Britain Advances Deadly Atomic Cloud and Germ Weapons
Reuters reports Britain is researching new weapons "more deadly than the atomic bomb" including radioactive clouds and bacteriological bombs at a southern England station with about 2,000 technicians. U S officials reportedly have some bacteriological bombs as part of a larger atomic arsenal. Canadian officials note chemical and germ warfare as grim potentialities and discuss strategic dispersal and an Arctic atomic range concept linked to Chalk River's plant.
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London
Reuters
Britain
England
United States
Ottawa
A. G. L. McNaughton
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Canadian Commons Committee On External Affairs
Canada
Dominion
Canadian Atomic Energy Plant
Chalk River
Ont
Book on Canning Now Available in Dominion Bulletin
The Dominion Department of Agriculture releases a revised bulletin titled Home Canning of Fruits and Vegetables. It details equipment, container prep, selection and processing, packing, cooling and storage plus a Q A section explaining failures. Includes jam jelly and pickle methods and tested recipes. Available by writing to Ottawa.
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Home Economists
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Gallup finds fewer families giving thanks before meals
A recent Gallup poll reports that fewer than half of US families say they pray or give thanks aloud before meals. The figure marks a drop from a generation ago and prompts reflection on changing dining room traditions.
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Gallup
United States
Prisoners of War Paid for Their Own Release
Wartime reports note that prisoners of war were required to pay for their own release, a practice recorded in historical accounts detailing prisoner exchanges and financial arrangements.
Pupils Propose Color Schemes For Herbert Symonds School
Montreal's Herbert Symonds School showcases pupil designed interiors with off white ceilings and two tone greens throughout corridors. The cookery room uses pale pink walls with brick red cupboards while the grades three and seven rooms feature pale greens and suntan yellow.
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L. C. Debelle
Montreal
Herbert Symonds
Kindergarden
Herbert Symonds School
Money in His Case Dying Young and Time as Value
A Western paper notes a man died at an age stated in dollars, reflecting a saying that time is money in his case. The item emphasizes finance and mortality in a brief, period voice.
Engineer Service For B C Farmers
Victoria reports rapid farm mechanization prompting a new provincial agricultural engineering division. Agriculture Minister Putnam says the move retools the department to provide better farmer service, with land clearing drainage erosion control and ground cultural practice aims. The division falls under agricultural development and extension headed by William Mac Gillivray.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Putnam
Agricultural Development and Extension Branch
William MacGillivray
Coal’s Long History of Use and Modern Chemical Exploitation
Coal has been known for over two millenniums while its chemical exploitation began less than a century ago, marking a shift from basic energy use to chemical processing and product development.
Alberta Gains Population in 1946 Prairie Census
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports increases in seven Manitoba ridings, two in Saskatchewan, and six in Alberta, mainly urban, while Saskatchewan districts show the largest declines. Manitoba total falls from 729,744 to 726,923 and Saskatchewan from 895,992 to 832,688. Alberta rises from 796,169 to 803,330.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie
Manitoba
Alberta
Dauphin Woman Popular With The Dutch
A farmer's wife near Dauphin Manitoba who writes a homely column for Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden in Groeningen is named one of the province's most popular women. H D Louwes credits her Canada life stories with farm life on the prairies for her acclaim. He notes readers eagerly await her pieces and that her honest depictions inspire some Groeningen residents to seek Canada. He laments limited Dutch land and 20,000 farming sons unable to obtain plots, driving emigration.
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Scheveningen
Holland
Dauphin
Man
Groeningen
H. D. Louwes
Stichting Voor der Landbouw
Aberson
Canada
Nieuwsblad van Het Noorden
Prairies
Louwes
Wheat Carry-Over At 1918 Lows As Harvest Starts
The United States reports a carry-over wheat crop of 75 million bushels the smallest since 1918. Harvesting has begun for what is expected to be the largest crop on record at 1.275 billion bushels. Wheat exports for 1946-47 totaled 375 million bushels.
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United States
Haile Selassie Orders 180 Australian Chargers for Ethiopian Bodyguard
Melbourne dispatch reports Emperor Haile Selassie ordered 180 horses to mount his Imperial Bodyguard in Addis Ababa. The mix includes 60 blacks, 60 greys, standing about 63 inches high and near four years old. Final inquiries by the Commerce and Agriculture Department proceed, with three months needed to buy, break in, and arrange shipment.
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Melbourne
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Imperial Bodyguard
Addis Ababa
Commerce and Agriculture Department
France
Turkey
Malaya
Queensland
South Australia
Private Zoo Becomes One Man's Home Hobby
Regina furniture dealer Jack Hepburn keeps a home zoo with about 40 canaries two marmo set monkeys two African love birds a pair Mexican chahuahuas one honey bear and one parrot. The widower fills living and dining rooms with cages Maggie and Jiggs the marmoset pair are the liveliest. Honey the 15 pound bear sleeps sixteen hours daily. Polly the parrot and Jiggs clash while the love birds stare at each other. They provide company for a man living alone.
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Regina
Sask
Jack Hepburn
Maggie
Jiggs
Honey
South America
Oklahoma
Polly
Mr. Hepburn
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