New Oats Variety Resists All Rust in Canada
Ottawa reports a new man-made oats variety, unnamed, developed over 14 years at the Dominion rust research laboratory in Winnipeg. It resists stem and crown rust and also smut, promising 1 500 bushels of seed for distribution to seed growers by next spring to boost production. Work began in 1932 with Victoria oats from the United States Department of Agriculture crossed with Vanguard.
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Ottawa
Canada
Eassientiste
Seture
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
United States Department of Agriculture
Vanguard
Eden Urges New Approach to Russia for Peace
London Reuters reports Anthony Eden warns Britain and the United States face an imminent war threat from current relations with Russia. He calls for a new spirit and a United States of Europe, arguing peace requires positive effort by the great powers to dispel suspicions rather than rehashing Paris peace council disputes.
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London
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Russia
Britain
United States
Eden
Watford
Churchill
United States of Europe
Security Council
Food Ration Increased in Berlin Occupation Zones
Deputy military governors for the U S and British zones announced a daily ration rise to 1500 calories, effective Oct 14. The British zone gains 400 calories daily while the American zone sees an increase of 250 to 300 calories per day.
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Berlin
United States
Fallon's Vision for Oil Boom at Bitumont Alberta
Hon. W. A. Fallon, Alberta's minister of public works, envisions a major oil industry at Bitumont, 56 miles downriver from Ft. McMurray. He says a profitable tar sands report could trigger a private sector plant in the north and a pipeline to Edmonton.
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W. A. Fallon
Alberta
Bitumont
Ft. McMurray
Edmonton
Alberta Wheat Crop Largest In Four Years
Alberta reports a wheat harvest of 142 million bushels this year, the largest since 1942, with oats at 110 million and barley 52 million. Despite smaller acreages, total grain harvest exceeds 1945. rye and flax seed rise while wheat shows minimal frost damage. About 1,400 eastern farm laborers are aiding harvest amid some local labor shortages.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
R. M. Putnam
Stettler
Higher Price Prince Albert Timber Board Announces New Pulpwood Ceiling
The Saskatchewan timber board sets rough pulp wood ceiling at 9.50 per cord up from 8.00 after negotiation with the federal timber controller. Peeled pulpwood rises to 13.00 from 11.00. Projected provincial pulpwood sales for next season are 30 000 to 40 000 cords.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan Timber Board
Timber Board
Palace Favored as FAO European HQ Post Denmark Invite
Denmark may host the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization at a palace built nearly 200 years ago for Count Bernstorff. The Danish government invited the FAO to consider the Copenhagen site as its European headquarters.
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Copenhagen
Count Bernstorff
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Safety gaps eyed after trans Atlantic airliner crash near Gander
Washington reports aviation nations studying standards for long distance flights. Key topics include navigation aids standardization, reducing in flight and post crash fire hazards, better passenger protection, and improved search and rescue facilities. Evidence suggests weather forced diversion and possible radio beam confusion plus metric versus English altitude reporting issues.
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Washington
Gander
N&d
Newfoundland
Wheat board restricts barley shipments to Fort Williams Port Arthur
The Canadian wheat board bans barley shipments from western points to Fort Williams Port Arthur effective immediately, with damp barley exempt. Oat shipments from western elevators to any destination are limited to one car of oats for every three cars of wheat shipped.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Fort Williams
Port Arthur
Modesto girl dies after war trophy shell explodes
Dorothy Bower, 14, seized a one pound army shell to hammer a chair loose. The shell exploded blowing off her hand and sending fragments into her body. She died later in hospital.
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Modesto
Calif
Dorothy Bowerman
May End Soon In Britain Food Rationing
Government spokesmen voiced that no date for ending rationing could be given though Food Minister John Strachey said it would end at the soonest possible moment. Rationing arose from temporary wheat shortages tied to harvests and shipping delays, with housewives adapting by trading bread points for other foods. Critics argue the scheme was unnecessary given small supply gaps, while Strachey cites wartime controls and distribution needs amid a wheat crop disaster and US labor issues.
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Food Ministry
John Strachey
Strachey
Britain
United States
Trespassers Risk Flat Tires In Dongola Reserve
New Idea Johannesburg reports that motorists ignoring signs to stay out of the Dongola botanical reserve in northern Transvaal face danger from hidden road mines. Most intruders are said to be game poachers and may drive into the park before sharp nails flatten tires.
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Johannesburg
Dongola Botanical Reserve
Northern
Transvaal
King and Queen Open British Exhibit at Victoria and Albert
London crowd watches the king and queen inaugurate the Britain can make it exhibition at the V and A. He urges renewed British industry and design as a world standard while noting postwar shifts from war work to peacetime production. The 6000 exhibits come from 1300 firms with 36 percent ready for home use and 62 percent soon available for export.
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London
Britain
Victoria and Albert Museum
Russia Leads Toronto in Talnum Race Says Gardner
Dr Daniel Gardner a rare metals scientist from New York declared Russia currently leads Canada in a pivotal race to produce tan talum a vital metal for jet propulsion and surgery. He predicted Canada would surpass Russia in production within a few years noting only these two nations can produce large quantities and a 600000 plant by the Mining and Refining Corporation of America will operate in Edmonton.
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Toronto
Daniel Gardner
New York
Russia
Canada
Gardner
Mining and Refining Corporation of America
Edmonton
Wartime Railway Fare Privileges End September 30
Defence headquarters announced that wartime railway fare privileges for servicemen end Sept. 30. The concessions granted early in the war allowed troops to travel any distance for a nominal cost of no more than 15 dollars, providing substantial savings.
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Ottawa
Defence Headquarters
US and Britain vow Europe stay in rehabilitation plan
At the United Nations council British delegate Philip Noel-Baker and US permanent representative John Winant told Soviet delegates that the United States and Britain would remain in Europe’s rehabilitation effort. They defended roles of allies and noted UNRRA funding as they warned against returning to inflation and chaos.
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Lake Success
N.Y
United Kingdom
United States
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Europe
Philip Noel- Baker
John Winant
Council
Nikolai Feonov
Feonov
Winant
Germany
Austria
Allied Control Council
Noel-Baker
Economic Commission
UNRRA
Britain
NEEDS MORE WHEAT Fall Rains Hit Irish Grain Crop
In Dublin sources say Ireland plans to import 350000 tons of wheat from Canada and the United States this year up from 150000 previously. Abnormal fall rains may have destroyed about a quarter of the grain crop. Minister Sean Lemass has organized bread rationing with 3000000 ration books ready, risking reduced food exports to Britain.
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Ireland
Dublin
Canada
United States
Sean Lemass
Industry and Commerce
Eire
Britain
Colorful Hudson and Manhattan Car Repaint Plan
The Hudson and Manhattan railroad in New York begins a repainting program, with the first four cars finished and entering service featuring pink floors white ceilings and two tone aqua marine walls.
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New York
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Smuggling Gang Foiled Across Several Frontiers
International smuggling gang operat ing on a large scale over Dutch Belgian Danish and German borders has been smashed by frontier control services. A number of arrests were made in the operation led by coordinated authorities.
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Herford
Germany
Frontier Control
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