National Research Council reports on new Canadian developments
The Ottawa Citizen outlines NRC progress including Chalk River pilot plant plans for atomic research, wind tunnel testing, radar distance indicators, and civilian applications. It highlights tail less aircraft work, wind and weather heating studies, anti freeze from wheat, and expanding research to peace time industry.
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Chalk River
Ont
Ottawa
National Research Council
Council
Canada
Council Laboratories
Applied Chemical Research
Allied Biology
United Kingdom
United States
Ottawa Citizen
Battle for Peace Post War Programme announced by Mrs. Ryland
Mrs. Ryland H New national president of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire outlines the 10.C.E. Post War Service Programme from January 16 1946 to aid Europe Britain and Canada. It covers civilian and Polish relief seamen hospitality and convalescent services as Europe lies in ruins with millions needing clothes bedding and heat. The appeal calls for British and Empire women to knit sew and donate to sustain peace efforts and morale.
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Europe
Britain
Canada
North American
Eisenhower
America
British Empire
Cotton in ancient Indian texts and Herodotus note
The article states cotton as the most important sub tropical product dating to early records. It cites Indian books over 800 years before Christ and Herodotus as the first European to mention cotton in the 5th century BC, describing a tree grown in India bearing a wood like sheep wool.
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Herodotus
India
Malaya Newspaper Clips Chronicle Arabian Nights Style
A Malaya daily has served as a serial showcase echoing Arabian Nights for over a decade. Readers enjoy ongoing episodic tales and cultural vignettes shaping popular imagination in the region.
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Malaya
Canada Population Growth Cited by Dominion Bureau of Statistics
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates Canada’s population at 12 119 000, up 613 000 since 1941. A book compares world populations, noting Canada’s area of 3 684 723 square miles and contrasts with India, China, Belgium, and Britain, urging moderation and high living standards.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Australia
India
Belgium
Europe
China
Great Britain
Britain
St. Catharines
Queen Victoria's Reign Longest by Four Years
The note claims Victoria's reign lasted four years longer than all prior monarchs while her life exceeded the previous record by three days, marking it the longest in British history.
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Queen Victoria
Walkie talkie to car telephones widen reach for business
The St Thomas Times Journal notes Bell Telephone introduces automobile telephones linking Chicago to St Louis New York to Buffalo and New York to Boston. Cars receive signals via radio with both audible and visual alerts enabling direct calls to mobile and office lines.
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Bell Telephone Company
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Buffalo
Boston
St. Thomas Times-Journal
New Loom Without Shuttle Aims To Revive Home Weaving
A UK firm introduces a shuttleless loom that lays weft across warp with a carrier moved by a spring device. The head of the firm says it can be installed in a spare room, produces varied fabrics and operates quietly. One expert and an assistant could supervise 24 machines.
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United Kingdom
Alfalfa Seed Short for Export in Canada 1946
Canada faces tight alfalfa seed supplies for 1946 with production from 1945 barely meeting domestic use. Export quantities will fall short due to strong U S and Northern European demand, though prospects for a sustained export market appear bright. The Leeds Administrator notes favorable outlook. The article also explains platinum derives from platina meaning silver in Spanish.
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Canada
United States
Leeds
Difficulties of Farming in Japan With Small Plots and Low Income
The article analyzes Japan's agriculture noting rugged terrain, limited plains, and soils poor in nitrogen. Despite high labor and intensive fertilization, farm incomes are typically below household expenditures, forcing reliance on non agricultural earnings. Average farm size is about 27 acres with 5,492,000 families cultivating 14,896,000 acres.
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Japan
Japanese Bureau of Statistics
Secret Naval Weapons Built in English Pool
Secret experiments by the Admiralty Mine Design Department occurred at a country house pool in southern England. Scientists engineers and technicians tested midget submarine charges depth charges and special mines used against targets such as Tirpitz Dortmund Ems Canal and coastal operations during the war.
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England
Tirpitz
R.A.F. Coastal Command
Dortmund-Ems Canal
Admiralty
Britain
Hearty Vegetable Chowder And Fish Chowder Recipe
A period style recipe outlines making chowders from salt pork onions vegetables and milk. The guide includes a fish chowder variant using flaked fish and a serving suggestion with oven popped rice cereal for texture. A full method details browning pork preparing the roux adding liquids simmering and final serving.
Great Western Railway to run automat buffet cars world first
The Great Western Railway announced in London plans to introduce automat buffet cars. Passengers will insert six pence or shillings to obtain sandwiches ice cream soft drinks stamps and other supplies, claimed to be the first of their kind.
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Great Western Railway
London
Lasting Beauty Peacock Embroidery Pattern Advertisement
This ad promotes a peacock embroidery design to adorn plain bedspreads turning linens into heirloom pieces. Pattern 7087 includes a 14 by 17 inch transfer and two 3 by 5 inch motifs. twenty cents in coins is requested to request the pattern from the Household Arts Department at the Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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