The Question of Immigration in Canada’s Future Policy
Canada faces debates on immigration policy tied to housing and employment recovery after the war. From 1851 to 1941 nearly seven million migrants entered, peaking in 1913 with 400,870 arrivals. Many stayed and contributed to industrial and cultural growth, while others moved on. Despatches note European interest in new homes amid war devastation and unrest, with Britons seeking Dominion guidance as thousands seek information.
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Canada
United States
Europe
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
South America
Britain
Dominion
Problem Is A Complex One In France Men Wary of Emigration
A survey shows forty percent of French men aged twenty to thirty eight want to leave the country. The figure marks a high shift abroad while Central Europe, Sweden, and Denmark show higher migration intent. Europe fears losing citizens amid postwar reconstruction as newer world seeks workers for growth and defense.
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France
Sweden
Denmark
Europe
Royal Academy exhibit features living still lifes of markets
British artists fill the 178th Royal Academy show with memory based works depicting oysters bananas mushrooms tomatoes and beef joints. Critics previewing the 1 298 pieces noted a focus on still life while recalling scarce ordinary rations and high prices for mushrooms and bananas amid shortages.
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Royal Academy
Shakespeare and Cervantes Die On Same Date
England's renowned playwright William Shakespeare and Spain's famed novelist Miguel de Cervantes both died on April 23, 1616, marking a rare literary coincidence noted by historians.
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England
Shakespeare
Spain
Cervantes
Harvesting Labor Plan Reopens for US Canada Exchanges
The labor department announced a renewal of the harvesting exchange program between the United States and Canada. Canadian crews and equipment may enter the U S May 15 or later with a return deadline of September 1. U S crews may stay in Canada until December 31 as harvesting starts there.
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United States
Canada
Labor Department
Prairie Provinces
Just As Bad Advice Warns Men Over Fifty
Toronto coroner warns that avoiding fatigue harms health for men over 50. He notes that dodging fatigue can lead to boredom, which can be deadly, presenting a paradox of self care and risk in aging men.
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Toronto
Paris Largest City World for a Millennium
Paris stood as the world’s largest city for about a thousand years, maintaining primacy across eras and visible in historical records as a major center of culture commerce and governance.
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Paris
Poetic contractions and old word clues puzzle
A cryptic style list presents multiple definitions and partial answers from 1 to 43 across varied word clues. It includes references to musical sounds, measurements, letters, animals, places, actions, and objects, inviting deduction to fill a themed crossword style grid.
Price Control And Rationing Information
Citizens are advised on price display rules and coupon value for sugar preserves. Questions cover maple syrup limits, meat retailer price charts, and how to request the Consumers' News pamphlet or Blue Book from wartime price authorities in the province.
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Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Victory Gardens Aid War Effort Against Famine
A. M. Shaw urges expanding home gardens to combat global food shortages. He cites 226 000 urban Victory Gardens planted in 1944 yielding about 120 million pounds of produce, and says seed tools and fertilizer are available. A pamphlet The Wartime Garden is free from the Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.
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A. M. Shaw
Food Information Committee
Shaw
Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Dr Bancroft Leads Drill in Anglo American Gold Find
South African Gold notes Dr Bancroft guiding drilling in the Witwatersrand region for Anglo American Corp with core from borehole one described as exceptionally rich. Dr Hicks, famed Odendaals Rust figure, remains a prominent field locator though he holds no shares and pursues another promising site.
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G. W. Sitka
Otteh Bieff
Man
Bancroft
Anglo-American Corporation
University of Manitoba
Hicks
Odendaals Rust
Free State Goldfield
Mr. Hicks
Witwatersrand
Orange Free State
Rewarded For Kindness Veteran Receivesestate Bequest From Maine Farmer
Bud Lloyd a 30 year old Canadian war veteran living in St John New Brunswick received a bequest of over one hundred thousand dollars from Fred Streed a Maine farmer he helped save from robbery years ago Streed named Lloyd sole beneficiary in his estate. Lloyd recalls Streed gave him a farm job and the two became close friends aided by Lloyds Finnish language ability. Lloyd later married and joined the Army after leaving Maine and had not heard from Streed for years.
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Bud Lloyd
Maine
Lloyd
Bangor
St. John
N.B
Fred Streed
Streed
Bud
Army
Butterflies of Americas by the Numbers
The article notes about 20 000 butterfly species in South America versus roughly 700 in North America, highlighting vast regional diversity. It contrasts species counts and implies rich biodiversity in South America compared with the United States and Canada.
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South America
North America
Grape-Nuts Plakes Promote Golden Crisp Nutrition
Ad copy touts Grape-Nuts Plakes as delivering bones iron and other essentials through two grains. It highlights wheat and malted barley blended, baked, and toasted for golden crispness, flavor, and easy digestion, ending with a cheerful nudge to eat at home.
Scots evacuee in Canada chooses homeland none
Frances Anderson Pitketny, Glasgow-born war guest in Dufferin County Ontario, won an oratorical contest two years after arriving in 1940 at age ten, and now calls Canada home. She leads Shelburne Girl Guides patrol, excels at skating and skiing, attends Shelburne High School, while her father and siblings remain in Glasgow.
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Glasgow
Frances Anderson Pitketny
Dufferin County
Ont
Canada
Scotland
Frances
Community Service and the Press’s Civic Role
The Canadian Printer and Publisher asserts newspapers should lead in community welfare, alert to local needs, advocate improvements, and boost district projects. It praises papers that act as public-relations mouthpieces, noting many examples across daily and weekly fields.
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Canada
Wondes Beacon
The first great lighthouse near Egypt, a wonder of the ancient world, stood as a renowned beacon for mariners.
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Foyer Philips
Egypt
Color reconnaissance photos show camouflage effects
War era color photos reveal a slight yet vital difference between living foliage and branches cut for camouflage. The images underscore how concealment relies on masking natural color contrasts, aiding military deception efforts.
Guest Conductor Sir Ernest MacMillan To Conduct In Brazil
Sir Ernest MacMillan, conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, will depart in early July to Brazil to guest conduct one of South America's leading symphony orchestras. The invitation was arranged through Hon. Jean Desy, Canada’s ambassador to Brazil, who believes South Americans should hear music from their northern neighbors.
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Ernest MacMillan
Brazil
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
South America
Jean Desy
Courage and Virtue Across Great Thinkers
A compact collection of quotations on courage from Cicero, Sir Thomas Browne, Mary Baker Eddy, Epictetus, Froude, and Bayard Taylor. It links moral purpose with bravery, loyalty, and tenderness, highlighting that the bravest are often the gentlest.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Strange job of Tom Smith bathes canaries in Norwich
One of the world’s oddest occupations is carried out by Tom Smith of Norwich England who bathes canaries wraps each bird in a tiny blanket and dries it before a candle in a domestic scene.
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Tom Smith
Norwich
England
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Froude
Bayard Taylor
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