Mercy plane to Baffin Island aids typhoid outbreak
An RCAF Dakota flight from Rockcliffe Ottawa carried over five hundred pounds of sulfa drugs vaccines and IV solutions to combat a typhoid outbreak on Baffin Island. Dr Rawson and Dr Gaulton received supplies as the RCMP and Air Force ferried medical aid to Cape Dorset Pangnirtung and Chorkbak Inlet. The expedition marks faster response times for Arctic health crises.
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Rockcliffe
Ottawa
Baffin Island
Canada
Arctic
RCAF
Noel
Rawson
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay
Department
Robert Cruikshank
Hudson's Bay Company
Cape Dorset
R.M.S. Nascopie
Dominion Goverment
George 5. MacCarthy
Campbell Laidlaw
Nascopie
Chorkbak Inlet
Markham Bay
Pangnirtung
R.C.A.F
Cape
Fast Plane Could Reach 1000 MPH Says Martin
Glenn L. Martin predicts a next war fighter flying at 1000 miles per hour is theoretically possible though landing at that speed poses a challenge. He recalled fears of landing at 45 mph, now landing at 100 mph is feasible. Martin spoke in Yorkton Saskatchewan while duck hunting.
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Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company
Baltimore
Martin
Yorkton
Sask
Britain to limit newspapers to four pages until 1946
In a postwar retrenchment move, British newspapers will be restricted to four pages at least through the end of 1946 as newsprint imports from Canada and Newfoundland are sharply cut. California is noted for producing birthstones for all months except May and July, which are emerald and ruby.
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Britain
Canada
Newfoundland
London
Regional Counsel Patterson Named Western Region Solicitor for CN Rail
Walter T. Patterson longtime Manitoba lawyer and Air Transport Board veteran is appointed solicitor for the Canadian National Railways Western Region. He will base his office in Winnipeg. Patterson, born in Boissevain, Manitoba, is a 1924 University of Manitoba LL B and was called to the Manitoba Bar the same year. He served in World War I, then held senior legal posts in Ottawa including Wartime Industries Control Board secretary and solicitor in 1942 and Air Transport Board secretary and solicitor in 1944.
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Walter T. Patterson
Manitoba
Air Transport Board
Ottawa
Western Region
Canadian National Railways
Dalton C. Owens
K.C
Patterson
Winnipeg
Mr. Patterson
Boissevain
University of Manitoba
Department of Munitions and Supply
Wartime Industries Control Board
Canada to Scrap Ten Fighting Ships From WW II Fleet
War Assets Corporation in Montreal announced ten Royal Canadian Navy ships will be scrapped after war service. Eight destroyers plus one frigate and one minesweeper head to Sydney and Sorel for auction and the wrecker's hammer, ending a proud Atlantic war record.
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Canada
War Assets Corporation
Montreal
Sydney
N.S
Sorel, Que
Royal Canadian Navy
Diplomats Tackle English at Ottawa Russian Embassy
Russian diplomats in Ottawa endure daily English lessons with compulsory courses drafted in Moscow. Teacher Mrs Clarence Halliday, a former Toronto area educator, guides the class as diplomats strive to master language and pronunciation.
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Ottawa
Stalin
Moscow
Clarence Halliday
Hallida
Australia Described As Most Level Continent In Outline
A historical claim states Australia is the most level in surface and regular in outline among all continents. The assertion highlights its flat topography and uniform coastlines as defining features.
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Australia
Continents
The Great Fire of London on September 2 1666
Fire ravaged London on September 2 1666 destroying many buildings and changing the city landscape. Residents and authorities fought the blaze as flames consumed wooden structures and altered the course of local history.
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London
Message on MacArthur’s desk about youth and mind
A framed message attributed to General Douglas MacArthur quotes youth as a state of mind not a age. It asserts that aging comes from abandoning ideals and that wonder, faith, and self confidence keep spirit young regardless of years.
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Douglas MacArthur
Trans Canada Air Lines Adopts Simplified Ticketing System
Trans- Canada Air Lines uses simplified methods on domestic routes and across Canada and the United States. A single flight coupon now covers the entire Canadian journey replacing multiple coupons used before October 1. Time saving in ticket preparation exceeds 75 percent. The inter line ticket includes coupons for each line a passenger may ride on to the destination and is accepted by major airlines.
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Trans- Canada Air Lines
Canada
United States
Abandonment of Plan to Internationalize Dardanelles
U S officials drop their bid to include the Dardanelles in a broader European waterways program. Diplomatic experts say the project stalled after Potsdam with little interest from other powers and caution that historic straits differ from rivers like the Rhine or Danube.
