Potential Tourists Plan Next Year Vacation in Canada Parks
The article notes a surge of interest in Canada’s national parks with tourists planning trips next summer. Campgrounds will expand to include electric light water and sanitation improvements and campers may bring equipment if accommodations are full. A Kansas visitor commends park facilities and openness between the two countries.
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National Parks
Topeka
Kansas
Calgary
Banff
Lake Louise
Jasper
Yoho
Kootenay
Cranbrook
Canada
National
Cockcroft Named To Lead Atomic Village Project
The London Daily Express reports Prof Johan Douglas Cockcroft will head Britain's top scientific post at Didcot Atomic Energy Station Berkshire. A Cambridge physicist, he is in Canada overseeing a model atomic village near Toronto and has accepted the role with conditions on secrecy.
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Britain
Didcot
Berkshire
Johan Douglas Cockcroft
London Daily Express
Cockcroft
Cambridge University
Canada
Toronto
the Express
Canadian prisoners of war reach Manila from Japan better in shape
Major A. C. Barwick of Montreal said in Vancouver that Canadian POWs reaching Manila from Japan were in better condition than those of any other nationality. He ranked second in command and spoke during the interview.
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Manila
Japan
A. C. Barwick
Montreal
Vancouver
Halifax Welcome Brings Joy and a Shattering Candy Toss
Halifax crowds greet returning troops with cheers and gifts. Sergeant John Doe, four years overseas, gazes at the scene from a transport deck on a sunny August morning. A bold Halifax maiden launches a box of candy that shatters his mood and his teeth.
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Halifax
Canada
John Doe
Doe
New Malaria Drug Paludrine Aims to Curb Death Toll
Discovery presented at Liver pool School of Tropical Medicine describes paludrine as a malaria preventive drug with lower toxicity than quinine. Lord Leverhulme notes strong protection from mosquito bites and potential for complete protection at suitable dosages though relapse prevention remains uncertain. Drug, found by Imperial Chemical Industries in 1943, uses a previously unexplored compound class and is simpler to manufacture than atabrin.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Lord Leverhulme
Australia
Imperial Chemical Industries
Churchill Paintings Brought to U S for Life Magazine
Pictures by Winston Churchill flown from London to New York for Life magazine reproduction. The collection includes landscapes painted during his Riviera and Italian lake country vacations and was shipped to the United States by clipper.
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Winston Churchill
United States
Life Magazine
New York
Mr. Churchill
Riviera
London
Clipper
New Fuel From Salvaged Wood Batches in Ontario
A Northern Ontario lumber company is producing pressed fuel logs from waste wood once burned in plant boilers. The logs reportedly burn better and cleaner than the original wood, showcasing industrial ingenuity in resource reuse and efficiency.
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Ontario
Navy foresees pilotless air machines and fast thinking robots
The Navy predicts future defense will rely on robotic and electronic thinking aircraft. Man minds lag behind for combat while electronics steer pilotsless planes and counter-missiles with precise guidance. Jet powered Navy fighters may use rocket boosts for brief high speed, with research expanding into propulsion fuels and aerodynamics.
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Navy
Humorous Local Shoe Tale About Stretching Shoes
A dissatisfied customer entered a local shoe shop with shoes broken at the vamp and toe-cap. He explained he stretched them by placing bean bags and pouring water on the beans, prompting the merchant to advise seeking a shoemaker for tight shoes.
Demobilized British Service Men Get Upscale Tweed Suits
Thousands of service men slated for demobilization are told they will receive high quality civilian attire. They are to be issued fine Scotch tweed suits valued at about 140 dollars in London, a material not readily available for purchase. A first Army clothing questionnaire has been sent to all ranks, requesting opinions from 60,000 soldiers.
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London
West End
Illinois X-ray Tube Advances Brightness by Hundreds
Prof. George L. Clark of the University of Illinois announced a new X-ray tube cap capable of emitting rays hundreds of times more intense than previously achieved. The breakthrough promises vastly stronger imaging potential for medical and scientific use.
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George L. Clark
University of Illinois
The Wolf Peach Tomato History
Centuries ago the tomato was named the wolf peach as it was believed poisonous. People used to throw wolf peaches to the wolves to destroy them as a precautionary superstition.
Ross Beesley Named Western News Repr for Associated Screen News
J. W. Campbell of Associated Screen News announces Ross Beesley will serve as western news representative with Vancouver, BC as headquarters. Beesley returns to Vancouver after a decade abroad to cover global reels for four major newsreels, with a career spanning Canada from coast to coast and Arctic expeditions.
