Ducks Unlimited funding boosts Canadian waterfowl areas
Judge W G Ross at the annual Ducks Unlimited Canada meeting outlined a decade of U S contributions totaling about 1 099 242 to Canada. He noted 1 263 600 acres improved, with rises in field nesting sites and waterfowl numbers from 27 000 0000 to around 140 000 000. He urged Canadians to raise 600 000 yearly to accelerate progress.
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United States
Canada
Ducks Unlimited Inc
W. G. Ross
Moosomin
Ducks Unitenited
Drouth
Canadian
Prairies
N.W.T
Spoksmen
Ducks Unlimited
Ross
Nature Id
Ud P.F.R.A
Real Veteran Named Court Attache Child Clerk
Five year old Ann McEachern of Columbia South Carolina serves as a court attache in Richland County Circuit Court for two years. She is paid two dollars a day during sessions and sits quietly observing proceedings when not busy. Ann was chosen after her predecessor left at six to attend school. State law requires a person who cannot read to hold the position.
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Ann McEachern
Columbia
South Carolina
Ames
Richland County
Ann
Antarctic
John Grierson
Grierson
Fleet Air Arm
England
Capetown
Need Not Work
In a careful moment the head of the house reads a newspaper aloud and mentions Bobby. His wife sighs with relief that their boy will not have anything to fall over.
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Bobby
Scotch Parliament Bans Get Im 14357
The Scotch parliament banned get im 14357 after KH interfered, triggering a formal prohibition.Authorities stated the action was taken to restore order and protect proceedings. KH’s involvement was cited as the catalyst for the ban and related sanctions.
Canada to form Arsenals Ltd postwar defense plan
The St. Catharines Standard reports a new postwar preparedness plan for Canada. Arsenals Ltd, led by Col Malcolm P Jolly, would plan rapid peacetime conversion of plants to war output, supply machine tools, coordinate with manufacturers, and eventually become part of the Department of National Defence. The goal is businesslike readiness without repeating 1939 vulnerabilities.
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Canada
Arsenals, Ltd
Malcolm P. Jolly
Department of National Defense
St. Catharines
New Emergency Wheat Receipt plan for 1946 deliveries
Canadian Wheat Board outlines a special income tax arrangement for prairie farmers delivering wheat from April 1 to June 30 1946 to spur overseas shipments. Producers may choose cash or deferred payment via emergency wheat receipts with options on timing and settlement, including certificates entitling shares in 1945-46 distributions.
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Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
Port Arthur
Vancouver
Beaver harvest and fur value trends in Canada
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics records show beaver catches dropping from nearly 170,000 to 59,000 by 1934 as the war years later lift demand. Catches rise from 90,000 in 1941 to 131,000 in 1944 while average pelt value swings from 15 dollars in 1924 to 37 dollars by 1944.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Fort Prince of Wales guards with Muskox drill at Churchill
Visitors from abroad toured Fort Prince of Wales near Churchill while Exercise Muskox troops mounted a ceremonial guard. A 24 pounder salute echoed as the historic fort, captured by La Perouse in 1782, is now a national historic park drawing increasing northern tourists.
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Fort Prince of Wales
Churchill
Manitoba
Samuel Hearne
Fort Princes of Wales
la Perouse
Hudson Bay
Canada
Exercise Muskox
York
Chance of atomic bomb setting off chain reaction
Dr Harold C Urey, Nobel laureate and physicist from the University of Chicago, estimates the probability of an atomic bomb explosion triggering a world rating chain reaction at one in 100 septillion. That is a 1 followed by 26 zeros.
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Los Angeles
Harold C. Urey
University of Chicago
Pyramids and Great Wall Said Built in Low Mood
The article claims ancient Egypt and China undertook construction during periods of unemployment downturn. It suggests governments used large projects to alleviate joblessness by creating work for citizens. The piece cites historical theories about motive and social policy in antiquity.
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Pyramids
Egypt
Great Wall
China
Plain Words Bank Error Call Ends With Hung Up
A Louisville Courier-Journal report recounts a bankbookkeeper informing a customer of an error on a mailed deposit slip. After a drawn out exchange the customer failed to grasp the explanation and abruptly asked what would be done before ending the call with a sharp click.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Segan
Help Your Neighbor Driver Delivers Two Hoax to Finchley
A London driver helping strangers stops to offer a lift to two young women in central London. Two older women approach and insist they must reach Finchley. The driver notes their false intent and departs stopping near Pad Station, where one passenger suggests Finchley yet again, and the two older women insist they be dropped there.
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Finchley
Wisconsin Restaurant Association Urges National Soup Day
At its Milwaukee convention the Wisconsin Restaurant Association proposed National Soup Day on November 15 and urged that split pea soup be designated the national soup. Five hundred delegates approved the resolution and sent it to President Truman.
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Wisconsin Restaurant Association
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Truman
Bible Printing Gap Persists After Half Century in England
After fifty years of printing in England no English Bible had appeared in print. The statement highlights ongoing absence of a completed English Bible despite long publishing activity.
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England
Virgin Islands fights prejudice with license loss rule
An anti segregation statute in St Thomas and St Croix strips a business of its license if a discriminated against person wins a court case. The measure aims to protect the public places by deterring frivolous charges and preventing abusive conduct, while pressuring managers to be more tolerant.
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Virgin Islands
St. Thomas
St. Croix
Islands
United States
Winnipeg Free Press
Man on Holiday Encounters Freckled Stranger on Bridge
While returning to his hotel after a day of fishing, a holidaymaker with a gun wandered along creek banks and lagoons. On a bridge he met a small freckled man, ending his search for sport and changing the afternoon's course.
Polar bears drift from Greenland to Iceland on ice
Polar bears have been observed traversing from Greenland toward Iceland atop drifting ice. The phenomenon underscores shifting sea ice conditions and climate-related changes impacting Arctic wildlife and travel routes.
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Greenland
Iceland
Stitchery pattern notice for twenty motifs sale
A vintage stitchery notice offers transfer of twenty motifs sized 3x9 to 2x4 inches with stitches. Send twenty cents in coins to obtain the pattern and include name, address, and pattern number clearly written for mailing.
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Henry Weinstock
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