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United States
Dardanelles
Europe
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Potsdam
Ocean liner remains vital despite war losses
The British shipping industry plans to replace six million gross tons of ocean liners lost to enemy action with new liner construction. Berths in shipyards across Britain, Scotland and Northern Ireland are booked for keel laying. The author argues ocean liners, upgraded, will continue to serve trans oceanic passenger traffic for years, backed by confidence in safety and reliability.
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England
Scotland
Northern
Ireland
Mae West
Brockville Recorder and Times
Rubber outlook brightens in Malaya despite war damage
Despatch from Kuala Lumpur reports a brighter rubber picture in Malaya than expected with only about five percent of 3.5 million acres destroyed for food production. Officials say 33,000 tons of rubber and 350,000 gallons of latex are ready for export in Johore, and 42,000 tons may be ready elsewhere. The note mentions 250 violet varieties.
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London Exchange Telegraph
Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Johore
Food Scarcity SparksMacArthur Trade Controls in Japan
General Douglas MacArthur grants Japan the right to resume tightly controlled foreign trade limited to essential imports. Japan must pay for every ounce imported and prove inabil ity to produce these commodities domestically. Kenzo Matsumara warns of hunger and possible social collapse if food shortages persist.
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Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Kenzo Matsumara
Japan Eyes Limited Freedom As Occupation Winds Down
Raw Silk for oil: Japan places a sen sible adviser in the Emperor's circle while moving to fulfill Gen MacArthur's orders to widen freedom. A typhoon devastates central and southern Honshu as rice imports are sought to ease a food crisis. Allied investigators warn occupation has limits but Japan would be worse off without it. Japan requests 120000 tons of oil from the United States and offers 46000 bales of raw silk as payment.
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Japan
MacArthur
Honshu
United States Army Air Force
United States
Gen. MacArthur
Russian Jewels Safe in Moscow After War
The Soviet Union reports its treasury of diamonds rubies sapphires and other gems is safe with the most valuable jewels back in Moscow. The collection is described as containing thousands of gems including seven priceless pieces with famed histories such as the 136 carat emerald the blue Ceylon sapphire and the Kanhi ruby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Moscow
Moscow Bolshevik
Canada Sets New Hull Colors for Merchant Fleet
Park Steamship Company officials said the 10 000 ton fleet will have hulls painted black and white with red funnels and black tops. Painting is to start immediately as wartime grey is no longer required.
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Canada
Park Steamship Company
German Books to Be Withdrawn After War
A central committee will list books to be removed from libraries and book trade, targeting Nazi propaganda by Ley Goebbels Rosenberg and authors Beumelburg and Dwinger for hidden militaristic content. District commissions will bar 30 percent of 175,000 municipal library volumes and dismiss 15 to 20 percent of staff for Nazi ties. Berlin’s state, university, and city libraries will reopen in stages as damage is assessed.
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Algemeine Zeitung
Robert Ley
Goebbels
Rosenberg
Werner Beumelburg
Erwin Dwinger
Education Department
Berlin
State Library
University Library
Brary
Synthetic Islands by Ronald Hamilton Promise Oceanic Roads
Inventor Ronald Hamilton of London describes Lily as a magic carpet of the sea enabling trans ocean air travel. He envisions offshore islands with hotels resorts and runways linking to the mainland capable of handling heavy traffic and even car parks on Thames mudflats to ease congestion while keeping river navigation free.
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Ronald Hamilton
London
Mr. Hamilton
Hamilton
Ghost Hellcat: Navy Unveils Pilotless Fighting Plane
The United States Navy discloses a pilotless radio controlled fighting aircraft named the Ghost Hellcat. It is described as the world’s only standard military plane controlled entirely by radio for takeoff, flight, and landing. Details on performance and armament were not released.
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United States Navy
Navy
Army
Scouted Curse Legend Expert William E Kane Dies
William E Kane, 79, a noted industrialist, inventor and archaeologist who studied the so called curse of King Tutankhamun's tomb, died of natural causes after years of exploration. He believed hardship, climate and unsanitary conditions fueled deaths among workers on the tomb project.
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William E. Kane
Tut-Ankh-Amen
Kane
Christmas puddings under wartime price rules brief
British manufacturers face an austerity Christmas with no rise in quality or quantity for plum puddings. Prices rise by 2d per pound. permitted sizes are one pound at 2s 2d and two pounds at 3s 11d.
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Britain
Fish and asbestos facts in concise note
A brief remark notes that fish are near sighted with poor color vision and states Canada as the largest global producer of asbestos.
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