Less Complicated Border Formalities Hopeful Across Canada United States
Prime Minister King announces a joint effort to simplify border rules with the United States. Canadian and U.S. committees must agree on study matters before major changes, seen as a potential boost to a large tourist exchange and cross-border commerce. Officials foresee revived tourist travel and more U.S. dollars for Canada.
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Canada
United States
King
Leo Dolan
Canadian Travel Bureau
Citizen
Ottawa
U.S
Ottqgywa
Smoky the Ship Cat Ends Tours With Captain Thomas
The Empress of Scotland cat Smoky charmed crews and reporters for three years, boarding a hospital ship by mistake and later retuning to the ship at Bombay. Health officials declared the cat could not roam ports and she made her final voyage with Captain J W Thomas aboard the Scotland.
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J. W. Thomas
Smoky
Scotland
Liverpool
Bombay
England
Thomas
Thought for Today on dead planets and atomic bombs
An astronomer ponders whether dead planets are so because their inhabitants found the atomic bomb before Earth scientists. The remark, while half-serious, offers a provocative idea in the Hamilton Spectator.
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Hamilton Spectator
Farm Management Advocates Efficient Canadian Farming
The Econ omic Annalist praises 40 years of agricultural progress while noting many Canadian farmers still need to adopt commercial farming as an efficient business. Farm management research by the Dominion Department of Agriculture aims to translate technical gains into higher net returns through continuous record keeping and targeted practices.
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Canada
Annalist
Dominion Department of Agriculture
British firm develops World System for radio navigation
A British company, under wartime secrecy, is developing a global radio navigation system. The first step is to erect two powerful transmitters in Britain to plot Atlantic routes for ships and aircraft, with four additional chains planned in other undisclosed regions.
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London
Britain
Atlantic
Britain's Largest Barn A Sellout View of Historic South Harrow Landmark
The Great Barn in South Harrow, 300 years old and claimed as England’s largest barn, goes up for sale. Damaged by a 1944 flying bomb, the building features a 60 foot roof with tiles described as capable of building a street of houses by owner Frederick Hall.
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England
South Harrow
Frederick Hall
Paris Scholarship Awarded to Major Healy in London
Khaki University in London announces Major D M Healy of Edmonton received a University of Paris scholarship as Canadian troops pursue studies overseas.
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Khaki University
London
D M. Healy
Edmonton
University of Paris
Helium Cuts Tire Weight and Boosts Aircraft Range
Helium inflates large airplane tires reducing weight. It takes 92 pounds of air to inflate a 110 inch tire but only 13 pounds of helium, saving 156 pounds for the two main wheels on each aircraft.
Watering Horses In Winter And Summer On The Farm
Tepid water is advised for all farm animals, especially dairy cows, to avoid health issues from ice cold drink. Use a heater in drinking tanks to prevent ice, aid digestion, and improve welfare. Tepid water before work or after immersion helps horses recover. ice drinks harm swine and can cause toothache in horses.
Law of supply and demand stirring postwar effects
The Edmonton Journal notes that price controls from wartime price floors and ceilings may be waking the old economic law. It questions whether the law can remain restrained and suggests its impact could grow as shortages and prices adjust in the postwar period.
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The
Edmonton Journal
Densest Population in 1944 Netherlands Figures
The 1945 Britannica cites the Netherlands as the most densely populated country with 712.3 persons per square mile in 1944. The United States stood at 45.5 per square mile while Greenland was the least populated at 0.6 per square mile.
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Netherlands
United States
Greenland
Germans Propose Public Cages for War Criminals
Readers write to the international military tribunal at Nuremberg suggesting that Hermann Goering Rudolf Hess and other war criminals be placed in cages and paraded around bombed cities ruins.
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International Military Tribune
Nuermberg
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
Peace Is Different in a Returning Soldier's City
A returning soldier narrates the disorienting postwar city life in Toronto with shortages and new rules. He recalls free provisions and camaraderie of the past, now replaced by licenses, lines, and taxes, while insisting he will adapt to the urban upheaval.
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Canadiab
Q.M
Toronto Telegram
Patton Remembered as Fearsome WW2 Commander at Hamm
General George S. Patton was interred at Hamm Army cemetery, praised by German officers as a feared field commander. The article notes his lifelong soldiering, crucial role under Eisenhower, and his leadership during Rundstedt’s drive, portraying him as a hard driving officer essential to Western front battles. A final line mentions a silkworm requiring about 300,000 turns to spin its cocoon.
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George S. Patton
United States Army
Hamm
General Patton
Patton
Eisenhower
Marshal von Rundstedt
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Portrait of Mao as Leader and Man of Contrasts
A detailed profile of Mao Tse-tung in Chungking, highlighting his stark daily life, practical temperament, and intellectual rigor. The piece notes his modest cave home, long reading hours, disciplined routine, and reputed oratorical skill, contrasting his humble origins with supreme political influence.
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Mao Tse-Tung
Man of
China
Spencer Moosa
East Asia
Chungking
Communist Party
Yenan
Shensi
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao
Hunan
Cow Catchers May Guard Planes at San Diego Runway
An official test at nearby Kearny Mesa Marine Airfield reports cows sleeping on the runway risk aircraft during takeoffs and landings. Bert Strand filed the report to local authorities as the sheriff reviews measures.
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San Diego
Calif
Bert Strand
Kearny Mesa Marine Airfield
Wheat can Stay Fresh for Years for Better Bread
Wheat may be kept for up to two years and still yield good bread despite storage concerns. Experts discuss moisture control and storage conditions to preserve quality.
Parade of Canadian Meat Shipments to Europe in WWII
A historical tally details November 1944 shipments from Canada including 352 miles of live livestock parade across Europe and 16 million cans of processed meat. It lists destinations such as Holland Greece Yugoslavia Belgium Czechoslovakia Poland Albania Ukraine and Russia and totals from January to November 1945 surpassing 78.9 million pounds.
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Canada
Europe
Normandy
Berlin
Italy
Appian Road
Belgium
Holland
Greece
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Albania
Ukraine
Russia
U.K
France
UNRRA
The Price Of Treason John Amery on a London gallows
The Amery family faces the treason conviction of John Amery with dignity. Leopold and Florence Amery reject mercy, affirming justice and the British legal process. Amid grief, the Crown honors Mrs. Amery with the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, underscoring public sorrow and ceremony.
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John Amery
London
Amery
Admiralty
India
Winston Churchill
Leopold Amery
Leopold
Florence Amery
Buckingham Palace
Imperial Order of the Crown of India
Ottawa Journal. m
British bread gains heat used in mills reduction in local wheat admixture
The Monthly Review of the Wheat Situation reports England will cut compulsory homegrown wheat in millers' grist for London, Liverpool, Hull, and Bristol. The areas will now blend 80 percent Manitobas with 20 percent native wheat, down from 70/30 in October, affecting total output.
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England
London
Liverpool
Hull
Bristol
Tall Washington Officials Reach New Military Post
A capital official looms over the average man beside President as Kenneth Royall, six feet five, takes the role of Under-secretary of War. Yet even Royall yields to Major-General Frederick H. Osborn, six feet eight, chief of the Army Special Services, the tallest in Washington.
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Kenneth Royall
North Carolina
Royall
Washington
Frederick H. Osborn
Army
Useful Farm Gadget Highlighted by MP Mrs Gladys Strum
The Toronto Saturday Night reports Mrs Gladys Strum MP praised the farmer’s wife as the most useful general purpose labor saving device on the farm. She argues many wives have not availed of the gadget.
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Toronto
Gladys Strum
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