Postwar food shortage outlook and Canadian plans
The Financial Post argues that two years after the European armistice world foodstuffs will remain scarce. Canada faces continued high demand and the supply push from farmers, with Britain increasing self sufficiency but importing more wheat. Canada may rely on mutual aid to balance overseas accounts while planning four year bacon contracts and nutrition standards.
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The
Financial Post
Canada
Britain
U.K
Otis Pickett Crafts Accessible Woodwork In Bed
Ten years after a Chattanooga hunting accident left Otis Pickett paralyzed from the waist down doctors gave three months but he spent the time carving. He fills his bed with hand carved furniture and keeps a full workshop in his bedroom with tools on the bed and wheeled tables enabling him to work from his bed.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Otis Pickett
Pickett
British bombsight ports openings and tolerances
A British bombsight features 4 200 tiny ports some with tolerances as low as 0 008 of an inch thick.
Vast Russian Guerrilla Island Baffles Germans Three Years
Red Star correspondents recount a ringed island behind German lines in White Russia where hundreds of villages resisted for three years. The refuge, formed by Bori Sov, Lepe, and Minsk areas, never submitted and never recognized Nazi occupation, as recently liberated Red Army links with local residents reveal.
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White Russia
Red Star
Borisov, Lepe
Minsk
White baby shoe shortage eases as production rises
The Toronto market inches toward relief as production of infant white shoes expands after shortages. Civilian white shoes remain unavailable while factories shift to meet rising demand, aided by updated figures from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Toronto
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prisoners work in German coal mines amid protests
Major Henderson told the House of Commons that twenty thousand British prisoners, many of them miners, are employed in German coal mines. He said their conditions vary and protests have been raised through the protecting power.
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Major Henderson
War Office
House of Commons
Radio stove predicted at Columbia University
A new Columbia University industrial research centre in high frequency electricity envisions a home radio stove. The device would be a tuned alloy that absorbs short wave radio energy to heat stove heat via electrical resistance, aiming for an inexpensive wavelength that heats only home stoves.
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Columbia University
Well Equipped Invasion Force Landed In Normandy
Headquarters disclose the invasion buildup showing one vehicle landed for every five men ashore during the first month of the Normandy operation.
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Normandy
Gurkha Recruits Continue to Enter Indian Army
Gurkha recruits surge as four years of war fail to dampen interest in serving with the Indian army. These stocky hillmen from the Himalayas remain eager to enlist in large numbers.
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Himalayas
Soil conservation urged as key to Canada’s economy
The Halifax Herald notes patient courtesy in business and discusses Canada’s soil conservation program. Dr Archibald emphasizes comprehensive soil restoration addressing fertility, erosion, and organic life with grasses, reforestation, and farm wood lots. Government aid and farmer cooperation are essential to success.
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Archibald
Ontario
Canada
Canadian senior Air Cadets take first authorized RCAF flights
Thousands of senior Air Cadets across Canada take their first supervised flights during summer camps. Led by Arthur Melling of the Air Cadet League, flights in Ansons and Harvard trainers test their ground study with real skies, marking a milestone in cadet aviation training.
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Terra Firma
Dominion
R.C.A.F
Air Force
Arthur Melling
Air Cadet League of Canada
Melling
Royal Flying Corps
League
Canada
Harvard
RCAF
Soldiers drill in village square as residents watch
In a village square a troop is drilled by a sergeant major. An old lady among spectators remarks that the sergeant should take two paces forward himself rather than move the whole regiment.
Crocheted Hat and Purse Pattern 7112
Crocheted hat and matching purse are quick wardrobe musts. Pattern 7112 provides directions for hat and purse stitches. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man. Include name and address and note mail may be slower.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
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Illa “Island
Halifax Herald
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