World Food Crisis Prompts Global Shortage Alarm
The article warns of a worldwide food shortage the aftermath of war. It cites reduced European wheat crops, drought, fertilizer scarcities, and rising cereal use. It notes Canada and the United States increasing shipments but to limited effect and predicts stocks may exhaust by next harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Asia
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Canadian Wheat Board
Emergency Economic Committee For Europe
U.N.A.R.A
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers Extract
A list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues covering diverse topics includes dance steps instruments rivers gods and everyday objects. Across clues feature items like ostrich like birds, drying methods, and Greek theatre while down clues include chalice, banter and the Indo Chinese language.
Cattle Vaccine Resolution by Canadian Shorthorn Association
The Winnipeg meeting of the Canadian Shorthorn Association passed a resolution urging the Dominion government to provide free vaccines to approved veterinarians for cattle tuberculosis inoculation and issue vaccination certificates to calf owners. If rejected, provinces should be empowered to recognize provincial certificates in export trade to the United States. Acceptance would remove the need for blood tests in cattle exports.
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Dominion
Canadian Shorthorn Association
Winnipeg
United States
Unprecedented Diamond Demand Surges Worldwide
In London demand for diamonds far exceeds wartime expectations with traders reporting an unbelievable boom. The diamond syndicate will adjust rough diamond prices to market levels, and industry insiders anticipate further price rises this year. Demand now extends to industrial diamonds as well, defying the expected slowdown after demobilization.
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London
Diamond
Columbus and Vespucci name origins of America
The article notes Columbus mistook the Caribbean for western India and named the islands the West Indies. It explains the name America derives from Amerigo Vespucci of Florence, who arrived a year after Columbus. Columbus did not use the name America.
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Columbus
America
India
Caribbean Sea
West Indies
Amerigo Vespucci
Florence
Horses reverse course from Canada to France in modern era
In 1665 the first horse arrived in Canada from France and was given to the New France governor Augustin de Saffray de Mesy by settlers. Today horses move in the opposite direction as trade and travel patterns shift recipients and routes change.
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Canada
France
Tadoussac
New France
Augustin de Saffray de Mesy
Butter Ration Cut Set For March And April
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board announces butter rations will drop from six to four ounces per person weekly for March and April. Two coupons will be valid each month on March 7 and 21 and April 4 and 18. Purple coupons expire February 28. R coupons will be used for butter purchases.
Gems Of Thought
A compact collection of quotes on calmness serenity and inner strength from James Allen Benjamin Whichcote Henry D Thoreau Hannah More Mary Baker Eddy and Richter. The passages reflect self control devotion and faith guiding steady mind over life’s storms.
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James Allen
Benjamin Whichcote
Henry D. Thoreau
Wedding Rice Returns as Pudding in England Story
Lt John Holbauer of Milwaukee plans to wed an English girl. A package from his parents contained the wedding rice from their 26 year old marriage, not tossed at the church but served as rice pudding, illustrating food preservation habits in England.
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Atlantic
Ipswich
England
John Holbauer
Milwaukee
Wis
Financial Post
UN FAO Seen as Key to Global Food and Market Stability
H. H. Hannam, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, told the 46th Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies convention that the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization could unite world production and markets. He said the FAO's aim to feed all people and coordinate capacity could ease world economic ills.
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United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization
H. H. Hannam
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies
Toronto
R.A.O
Hannam
Film Showings Aid Canadian Farm Women Through Rural Circuits
The National Film Board uses Rural Circuits to help farm women solve kitchen and home efficiency problems. A new film Kitchen Come True demonstrates transforming old style kitchens with better layouts, cupboards, and rubbish control, aided by hydro power. District home economists and women institutes sponsor monthly screenings for home economics, school lunches, and community social life.
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National Film Board
Canada
Much Better Coffee For Canadian Users
Canadian coffee consumption has risen from four pounds per person annually before the war to about six pounds, still far below the U S rate of eighteen. Advances in roasting and packing at Melrose Coffee in Winnipeg, including Thermalo low temperature roasting and oxygen free packaging, preserve flavor and freshness.
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United States
Canada
H. L. MacKinnon Co. Ltd
Winnipeg
Melrose
Observers Gauge Distance at Atomic Bomb Test Scene
The Kitchener Record notes observers will test how near they can approach the blast site and still survive to report what they witnessed.
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Kitchener Record
Divinely Tasked Man Declares World Takeover Mission
Albert John Berdux of Waterloo a former butcher now vegetarian claims he will take over the world starting in Niagara Falls with a peace gospel. He travels with a pot water filter gadget he blesses before drinking and says he will preach first in Canada then other nations.
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Albert John Berdux
Waterloo
Ont
Niagara Falls
Berdux
Toronto
Ottawa
Canada
Alarm clocks for harsh times proposed in 1946
The Chicago Sun mocks a corporate plan for new alarm clocks that wake people gradually. It argues we need loud, jarring alarms to spur productivity and wakefulness amid a tough era, not gentle awakenings for a future era of good feeling.
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Chicago Sun
Human hands surpass horse hoof in movement variety
A comparison notes human hands achieve about four hundred distinct movements for every one track a horse’s hoof can perform highlighting the greater versatility of manual dexterity.
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Richter
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United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
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