National Research Council Builds Trained Science Workforce
The National Research Council in Canada has expanded facilities, boosted its peacetime budget near six million dollars, and now runs 11 laboratories across the country. It coordinates wartime research, supports 162 projects in 29 institutions, and has awarded about 1,200 grants to 700 individuals over 25 years to foster scientifically trained talent who largely stay in Canada.
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INCE
National Research Council
Masis
Council
Canada
Ottawa
Aeronautical and Hydraulic Laboratories
Mechanical Engineering
Applied Biology
Navy
Army
Electrical Engineering
England
United States
Australia
China
Russia
Ottawa Citizen
Doenitz Reveals Germany Aims With New Submarines
The German Grand Admiral Doenitz says Germany will field hundreds of small submarines and motor torpedo boats next spring to disrupt Allied supply lines and threaten Atlantic convoys. The new U-boat, possibly the Snort, is said to recharge batteries underwater, a revolutionary capability.
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Churchill
Roosevelt
Germany
Doenitz
Antwerp
Atlantic
Royal Navy
Kiel
West
Vancouver Province
Milk Consumption Outlook in Canada Postwar Era
Laura C. Pepper of Ottawa urged at Calgary that milk consumption in Canada will rise after the war if quality is maintained. She told the National Dairy Council more milk can be used with adequate purchasing power as the value of dairy grows. The report praised Canada's role in alleviating a world canned milk shortage, noting exports of 26 million pounds in 1939 and over 44 million pounds in 1943.
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Laura C. Pepper
Ottawa
Consumer’ Service
Department of Agriculture
Calgary
Canada
National Dairy Council
Dominion
Schooner Aldebaran Offered For Sale By WSA
The 42 year old schooner Aldebaran once owned by Kaiser Wilhelm II is offered for sale by the U S War Shipping Administration. They call the vessel virtually a bulk ship with over 100 tons of lead reported in the hull.
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Aldebaran
Kaiser Wilhelm II
U.S. War Shipping Administration
Clergyman Fined for Knocking Officer Unconscious
An English court fined £5 after an elderly clergyman struck a billeting officer with his cane. The case drew humor from other clergymen who reportedly prefer less violent methods to subdue opponents.
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Montreal Gazette
Largest airplane nears test flight stage at Hughes Long Beach
Engineers at Hughes Aircraft in Long Beach California push toward test flights for the eight engine cargo flying boat reputedly the world largest. They seek city permission to lease seven acres of municipal land for test purposes.
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Hughes Aircraft Company
Long Beach
Cal
Vancouver Boeing workers fund eye surgery for blind graduate
Isobel Beveridge 23 a University of British Columbia arts graduate and rivet bagger at Boeing Vancouver receives a $1600 donation from fellow aircraft workers to cover a corneal transplant. The operation to restore sight is planned as the Pacific coast’s first such procedure with special instruments being prepared for the delicate surgery.
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Boeing
Vancouver
B.C
Isobel Beveridge
University of British Columbia
Catalina
Isobel
Pacific Coast
Pacific Athletic Club
Pete Canavan
Aeronautical Mechanics Lodge
Mr. Canavan
Shakespeare
Miss Beveridge
Cable exchanges for Canadian POWs and kin agreed
The Canadian Red Cross will fund two way cable messages between Canadian prisoners of war in the Far East and their next of kin in Canada over the next year. Next of kin may send cables via the Ottawa Inquiry bureau at any time, but are advised to wait a month or more to avoid cables crossing each other, improving results.
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Far East
Canada
Canadian Red Cross
Red Cross Inquiry Bureau
Ottawa
Red Cross
Western Canada
L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Central Experimental Farm
Fresh-water area of Canada spans about 228 thousand square miles
The article notes Canada's extensive fresh-water area totaling roughly 228,307 square miles. It emphasizes the vast scope of Canada's water resources and their geographic distribution across provinces and territories.
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Canada
Trans-Canada to Triple Transcontinental Service from Montreal
Trans-Canada Air Lines inaugurates a third trans continental flight between Montreal and Vancouver effective February 1, doubling passenger capacity with fourteen passenger airplanes. New crews drawn from rehabilitated Royal Canadian Air Force personnel join as pilots on TCA routes. In December the New York to Toronto thrice daily service offered 758 seats with 673 filled, an 88.8 percent load.
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Montreal
Vancouver
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Royal Canadian Air Force
TCA
New York
Toronto
Experimental Farm Tests Show Home Grown Seed Best
A Dominion study across Nap pan Nova Scotia Ste Anne de la Pocatiere Quebec Ottawa Brandon and Beaverlodge Alberta found three year results for Vanguard oats Regent wheat and O A C 21 barley showed no clear advantage to importing seed if the seed is clean well graded and suited to local conditions The work emphasizes choosing well adapted varieties and good seed quality over origin.
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Dominion
Nappan
N.S
Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere
P.Q
Ottawa
Brandon
Beaverlodge Peace River District
Alberta
Regent Wheat
O.A.C
Airlines President Elected for Canadian Pilots Association
The Winnipeg born pilot was elected president of the Canadian Airlines Pilots Association at a Montreal meeting. The group, affiliated with British and U S associations, represents all commercial transport pilots in the country.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
Canadian Airlines Pilots’ Association
Montreal
United States
Canada
Should Not Be Hard to Welcome Returning Soldiers
The Montreal Gazette argues debt to Canada’s fighting men is human and spiritual and must be repaid on the same basis. It calls for welcoming veterans home and supporting their return to peaceful life with gratitude, understanding, and recognition of their service and hardships.
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The
Montreal Gazette
Canada
Pineapple crochet basket with daisies pattern 7408
New crochet idea shows chairs adorned with a pineapple design basket filled with daisies. Pattern 7408 provides stitches and instructions. send twenty cents in coins to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7408 with name address and pattern number. Mails may delay delivery.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
British Colour Photo Technique Aids Early Plastic Surgery
A British colour photography method, first used in medical history, provided vital help to plastic surgery and influenced skin pathology development. It was developed by Mr Pa Hennel, a British colour photography specialist.
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Pa, Hennel
Vast star counts and ancient trees in scientific note
A note states ten quadrillion stars lie within reach of modern telescopes and that Giant Sequoias flourished on Earth about 100 million years ago. The item ends with the number 2606.
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