Monster Dinosaurs Roamed Alberta Badlands Long Ago
Isabel M. Iredale explains that dinosaurs thrived in Alberta’s ancient lowlands with carnivores like Tyrannosaurus and armored herbivores, noting a Mesozoic sea, later repurposed Red Deer Valley for bone finds, and the rise of the Calgary Zoo’s life-size replicas to illustrate this prehistoric era.
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Alberta
Isabel M. Iredale
Empire Digest
Canada
Calgary
Foothills
Rocky Mountains
Calgary Zoo
Globe
Red Deer Valley
Tyrannosaurus
Method A Success Two Celery Pioneers Win Fame in Leeton
Two young Australian farmers in Leeton New South Wales grew celery in an irrigation area and set a regional record. Their crop topped Sydney market sales and reduced growing costs by using a blanching method with tarred paper taped along the rows to keep sunlight out and maintain white stalks.
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Leeton
New South Wales
Sydney
$4 Million Penicillin Factory Under Construction Near Liverpool
A four million dollar penicillin factory, claimed to be the world’s largest, is rising near Liverpool England. The project signals a major expansion in antibiotic production and pharmaceutical capacity.
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Liverpool
England
Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose on a walking tour
A London sighting reports Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose strolling with two women and a cordon of cheerful officers. The princesses wore simple coats and bandannas, walking hand in hand through Whitehall under careful guard as onlookers cheered.
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Horse Guards Arch
Princess Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Elizabeth
Whitehall
Aidan Thomson
London
Harmless Dust Noted Insecticide DDT Debate
Swiss researchers in New York defend DDT as harmless in powder form while warning solvent forms may pose danger. Dr. Paul Langer and Dr. Paul Miller outline safety limits and absorption risks, stressing potential hazard if inhaled or absorbed in solvent form.
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Pennslyvania
New York
Paul Langer
Paul Miller
Langer
Air Traffic Lights Pilots Use Stars For Navigation
Lieut. Commander Gordon A Atwater named chairman of the American Museum of Natural History Hayden Planetarium department of astronomy. He notes celestial navigation will become practical training at the planetarium and expects pilots and air hostesses to use star patterns as guides at speeds up to 1200 miles per hour.
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Gordon A. Atwater
New York
American Museum of Natural History
Department of Astronomy
Hayden Planetarium
Atwater
Lake Erie
Air Line
London
Demolition Begins on Secret London Air Raid Shelters
Workmen start tearing down London's hidden air raid shelters located 30 feet beneath the Telephone Exchange near St. Pauls Cathedral. The complex featured well furnished bedrooms used by members of the war cabinet during bombardments.
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London
War Cabinet
Telephone Exchange
St. Paul's Cathedral
T C A First Air Line To Use Radar Magic Eye
Trans-Canada Air Lines becomes the first commercial carrier to deploy radar aided flight safety. An experimental radar station at Stevenson Field Winnipeg demonstrates a Plan Position Indicator display enabling pilots to view ground and weather conditions in all weather. The program, run with the K C A F and National Research Council, explores blind landings and storm detection with radar.
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T.C.A. First Air Line
T.C.A
Stevenson Field
Winnipeg
Trans-Canada Air Lines
K.c.af
National Research Council
Ottawa
Meat Control Regs Vital for Overseas Shipments
The article discusses essential meat control regulations to ensure equitable domestic supplies and maximize exports to the United Kingdom and liberated Europe. It cites figures from the Canadian Meat Board and Dominion Department of Agriculture, noting current slaughter, export shortfalls, and the need for stricter consumption limits to meet commitments and avert shortages.
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Canada
Combined Food Board
United Kingdom
Europe
G. S. H. Barton
F. S. Grisdale
Prices Board
Dominion Department of Agriculture
United States
Roosevelt
Canadian Meat Board
Meat Board
Ontario
Winnipeg
Western Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Aborigines Own Land Policy in Dutch East Indies
Historical note states that since 1870 all land in the Netherland East Indies belongs to aborigines and cannot be sold to other nationalities, only leased for limited terms.
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Netherland East Indies
Blood donors in CN Rail from Lakehead to Pacific Coast
More than 6 000 western region Canadian National Railways employees donated blood to the Red Cross during the war. By August 23 donor depots closed, with Winnipeg and prairie provinces leading. In Winnipeg railway workers contributed 2 862 times, 2 412 by men and 450 by women, some individuals giving up to seventeen donations.
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Canadian National Railways
Red Cross
Emmet Dwyer
Lakehead
Pacific Coast
C.N.R
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Dwyer
Navy man from the lower deck becomes Civil Lord of Admiralty
Leading Stoker Walter Edwards of the Royal Navy, famed for the perilous Murmansk convoy run, is appointed Civil Lord of Admiralty in the Labor Government. He is the first lower deck sailor elected to Parliament, a historic rise regarded as earth shaking in the Navy.
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Stoker
Walter Edwards
Bo Ss
Stoker Edwards
Royal Navy
Murmansk
Admiralty
Canada praised by London Star for aiding Britain
The London Star lauded Canada for its financial support to Britain and the sterling area, praising Canada's willingness to fund purchases in the Dominion and to postpone presenting any bill if more is owed. The editorial under the heading Generous called this a clear sign of Canadian loyalty.
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Canada
Britain
The
London Star
the Star
Dominion
From Rags To Rugs Crochet Pattern Idea
Rag bag stuffed with old articles can be turned into colorful floor coverings by crochet weave or braid. Children can help. pattern 7222 lists nine rags and materials. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man to obtain the pattern. include name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Usson
McDermot Avenue
Fourteen Years' War Reference in Chinese Front
British papers call it the Six Years War while China marks it as the Fourteen Years' War. The first incident of Japanese aggression against China occurred in 1931, setting a long conflict in motion.
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Great Plains
Arctic
Nature
Dolores
S. Ss. Stevens
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Rio de Janiero
Third International Aeronautical Radio Communications
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Byron
Alice Brooks
China
Iran
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