Canada must export to meet world market needs says official
Deputy Minister Dr G H Barton warns Canadian agriculture faces a crossroads postwar. He argues maintaining export production is essential to high farm living standards and warns shrinking meat output and rising wheat emphasis threaten the export position. He cites 1944-45 figures, notes Britain’s demand, and urges balanced hog and wheat production across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. 3. H. Barton
Dominion Department of Agriculture
CHC
Canada
Britain
West
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Western
Newfoundland
Armed Services
Song Bird Saves Opera Performance in Winnipeg
Opera singer Elda Ercole flew from New York aboard a Trans-Canada Air Lines plane to Winnipeg to replace a sick principal in the San Carlo Opera Company production of Il Trovatore. She arrived in Winnipeg in the early evening and was on stage by 1030. The note discusses postwar food production in Canada, urging barley and coarse grain emphasis to support livestock and dairy output, while urging export market focus for a balanced agriculture.
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Elda Ercole
New York
Trans-Canada Air Lines
San Carlo Opera Company
Winnipeg
Miss Ercole
Ercole
TCA
Leonora
Mario Gallo
British Ideals and the 1642 Clash for Democracy
American ambassador Ray Atherton in Toronto praised 17th century Britons for inspiring modern democracy. He cited Charles I’s 1642 attempt to arrest MPs, marking the rise of limited government and three centuries of English parliamentary freedom, linking colonial liberty to that heritage.
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Ray Atherton
U.S
Canada
Toronto
Atherton
Law Club
University of Toronto
Yalta
Churchill
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
Mr. Atherton
Charles I
House of Commons
Charles
British Isles
Commons
England
London Weekly Economist on German reparations plan
The London Weekly Economist notes speculation that the Big Three aim to exact reparations from Germany totaling about 1 billion pounds annually for twenty years, plus restitution for items already stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Economist
Germany
Snow May Fall In Any Month In Norway
In Norway snow can fall in any month of the year, according to weather observations. The remark highlights the country’s variable winter climate and the possibility of snow events outside the traditional winter months.
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Norway
Palestine Land Of Promise Says Lowdermilk On Its Great Potential
St Thomas Times Journal reports Dr Walter C Lowdermilk, Soil Conservation Service, argues Palestine could support 15 to 30 million with Jordan River Valley Authority style development. He cites population shifts, factory growth, health gains, land reclamation, and the need for agricultural and industrial expansion to lift the Near East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Clay Lowdermilk
Soil Conservation Service of
United States
Palestine
Holy Land
Lowdermilk
Tigris-Euphrates Valley
Babylonian
Jordan Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sir Charles Warren
Near East
St. Thomas Times- Journal
Saskatchewan Health Services Advisory Committee meeting noted
An advisory committee to the Saskatchewan Health Services Planning Commission, representing professional and occupational groups, institutions, labor and women’s organizations, will meet quarterly to advise on hospital service development. The caption lists numerous members from Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw, Yorkton and beyond, including medical, nursing, teaching, and municipal associations, with additional members named as absent.
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Saskatchewan Health Services Planning Commission
Oe Neon
E. Neepetiontape
Ana Ie
Ayeen
S. W. Prid- Association
Thain
Saskatoon
Active
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
E. H Otte
Prince Albert
Sask. Federation of Labor
W. H. Ansell
Regina
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees
Anna E. Northup
Moose Jaw
Society of Osteopathic Physicians
T. C. Jas
W. Johnstone
Chiropractors’ Association of Saskatchewan
Geo. B. Munro
Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan
Stutt
Sister J. Mandin
Friendly bombing drops aid socks to Greek families
The Royal Air Force drops humanitarian supplies over Greek towns in the Macedonian mountains. Instead of fear, crowds gather below as bomb-bay doors open to release clothing donations stitched by Red Cross chapters in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Force
Red Croga
America
Christian Science Monitor
Pineapple Crochet Lace Square Pattern 7478
Crochet pattern 7478 offers a 12 or 16 inch pineapple square usable for scarves tablecloths and bedspreads. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Manitoba with name address and pattern number. Delivery may be delayed due to mail slowness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
New Rules Allow Printed Matter Mail to Occupied France
Post office regulations extend mail service resumed after liberation to newspapers and periodicals up to one pound. Publishers agents or subscribers in France may mail printed matter. Private individuals cannot mail such items.
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France
Post Office
First Canadian V C recalls Canada’s earliest Victoria Cross recipient
A recalled England note credits Seaman William Hall of Nova Scotia as the first man of color to win the Victoria Cross for valor at Lucknow during the 1857 Indian Mutiny. The year marks the cross’s institution, making Hall the earliest Canadian VC recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Nova Scotia
Seaman William Hall
R.N
Seaman Hall
Lucknow
V.C
Origin of the term lame duck linked to stock exchange practice
The phrase lame duck originated in the stock exchange, where it described a person unable to fulfill engagements or contracts, reflecting a period when certain traders could not meet obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
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Ottawa
Agricultural Supplies Board
British Admiralty
Alaska
Red Cross
AAFI
UNRRA
Europe
Soviet Union
North America
Saskatchewan Health Services Advisory Committee
Ence of
Saskatchewan
Mabel Bradley
United Farm Women of Canada
Sask
John Estok
Kennedy
Teachers’ Federation
N. Wynn
Yorkton
Hospital Association
H. M. Jackson
Asm
C. A. Thompson
Humboldt
Canadian Legion
C. G. Bryden
Association of Rural Municipalities
State Hospital and Medical League
M.S. Anderson
Bulyea
Clarence ‘J. Houston
Ann Heffel
Agm
J. F. C. Anderson
Sac
F. W. G. Miles
Canadian Red Cross
8. R. Laycock
University of Saskatchewan
Alice Brooks
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