Canada International Trade Fair opens in Toronto
The eighth Canadian International Trade Fair runs two weeks from May 31 to June 10 in Toronto. Exhibitors from 29 countries including the United States, Canada, Britain, West Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden display machinery, tools, and industrial equipment as buyers from around the world place orders.
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James Montagnes
New York Herald Tribume News Service
New York
Toronto
Russia
United States
Canada
Great Britain
West Germany
Austria
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
France
Germany
Italy
Sweden
Switzerland
Prepared Foods Divert Dollars From Farmers
New Jersey talk at the Agricultural Society notes farmers’ share of the food dollar fell from 52 cents in 1946 to 43 cents in 1954. Lansing P. Shield, president of Grand Union, says nine cents goes to processing of 570 pre packaged items. He urges farmers to enter processing to gain profits away from the middle man.
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New York Herald Tri News
Trenton
Lansing P. Shield
Grand Union Company
New Jersey Agricultural Society
Shield
Three Named for Postmasterships
President Eisenhower sent postmaster nominations to the Senate naming Jean D. Fretz of Liberal Kansas Edward E. Easton of Muskogee Oklahoma and Spencer H. Mayes of Graham Texas for appointment to the federal posts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Jean D. Fretz
Kan
Edward E. Easton
Muskogee
Spencer H. Mayes
Graham
Tex
Longest WWII Mission Was 3800‑Mile Carrier Route
The 1944 operation saw U S planes fly 3800 miles round trip from Ceylon to Sumatra and drop 16 mines that sank or crippled seven Japanese ships per the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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U.S
Ceylon
Sumatra
Encyclopedia Britannica
Corvette Life Insurance Company Authorized to Do Business
Board of Insurance Commissioners certifies Corvette Life Insurance Company of Lubbock to operate in Texas for the year ending May 31, 1956 after sworn statement compliance. Garland A. Smith signs the certificate as Chairman.
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Board OF Insurance Commissioners
Austin
Texas
Garland A. Smith
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