A Need For Action Warns FAO on World Hunger
The FAO warns that without immediate action world food production must rise as population grows. In ten years world population rose 150 million while food output fell eight percent, predicting diet related diseases and premature deaths for about half the global population within twenty years. Sir John Boyd Orr, former FAO head, calls the situation "the death march of our civilization."
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
John Boyd Orr
The
Food and Agriculture Organization
Canada Faces Soil Erosion Threat to Farmland
The piece warns of looming food shortages tied to soil erosion and declining fertility in major farming regions. It notes the United States loses over three billion tons of topsoil yearly and highlights Canada’s struggle to retain soil fertility amid eroding productivity globally.
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United States
Canada
China
Yellow River
Africa
South America
Australia
Should Farm More Land Should Farm More Land
The Food and Agriculture Organization urges expanding cultivation to ease a global food shortage. Increased production requires preserving existing farmland, bringing new acreage under cultivation, and cooperative funding. Emphasis is on soil erosion prevention, desert reclamation, irrigation, pest control, and reforestation, with urgent calls for timely, constructive action.
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Food and Agriculture Organization
New Radio Research Station Planned Near The Pas
The National Research Council of Canada plans a two year ionospheric and atmospheric research program starting in January. The Pas station will be run by the transport department with H. L. Corbett of Ottawa in charge.
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Pas
National Research Council of Canada
Transport Department
H. L. Corbett
Ottawa
Heart Diseases and Cancer Lead 1947 Canadian Death Toll
Canada recorded 117,668 deaths in 1947 with heart diseases totaling 32,032 deaths and cancer 15,605, according to the Bureau of Statistics. The data show these two causes as the largest tolls among 41 specified causes.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Deer Dashes Cause Damage When Spooked By Traffic
A frightened deer charged into a roadway, injuring its surroundings with powerful hoofs and causing damage to vehicles and nearby property. Police urged drivers to watch for wildlife crossings and reduce speed in rural areas.
Funny And Otherwise Humor Snippets From Daily Life 2800
A collection of comic exchanges and vignettes involving bosses, clerks, a cannibal chief, evangelists, a mother at an art exhibit, a golfer, a gas worker, and a patient. Jokes hinge on misunderstandings about work, money, religion, and ordinary misadventures.
Churchill Port Sets Wheat Export Record
Churchill Manitoba reports a 1948 navigation season ending October 15 with 35 ships, 15 overseas, and a port record of 5,314,342 bushels of wheat exported. The season featured two Royal Canadian Navy destroyers, an ice-breaker, 16 coastal vessels, and incoming cargoes of tractors and other goods. Port manager W N Twolan said it was a wheat year and facilities could expand, with new harbor housing under construction for next season.
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Churchill
Man
Canadian Wheat Board
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Royal Canadian Naval
W. N. Twolan
Seaton
Fifty Curlers To Tour Canada
Fifty curlers from the Royal Caledonia club of Scotland will tour Canada and the northern United States this winter. The Empress of France will pick up the party at Greenock and they plan a Halifax arrival December 28 with games across Canada from Truro to Regina before returning February 2.
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Royal Caledonia Club
Scotland
Canada
United States
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Empress
France
Greenoch
Roaring Game
Halifax
Truro
Moncton
Levis
Toronto
Sudbury
Port Arthur
Winnipeg
Calgary
Nelson
Edmonton
Regina
Farm Machinery Need Emphasized Says Detroit Inventor
Detroit dedication ceremonies mark the opening of a new plant for Irish born inventor Harry Ferguson. He promises a secret development line of agricultural implements. Horace D Angleo, president, predicts 100 tractors a day production at the Detroit plant by Beet.
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Detroit
Harry Ferguson
Horace D'Angelo
Foresters Target Mice With Seasonal Trapping Plan
In Victoria British Columbia the forestry department launches a mice trapping campaign to time Douglas fir seed planting at low mouse activity. Tests show a mouse can eat 300 seeds daily and the deer mouse is especially destructive. Coating seeds is being considered to deter nibbling.
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Victoria
B.C
Forestry Department
Fewer Flat Tires Reported in 1947 by AAA
The American Automobile Association recorded fewer flat tires in 1947 than 1946. Battery failures ignition trouble and carburetor failures rose, while automobiles stalled 37 260 080 times. Woodcarvers of Germany and Switzerland favor mountain pine walnut and basswood for carvings.
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New York
American Automobile Association
Association
Germany
Switzerland
Apples Baked with Honey and Spiced Nuts Cake
Recipe fragment describes core apples baked in greased dish with water butter honey and cinnamon. Includes separate date nut cake with dates nuts flour baking soda powder and honey, mixed with creamed butter sugar and egg, then baked in a leaf pan.
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Honeye&s
Library Book Begets Crime Tale in Chicago
Two Chicago youths who learned safe cracking and burglary from a library book face punishment and must seek another book to learn how to avoid jail. The tale underscores risks of misuse of library resources.
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Chicago
Prairie Water Conservation Program Outlined
Ottawa chief engineer G L MacKenzie of the agricultural department explains a prairie water conservation plan could cover up to 3.3 million acres. He notes initial work spans 105 million acres area, with ultimate irrigation not exceeding 3.3 million. Three Alberta projects and one in Saskatchewan are under way.
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Ottawa
G. L. MacKenzie
Agricultural Department
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Branch
Prairies
Engineering Institute of Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Seek To Lengthen Tourist Season
At Ottawa the third annual Dominion provincial tourist conference heard a proposal to lengthen Canada’s tourist season by moving Labor Day to the third Monday in September. D Leo Dolan, director of the Canadian Travel Bureau, said he has urged the change for years but it meets opposition in some quarters.
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Ottawa
Dominion
D. Leo Dolan
Canadian Travel Bureau
Sun Expected To Shine For 45000000000 More Years
Soviet scientists quoted in Ashkhabad say the sun will not burst like some stars and will continue to shine for at least 45 billion years. A prehistoric whale remains were found in an Alaskan glacier in November 1930.
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Moscow
Hem-Roid Money Back Guarantee Prompted by Claims
The pitch claims quick relief from Hem-Roid with a 19 day use period and a refund on unused portions. It states the product has a long refund promise and is sold at drug stores, framing it as unusually effective and trustworthy to entice buyers.
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Ali
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