Freedom of the Press in Canada This Cold War era piece
The article argues for a free press as essential to democracy, praising critical scrutiny and diverse sources. It cites Milton and Wickham Steed, notes Canada’s lack of wartime censorship, and highlights editors' duties to report accurately while resisting government control. It mentions George W. Ferguson and UN commissions on human rights.
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Daniel Defoe
Saturday Post
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Cicero
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Mussolini
Italy
United States
Halls Mills
Dempsey
Firpo
America
Spain
Primo de Rivera
United Nations
The
New York Times
Montreal Gazette
Herbert Brucker
Columbia
Canada
Hong Kong
Wickham Steed
Milton
George W. Ferguson
Montreal Star
Freedom of Information
United Nations Commission On Human Rights
Migrating Seals Travel 3000 Miles From California Coast
Report notes that over two million seals migrate annually from the southern California coast to the Bering Sea covering about 3000 miles. The figure highlights a remarkable annual ocean journey and its ecological significance.
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California
Bering Sea
Not In Doubt About Her Final Decision
A Georgia colored acquaintance laments an unmarried woman and questions why she does not wed a devoted yet maddening partner. She explains she cannot decide if he gladdens or maddens her more and will keep him dangling until her heart bursts with misery before accepting him.
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Georgia
Lucinda
No Court Dress For The Royal Wedding
Britain may allow guests at Princess Elizabeth's Nov 20 wedding to wear street clothes with no fuss. The Earl of Clarendon says attendees should wear morning dress for ladies and gentlemen, lounge suits or service dress, a departure from traditional court attire.
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London
Britain
Elizabeth
Earl of Clarendon
Westminster Abbey
Canada U S Harmony Vital To Survival
Ottawa official Thomas D. Anderson urged 200 New England Legion delegates to pursue absolute military harmony between Canada and the United States. He urged a joint intelligence service and universal military training in both nations.
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Boston
Canada
United States
Thomas D. Anderson
Ottawa
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Legion
New England
Anderson
Four-Leaf Clover Windfall Hits Corning Yard
Mrs Verne Naight of Corning New York counted 300 four leaf clovers in her front yard in one afternoon along with 25 five leaf clovers, sparking belief in a lucky haul.
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Corning
N.Y
U S Public Health Service taps tuberculosis vaccine trial
Washington reports Columbus in Muscogee County Georgia selected as a testing ground for a new BCG vaccine study. About 16 000 school children will be examined with tuberculin testing and only those with negative results and parental consent will be vaccinated. The program includes both Negro and white children with focus on those exposed to TB.
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Camille Guerin
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Chicago
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Yellowknife to Lay Underground Water Piping
Seven miles of water mains will be laid underground next summer in Yellowknife N W T to form a new system designed to resist permanent frost. The plan uses steam injected heating and continuous circulation to prevent freeze ups, with sun thawing used during construction. Water drawn from Great Slave Lake will be purified, and a concurrent sewer system plus chemical treatment plant will be installed.
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Yellowknife
N.W.T
Dominion Public Works Department
Great Slave Lake
Occupied Alberta Farm Land Shows Decrease
Total occupied farmland in Alberta in 1946 declined by 2 016 430 acres or 4.7 percent from 1941, but rose by 720 931 acres or 1.8 percent from 1936. Improved land fell 95 376 acres or 0.5 percent versus 1941 and rose 1 666 481 acres or 9.1 percent since 1936. Crop area grew 561 099 acres or 4.6 percent from 1941 and 6.1 percent since 1936. summer fallow dropped 531 591 acres or 8.1 percent from 1941 but rose 907 052 acres or 17.8 percent from 1936.
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Alberta
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Postmaster Delivers Letter to Long‑lost Cousin
In Olympia Washington the postmaster faced a simple request and fulfilled it. Jess Leverich pocketed a letter from a cousin in Iowa who had not been heard from in years, delivering the message to the intended recipient.
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Olympia
Wash
Jess Leverich
Iowa
Ex-service women report theft of 71 sheep
Four former service members farming near Grahamstown South Africa claimed 71 sheep were stolen. Police investigated and concluded no theft occurred the women simply did not know how to count sheep.
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Grahamstown
South Africa
British Columbia May Ban Red Cars And Trucks
British Columbia fire chiefs urged the provincial government to reserve red for fire equipment only. The convention elected Hugh H. Miller as president with Joseph Law as vice president and W. A. Oswald re-elected secretary treasurer. Directors include A. Condon D. C. Miller G. MacDonald and Lorne Cleeland.
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Victoria
British Columbia
B.C
Hugh H. Miller
Norwegian Ships Had Hard Winter
Six of eight Norwegian sealers aboard the Enigheten survived a nine month drift after their schooner burned near Spitzbergen. They drifted in a southeast gale, froze in pack ice for six weeks, and were crushed June 8. The crew reached land after five days in a life boat and contacted a Russian sealing station. Negotiations led to their return. two crew members died.
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Spitzbergen
Enigheten
Land
Luck Against Him Lands Spokane Man in Jail
Earl Dallas, after stealing two flashlights and cereal from a parked car, planned to sell the loot but was arrested after encountering the car owner in Spokane. He received a 30 day jail term.
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Spokane
Wash
Earl Dallas
Dallas
Baked beans renamed at Tulsa fair display
Boston themed foods were shown at the Tulsa fair but without the word Boston before baked beans and brown bread. The items appeared as baked beans and brown bread without referencing Boston. The visit by Oklahomans to Boston locations was noted but not reported in Boston terms.
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Boston
Makers of Creamery Butter Question Old Time Dairy Product
The Ottawa Citizen notes doubts about 63 cent per pound butter, as a housewife suspects margarine while a critic recalls real farm butter. Dairy butter varies by maker, salty and water beads possible, but creamery butter aims for higher, more uniform quality under government standards.
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Ottawa Citizen
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