Education And The Future
The Canadian Youth Commission under Dr. Sidney Smith finds consensus among youth on extending best education conditions to all Canadian children. It calls for attractive teaching to draw top talent into the profession and greater attention to school health. Curricula should be developed to fit each child for maximum societal contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Sidney Smith
University of Toronto
Canadian Youth Commission
The Need For New Schools Across Canada
The article argues for better school buildings and a stronger role of schools in communities. It urges federal aid to education, cites repeated recommendations by educational bodies, and notes funding shortfalls hinder improvements, praising the Canadian Youth Commission and others for criticism and suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Youth Commission
British Farmers Grow More Grain
The Ministry of Agriculture reports England and Wales sowed 2,340,250 acres of wheat in 1948, up 265,000 from last year. Potatoes occupy over 73,000 more acres, totaling 1,014,840 acres as part of the five year plan for home grown food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Agriculture
England and
Wales
Safety plan for planes rearward facing seats
An engineer claims increased safety from rearward facing seats in airplanes. He argues this seating orientation provides better protection during forced landings and potential impacts.
From 45 Steels Used in One Medium Car Brand
The article notes that a medium-priced motorcar brand employs forty five distinct steel alloys in its manufacture, highlighting the metal variety behind common automotive construction.
Alberta Alters Hunting Seasons 1948 Regulations
Alberta bans caribou hunting this year while open seasons for deer moose elk mountain sheep and goats are reduced. Bag limits include one mountain sheep one mountain goat one male deer elk or moose one bear with season dates set September 1 to December 1 and April 1 to June 4 for bears. Deer moose elk open November 1 to 30. Mountain sheep and goats open October only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Plan Film Workshop For Central Manitoba
D. E. Woodsworth outlined a south central Manitoba film workshop to be held in late summer. The gathering in Winkler planned technical training on advanced equipment including sound projectors film strip projectors and wire recorders. Altona will remain the main film repository for the area serving Loweham Roland Manitou and Winkler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winkler
Man
Manitoba
D. E. Woodsworth
National Film Board For
Western Ontario
Film Council
Green Lantern
Altona
Loweham
Roland
Manitou
Ancient Glass Bottles Found In Egypt Five Millennia Ago
Archaeologists reveal glass bottles used in Egypt over 4,000 years ago, signaling early craft and trade. The find highlights ancient production techniques and daily life in the region during that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
All-Up Air Mail Begins in Canada for One-Ounce Letters
Ottawa reports a new postal scheme making all ordinary one-ounce letters eligible for air mail to major Canadian centres starting July 1. Canada leads with national all-up air service, using Trans-Canada Air Lines routes and future feeder lines. Rates: four-cent surface, seven-cent air for the first ounce, with additional charges as weight increases. Bertrand says the plan is experimental until financially sound and includes rural mail service improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Commons
Bertrand
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Rain Delays and Tragedy In Portland Gas-Filled Room
In Portland Maine a note reading this rain has got me down was found near the body of Marlowe Mc Kenney 50 in a gas filled room. Rain had fallen here for 13 successive days. The report adds a wartime note that Canada more than doubled its steel production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Marlowe McKenney
Funny And Otherwise Mabel
A collection of humorous vignettes and quips about marriage aging and domestic life. Jokes include a birthday anecdote a wife asking about lunch with mother and a boss testing punctuality. Various characters deliver quick one liners on money aging and authority.
Man Posts Card to Call Firemen in Blackpool
A man sent the Blackpool Fire Brigade a postcard reading I can smell burning asking them to come to his house. The crew arrived a day later and found timbers smouldering under the hearth. They extinguished the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackpool
England
Blackpool Fire Brigade
Canada Improves Trade Position with United States
Canada pushes toward a better balance with the United States as it still imports more than it exports. The country relies on dollar payments from sales abroad and ERP aid to Europe to ease its dollar shortage. Canadian sales to the U S reached 421.533 million dollars in the first four months, up from 320.237 million in 1947, while the early 1948 deficit narrowed to 107.9 million from 203.2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
United States
E.R.P
Expect Record In Forest Production In British Columbia
BC forest production for the first three months of this year reached 762 484 174 fbm, beating the 1947 period at 721 002 257 fbm. Poles totaled 6 794 590 lineal feet, fuel wood 29 202 cords, and hewn ties 107 370, with 1947 figures showing lower pole and fuel quantities but similar tie output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
British Columbia
B.C. Forest Service
Record Births Set in Canada in 1947
Ottawa officials report 1947 saw a record 358 709 live births across the Dominion, rising from 330 732 in 1946. The Statistics Bureau notes the year as the highest on record for births in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Dominion
Baby Talk Linked to Speech Defects Warns Vancouver Educator
Mrs Elfrida Webb Vancouver public schools speech correction supervisor told kindergarten teachers that baby talk among seven and eight year olds leads to lisps and other defects and should be corrected early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Elfrida Webb
Kindergarten Teachers’ Association
Locusts Devour One Third of Guatemala Corn Crop
Vast swarms of locusts invade Guatemala and threaten neighboring nations. The director general of agriculture says they will probably consume more than a third of Guatemala's corn crop as they spread toward El Salvador Honduras and Nicaragua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Mexico
el Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dodds
Plan Film Workshop
Central
UAB
Ig LI Pal
Zee
Paris
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Aurial
France
Britain
Empire
Carter
Mabel
Edith
Gert
Myrt
Bill
Will
Henpeck
Senate
Truman
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
U.S
Green Cross
Rastee
Lydia K Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lipton K BT
Lei Carron
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!