World View 2000 A.D. Predicted by Leading Scientists
Henry C. Nicholas reports on a 1950s science consensus at top meetings in London and New York forecasting no world war this century, solar energy dominance, space travel as routine by 2000, oceans yielding minerals and fresh water, longer lifespans, and vast wealth from renewed efficiency and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Nicholas
CPI
New York
Earth
International Congress of Astronautics
London
American Chemical Society
James Bryant Conant
Harvard
Arturi I. Virlanen
Finland
Sahara
Africa
Wernher von Braun
Hitler
United States
Cancer Society outlines progress and need for early diagnosis
Dr. O H Warwick outlines Canada’s cancer efforts with 12 medical schools now active, annual spending near 400 000 dollars, and public subscriptions funding 200 000 for research, training, education, and a Canadian Tumor Registry. He stresses early diagnosis as the patient’s best chance of cure and offers literature from the Canadian Cancer Society at 800 Bay Street, Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Warwick
Canadian Cancer Society
Canada
National Cancer Institute
The
Cancer Society
Warwick
Bay Street
Toronto
Brighten Dark Hall With Warm Rosy Color Scheme
Dark entrance hall gains warmth with rosy or yellow walls. Use wallpaper with rose blooms and a pale stripe, white ceiling, and white woodwork. Extend wallpaper into the hall ceiling and powder room to unite spaces and add color. A lime green dressing area and matching shelves enhance the cheerful effect.
Gems of Thought on Music from Diverse Figures
A collection of quotations on music from Herbert Spencer Mary Baker Eddy Martin Luther and Pope. The lines praise music as essential to human welfare divine and humane, noting mind over matter as its core, and describing music as discipline and a form of poetry with immeasurable grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fine Arta
Herbert Spencer
Mary Baker Eddy
Martin Luther
Pope
Ostrich Racing Featured At San Francisco Show
The San Francisco Sports Travel and Boat Show will include ostrich racing at the Civic Auditorium. Humans ride feathered riders in a two furlong spring event featuring local celebrities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Civic Auditorium
Retired Canadian Banker Bands Bald Eagles in Florida
Charles J. Broley of Delta Ontario, a 72 year old retired banker, spends five months yearly in Florida banding bald eagles to gather data on nesting and hatch rates. He has banded 1,200 eagles since 1938, with 112 recoveries, and now notes a sharp decline in active nests due to habitat disruption. He works unpaid as an honorary officer with full wildlife service powers.
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Tampa
Fla
United States
Charles J. Broley
Delta
Ont
Winnipeg
Florida
Broley
West
New Port Richey
Fort Myers
Mr. Broley
Audubon Society
Washington
North America
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Man Bluffed Way Across Atlantic And Back On Luxury Liner
Lucien Curty, 53, fooled authorities by wearing a steward’s jacket to board the He de France at Le Havre on January 4 and again for his return to France. He hid the jacket, survived on deck chair meals, and claimed asthma to justify cold commutes. In New York he failed to obtain work, then was detained by French police on attempting reentry and jailed for one month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LE Havre
France
Lucien Curty
New York
Curty
He de France
United States
Rural churches face decline as prairie urban growth rises
Rev. Homer Lane of Saskatoon reports that prairie towns grow while farms shrink. He notes more than half of prairie agricultural societies dormant and rural parishes dying, with urban Manitoba up 20.02 percent and rural Manitoba down 94 percent, Alberta urban up 58.5 and rural down 7.97, Saskatchewan urban up 24.9 and rural down 23.2, overall prairie urban up 36.6 and rural down 14.7. The United Church must rethink its strategy to meet prairie religious needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Prairies
Homer Lane
Saskatoon
Board of Evangelism and Social Service
United Church of Canada
Wesley Buildings
Toronto
Lane
Prairies
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Tourism Boom For United Kingdom Travel Draws Attention
BEA chief Peter Masefield notes advance air reservations for Atlantic crossings from Canada and the United States show a remarkable increase over last year. He cites possible limiting factor as capacity and demand in a BEA article. The piece also recalls Chicago hosting the first Rotary Club on February 23, 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic
Canada
United States
Peter Masefield
British European Airways
BEA
Chicago
Yukon population soars as mining boom drives growth
OTTAWA reports the Yukon is Canada's fastest growing region between 1941 and 1951 with an 85.1 percent rise to 90.96. Whitehorse expands to 2600, military bases boost the area, and Mayo's Mayo mining belt fuels gains. total mineral output climbs from 1.7 million in 1946 to an expected 12 million in 1951 with gold leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Yukon
Canada
Ontario
Alaska
Edmonton
Whitehorse
Mayo
The
Air Force
Hearst
Army
Russia
Dawson
Klondike
Manitoba Males Slightly Outnumber Females in 1851 Census
Ottawa reports Manitoba's 1851 population at 776,541 with 394,818 males and 381,723 females. Electoral districts list totals: Winnipeg North 61,620. Winnipeg North Centre 65,523. Winnipeg South 65,652. Selkirk 59,303. Brandon 48,486. Portage Neepawa 43,511. Provencher 34,220. and others across the province.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Brandon
Churchill
Dauphin
Lisgar
Marquette
Norquay
Portage-Neepawa
Provencher
St. Boniface
Selkirk
Souris
Springfield
Winnipeg North
Winnipeg North Centre
Winnipeg South
Winnipeg South Centre
Australian lamb losses exceed one million this season
The Wool Board says more than 1,000,000 lambs are believed dead across Australia this season due to severe drought and bushfires, signaling a heavy hit to livestock and farming communities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Wool Board
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Adolph Butenandt
Germany
Sweden
England
America
Conant
Central Press
Canadien
Virane
Dept. of Nations! Health and Wellere
Dean
James
Ostrich
Britain
White
Akron Beacon-Journal
United Kingdom
M. Harrison-Gray
North Love All
Kwo
South
North
East
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