Canada’s Merchant Navy expands after war efforts
The wartime Merchant Navy grew from 35 ocean going vessels totalling 1,600, to 386 ships weighing 1,667,724 gross tons by April 1 1947. Crown companies sped construction at 17 large yards and smaller shops costing 626.9 million dollars. Some ships were sold to the United States at cost early in the war under lend lease, and postwar policies shifted remaining ships to Canadian firms under registry.
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Ames
Canada
United States
Britain
A Fine Record To Maintain
In a parliament report Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe cites wartime costs for Canada's merchant fleet. He notes expected outlays under 190 million dollars, including losses from enemy action. Halifax is a major home port, and the merchant navy should be viewed as both defence and peacetime industry with future ship operations tied to goods available and efficiency.
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Canada
C. D. Howe
Halifax
When Your Little One Catches Cold
An advertisement urges mothers to treat children's colds with Vicks VapoRub. It claims immediate relief when rubbed on the throat chest and back at bedtime and promises hours of soothing action through the night, with morning relief of misery.
Unusual Experience Of Grain Buyer In Plenty Saskatchewan
Grain buyer Emil Olson of Plenty Saskatchewan notes an odd repeat with car No 172772. He recalls loading the same grain car east earlier in the season and wonders what the as for loading the same vehicle twice could mean.
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Plenty
Emil Olson
Ofas
Boston Woman Charged $25 For Fudge Cake Recipe
A Boston woman requested a train fudge cake recipe from a dining car waiter. The chef sent the recipe with a pill and a demand for 25 dollars, which her lawyer advised her to pay.
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Boston
Lawygy
Funny Jokes and Witty Quips From Daily Laugh Page
A collection of light humor and quips includes a policeman and motorist exchange over timing and hats, radio controls joke, mistletoe misunderstanding, opera and boredom jokes, buzzard and jet plane joke, a large family joke about training, a husband economy quip, a hotel guest gag, and a remark about Sikh sects in India.
R C A F Announces New Year Promotion List
The Hon. Brooke Claxton declares 110 officers promoted in the RCAF New Year list. Of these, 97 are Regular Air Force officers and 13 Auxiliary officers. Western names include H R Foottit Vancouver and Davies Winnipeg as squadron leaders, with various Flight Lieutenants listed from Vancouver Winnipeg Saskatoon and more.
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Brooke Claxton
National Defence
R.C.A.F
Regular Air Force
Auxiliary Air Force
H. R. Foottit
Vancouver
M. Davies
Winnipeg
R. B. Hoodsmith, Mbe
W. R. Hill
G. A. Folkins, Afc
Calgary
FL. W. G. Harvey
R. O. Stabler
A. G. Sheffield
Saskatoon
B. A. Peters
J. Dunn
New Westminster
B.C
A. C. Border
Yorkton
Sask
W. E. Duncan
G. B. Murray
FO. C. E. W. Pierce
W. Harris
P. Patrick
Camrose
Alto
E. R. Baker
J. H. Cooper
Qu’Appelle
W. I. Gordon
G. A. White
Bain
Vananda
W. N. Hoye
R. D. Fraser
R. Kerr
Innisfail
L. H. Foye
A. L. Campbell
Ellisboro
L. H. Croft
Finn Flon
Man
J. J. Higgins
Lindberg
J. McGillivray
Edmonton
J. F. Drake
Victoria
J. P. Bell
Gold Smuggling Declines as Canada Tightens Controls
In Kirkland Lake Ontario the gold squad reports poor business as domestic production drops and currency parity reduces demand. Smugglers once moved ore to Montreal and Windsor but postwar looms and enforcement have damped the racket. A pilot once profited $80,000 from covert sales to Africa, while smugglers used clever concealment methods.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Canada
United States
Ontario
Montreal
Windsor
Africa
Gold Squad
New York Preacher Visits Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary
Rev Norman Vincent Peale visits the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary in Kingsville Ontario. He holds Canada Geese banded for research, wearing the late Jack Miners hat and coat. Peale, pastor of Marble Collegiate Church, edited Guide Posts and supports bird banding as mission work.
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Manly F. Miner
Jack Miner
Norman Vincent Peale
Marble Collegiate Church
Fifth Ave
New York City
Kingsville
Ontario
Canada
Peale
Jack Minter
Fifth Avenue
New York
Rev
the Birds
Gems of Thought: Quotes on Safety Truth and Faith
A collection of aphorisms asserting safety and virtue guide leaders and individuals. Notable lines praise truth, divine siding, and moral courage. The item compiles sayings from Tacitus Lincoln Whately Parker and Mary Baker Eddy, numbered 2759.
Dominion Joins Search For Use Of Cosmic Rays
Canada joins the United States and Russia in researching cosmic rays with immense penetrating power. The article highlights Professor Pierre Demers of the University of Montreal, who conducted high altitude experiments sending detectors 100000 feet into the stratosphere, and notes potential applications to atomic energy and matter separation.
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Dominion
Montreal
Canada
United States
Russia
Sciences Et Aventures
National Research Council
Pierre Demers
Physical Institute of the University of Montreal
Atomic Division
Chalk River
Ont
Demers
New Use for Rockets In Army Signal Corps Plan
The signal corps has developed a method to shoot telephone wire over rivers ravines and cliffs using rockets as reported by the army.
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Washington
Signal Corps
Army
Coal Reserves in Canada Estimated to Last 2000 Years
Dr B R MacKay of the mines department told the Geological Association of Canada and the Geological Society of America that Canada holds about 98 815 962 tons of coal. He broke this into probable 62 125 098 tons and possible addition 36 690 864 tons, noting 150 000 tons in Ontario was included in earlier royal commission figures.
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Ottawa
Canada
Geological Association of Canada
Geological Society of America
B. R. MacKay
Mines Department
Dominion
Royal Commission On Coal
Ontario
Georgia Farmers Hit By Low Per Capita Income
U S Department of Agriculture data place Georgia farmers fourth lowest in per capita income nationwide. Average annual income per Georgia farmer is 306 dollars, about one third of the national farm per capita income.
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Atlanta
Uss
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Cosmic Ray Study by Demers At High Altitude
The article notes cosmic rays are partially absorbed by the atmosphere worldwide and professor Demers uses a special apparatus to examine the rays at an average altitude of 80 000 to 90 000 feet.
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Earth
Demers
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Portage Ave
Winnipeg, Man
Regina
Cary Streme
Sizanbess
Jones
Robinson
Thompson
Harry
India
FO. E. A. Alexander
A. A. Smith
W. R. Glover
C. A Konzak
Domremy, Sask
F. W. McCaw
R. L. Wilkin
Tewee
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tacitus
Abraham Lincoln
Whately
Cecil
Joseph Parker
Daniel
Paul
Mary Baker Eddy
Isabel MacArthur
C.N.R
Anola Man
Miss MacArthur
Columbia University
Fleischmann
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