London to Build New Crystal Palace Center
London plans a $12 million year round entertainment complex on 200 acres near Sydenham to host opera, drama, ice hockey and circuses. The project reuses the Crystal Palace site destroyed in 1936 with a ferroconcrete amphitheatre for 4900, prizes up to 3 375 dollars, and no time limit for submissions from around the world.
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Willie
Crystal Belare
Te Wuith
London
Syderham
Crystal Palace
Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts
Ghaes
Hyde Park
Ministry of Education
Unpainted Furniture Gains Popularity In Home Makeovers
Unpainted furniture grows in demand as cost effective options for adding rooms and pieces during housing shortages. War brides and new home makers buy vanity desks chests of drawers and bookcases to paint or refinish, with easy kits and nearby paint departments aiding customization.
Britain may curb ugly outdoor advertising in countryside
Lord Woolton urged advertisers in the House of Lords to self regulate to protect landscapes after post war planning. He warned against further legislation but said existing rules 1925 act and 1932 planning act are underused. The Times cited local authorities as failing to enforce and noted public opinion shifting against sightly billboards. Archbishop Lord Lang and Viscount Samuel suggested citizens boycott goods from advertisers who mar the countryside.
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Britain
Woolton
House of Lords
The
Times
Lord Lang
Viscount Samuel
Tords
Gems Of Thought On Education And Childhood
A compact collection of quoted reflections on education and youth. Notable ideas emphasize shaping the young mind early, fostering love of God, and discipline through repentance rather than fear, with voices from Rousseau Pope Eddy and Mann.
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God
Mary Baker Eddy
Old Crow Indians Aid London Bombed Children Gift
British high commissioner Malcolm MacDonald highlights Old Crow, a Canada Arctic tribe, for sending $393 raised by 150 people to buy clothes for London children in bombed areas. Chief Peter Moses handed a handkerchief with the money to RCMP, and letters from London families remain treasured by the tribe.
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Canada
London
Malcolm MacDonald
Sunday Chronicle
Arctic
MacDonald
Arctic Circle
Gulf
Peter Moses
Cpl. Bayne
RCMP
England
Ottawa
Southwark
Bermondsey
Lambeth
Old Crow
Edman Laudation Echoed By Brantford Expositor
The Brantford Expositor notes Dr. Irwin Edman Columbia University philosophy professor says poetry prevents global chaos. It also mentions Adelaide as South Australia’s capital named for Queen Victoria’s husband.
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Irwin Edman
Columbia University
The
Poetry Society of America
Edman
Brantford Expositor
Adelaide
South Australia
William IV of
England
Doubts Grow Over Berlin Death Reports Of Nazi Officials
Berlin's claim that Roland Freisler died in an American raid raises skepticism in London about German death notices. Authorities fear a pattern of synthetic notices and staged funerals to enable high Nazi figures to vanish or reinvent themselves abroad.
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Berlin
London
Roland Freisler
People's Court
Freisler
British Coastal Command Sinks 120000 Tons of Enemy Shipping
In 1944 British Coastal Command aircraft sank 120000 tons of enemy shipping along with three destroyers and about 40 other vessels in sustained anti shipping operations during the war effort.
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British Coastal Command
High Speed Machines Turn Out Matches After Year’s Seasoning
A report notes that despite machines turning out 1 226 000 matches per hour, each match requires a full year to season the wood. It also states that glycerine produced as a by-product in making ten pounds of soap is enough to manufacture six pounds of dynamite.
Growing Carrots and Their Care Across Climates
The article traces carrot history and highlights selecting good seed from varieties such as Chantenay Danvers Half Long Care less Nantes and Imperator It recommends growing in deep fertile soil sowing in two stages for year round harvest and spacing rows 16 inches apart Carrots store well with cool moist conditions and should be cooked quickly using little water with the drained nutrient rich liquid kept for soups and gravies
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Chantenay
Danvers
Careless
Nantes
Imperator
Witl
New Wood-Concrete Material from Britain
British scientists have developed a wood concrete by a chemical process that blends sawdust with cement. The material can be formed into bricks or sheets, can be sawn drilled or nailed like wood, resists warping, takes a glaze, and can be stained any color, making it suitable for interior walls and paneling.
Sudeten Refugees Thrive in British Columbia Colony
A Vancouver Daily Province report highlights Sudeten refugees who settled near Dawson Creek on land at Tupper Creek. Over six years they paid for farms, built homes, and expanded equipment. They harvested 3100 acres, some bush land, with crops improving relative to the Peace River district. Many seek naturalization, aided by the Canadian Colonization Association, and some supplement income through Alaska Highway work, earning about 25900 last year.
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Canada
British Coumbia
Peace River
Stpientenland
Tupper Creek
Dawson Creek
Alberta
Peace River District
Canadian Colonization Association
Canadian Prairies
Vancouver
Britain to Lead World TV Rise After War
British officials at the Commonwealth Broadcasting conference forecast Britain will dominate television after the war and build a global empire network to broadcast programs empire wide. Sir Allan Powell of the BBC said trans-oceanic links will enable image transmission across the Empire, with TV reaching most homes in a few years. Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee agreed that Britain will lead in television.
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Great Britain
Allan Powell
British Broadcasting Corporation
Clement Attlee
Education Drive Expands in Eastern Nigerian Province
A British colonial education scheme mobilizes police constables, clerks, and schoolboys as teachers. Led by the district officer and his wife, headmasters, and local teachers, 300 adults gather in a large hall to learn reading writing and lessons in history geography and arithmetic.
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Nigeria
Offcer
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association War Conference to Quebec City
The Cana dian Weekly Newspapers Association board chose Quebec City as the site for its annual War Conference. The Chatray Frontenac will host deliberations on September 13 14 and 15. F P Galbraith of Red Deer Alta was elected president and presided over the two day conference.
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Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Chateau
Ottawa
Quebec City
Chatray Frontenac
Red Deer Alta
Politicians Use Emotion in Appeals Says The Record
The Kitchener Record notes that politicians are shrewd in directing appeals to emotions rather than intellect, arguing the majority tends to be more emotional than rational.
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Dominion Experimental Station
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