Canadian Red Cross Aids Greek Relief Effort
Canadian Red Cross to oversee milling, bagging, and shipping of four hundred thousand 100 lb bags of flour for Greece. About 206,315 bags will be produced in Canada with distribution handled by the Greek Red Cross and the Canadian ambassador to Athens. A ship from Boston will carry the flour to Salonika around April, funded by allied relief groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Armbassador
Athens
Red Cross Society
Wuld
Red Cross
Saskatoon
St. Boniface
Winnipeg
Keewatin
Calgary
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Canada
Seaboard
Greek War Relief Association
Us.a
B.C. A
Boston
Salonika
Canadian Red Cross Society
E.C.A
Greek Red Cross Society
H. E. Magann
Kitchen Meditations and a Mindful Comparison
A poem urges that a vagrant breeze or song can carry warmth and kindness from hidden depths and cheerful hearts, while a deed can bless a lonely heart even if the doer remains unaware. The text closes with a numerical comparison noting a brick of gold weighs about twice a brick of silver of equal size.
May Prospect For Uranium From The Air
Canadian scientists develop an air borne gamma radiation counter to locate and gauge uranium ore from aircraft. The device, built by the National Research Council, could reduce ground surveys by Geiger counter teams. Tested at Arnprior Ontario, it operates from 150 knots at 500 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Chalk River
Electronics
National Research Council
Council
Flight
Arnprior
Ont
Side Notes on Ambition and Society in 2979
A column discussing son’s business hopes, soap fortunes, and charity, then shifts to gender comparisons in income and aging. It notes women’s advantages in life expectancy and pay, ponders a future woman president, and comments on fashion punctuality, Japanese literacy, and left handedness with a satirical tone referencing broad social themes.
Ontario Workmen's Board Calls For Accident Prevention
E. E. Sparrow, chairman of the Workman's Compensation Board, declares in an address that 210000 accidents are expected in 1952 and that three hundred bones are broken each day in Ontario, urging better prevention measures to reduce injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ontario
E. E. Sparrow
Workman's Compensation Board
World Happenings Across Nations and Nations
American families bought 40 000 dolls for youngsters in 1981 now expected to buy 45 million with a $75 million retail value. Clergymen in Suffolk England form a traveling brains trust visiting nuns answering questions on religion. A Women’s Institute in Totteridge says party gifts amount to blackmail and invites no present by request. Police arrest five men who fished an underwater Rhine cable worth about 7 500 and sold it as scrap. The Queen shows interest in teaching Prince Charles Welsh. Swedish representatives attend plantings near Jerusalem to mark Folke Bernadotte’s assassination during the Arab Jewish mediation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
England
Totteridge
Rhine
Mainz
Germany
Regina Population Reaches 71 319 in 1951 Census
Regina Sask official 1951 census shows population 71 319 up from 69 928 preliminary figure. Ten year growth 22 percent since 1941. adds about 3 000 new Reginans due to annexed fringe areas on Jan 1 1951. Saskatoon and Moose Jaw figures also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Sask
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
CBS
Prairie Tree Planting Campaign in Western Canada
The article explains that tree planting stabilizes agriculture in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Shelter belts protect people crops soil and livestock and improve home life by enabling gardens small fruit supplies and a pleasant farm ambience. Itinerary No 1 for Manitoba and Saskatchewan 1952 follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Prairies
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Crossword Puzzle Clues Sealed in Historic Page Fragment
Readable clues include a mix of crossword entries and odd phrases such as Land measure Weasel one Beard of gran Hebrew letter Siamese coin Annoyance Prong of fork Confined implement and Teutonic city Bird. The text also references outfits of tools and various unrelated fragments like Roman road City in Florida and Goddess of discord. The fragment presents a puzzle-style listing with scattered punctuation and numbering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Aim
Imus
Forestry Association Tour Promotes Tree Planting on Farms
A series of eight o clock meetings travels by car to show farming communities how trees help combat wind erosion and moisture loss. Sound films demonstrate results, and talks cover species, shelter belts, home grounds, and shrub care with a Q&A after each session. The National group relies on voluntary support and highlights Whitefish habitat in the Great Lakes region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Forestry Association
Harsh Water Scale Eases With Vinegar Boil
A weekly tip explains removing hard water scale from a teakettle by boiling a cup of vinegar in three cups of water. The vinegar solution dissolves the mineral buildup leaving the kettle clean.
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Canadian Red Cross
Western Canada
By Jane Dale
Insurance Company
Congress
Japan
Prince Charlies
Prince of Wales
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
Luce
Mactirepor A. yeuwDa v. i
Iiletiqae
Willen Sows Wesliedey
McAwen
Ceavey
Thursdes
Pristay
Matuntay
Mividay
Neudurt
Wedtesiag
Abernet
Patrica
Sheerness Mongas
Lapturia Ae
Tuteday
Cupar
Pinkett
Wolverie
Monusy
Lanizan
Thurstay
Janson
Kandahar
Siuss
Laval Briday
Lake Mopar
Purtrell
Tesiay
Drake
Riday
Tsmric Thoreday
Jt Craven - Wetpesday
Tregurve
Malgonie
Ea Ruasiay
Gu Apeypeti
Sa Sintatuta
Wolseley
Schimerie Rey
Grenfell
Ogkshells
Broadview
Percival
Whitewood
Burrows
Wapetla
Fleming
Kirkenla Pal
Elkhorn
Oak Lake
Iriewold
Bo Tos
Alexander
By William Ferguson
Robert Pear
Oliver Perry
Matthew Perry
SEC
U.S. Pat
Commodore Matthew Perry
Makento Eatner
Tellurium College
Faroe
Asia
Whitefish
Great Lakes
Priscilla
Mother
al Vermeer
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