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...Berzelius in 1828 named his newly discovered element thorium-after Thor, god of thunder-the choice was perhaps more portentous than Berzelius guessed. Last week in Ottawa, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King told the House of Commons that Canada's huge atomic-energy project at Chalk River, Ont. is exploring the use of thorium as a source of atomic energy. This was the first public hint of large-scale atomic experiments with elements other than uranium...
Criminal Caution. In Hamilton, Ont., Fire Chief William Murdoch appealed to burglars: please stamp out cigaret butts before leaving the scene of the crime...
...Dumart, Milt Schmidt and Bobby Bauer lead all the rest. Before they joined the R.C.A.F. three years ago, this trio skated circles around the best defensemen in the league, led the Bruins to three championships in three years. A little rusty, the "Kitchener Kids" (they grew up in Kitchener, Ont.) have not really cut loose so far. Partly responsible is Manager Art Ross, who boasts that he has never had a man go stale on him in 20 years, and now insists on easing his kids back into action...
...Family Matter. In a business noted for fickleness, Guy Lombardo had made himself America's No. 1 longtime dance-band leader by merchandising a product as dependable and uninspired as a metronome. Lombardo still has eight of the nine men he started with in London, Ont. in 1923. Three of the band are his brothers. Papa Lombardo, Italian-born, was a tailor who bought musical instruments for his kids. Guy, now 43, and sleekly handsome, started on the violin, now just stands in front of the band. Brother Carmen, 42, plays sax, and Brother Lebert, 41, the trumpet. Their...
...Ont., Canada's only boiler-tubing producer...