Canada Leads at 1946 International Councils
Canada presses for justice and equity at Paris peace talks and UN Assembly in New York. Prime Minister Mackenzie King urged broad principles, while Health Minister Claxton and Foreign Minister St. Laurent guided Canadian actions on reparations for Italy, veto reform, and refugee and trade issues.
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Ottawa
Canada
Paris
United Nations Assembly
New York
Mackenzie King
Claxton
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Britain
United States
St. Laurent
United Nations
Russia
U.N
Eire
Portugal
Trans- Jordan
UN Rra
Food and Agriculture Organization
International Health Organization
Yukon Pioneer Gives Advice For 70 Below Zero Weather
Yukon pioneer Mike Winage recounts a ten mile trek in 70 below zero conditions near Unis Yukon centre. He advises hikers to keep moving to avoid being pulled apart by frost and to breathe slowly to prevent dizziness from frost in the lungs.
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Yukon Pioneer
Dawson
Y.T
Yukon
Mike Winage
Winage
Unis Yukon
Mercury
Britons to receive 32 clothing coupons for 1947 period
In the Commons Sir Stafford Cripps announced that Britons will get 32 clothing coupons for March through August 1947 instead of 30. He warned that clothing supplies are unlikely to increase and may in fact decrease.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Commons
Assam Teas Shine as Micks Richest Grown in India
The richest and finest teas of India come from the Assam district, while Ceylon teas are noted for their full-bodied flavor and strong standing as a core of many blends.
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India
Assam
Ceylon
Moon Eclipses Explained and Aircraft Noise Reduction Campaign
The article notes that lunar eclipses occur at night when the sun and moon are opposite each other relative to Earth. It also reports a research campaign by American aircraft manufacturers aiming to reduce airplane noise.
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America
Farmers Warned Of Aggressin Dangers
The Dominion Department of Agriculture warns that inoculating cattle with aggressin before shipment risks shipping fever and death unless kept warm and isolated from other herds. Aggressin may offer long term immunity, but proximity to cold stockyards or other animals can trigger illness. Short term protection comes from an anti shipping fever serum given just before shipping, lasting 10 to 14 days.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
C. A. Mitchell
Dominion Animal Pathologist
Elastic supplies promised for British suspenders
J W Belcher, parliamentary secretary to the Board of Trade, told the House of Commons that elastic for suspenders will be increased and locks will come up too. Garters will be more available as soon as supplies permit, relieving the weighty trousers problem for British men.
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London
J. W Belcher
British Board of Trade
House of Commons
Belcher
Overflow audience prompts cat removal in Cobourg church
A Cobourg church service opener notes an overflow gallery audience and asks John to remove a large gray cat perched on the railing. The humorous moment highlights the unexpected distraction during the evening service.
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Cobourg
John
Nail production climbs after postwar shortage in Ottawa figures
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports nail output rising in October to 3,000 tons from 1,640 tons in September, signaling an important recovery after postwar shortages that have hindered construction.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Early Morning Street Exchange Over Shoes
A terse street scene shows a shoe shiner offering a free shine to start the day, while a boy pressures for business, and the boss accepts a later ten cent shine as the pair converse about appearance and profit.
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Sonny
Country roads width links to surveyor’s chain length
The note explains that many country roads run 66 feet wide because that width matches the original surveyor’s chain. The fact ties road planning to historical measuring practices and deserves emphasis as a geographic curiosity.
Eye Doctor Appointment Booked Three Months Ahead
A speaker describes calling an oculist to arrange an eye exam. The secretary says Dr Blank cannot see him until March, three months away, prompting worry that he may be dead by then while noting the doctor is fully booked.
Water in butter fined in Montmagny case
Societe Co operative Agricole of St Camille Bellechasse Quebec was fined $10 with costs for selling butter containing more than 16 percent water. The charge was laid by a Dominion Agriculture officer under The Dairy Industry Act.
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Montmagny
Que
Societe Co-operative Agricole
St. Camille
France Eyes One Million Tourists in 1947
Henri Ingland, France’s general commissioner for tourism, forecasts 1,000,000 visitors in 1947 as France rebuilds prewar tourist traffic. He cites liberal exchange rates and rationed fuel as incentives, notes restored hotels and ample food, and expects Americans to boost travel via car or train to resorts like Deauville and Normandy beaches.
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Paris
France
Henri Ingrand
Ingland
United States
Normandy
Ingrand
Riviera
Biarritz
Deauville
Costly mistake clears 15 acres by error in Martinsburg orchards
In Martinsburg, bulldozers cleared 15 acres on Smith Orchard by mistake while clearing 15 acres for American Fruit Growers Orchard. 600 bearing apple trees were destroyed before the error was noticed, leaving officials to assess the damage and losses from the live trees and their annual yield.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
American Fruit Growers Orchard
Smith Orchard Company
No Job At All In Toronto Snow Melt System
A Toronto man, W. E. Bannerman, keeps his sidewalk and garage clear by a buried piping system. Water antifreeze coils heated by a furnace in the basement melt snow as it forms outside his home.
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Toronto
W. E. Bannerman
Alberta to issue waterproof birth certificates next year
C A Packford registrar of vital statistics announced a new waterproof, crush-proof birth certificate form to be issued in Alberta early next year. Alberta will be the second Canadian province to modernize birth recordings after Ontario has already adopted the certificates.
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Edmonton
C. A. Packford
Department of Vital Statistics
Alberta
Canada
Ontario
Husband Reprimands Wife Over Odd Chicken Question
A newly married man returns home to find his wife cooked dinner. He smells the chicken and asks what she stuffed it with. She replies the chicken wasn’t hollow, revealing no stuffing was used.
Highest bacon price guaranteed for Canadian hogs in 1947
Hog producers in Canada secure a ready market at favorable prices in 1947 for at least 5 million hogs. Bacon priced at 25 dollars per 100 pounds for A Grade bacon, under the 1947 agreement with the United Kingdom, higher than wartime levels.
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Canada
Canadian
World Boy Scout Jamboree Planned Near Paris
An international Boy Scout Jam-boree is set for August at Moisson west of Paris. It will be the first since 1941 due to the war with fifty thousand boys from forty four countries expected to attend.
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Boy Scouts of the World
Moisson
Paris
Ruhr Steel Production Faces Forthcoming Conference
A forthcoming conference will tackle Germanys Ruhr steel output, with Britain pushing capacity to 11 million tons a year while current Ruhr output limps at about 2.6 million tons. The Big Four cap sits at 7.5 million capacity, 5.8 million actual. Russia hesitates on strict limits.
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Ross Munro
Duesseldorf
Ruhr
Germany
Britain
Bevin
House of Commons
Reich
Russia
Europe
Canadian Farm Loan Board reports 1945-46 operations
The 17th annual report covers the Canadian Farm Loan Board for the year ended March 31, 1946. It details loan purposes, mortgage limits, repayment terms, and interest rates, noting shifts toward financing farm improvements and land purchases and showing $54 million lent to 26 589 farmers with $30.435 million repaid.
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Canadian Farm Loan Board
British Education Ministry to Spend 24 Million Pounds on Schools
London reports the Ministry of Education plans a fourfold rise in 1947 school funding, with a total program costing about £24,000,000. The amount marks a major expansion over 1946 education spending.
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London
Ministry of Education
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