Thousands Of Farmers Got Loans In 1946
The 1946 program funded farm improvements with 5 percent simple interest loans up to ten years. Loans supported farm equipment purchases totaling 7.49 million dollars and financed about 1,008 farmers clearing roughly 50,000 acres of new land. Foundations and breeding stock loans totaled 190,937 dollars. Major activity occurred in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with substantial totals in other provinces.
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Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
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Veterans in arts faculties set high standards in church universities
War veterans comprise thirty percent of arts students in United Church of Canada universities. Enrollment totals 9,877 in higher learning under church care, with 1,402 veterans in arts at university level and 531 returned men and women to be provided for. Colleges adjust enrollments and facilities to accommodate veterans. Mount Royal notes veterans set new standards of attainment.
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Toronto
United Church of Canada
Board of Colleges and Secondary Schools
United College
Winnipeg
Mount Allison University and Schools
Sackville
N.B
Ladies College
Victoria College
Mount Royal
Calgary
Alberta
Fernie Fossil Fish Reveals Triassic Giant
A fossil fish, once about five feet long, recovered near Fernie British Columbia, dates to the Triassic era over 150 million years ago. The rhombic body shows large dorsal and anal fins and a body covered by heavy rectangular bony scales fitting together like house siding.
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Geological of Canada
L. S. Russell
Royal Ontario Museum of Palaeontology
Fernie
B.C
British scientists push model rocket plane above sound barrier
London reports that Sir Ben Lockspeiser outlined an 11 foot rocket-propelled model to investigate transonic flight. The 887 pound craft will launch from a Mosquito bomber at 400 mph and 36,000 feet, guided by autopilot and radar, reaching 1000 mph before motor burnout.
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London
Ben Lockspeiser
Ministry of Supply
Aeronautical Research
Scilly Islands
England
Ben
Good Advice When Buying A Home
The Institute of Life Insurance offers guidance for prospective buyers. Key points include keeping total home investment under three times net annual income, not exceeding a quarter of assured income for upkeep, making a large down payment, avoiding oversized homes, and purchasing for comfort and security rather than speculative profit.
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Institute of Life Insurance
Mystery aircraft puzzles Air Ministry near east coast
London reports a nightly mystery plane detected by radar off the east coast. The intruder, erratic in speed from 120 to 400 mph and altitudes from hundreds to thousands of feet, has never been sighted and never crossed the coast. Air Ministry remains puzzled about its origin and purpose.
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London
British
Air Ministry
Ace
Sweden
Hazelnut Tree Notice Deters Trespassers
A farmer facing nut gathering interference posted warnings in his hazel wood. The sign warned trespassers they enter at their own risk citing Corylus Avellana hazelnut trees and the lack of warning from the plant. The Empire Digest reports this clever use of science to deter intruders.
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Empire Digest
Hair growth cycle described with replacement by new strands
A hair crop on the head lasts two to four years and its shedding is usually imperceptible as a new hair grows to replace it.
What Man Can Do If Necessary
According to Weekly Underwriter a man can endure extreme feats including 115 hours without sleep, 22 days without water, 75 days without food, 20 minutes breath hold, 6 minutes 29 seconds underwater, 248 F heat, 103 F below zero, glide 465 percent miles, climb to 74 000 feet with oxygen, dive to 500 feet, run 5625 miles in 59 days, walk 16 miles daily for 55 days, hike 31 miles daily for 58 days, squat for 10 days 14 hours 34 minutes, parachute from 30800 feet, To Feel Right Eat Right.
Adventurer John Longland Led Near Everest Summit
John Laurence Longland 41, an educator and author, rode with a 1935 expedition that reached within 850 feet of Mount Everest’s summit after six weeks of struggle. He also aided a Greenland trek that scaled Watkins Peak at 12 250 feet. He cited lack of oxygen and bitter cold at Everest, and Greenland sled hauling over 130 miles with no husky training. Now Dorset county education officer.
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John Laurence Longland
Mount
Everest
Watkins Peak
Greenland
Longland
Vancouver
Dorset
England
Handicaps Can Be Overcome In Courageous Canadian Story
The Fort William Times Journal profiles Lloyd McClintock who lost sight in both eyes and an arm at age eleven after finding dynamite. He learned to type with one hand at 40 wpm, completed matriculation, earned an Arts degree and economics political science majors at McGill, then law school, and now serves as a field secretary for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. He enjoys music, reading, games and swimming and embodies how latent powers can be tapped.
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Fort William
McClintock
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Royal family photographs 200 year old turtle aboard Vanguard
The royal party on H. M. S. Vanguard photographed Jonathan the 200 year old tortoise during a stop at St Helena on their voyage home from South Africa. The Queen fed Jonathan a banana during the visit.
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Jonathan
St. Helena
Napoleon
South Africa
Krakatoa Eruption Hurls Rock Mile High in 1883
A Krakatoa eruption in the Malay Archipelago during 1883 threw a cubic mile of rock more than 17 miles into the air. The colossal explosion shocked observers and reshaped regional geography.
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Krakatoa
Malay Archipelago
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