Standards Of Nutrition Report Reveals Global Undernutrition
Authorities report worldwide nutrition standards are low with malnutrition rising among children in Europe. Austria Hungary Czechoslovakia Greece and Italy show stunted growth and diseases like malaria tuberculosis and parasites. Chronic malnutrition lowers worker efficiency and reduces food production per person by about ten percent.
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Europe
United Nations International Emergency Children’s Fund
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Italy
Conditions in West Europe Improve on Nutrition
Western Europe reports better nutrition due to weather food production and Marshall Plan aid. Daily calories reach about 2600 compared with 2500 last year and 2800 prewar. bread consumption up 19 percent in 1948, France and Belgium see the largest gains. Meat remains scarce with about 35 percent less available for another year.
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Western
Europe
France
Belgium
Nutrition gaps and rising costs press Canadian diets
The article notes uneven nutrition standards in Canada due to ignorance and higher living costs. It recalls wartime worries that 25 percent of wage-earner families could not afford adequate food and cites farmers facing lower prices for surplus products after the war demand ends.
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Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
New Restriction Imposed On Poultry Imports
Ottawa announces limits on live poultry and hatching eggs to prevent Newcastle disease. Imports must include veterinary certificates from national or US officials, proving birds or eggs come from disease free flocks.
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Ottawa
Canada
Newcastle
Agriculture Department
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
Rabbit meat push aims to swap steaks for rabbits
Vancouver to Halifax readers hear from K. V. Collier, head of the New South Wales Furred Skins Merchants Association, who promotes rabbit meat as a cheaper daily diet and plans to export frozen rabbits to Canada in exchange for dollars.
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Vancouver
Halifax
K. V. Collier
New South Wales Furred Skins Merchants Association
Canada
No More Sunspots For Several Years
The US Naval Observatory reports sunspots will have little impact on radio or weather for several years. The current sunspot cycle peaked in 1947 and the observatory notes fewer spots in the coming years with a return to peak activity in about ten years.
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Washington
US Naval Observatory
Witty snippets and quips from life in a bustling town
A collection of humorous exchanges and light anecdotes ranging from domestic misadventures to schoolyard wit. Jokes touch on housekeeping mishaps, musical tastes, clever children, marital banter, and a marmot fact. The tone mirrors a lively social column with crisp, playful observations.
Mining in Manitoba Sets New Record
Manitoba mining shows strong growth in 1948 with two new mines in production and a near finished 2,000 ton flotation cyanidation mill at Snow Lake. Preliminary value of production reaches 24.7 million with metals dominating and 2,945 claims filed in 11 months. Cyprus mine near Flin Flon expands copper and zinc output.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Denmar If
Rockland
Yng Lake
Cyprus
Flin Flon
Man
Howe Sound Exploration Company Ltd
Snow Lake
Manitoba Sunflower Seed Oil Grows With Oleo Margarine Lift
Winnipeg reports the removal of Canada’s oleo margarine ban spotlights a Manitoba product, sunflower seed oil. Production rose from 8,500 acres in 1945 to 25,000 acres last year, yielding 20,000,000 pounds on 25,000 acres and totals 22,400,000 pounds on 28,000 acres this year. Processing is centered at Altona co operative plant, with most crop grown in a belt along the international boundary from the Red River to Morden.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Manitoba
Altona
Red River
Morden
Freeze Wins License to Wed Wilma Snow in Tulsa
Albert Lewis Freeze, 21, obtained a license recently to wed Wilma Lee Snow, 18, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, according to county records. The couple plans a future marriage.
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Tulsa, Okla
Albert Lewis Freeze
Wilma Lee Snow
Fiji issues five shilling stamps honoring King and Queen
New Fiji stamp issue marks the King and Queen on their 25th wedding anniversary. The design features a purple stamp and the event is photographed by S.N.S.
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Fiji
S.N.S
Farmers Tax Paying Simplified in Canada
Farmers now file the same four page T1 General as other earners instead of the old six-page form. A revised net worth disclosure remains optional with cash basis filing, while accrual or average cash options persist for five years. About 200,000 farmers filed returns last year, up 30,000, with national filers at 400,000 and deductions rising by 20 million dollars.
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Canada
Ottawa
Alberta Seed Board Drops Red Bobs Wheat
The Alberta seed board announced Red Bobs wheat was removed from the recommended list for the province. Saunders was added to replace Red Bobs, and Sunalta barley and Legacy oats were also deleted from the recommended grains list.
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Alberta Seed Board
Edmonton
Potatoes Thrive From Box Planting Experiment
George Green wood sparked laughs by planting potatoes in a small box at his Vancouver home. The experiment yielded a normal healthy tuber crop, prompting agreement among friends that the method paid off.
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Vancouver
George Greenwood
Canada faces two big tasks to boost growth says Abbott
Finance Minister Abbott urged investors in Montreal that Canada must mobilize savings for industrial expansion and encourage Canadian financing to cut US investment. He cited Canada’s rising exchange reserves to $854.9 million, a budget surplus of $560 million for eight months, and a postwar indebtedness peak of $16.887 billion, with surpluses expected to continue but not reach $1 billion.
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Montreal
Abbott
Canada
United States
Investment Dealers’ Association of Canada
Dominion
New Menu Plan At Vancouver General Hospital A Success
Vancouver General Hospital adds printed patient menu allowing meal selection. Patients prefer the option and the hospital reports reduced food waste.
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Vancouver
Vancouver General Hospital
Kibau Community Plans Baseball Ground on Outskirts
Plans are under construction by the Kibau Community Club to acquire 10 acres on the village outskirts for a baseball ground. A recent bazaar netted 328 dollars, with part of the proceeds earmarked to build a skating rink this year.
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Libau
Man
Kibau
Chinese workers coin "Four wheels with 1000 uses" for Jeep
Chinese laborers who assisted in building B 29 bases gave the Jeep a local nickname literally translating to Four wheels with 1000 uses. The wartime term reflects practical expectations of the vehicle's versatility and endurance.
Eye-gazing icons named by Hollywood optometrist
A Hollywood optometrist selects five famous eyes as the most expressive, naming John L. Lewis Princess Margaret Rose George Bernard Shaw Albert Einstein and Lizabeth Scott. He praises each pair for traits like determination happiness youth humanitarianism and influence over others.
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Philotos
Herbert Marshutz
John L. Lewis
Princess Margaret Rose
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Albert Einstein
Lizabeth Scott
Marshutz
Miss Scott
Miss Percival Tries to Confront Boyfriend in St Louis
Miss Eula Rose Percival attempts to confront her boyfriend in St Louis. Police report she tampered with a friend's car by letting air out of the tires to force a confrontation.
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ST. Louis
Eula Rose Percival
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