Retiring FAO Director John Boyd Orr Foresees Limited World Food Growth
John Boyd Orr, British farmer scientist and nutritionist and recent member of Parliament for the Scottish Universities, retires as Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization. He notes market uncertainty and cautions that global food production may not outpace health needs as far ahead as forecasts.
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SI John Boyd Ork
Food and Agriculture Organization of
United Nations
House of Commecns
Sir John Boyd Orr Known To Many Canadians
Sir John Boyd Orr, 64, left his Scotland home two years ago to head the Food and Agriculture Organization in Washington. He became familiar with Canadian agricultural problems and was well known to many Canadians while advancing FAO aims to centralize food information and promote international cooperation. He stressed the need to raise nutrition standards.
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Scotland
Sir John Boyd Orr
Washington
Food and Agriculture Organization
Canada
FAO
John
Might Avert Future Wars
Sir John Boyd Orr argues that preventing future wars depends on distributing available food to those in need and ensuring proper nutrition nationwide. He notes that even with plenty food, lack of knowledge can leave populations malnourished, and economic barriers must be overcome to achieve healthful nutrition everywhere.
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F.A.O
John Boyd Orr
Gems of Thought Adversity Quotes From Historic Voices
A collection of maxims on adversity from Johnson Seneca Carlyle More Chapin and Eddy. The quotes explore how hardship reveals character strengthens faith and deepens resolve amid earthly frailty and loss. Each proverb highlights resilience, virtue, and growth in challenging times.
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H. More
E. H. Chapin
Princess Elizabeth souvenir bowls from Broadlands wood
Percy Dean cut yew timber from Broadlands estate to craft two hand turned bowls and a sandwich tray as a honeymoon house souvenir for Princess Elizabeth. The gift reflects royal ties and genteel craft from Hampshire England around the Broadlands estate.
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Romsey
Hampshire
England
Broadlands
Percy Dean
Princess Elizabeth
Extreme Tibetan Temperatures Swing Dramatically in Winter
Telegram style report notes Tibet sees daytime highs near 110 degrees and nighttime lows around 30 degrees. The extreme temperature swing occurs across several locations during winter, challenging residents and monitoring agencies. Each day brings sharp noon heat followed by frigid midnight air.
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Tibet
Forecast for 1948 in Hal Boyle column
Hal Boyle predicts a strange year ahead with postwar inflation, odd trends, and humorous shocks. Expect high prices, a propped up exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, Leap Year politics, and various satirical forecasts about fashion, Santa, rattlesnakes in car motors, and bears enjoying more fun than people in 1948.
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American Mueum of Natural History
Santa Claus
Henry Ford
National Association of Manufacturers
John L. Lewis
George Bernard Shaw
Humorous Skits From Everyday Life and Misheard Lines
A collection of light jests and quick one liners. Abutcher jokes about meat and bread crusts and the two bad oranges. A waiter quips about a night out and a drawing room door announces guest names. A padre quotes commandments at a parade and a black sheep ponders graven images.
Australian girls sell dollar love notes in Brisbane
A Daily Mirror dispatch from Brisbane reports banks are buying more dollar bills bearing US servicemen messages. Girls cash in six shillings tuppence Australian per note, while some sell on the black market for nearly twice that, turning wartime romance into profit.
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Sydney
Daily Mirror
Brisbane
United States
Dispatch
Business Failures Up In Canada in 1947 Third Quarter
Ottawa reports 136 business failures in the third quarter of 1947, up from 64 a year earlier and the highest for the period since 1942. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes 173 in 1942, 256 in 1940, and 343 in 1939.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Winnipeg man joins staff of Gen Odlum in Turkey
Ottawa reports Colonel John F. Bingham of Winnipeg has been appointed Canadian military attaché at the Canadian embassy in Turkey. He will join General Victor Odlum’s staff after serving since 1946 in Ottawa as director of army cadets.
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Ottawa
John F. Bingham
Winnipeg
Turkey
Victor Odlum
Bingham
Army Cadets
Meerschaum mined chiefly in Asia Minor
A brief note states that Meerschaum the renowned pipe material is primarily mined in Asia Minor, highlighting its geographic source and the material’s fame in pipe making.
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Asia Minor
Welfare workers find 1200 in coat sleeve in New Haven
In New Haven, welfare workers moving a destitute 62 year old woman from a squalid apartment discovered 1200 hidden in the sleeve of a ragged coat. The money was found as workers prepared to relocate the woman from the cluttered dwelling.
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New Haven
Conn
Barbara Ann Scott Receives National Award Before Olympics
Barbara Ann Scott, world figure skating champion, is honored with the National Amateur Athletic Achievement award before departing for Europe and the winter Olympic Games. A medal designed by the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa accompanies the honor. Canadians raised over $8,000 to fund her Olympic trip.
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Europe
Barbara Ann Scott
Royal Canadian Mint
Ottawa
Barbara
Viscount Alexander Opens Royal Canadian Academy Art Exhibition
Governor General Viscount Alexander opened the 68th annual Royal Canadian Academy of Arts exhibition in Quebec featuring 189 oil and watercolor paintings. The event showcased works from Canadian artists and marked a major cultural ceremony in the city.
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Quebec
Viscount Alexander
Canada
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Princess Elizabeth thanks Canada for wedding gifts
Prime Minister MacKenzie King quoted a letter from Princess Elizabeth praising Canada for a magnificent silver collection and a mink coat. She expresses gratitude for the generosity and hopes to visit with the Duke of Edinburgh to thank Canadians in person.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
House Or Commons
Elizabeth
Canada
Duke of Edinburgh
Alberta session opens February 12 for fifth legislature
Premier E Manning announced February 12 as a tentative opening date for the Alberta legislature's fifth session. He declined to comment on whether it will be the last session amid unofficial forecasts of a general provincial election in 1948. The article also notes the Greek history dates back to 776 B.C.
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Edmonton
E. Manning
Alberta
Many French Anxious To Live In Canada
Paris reports postwar restlessness drives French to seek emigration to the Americas with 300 inquiries daily at the Canadian embassy. Only about 350 visas monthly. many fail due to transport, work rules, health tests, and currency limits. Most choose Quebec for language reasons. A. J. Desjardins notes many applicants will become Canadian citizens.
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Canada
Paris
North
South America
France
Europe
Atlantic
A. J. Desjardins
Ottawa
Montreal
Canadian Immigration Service
Quebec
Washing machines production rises in 1947 Ottawa report
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes Ottawa output shows 21,701 machines produced in October, up from September, while ten months of 1947 total 173,727 units versus 9,404 in 1946.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Life-Size Royal Wedding Photos Shown in London Exhibit
London hosts its largest Royal wedding photographs exhibit at Dorland Hall featuring over 100 specially selected images many life-size. The display includes Norman Hartnell's original dress sketches with proceeds benefiting the Soldiers Sailors Airmen's Families Association.
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London
Dorland Hall
Norman Hartnell
Soldiers’, Sailors’, Airmen’s Families Association
Diamonds in High Demand From U S Buyers
Johannesburg reports United States demand for South African diamonds rising to fever pitch. A parcel valued at £10,000 ($40,000) was prepared for shipment but jewelers say larger deals are also moving through.
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Johannesburg
United States
Jewellers
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