U N R R A to Meet in Canada in June
The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration set its second meeting for June in Canada, following a November 1943 Atlantic City gathering that drafted a global relief plan. Officials emphasize the need for a well organized war victim relief mechanism as Allied offensives surge.
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
U.n.r.fa
Canada
Atlantic City
Montreal
United Nations
Germany
U.N.A.R.A
Canadians Represented on UNARA Leaders Names and Roles
Positions Held By Canadians details the UNARA structure with thirty three United Nations and ten associated nations plus the French Committee of National Liberation. It notes Herbert H. Lehman as Director General, Sir Arthur Salter as Deputy Director, and Canadians L. B. Pearson Andrew Cairns and Miss Mary Craig McGeachy as key officials in relief, supplies, and food divisions.
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U.N.A.R.A
United Nations
Associated Nations
Great Britain
L. B. Pearson
Washington
Andrew Cairns
Edmonton
Mary Craig McGeachy
Many Resources To Be Required For UNRRA Efforts
UNRAA aims to heal war scars by supplying clothes food and medical aid while rebuilding economies and agriculture. The plan calls for large financed inputs including 1.5 billion dollars from the United States 320 million from Britain 90 million from Canada and 40 million from Australia plus 23.5 million tons of shipping and 50 million tons of food. Canada’s role as a major agricultural nation is highlighted and the upcoming meeting is awaited with broad interest.
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U.N.A.R.A
United States
Britain
Canada
Australia
U.n.a.ra
United Nations
Kellogg's All-Bran promises lasting constipation relief
A reader touts Kellogg's All-Bran as a superior remedy for constipation caused by lack of bulk in the diet. The advertisement urges regular use, muffins as an option, and ample water, noting two convenient Canadian sites and London production.
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Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
London
Can
Policy Of Expansion Brings Britain Postwar Prospects
Col. the Hon. J. J. Astor, president of the Empire Press Union and publisher of the London Times, told Ottawa's Canadian Club that Britain will pursue postwar expansion to sustain employment and purchasing power. He cited strict financial principles and home market support as key, noting Britons, like Canadians, weigh war aims with peace prospects.
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Britain
J. J. Astor
Empire Press Union
London Times
Ottawa
Ottawa Canadian Club
Col. Astor
Empire News and the imperial press after the war
The Calgary Herald notes that empire news coverage in British daily papers and Dominion presses remains insufficient in peacetime. It argues distance dampens interest, but the end of the war could spur better chronicling of sister dominions and shared aims.
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Dominions
Calgary Herald
Canadian Firms Plan Hiring and Investment After War
A Financial Post survey of 2,400 Canadian firms with 50 or more workers finds plans to hire 25 percent more staff and to buy new equipment worth millions by the end of the first post-war year. The report reflects broad optimism among industry leaders.
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Financial Post
Canadian homes and the last census finding
The report notes that according to the latest census, seventy eight percent of Canadian homes had shown a particular characteristic. The data highlights housing ownership and occupancy patterns within regions, though the exact detail is not specified in the fragment.
Canadian Army appoints Capt Grace McNeill to command bands
Capt Grace McNeill of Hamilton Ontario named officer commanding the Canadian Women’s Army Corps Pipe and Military Bands. She will lead the bands on an eight month Dominion tour that has begun in the Maritimes.
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Grace McNeill
Hamilton
Ont
C.W.A.C. Pipe
McNeill
Dominion
Maritimes
Dominion Tour appoints Capt Grace McNeill to CWAC bands
National Defence Headquarters announced Capt Grace McNeill of Hamilton Ont appointed officer commanding the Canadian Women's Army Corps Pipe and Military Bands for an eight month Dominion tour. A pioneer CWAC member, she trained at Macdonald College Que in February 1942, was commissioned in June 1942, and previously led the CWAC basic training centre at Kitchener Ont before joining the A T S course in Britain.
