The Empire in the atomic age a case for reform
The piece argues Britain must preserve a strong empire as a path to global stability. It warns that imperial dissolution risks anarchy and rival regional powers, urging transformation into a federated British Commonwealth and a broader world order with a world authority to control the atomic bomb.
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Hitler
Asia
Africa
Europe
Hapsburg
British Commonwealth
Hirohito
France
Gibraltar
Malta
Egypt
Suez Canal
Rommel
India
China
Britain
Australia
Pacific
MacCarthur
Atlantic
Eisenhower
Russia
Germany
Toronto scientists aided bomb work with metal shield photos
The University of Toronto assisted Canadian researchers in developing the atomic bomb by photographing metal shields that revealed uranium fission using a new electron microscope. Dr. E. F. Burton, head of the Physics Department, spoke to the London section of the Institute of Radio Engineers. Lions can jump up to 20 feet and clear a nine foot barrier. British Guiana was first settled around 1620 by the Dutch West India Company.
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University of Toronto
E. F. Burton
London
Institute of Radio Engineers
British Guiana
Dutch West India Company
Grading Of Eggs In Canada Under Dominion Regulations
Eggs bought and sold in Canada must be graded under Canadian Standards at registered stations. The Poultry Inspection Service supervises grading, issues certificates, and checks wholesale and retail grading. Inspections rose from 387,818 cases in 1939 to 3,281,443 in 1944, with 15,555 inspection visits to stores that year.
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British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Poultry P Inspection Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Good Salesmanship Across Generations and Earth’s Age
A tale of young Thomas Lipton observing his father in the grocery, noting showmanship needed to sell eggs. The anecdote contrasts mother’s smaller hands making eggs look bigger with the father’s approach. Scientists estimate Earth’s outer crust age at about 3,000 million years.
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Thomas Lipton
Bering Strait Tunnel Proposed for Russo American Rail Link
Academician Vaseili Obratatnov predicts in Ogoniek that a direct tunnel under the Bering Strait would carry regular rail service between Russia and the United States. The proposal notes electrified northern and eastern routes as part of the system.
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Russia
United States
Bering Straits
Rus Rt. Expo
Vaseili Obratatnov
Ogoniek
Double Header Crochet and Embroidery Pattern 7239
Readable text describes a Spring themed crochet and embroidery pattern 7239 with five motifs totaling about 5 by 11 inches and crochet directions. Pattern requests twenty cents in coins sent to Winnipeg Household Arts Department with name address and pattern number. Also notes Istanbul underground reservoir with 600 dwellings and 60 wells supported by 300 carved columns.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDernot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
Istanbul
Turkey
Bringing a Serviceman's Bride to Canada in Detail
Detailed account of the steps to bring a Canadian serviceman's bride from London to Canada. Procedures include Civilian Repatriation registration, housing and medical checks, transfer of funds, baggage handling, shipboard care by Red Cross VADs, nursery services, and immigration formalities. Upon arrival, customs, currency exchange, and train travel logistics are managed by liaison staff, with nominal rolls and care for dependents throughout.
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Canada
Canadian Wives’ Bureau
London
Department of Mines and Resources
Immigration Branch
United Kingdom
Red Cross V.a.d.’S
Army
Canadian Red Cross
Red Cross
Halifax
Toronto
Winnipeg
Read elected to United Nations International Court of Justice
World Court Jonn E Read of Ottawa elected to the International Court of Justice. He won 27 votes in the General Assembly and secured at least six votes in the Security Council. Read becomes the first Canadian named to the court, which will sit in The Hague. The process included 76 nominations for 15 judgeships with a secret ballot. Salary is about 18000 dollars a year.
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Jonn E. Read
Ottawa
United Nations
International Court of Justice
General Assembly
Read
Lega Dominion Department of Affairs
Security Council
Council
UNO
Paul Henri Spaak
Hague Holland
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Bering Strait
Alice Brooks
U.S
Jack Smith
Stouffville
George Rodanz
Ont
World Court
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