Canadian universities plan post war expansion
Dr Cyril James of McGill University urged major expansion of teaching staff and facilities to handle a projected doubling of students after the war. He said victory is a second chance to create a fairer society, with universities leading in new economic and sociological planning while preserving individual initiative.
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Cyril James
Metrill University
Montreal
McGill Society of
Great Britain
James
Postwar plans for civilian walkie talkies expand uses
The piece envisions doctors using car mounted walkie talkies to reach offices and services, with further civilian roles in farms vessels stores and deliveries. It notes FCC proposals for 460 to 470 megacycles, Canada’s lack of a similar move, and contrasts the bulky walkie talkie with the handheld handy talkie whose range is about one mile while larger sets reach five miles.
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Pital
United States Federal Communications Commission
Canada
Gems and Musings on Fame Across Thoughtful Voices
A collection of quotes discusses fame as fleeting and earned, praising merit, virtue, and public service over personal glory. Dante, Eddy, Sumner, Lander, Seneca, Holmes, and ancient drama are cited to contrast fame with lasting value and happiness.
New China could host world’s greatest power project
The Ottawa Journal reports US engineer John Lucien Savage believes postwar China may undertake the Yangtze river project. With ten years and about one billion dollars, damming the Yangtze could generate energy for more people than in the United States and make the river navigable for 600 miles to Chungking, boosting China’s modern development.
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China
Peking
John Lucien Savage
United States
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Chungking
Ottawa Journal
Orphaned Waif Reunites With Dutch Navigator Adopted Child
A two year old girl bearing a note with Fr. Owen Pratt s name and address is found to be the child Pratt sheltered in Holland during the war. Pratt, a bomber navigator, escaped Gestapo capture and later adopted the girl after discovering her in England. The baby had been sent to New Zealand for rehabilitation.
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England
Owen Pratt
PO. Pratt
Holland
Gestapo
FC Pratt
Netherlands
London
Fr. Pratt
New Zealand
Farmers Tax Fairness Debated Across Canada
The Lethbridge Herald notes farmers faced a severe mood in the thirties with farm income dipping to 333 million in 1932 and questions why only 25 000 of 670 000 farmers are taxed while workers see payroll deductions. It argues taxes fund the war effort and calls for non discrimination between taxpayers and non taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Lethbridge Herald
Portable eye glass repair unit aids front line GIs
A 400 pound portable unit designed by Capt Alfred T Wells repairs spectacles in minutes. It uses two medical chests as a work bench and stores 2400 lenses and 625 frames with hand powered grinding. Two technicians serve 5000 to 15000 men and the unit has seen action in Europe and now the Pacific. Wells received the Legion of Merit for the achievement.
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Pacific
Alfred T. Wells
Southbridge
Mass
Wells
Canada’s 1944 National Income Reaches All-Time High
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada’s national income for 1944 at 9 18 000 000 dollars, up 5.3 percent from 1943’s 8 724 000 000. Agriculture led gains with manufacturing and government contributing smaller increases. October saw peak income as agricultural marketing rose. December income was 766 300 000 compared to 777 700 000 in November.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Toronto
Sterling silver bell honors Ark Royal career
A new Ark Royal will carry a silver bell cast in sterling silver to honor the ship’s wartime career. The bell weighs over 200 pounds and measures 19 inches across the mouth, commemorating the vessel that sank in 1941.
Imposing Mont St Michel Dominates Normandy Coast
An imposing sight on the coast of Normandy, Mont St Michel rises from the sea as a vast medieval monastery built on a solitary rock, creating a striking silhouette against the tides.
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Normandy
France
Mont St. Michel
Trust and Warning on Germany After War
The Allied nations must keep Germany under tight control to prevent future wars. The German populace is seen as prone to aggression and untrustworthy, with a history of hubris and rivalry. The piece argues leniency would invite another, greater conflict. A second note adds that only one benign bacteria survives in honey.
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Germany
Brockville Recorder and Times
Good Neighbors Scheme Spreads Across Britain
A London Holborn housewife started a "good neighbor" scheme to restock blitzed homes with furniture. Volunteers ship gifts from 76 counties to 52 London boroughs and nine blitzed towns. A points system fair distributes items. luxury pieces are half points. Suffolk and Bristol examples show widespread public response and logistics coordination.
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London
Holborn
RCAF
Bova
Women's Voluntary Services
William Holt
BBC
Britain
Holt
Ministry of War Transport
Ministry of Home Security
Ministry of Health
Suffolk
Dover
Bristol
Boyd
Racket In Lincolnshire Bounty Sparks Abuse
The Lincolnshire anti rat bounty backfired as 90000 rat tails were turned in at a cost of about $2200 yet racketeers bred rats to claim the bonus. Authorities withdrew the bounty and similar schemes have long drawn out criminal gaming of rewards.
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Lincolnshire
England
New York Herald Tribune
There’s A Reason Allied Troops Rarely Use Captured Guns
Sgt. Albert L. Cook former Texas theatre man recovering at Harmon General hospital Longview Texas from wounds in France explains why Allied troops avoid enemy guns. He says the gun’s bark reveals friend from foe and that soldiers would fire on a Jerry gun as soon as it sounds.
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Albert L. Cook
Texas Theatre
Harmon General Hospital
Longview
Texas
France
Cook
Fumigation origins traced to 47 BC physician Acron
Acron, a Greek physician, reportedly originated fumigation around 47 BC by burning aromatics in large fires. The traditional account links this practice to early medicinal and ritual uses in ancient Greece.
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Acron
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Mandalay
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