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Grace McNeill
Hamilton
Ont
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
National Defence Headquarters
A.T.S
McNeill
Ottawa
C.W.A.C
St. John
N.B
Macdonald College
Que
Britain
Kitchener
Smiles and one liners from a crowded hotel lobby
A collection of witty barbs and quick quips. Jests include a proud suitor pledging love to a daughter, a neighborly joke about speaking acquaintance, a nervous passenger and guard discussing a bridge incident, a hotel guest discovering bugs on the register, and a dentist who married a manicurist ending in a playful punch line about fighting tooth and nail.
Garden Notes on Pest Control and Spacing for Intensive Plots
Advice on pest deterrence and sowing precision for home gardens. Use scare devices or wire netting to protect crops, protect tomatoes and cabbage with paper collars against cut worms, and employ special dusts. Emphasizes careful thinning and spacing, alternating rows of early and late crops, and maintaining fertile, well cultivated soil for efficient yields.
Journalism Award Proposed by Regina Leader Dora Dibmey
Dora Dibmey of Regina proposed a yearly Canadian journalism award of 1000 dollars at the Canadian Daily Newspaper Association meeting. Open to all legal residents, the prize would cover news coverage editorials or articles in Canada’s daily weekly or monthly press.
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Canadian Daily Newspaper Association Board
Dora Dibmey
Regina
Canadian Women’s Press Club
Canada
Portland Man Seeks Gas Stove Priority From OPA
A Portland man requests priority from the city OPA to purchase a gas stove. He explains that his wife is ill and cannot bring in wood, having previously relied on a wood stove for warmth.
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Portland
Oregon
O.P.A
Temperature near constant seven miles above Earth
Scientific tests indicate that the atmospheric temperature at an altitude of seven miles remains nearly constant. Researchers note minimal fluctuation across observed layers and emphasize stability in upper atmospheric conditions.
No Tires For Year Amid Rubber Shortage In Canada
James I. Simpson of Toronto chair of the rubber advisory committee said in Calgary that men without special permits cannot obtain tires for at least a year. Simpson is president and general manager of Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Company and president of the Rubber Association of Canada.
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James I. Simpson
Toronto
Rubber Advisory Committee
Calgary
Simpson
Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Company, Ltd
Rubber Association of Canada
Nature quotes on power and learning from poets and thinkers
A compact collection of nature themed maxims from Humboldt Blake Shakespeare and others, reflecting on nature as a source of power, wisdom, and moral guidance. It links natural laws to a creator and notes human intellect often overlooks nature's author.
London war factory worker earns Africa Star ribbon
Mrs. L. B. Dunster, who served in the merchant marine, wears the Africa Star ribbon. She describes being under fire at Dunkirk, witnessing the Jervis Bay engage the enemy, and being present when the San Demetrio was struck by German shells.
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London
L. B. Dunster
Dunkirk
Jervis Bay
San Demetrio
Market For Canada If China’s Living Standard Rises
Gen Morrice A Cohen under Sun Yat Sen, chief of the Chinese Nationalist army in the 20s and later adviser to Chiang Kai-shek, told Toronto reporters that China could “keep Canada busy” in post war years with only a 10 per cent rise in living standards, equating it to “11 bowls of rice per week instead of 10.”
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Morrice A
Cohen
Sun Yat Sen
Chiang Kai-shek
Toronto
China
Canada
Warship Typewriter Count Examined Amid Wartime Shortages
In wartime, the typical battleship carries 30 typewriters rather than the usual 59, reflecting wartime equipment reductions and supply constraints. The note highlights how military planning adjusts office gear to fit mobilization needs and material limits.
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U.N.R.R.A
Empire News
Women’s Army Pipe
Jane
Perry Wilmer
Grace
Henry
Bess
Postlethwaite
Miles Nervine
Veno
Lida Tima del Prke Tce
Nature
W. Humboldt
William Blake
Mary Baker Eddy
Thomas Reid
Haarlem
Appleford
Appleford Paper Products Limited
Vetses
Toeoute
Cee Ae
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