Polio Incidence Drops Below 1955 Levels Across Canada
Health department reports total polio cases through July 7 are well under 1955 figures with provincial totals modest. BC and Quebec show lower paralytic shares, Ontario shows fewer cases, and overall national incidence sits at varying percentages versus 1955 and the five year average.
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Canada
Department of National Health and Welfare
Quebec
Ontario
Pei
Nfd
N.B
B.C
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Yukon
N.W.T
Latest way to stop smoking
A London doctor reports a smoker who swallowed a cigarette while watching television during a tense moment in a fight. The patient coughed up the butt but suffered internal burns and has since quit smoking, with a quip that maybe he should have given up TV.
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London
M. Lubel
British Medical Journal
Miss Universe contestants face fame and film ties across years
A retrospective on past Miss Universe winners and runners up shows how beauty pageant fame intersects with film contracts. Helena Kuusela and later titleholders made marriages or Hollywood runs, with several staying in or returning to Universal- International projects and other studios.
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U.S
Miss Universe Universal - International Studios
Helena Kuusela
Manila
Virgilio Hilario
Tokyo
Christiane Martel
Ronnie Morengo
Stockton
Calif
Mexico
South America
Miriam Stevenson
Winnsboro
S.C
Pomance
Sweden
Hillevi Rombin
Benny Goodman
Hollywood
Universal - International
Jackie Loughery
U.S.A
Guy Mitchell
Myrna Hansen
Universal- International
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Gout Treated Effectively With Drugs Says Buffalo Doctor
Dr. John H. Talbott told the Chicago Medical Society annual conference that colchicine and benemid ease gout management. He said benemid removes uric acid while colchicine cuts acute attacks, enabling over 90 percent to lead normal lives with simple dietary and treatment steps.
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Buffalo, N.Y
John H. Talbott
Chicago Medical Society
Talbott
University of Buffalo
Buffalo General Hospital
Iron ore shipments rise sharply in May and May totals
Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows Canadian ore shipments up 65 percent in May to 2,440,242 tons from 1,474,369 a year ago. Five month totals rise 78 percent to 3,480,617 tons. Exports reach 2,163,765 tons in May. Ore to Canadian consumers climbs to 276,477 tons in May.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Turtle Soup Weighs In At Remarkable West Indies Turtle
A West Indies green turtle used for soup and steaks can reach weights up to 600 pounds, a fact noted in a local zoological note.
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West Indies
Millinery Trends Spotlight High Fashion Hats for Fall
Fashion notes from New York highlight hat and millinery as key to fall wardrobes. Designers for the Couture Group emphasize romance through drapery, feathering and fur, with hats set back on the head and dramatic yet eye revealing ensembles.
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New York
Couture Group
Popular Jerry Mertz Tops Sixth Grade at St John’s School
Jerry Mertz is regarded as the most popular boy in the sixth grade at St John’s School because he likes spinach. Students must finish clean lunch plates before recess, and many sit near him to share in his spinach habit.
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Jerry Mertz
St. John's School
Jerry
Prairie Publishers Co operative names new manager and secretary treasurer
Mr A W Hanks of St James Manitoba announces John A Vopni of Davidson Saskatchewan as manager and secretary treasurer of Prairie Publishers Co operative Limited. Vopni succeeds Harry J Miles who resigns to become editor and manager of Flin Flon Daily Miner.
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A. W. Hanks
St. James
Manitoba
Prairie Publishers Co-operative Limited
John A. Vopni
Davidson
Saskatchewan
Vopni
Harry J. Miles
Flin Flon
Daily Miner
C. A. Ashfield
Grenfell Sun
Prairie Publishers Co-operative Association
Co-Operative
Toronto Type Founders Limited
Crochet pattern 7169 for towels and scarf
Advertises Bee Bros crochet and embroidery pattern 7169 with five 5x11 inch motifs and directions. Includes materials list, exact part dimensions, and assembly steps. Pattern sold for twenty five cents in coins. pattern only or as part of Outdoor Play Equipment Packet for one dollar fifty postpaid. order number 367.
Free patterns from 1956 Alice Brooks Needlecraft book
Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street W Toronto promotes two free patterns from the new Alice Brooks Needlecraft book for 1956. Dozens of other designs to order. send 25 cents for a copy. Umberto, son of Victor Emmanuel, noted as the last king before Italy’s republic.
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Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Umberto
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
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John Massey
Charles Wm Doepke
Wdeoeasrative and
Delivique
Fleischmann
ANS
Prairie Publishers Co-operative
Prairie Publishers
H. J. Miles
A. Vopni
Bee Bros
Jfashions
Fone
Tel Awn
Anne Adams
Front Street
Teronte
P.P.L
West Sth Avenue
Vancouver
Zan
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