Fighting Ships Of Canada’s Navy Commanded By RCMP Officers
RCMP Marine Section personnel staffed coastal and seagoing roles as Canada expanded its naval service. About 66 ships were commanded by RCMP veterans, with RCMP personnel in 28 engine rooms. Awards included four OBEs, a Distinguished Service Cross, three BEMs and seven Mentions in Despatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Navy
R.C.M.P
W. £. Bell
RCMP
Naval Service
Um- Rcmp
Armed Forces
Air Force
Canadian Army
R.C.M P. Marine Section
Mid- Atlantic
R.c.msp
Has More To Offer Cosmology Says Universe Holds Greater Power
Scientists at the 1946 American Physical Society meeting argue atomic energy can be handed to industry while physicists pursue higher powers in the universe. They focus on cosmic rays, mesons with immense energy, and note medical uses for atomic energy are already under study. The sun completes a orbit roughly every 25 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Physical Society
No Compulsion on Refugees to Return to Native Lands
Canada told the United Nations economic and social council that no genuine refugee should be forced to return to his place of origin against his will. Russia urged repatriation as the primary goal of an interim commission to resettle Europe's displaced persons while pressing for trial of traitors and war criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N.Y
Canada
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Russia
Europe
Paul Martin
Nicholai Feonov
Soviet Five Year Plan Targets Arctic Development
The Soviet Union aims to accelerate Arctic exploration under its five year plan with studies to make the northern sea route across Siberia navigable. Expeditions search for minerals and climate data, with ships fitted for radio navigation and long term weather geological observation at an Laptev Sea island led by Victor Buinitsky.
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Arctic Zone
Siberia
Soviet Union
Arctic
Arctic Institute
Laptev Sea
Leningrad
Bering Sea
Victor Buinitsky
Ussr
Chinese ex servicemen seek voting rights in Canada
Vancouver branch 280 of Army Navy and Air Force Veterans Society led by Frank Ho Lem petitions at the Edmonton convention. Chinese ex servicemen argue they were mobilized under the Canadian Mobilization Act and thus deserve full citizenship rights including the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Frank Ho Lem
Vancouver
Bisley
Army, Navy
Air Force
Edmonton
Veterans’ Organization
Ho Lem
Vancouver News-Herald
Soviet Climbers Plant Flag on 20000-Foot Peak in Tian Shan
Soviet mountaineers planted the Red flag on a 20,000 foot peak in the Tian Shan mountains in Kazakhstan. It marks the third attempt to conquer the highest peak in the range.
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Moscow
Tian Shan
Kazakstan
Degrand Seeks Canada Visit Reflecting Women in Politics
Mme Germaine Degrand, French Socialist leader and UN FAO delegate, expresses desire to visit Canada. A long time activist and current National Assembly member, she notes women’s roles in politics and food economics, stressing motherhood as a first duty while pursuing public life.
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Copenhagen
Mme
Germaine Degrand
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
Canada
French National Assembly
Socialist Party
Something Crooked in a Train Race Card Game
The party of tough card-players return home by train after the races. One man declares the game crooked and slams his hand in disgust. Another accuses the others of not yet playing the hand they were dealt, clashing over fairness.
It Is For Him Grand Slip Over Pattern 7337
A knitting pattern promotes a slip over for men using a cable stitch. The copy claims the piece is easy, inexpensive, and quick to knit in small to large sizes. To obtain Pattern 7337 readers must send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg with name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Avenue E
Man
Gyropilot Aiming to Safer Plane Landings by Beamed Guidance
A new Sperry gyropilot uses ground transmitters to guide aircraft during approach, enabling robotic control of throttle and descent to land with human oversight. United Airlines tests DC-4s and plans rollout within 18 months, pending training and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sperry Electronic
Sperry
Army
Navy
W.W. A. Patterson
United Airlines
United
Ae Nautics
Puttees Prove Practical in War Says W L Clark
Windsor Star columnist Very Useful argues the puttee design keeps out sand and mud, aids walking through drifting sand, offers mud protection, and allows drying windward, explaining why soldiers favored and wearers value them in combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Seized Opportunity In Camp Discussion On Reincarnation
A group in an Army camp debates reincarnation with a firm believer arguing for life after death. The corporal dismisses the idea while another soldier jokes that one cannot return as the same thing twice.
Influenza Virus Power and Mouse Study Note
A note on influenza virus strength stating that 80 powerful units could kill 500 mice, with the claim placed within a period at the sentence end. The line blends scientific assertion with a compact, unusual measurement.
Historical Oddities and Inventions Mentioned
A collection of notes mentions the British Museum holding a 14 foot tall prehistoric elephant tusk, the Pythagorean roots of earth’s sphericity, a water resistant adhesive lasting 48 hours, Krakatau’s 1883 eruption spreading dust globally, the Eiffel Tower’s era as tallest structure before Empire State, and a mail plane prototype catapulted from a ship saving mail deliveries from Southampton.
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British Museum
Southampton
England
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Wilhelmina Vandeberg
Foremost
Alta
Vrouwen Corps
C.W.A.C
L. A. Weston
Dutch East Indies
Willie
O.w.a.c.'s
The
United Nations’ Food Organization
Him
Alice Books
Long Island
Voice OF Canada
AT Lake Success
Weiland
Ont
County Fair
Krakatau
Java
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