Plans For Germany After War Stir In Allied Policy Debates
Postwar war planners debate Morgenthau style destruction versus limited control to preserve nonwar industry. Occupation army size remains unspecified with Russia Britain and the US seeking enforceable economic controls. Proposals include compulsory national service and using Germany as training ground for Britain’s armed forces.
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Miner in Kingsville among the world’s Fifteen Great Personages
The Books of Knowledge editors list Jack Miner among fifteen renowned figures. The page features Livingstone Shakespeare Burbank Pasteur Bell Edison Laura Secord Grenfell Banting Lord Kelvin Churchill George Washington Florence Nightingale and John Bunyan alongside Miner. The note adds a tidbit about buoyancy remaining constant with depth.
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George Washington
Florence Nightingale
John Bunyan
Canadian bacon imports worry UK pig farmers after war
Mr H R Davidson former head of the pigs department at Rowlett Research Station told the London Farmers Club that continued Canadian bacon supply risks UK markets. He noted Canada pays three dollars per pig in bonuses and fears for British factories while wartime plans trimmed the UK pig population. prewar bacon totals and 1860s reference appear as context.
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Canada
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Rowlett Research Station
Farmers’ Club
London
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British Colonel Praises Canadian War Effort In Canada
Visitor from Britain Colonel Albertine Winner senior woman medical officer at the British War Office traveled 7000 miles in Canada. She praised Canadian Red Cross Society and the services of C W A C and W A C units. She plans an American tour after October 28 and says Britain Canada and the United States share standards and ideals.
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British War Office
Canada
England
Canadian Red Cross Society
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United States
New York
Great Britain
Garden in Labrador Grows Vegetables by New Method
Roy Greggs of Vancouver led a World War II era garden project at a North Burma air base. In sand and rock fields, 86 wooden beds produced radishes, lettuce, spinach, beans, beets, turnips, cabbage, and potatoes. Affected by maggots and cabbage moths, the effort still yielded 650 radish bunches and about 260 bushels of marketable potatoes per acre.
Must Be Maintained Air Force After War
The Vancouver Province argues the RCAF cannot be disbanded after the war. It urges a substantial peace basis to preserve the force and keep the airplane industry vigorous. The industry should shrink but stay in being, focus on research and design, and remain at the forefront of production.
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Wales
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Vancouver Province
Guaranteed Beauty Pineapple crochet doily pattern set
Crochet pattern 7333 offers a pineapple doily 15 by 24 inches and a matching 12 by 15 inch doily. Uses No 30 cotton. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man. Include name and address. pattern delivery may be slower due to mail.
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McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Generations Outgrow Fathers Pants Says Met Life Study
Metropolitan Life Insurance statisticians report that today’s youth are taller and better developed than their fathers. Boys now average about an inch taller at adulthood due to improved childhood care, making dad’s old trousers obsolete.
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Primarily Men Serve as Transport in Sub-Saharan Africa
In much of Africa south of the equator men are used as the main means of transportation. Oxen are reserved for cattle regions and rarely used as carriers outside those areas.
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Equator
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