Red Army focuses on artillery and tank development
Moscow dispatch notes the postwar Red Army, though demobilized, remains about 4 million strong with potential for 10 million in national emergency. Emphasis is on mechanized infantry concepts and tank upgrades, notably the Joseph Stalin 30-ton tank with a 100 mm gun, plus advancements in tank engines and subzero lubrication. The artillery focus centers on improving the 100 mm cannon while air and naval branches lag in capability.
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Ross Munro
London
Soviet Union
Red Army
Moscow
Stalin
Lkely
Joseph Stalin
Ground Control Approach Equipment to Aid RCAF Landings
Six Canadian airfields will receive Ground Control Approach gear, with three sets ready in 1947. Greenwood Nova Scotia Rockcliffe Ontario Centralia Ontario Rivers Manitoba and Patricia Bay British Columbia host the mobile 45 000 lb systems. The devices use radar scopes to determine height bearing and distance and guide pilots to safe landings even in poor weather.
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RCAF
Dominion
Canada
Air Force Headquarters
Ottawa
Greenwood
N.S
Rockcliffe
Ont
Centralia
Rivers
Man
Patricia Bay
B.C
R.C.A.F
G.C.A. F
G.C.A
U.S.A.A.F
Britain’s Fifty Year Reforestation Plan
Britain plans to raise forest area from 3 to 5 million acres over fifty years. The Forestry Commission says home production could cover at least 35 percent of lumber needs, reducing reliance on imported wood that previously accounted for about 96 percent of demand. Wars reduced woodlands, prompting a government drive to expand and improve forests with private landowners mobilized.
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Britain
Forestry Commission
Great Rebuilder Milk Fueling Body Repair
Milk provides essential protein for rebuilding chronic tissue breakdown and supports normal nervous system function. It supplies calcium and other nutrients aiding growth and health. Regular intake helps maintain energy and overall wellbeing through daily nourishment.
Elephant at Philadelphia Zoo Tries Bubble Dancing
Burma the elephant shows playful balloon chasing behavior after a child’s balloon rolled into her cage. She pokes with her trunk, pursues the toy, and later attempts to sit on larger balloons, sometimes causing bursts and near-swallowing of rubber.
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Burma
Philadelphia
Keepers
Johnny
Sun’s glow bends in water makes sunset appear high
The setting sun, when viewed through water, looks raised to a fish as sunlight refracts, shifting the perceived position of the sun above the water.
Edible Orchid Cultivation Reported by Botanic Garden
The International Digest notes a New York Botanical Garden group returning from East Africa with over 10,000 plants including an edible orchid that grows on the ground and is eaten as a delicacy by locals. It is being cultivated in New York greenhouses for potential public availability. Brazil nuts are seeds from a large tree widespread in tropical America.
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International Digest
New York Botanical Gardens
East Africa
Brazil
Tropical
America
Girl sails world as ship stewardess from Vancouver to Rotterdam
Mary Peck aged 27 left her New Westminster farm for a year abroad on the Panamanian freighter Philae. She earned 50 dollars a month and saved 580 on arrival, describing an uneventful voyage with a story of a first mate who married a girl in Italy. She sought adventure and new places visiting San Pedro Rosario Canary Islands Rouen Antwerp Rotterdam Suez Ceylon Singapore Shanghai Manila and Amsterdam.
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Vancouver
Mary Peck
New Westminster
Rotterdam
Miss Peck
Italy
San Pedro
Cal
Panama Canal
Halting Rain Near Feasible, Says Moscow Paper
A commentator in Evening Moscow says halting rain, once a fantasy, nears reality. Soviet scientists report progress in rain induction and run new experiments at Odessa State University led by V. A. Fediseev.
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Evening Moscow
Odessa State University
V. A. Fediseev
Shortage of Food Is Still a World Problem
The world remains hungry with shortages in Europe and Asia. Many regions depend on imports from the Americas while home production lags. Prices rise, health declines, and harsh weather compounds the distress despite no famine. Ottawa Citizen.
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North
South America
Canada
Europe
Asia
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Russia
Ottawa
Britain Produced First Successful Turbo Jet Engine Plane
Air Commodore Frank Whittle told the Engineering Institute of Canada in Toronto that German jet planes, despite a high performance record, were inferior in safety and reliability. He said German engines were heavier and less efficient than British and American prototypes, rushed into production to counter Allied bombers.
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Britain
Frank Whittle
R.A.F
Engineering Institute of Canada
Toronto
United States
Air Ministry
Dwelling Units Completed Rise Across Canada in 1946
The Ottawa Citizen reports 62,700 new dwelling units completed in Canada in 1946, up 14,100 or 29 percent from 1945’s 48,600. The 1946 figure revises a prior estimate of 58,000 after more reports from municipalities were received.
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Ottawa Citizen
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Worldwide Wheat Pact Sought At Hague Conference
A new effort to secure a worldwide wheat agreement by August emerges from the International Federation of Agricultural Producers meeting in The Hague. Delegations from major wheat producers and importers, minus the Soviet Union, push for concerted national action to press governments toward a binding, multi-year price and supply framework.
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Hague
Netherlands
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
Soviet Union
London
United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization
John H. Wesson
Gruff
Saskatchewan
Canada
U.S
Britain
Wesson
Eisenhower’s Formula For Russian Dealings
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower offered a approach to dealing with Russia: firmness patience humor and keep your powder dry He noted the chance of another war in the near term remains remote saying no country seeks a quick victory and a prolonged conflict would not be affordable
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States Army
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