Carta is installed in a one ton safe within Lincoln Cathedral. The South Wales and Monmouthshire Industries Association will sponsor a large industrial show in London in August and September 1947. In the first half of the year British lifeboats launched 266 times saving 381 lives. Sir Evelyn Baring said 10,000 natives were requested for Middle East garrison duties. Britain and the United States will keep wartime economic information exchange. Bogner Regis plans volunteer shoppers to aid elderly residents living alone. The new battleship Vanguard docked at Portsmouth for six months of fitting before Royal South Africa trip.
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South Wales and Monmouthshire Industries Association
London
Evelyn Baring
Britain
South Africa
War Office
Middle East
Bogner Regis
England
Portsmouth
Free ports take shape for Canada ocean gateways
The piece surveys Canada's push for free ports with Quebec leading, Halifax and Saint John backing year round access, and Montreal Vancouver and Victoria showing interest. It explains a free port as a customs‑free storage or movement zone and cites examples from New York New Orleans and historic Britain as context.
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Quebec
Halifax
Saint John
N.B
Montreal
Vancouver
Victoria
Chevrier
Emile St. Laurent
Old Citadel
Gordon Isner
Canada
New York
New Orleans
United States
Allied orders arrest of Japanese nationals entering Hokkaido
Allied headquarters instructed the Japanese government to apprehend Japanese nationals filtering into Hokkaido from Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands and Russian-occupied areas north of Japan. The public relations office said the apprehension aimed to guard against the introduction of communicable diseases.
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Tokyo
Hokkaido
Sakhalin
Kurile Islands
Faraday Predicted Tax on Electricity Years Ago
The St. Catharines Standard cites Michael Faraday’s remark to Gladstone that “you will be able to tax it” as a prescient note. The item appears on every electric light bill, illustrating the long reach of taxable electric power.
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Michael Faraday
Gladstone
Chancellor
Faraday
St. Catharines
Soft Drinks Popular in Canada Surging Since 1935
Government figures show an 86 percent rise in Canadian carbonated drink consumption from 1935 to 1941 with 1942 still high at 58 273 974 gallons valued at 36 646 385 dollars. The piece traces soft drink origins from mineral springs to the first bottles and crown caps used since 1880.
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Montreal
Canada
United States
Poles to immigrate to Canada as farm workers
About 4000 Polish army veterans are slated to arrive in Canada mid September. They will be recruited from Italy and go directly to Canada under two year agricultural contracts.
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London
Canada
Dominion
Italy
Phosphorus in Matches Proved Deadly to Workers
Phosphorus caused necrosis among match industry workers, killing and maiming many. A non-poisonous match chemistry later ended the hazard.
Goat Outwits Lion in Johannesburg Zoo Enclosure Jump
A goat leaped from the enclosure into the lion area at Johannesburg Zoo triggering a chase by Satan the lion. The goat escaped the pursuit, but fell from a rock separating lions from the public and was injured while keepers restored order. Satan returned to his cage, pouting after the failed hunt.
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Transvaal Highveld
Johannesburg Zoo
Satan
Johannesburg
King of Beasts
Campaign to Erect Churchill Statue at Dover Cliffs
Margate City Council received a citizen’s proposal to launch a national drive to erect a giant statue of Winston Churchill on the White Cliffs of Dover as a symbol of British liberty. The proposal envisions Churchill with a lit cigar, its tip illuminated day and night for ships in the Channel.
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Margate
Kent
England
Winston Churchill
Dover
H. A. Marsh
Churchill
Channel
Dominion Astronomer R Meldrum Stewart Retires
R Meldrum Stewart, director of the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa and Dominion astronomer, retires after 44 years in government service. appointed to the post in 1924.
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Ottawa
R. Meldrum Stewart
Dominion Observatory
Dominion
Carrier pigeon 656 found near Ottawa river
A carrier pigeon numbered 656, tied to military service, was found near the Ottawa river by three youths. The bird, marked with a red band and a 1946 ring, was taken to the Evening Citizen office and then to the Ottawa Humane Society. It remains classified as Absent Without Leave until returned to its loft.
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Bikini Island
Ottawa River
Canal Locks
Armed Services
Ottawa
Norman St. Germain
Gladstone Avenue
Michael Nalone
Frank Street
Gilbert Davis
Kent Street
Evening Citizen Office
Ottawa Humane Society
Ottawa Citizen
Victoria moves to re establish Borstal system for delinquents
Attorney General Gordon S. Wismer announced in Victoria that the re opening of the Borstal rehabilitation institution in British Columbia will proceed immediately if no physical obstacles arise. The Vancouver facility, which operated from 1937 to 1942, hinges on available accommodation and would restart without awaiting a new legislative session.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Gordon S. Wismer
Vancouver
Juvenile Crime Decline Reported in 1945
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports juvenile delinquency easing after a peak in 1942. In 1945 Canada saw 9,755 juveniles brought before courts, down from 11,554 in 1944, marking the lowest conviction level since 1940.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Drones Demonstrated In Historic Unmanned Flight Operations
A historic radio piloted flight from Hilo to Muroc showcases unmanned B 17 drones guided by a mother aircraft. The beeper in the mother craft views drone data on a TV panel and adjusts speed altitude and approach via automatic pilot and electronics. Ground crew launch and land the drone with radar aid and electronic braking.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Muroc Air Base
Calif
William L. Richardson
United States Army Air Force
Air Force
Milk prices and imperial measures compared across borders
A Times-Review note reports milk at 13 cents a quart in Toronto versus 18 to 19 cents in Buffalo. Factoring imperial ounces, Buffalo’s minimum price rises to 22 cents per imperial quart, highlighting price and measure discrepancies. A later line estimates an elephant consumes 800 pounds of green fodder in 18 hours.
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Canada
United States
Toronto
Buffalo
Times-Review
Fort Erie
U.S
National Unity in Health: Canada’s Health Education Drive
Dr Gordon Bates argues in Health that national unity hinges on broad sweeping health education across Canada. He says full membership and leadership in a world federation depend on physical and mental health for all Canadians, urging nationwide efforts to raise standards everywhere.
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Gordon Bates
National Unity
The
Health League of Canada
Dr Bates
Health League
Canada
Dominion
Scots shopkeeper keeps five shilling tally
McTavish the shop owner admits pocketing a sale of a shilling cigar until his head tally reaches five shillings. He explains he prefers counting in his head to reduce wear on the register and only rings up once the five shillings are reached.
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McTavish
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Lincoln
Lincoln Cathedral
Commerce Department
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C.P
Hamburg
Germany
Monty
C. Mann
C.B.E
Ds.o
Canadian Army
Europe
Mayfair Magazine
Mann
C. C. Mann
Brig. Mann
Montgomery
B. L. Montgomery
Joseph Priestley
Geneva
Switzerland
Philip Physick
North America
American
Lion's den
Symbol OF Liberty
By Fred Neher
NEA Service
7. M. Reg. U.ts
By William Ferguson
F. Eliot
GOV Mint
Gene Byrnes
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