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J. W. Campbell
Associated Screen News Limited
Ross Beesley
Western News
Vancouver
Beesley
Pacific Coast
Fox News
Western
Canada
Campbell
High Seas
Atlantic
Ontario
Arctic
Northwest Territories
Quebec
Winnipeg Pianist Read Sadowsky Makes New York Debut
Winnipeg pianist Read Sadowsky debuted at Town Hall before an unusually enthusiastic audience. The New York Times critic Paul Bowles praised her uncommon ability to hold attention with absolute clarity, nuanced phrasing, and high musicality. Her program featured Bach C minor partita, Brahms variations on a Handel theme, Guarnieri sonatina, Berger Capriccio, and works by Ravel Liapunoff and Shostakovitch.
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Read Sadowsky
Winnipeg
New York
Town Hall
New York Times
Paul Bowles
Miss Sadowsky
Handel
Guarnieri
Arthur Berger
Capriccio
Ravel
Liapunoff
Shostakovitch
New Guinea First Tracked by Europeans
New Guinea was the initial South Sea island encountered by European explorers, marking a milestone in early contact between Europe and Pacific cultures.
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New Guinea
South Sea Island
Col Dunbabin of Australia Led Crete Resistance Years
Australian Lt Col Thomas James Dunbabin served four years in British intelligence in the Eastern Mediterranean. He organized and led Cretan guerrilla resistance, lived among locals, spoke Greek, and earned the nickname uncrowned king of Crete after aiding Amari Valley supplies post–Germans.
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Col. Dunbabin
Australia
Mediterranean
Empire Digest
Army
Leonard Woolley
Thomas James Dunbabin
Tasmania
He Is
Son
Thomas Dunbabin
Ottawa
Mrs. Dunbabin
Aegean
Near East
Cairo
Crete
Leigh Firmin
Moss
Heraclea
Egypt
A. M. Rendel
Dunbabin
Corpus Christi
Australian
Red Cross
Amari
Mount Ida
Little Britain
Britain Eyes Revisions To Property Compensation Law
After World War II Britain's Labor government plans to reexamine compensation for requisitioned property in reconstruction and slum-clearance schemes. The wartime 30 percent top-up over the 1939 value remains contentious, with critics arguing large landowners benefit most while supporters call it a step forward.
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Attlee
Britain
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Labor
Uranium Prospects in South Africa History and Finds
Historical notes trace uranium findings in South Africa from 1919, including radioactive minerals in the Transvaal and Swaziland. Dr. Versfeldt, Dr. Hall, and the Union Geological Survey documented uranium ochre, pitchblende, and cuixenite occurrences in the Transvaal, northern Transvaal pegmatites, Gordonia, and other regions with small quantities reported.
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South Africa
William Versfeldt
Transvaal
Swaziland
A. L. Hall
Union Geological Survey
Selati
Malelane
Hall
Gordonia
Cape
Underground slide for New York skyseeker towers
New York engineer Morris Berman proposes lowering skyscrapers underground in a future war to protect them from atomic bombs. The Empire State Building could descend in 58 seconds at 1000 feet per minute, but would require 22 hours to raise back up using five 2,250 horsepower engines. Estimated cost about 15 million dollars.
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New York
Gotham
Morris Berman
New York Board of Transportation
Empire State Building
Berman
Changing of the Guard Returns to London Life Guards
London reports the ceremonial changing of the guard at Horse Guards resumes as a daily ritual. The Life Guards lead the old guard with a trumpeter on a white horse, while the Royal Horse Guards provide the new guard. The event marks a peace-time sight returning to the war scarred city.
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London Daily Sketch
London
Horse Guards
Life Guards
Royal Horse Guards
Peacetime Use Considered for Mulberry Harbor Design
Col V C Steer Webster, a Mulberry project developer, proposed in Toronto that lessons from the Mulberry floating harbor used in the European invasion could apply to peacetime mining on remote Northern Canadian lakes.
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Europe
Canada
Toronto
V. C. Steer-Webster
Cheap wood waste to wallboard via simple method
A new quick cheap process converts sawdust shavings and chips into wallboard. Tests show one ton of sawdust yields about 2000 square feet of board with low cost equipment. Current hard wallboard uses log fibre, needing heavy capital investment.
Quilted Slippers Pattern 7401 Offered by Winnipeg Paper
This week’s needlework item presents quilted slippers for year round wear. Use plain or two colored quilted fabric. pattern 7401 includes directions and sizes small to large. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Whale shark teeth too small to bite
The whale shark, the largest living fish, has teeth only about one eighth of an inch long and cannot bite. It feeds by filtering plankton as it swims.
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Atomic Village
Churchill
Spanish Main
Fernand Langlois
Hector
Fernand
Alice Brooks
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