National Swine Policy Aims to Raise Hog Standards
Leslie Hancock of the Dominion Department of Agriculture explains Canada’s National Swine Policy which links live hog grading to consumer demands. The policy, rooted in 1922, established live and carcass grading to reward quality and align producer efforts with market standards.
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Leslie Hancock
Dominion Department of Agriculture
American Institute of Co-operation
Purdue University
Lafayette
Indiana
USA
Canada
Great Britain
Hancock
Italy pushes for bigger peace time navy and armament claims
At the 21 power peace conference the Italian delegation seeks to raise its post war navy from 22 500 to 35 000 officers and men. They ask to keep artillery emplacements and to acquire defensive air power and self propelled missiles for anti tank and anti air use while urging scrap iron conversion of excess allied ships. Yugoslavia presses Monfalcone transfer to Belgrade as part of Italy talks.
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Paris
Italy
Military Commission
Ales Bebler
Yugoslavia
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
Monfalcone
Trieste
Gorizia
Clock that Strikes Thirteen Returns to Worsley Parish
The unique clock that chimes 13 at 1 pm, once installed in the Worsley coalfields by the Duke of Bridgewater, was moved to Bridgewater House after estate sales. Now the clock is to be returned to Worsley Parish Church in Lancashire, following its sale.
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England
Earl of Ellesmere
Worsley
Lancashire
Duke of Bridgewater
Eccles
Ellesmere
Bridgewater
Bridgewater House
London
Briggewater House
Ireland Says Sovereignty Comes From People Not King
Eire highlights its sovereignty as coming from the Irish people rather than the King in a Waterford address by Erskine Childers. He states Ireland’s relationship with Britain is close, with partition remaining the sole unsettled issue and De Valera’s trusted leadership acknowledged.
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Dublin
Eire
Canada
England
Ireland
Britain
de Valera
Great Britain
Resourceful Clydebank Shipyards Export Small Craft
The Clydebank shipbuilder crates and exports small craft by dismantling them plate by plate. They are sent as cargo to the Far East for assembly and service. Clydeside is busy with shipbuilding and large war ravage repairs, aiding mine reopening, factory rebuilding, and harbor planning in the Far East.
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Clydebank
Far East
Clydeside
London Daily Graphic
Versatile Grain Highlighted by Papers
The Sioux City Journal notes corn as the most versatile grain while the Ottawa Citizen lists only three uses corn on the cob corn bread and corn fritters omitting corn on the radio corn liquor and corn plasters.
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Sioux City Journal
Ottawa Citizen
Monty Visits U S in Low Key Tour of Honor
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, famed for El Alamein and key Allied leadership, makes a modest U S visit. He receives a salute at West Point, meets Generals Eisenhower and Bradley at National Airport, and pays tribute at Arlington’s Unknown Soldier tomb without pomp or crowds.
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Viscount Montgomery
Alamein
Monty
United States
West Point
Corps of Cadets
Washington
National
Eisenhower
Bradley
Arlington
el Alamein
New York Herald Tribune
George Cross Awarded Posthumously to Maj Seagrim
Maj Hugh Paul Seagrim of the 19th Hyderabad Regiment is posthumously awarded Britain's George Cross for gallantry in Burma. He led an eight man party in the Karen Hills, surrendered after natives were tortured, and was executed in Rangoon after asking that only he suffer death. His mother collected the award at Buckingham Palace.
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Hugh Paul Seagrim
19Th
Hyderabad Regiment
London Gazette
Britain
Seagrim
Karen
Burma
Maj
Rangoon
Buckingham Palace
Derek
Rommel
Mareth Line
Seed Exports Show Sharp Rise in Clover and Grass
Canada exported over 35 million pounds of agricultural seeds in the year ending June 30 1946. White clover led with 11,061,410 pounds, followed by crimson grass and alfalfa. Vegetable seeds such as pea seed and onions also rose, with gains over the prior year except red clover and slender wheat grass.
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Canada
The Country Doctor Brings Modern Medicine to Light
The London Free Press contrasts the old horse and buggy doctor with today’s advances in transport and techniques. It notes medicine is shifting from art to science with specialists and clinics rising, while stressing the need to preserve personal patient relationships and the doctor’s psychological rapport.
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Hertzler
London Free Press
Knew the Professor So The Acid Demonstration Fails
In a Scottish college a professor demonstrates acids by dropping a two-shilling piece into a glass. A student questions dissolution and replies that the coin won’t dissolve because if it did, the demonstration would be pointless. The exchange showcases quick wit and a lesson on acids.
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Scotland
First Recorded Sea Battle Between Corinthians and Cyreans
A historical note reports the first sea battle on record fought around 665 BC between Corinthians and Cyreans, marking an early clash at sea in ancient Mediterranean history.
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Corinthians
Corcyreans
Wonderful display at Britain's industrial show
Britain showcases a £200000 exhibition of modern consumer goods from radio bicycles to air cooled beds. Designers highlight postwar conversion with items like an air cooled bed and a meatless saucepan beside a Spitfire exhaust, while buyers can link with manufacturers for future purchases.
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London
Britain
Buffalo
Council of Industrial Design
Australia calls coal reserves sufficient for 800 years
Sydney reports Australia's coal resources are believed sufficient to last 800 years with an estimated 13.7 billion tons of unmined coal and 38.5 billion tons of lignite.
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Sydney
Australia
1856 paper corn stalks made from 2892
In 1856 a project created paper corn stalks from 2892 units of material. The item shows early industrial use of agricultural byproducts and experimental techniques.
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