Leicester and Northamptons bid for national center
Leicester challenges Northampton's claim to host a British National Holiday College. The Soviet controlled police in Eastern Germany are merged into one force. Prime Minister St Laurant weighs a separate immigration department. The International Congress of Physical Education of Girls opens in Copenhagen with 250 delegates from 22 countries. Edmonton police fail to find a metal cash box during a treasure hunt. King George awards an honorary Knight to Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The Russian ambassador complains about an American film on Soviet espionage in the Netherlands. A Greek spokesman says the Cominform widens its war against Greece from bases in Albania and Bulgaria since Yugoslavia closed its borders.
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Cominform
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugo Slavia
The Gospel of Littleness In Kitchen Meditations
A compact reflection on small acts and tiny details shaping character and happiness. The piece celebrates little words deeds and smiles as the building blocks of a better world.
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You
Canada's Oil Plans Developing Rapidly
American ambassador Laurence A. Steinhardt said Canada’s oil projects will solve the dollar shortage within two years and push Canada toward becoming a vast empire. He noted crude and refined oil accounted for almost 20 percent of exports in 1947, alongside gold. Also a Buenos Aires population figure noted as 3,600,000.
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Winnipeg
Canada
United States
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Breeches Bible loaned to Yorkton museum by homesteader
Walter Lunn of Brombury Saskatchewan loaned a rare 1608 Breeches Bible to the planned Yorkton museum. The edition, bound in leather and printed in London, includes the common prayer and apocrypha and traces the Lunn family lineage to 1721 with inscriptions.
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Yorkton Museum
Homesteader
Yorkton
Walter Lunn
Brombury, Sask
Lunn
Benjamin Lunn
Oakthorpe Inn
Derbyshire
England
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Mixed With Odd Spelling Errors
A crossword style puzzle grid of horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and descriptive hints covering words from basic objects to abstract terms. The list includes many entries such as Germanic coins, celestial terms, colors, body parts, and animals, with some garbled spellings and misplaced symbols.
Monaco Population Size Report
Monaco on the Mediterranean measures under eight square miles and has a population of 23 973. The note highlights small size and dense urban life in the principality.
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Principality of
Monaco
Mediterranean
Vancouver magistrate orders wife support for frivolous expenses
Winnipeg reports a Vancouver magistrate ruled a husband must pay his wife 5 dollars a month for frivolous spending. The judge noted the 50 dollars total is for use without accountability, equating to about 16 cents a day and suggesting a mink coat could be saved for in roughly three years and four months.
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Winnipeg
Vancouver
Dominion
Winnipeg Tribune
Barley Premium To Continue Under Wheat Board Plan
Ottawa reports marketing of coarse grains through the wheat board starting Aug 1 will not alter premium payments for barley. The country elevator remains the agent for premiums and the brewing trade pays a special premium directly to the elevator when applicable.
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Ottawa
Wheat Board
Fearful shadow of Turtle Mountain still looms over Frank’s Slide
The 1903 Frank’s Slide disaster near Crow’s Nest Pass left 66 buried when rock avalanched from Turtle Mountain. Residents recall the quake like fissures, erosion and mining changes fuel new worries as tours reopen access to the scarred peak. Mrs. Enoch Williams, a survivor, recalls waking at 4 am and escaping with injuries.
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Frank
Alta
Turtle Mountain
Crow’s Nest Pass
Turtle
Enoch Williams
Blairmore
Sam Ennes
Old Turtle
Gems of Thought Daily Quotations
A collection of short moral maxims from leaders and writers. Notable lines urge faith, conscience, courage, and steady judgment, citing figures like James Freeman Clarke Mary Baker Eddy Abraham Lincoln Roy L. Smith and James A Garfield. The quotes stress belief strength purpose and principled action.
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James Freeman Clarke
Mary Baker Eddy
Historic garment care tip on grease stain removal
A weekly tip suggests treating old grease stains with a paste made from absorbent fuller's earth and carbon tetrachloride. Apply it to the spot, let it dry, brush off, and the stain should not leave a ring.
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Leicester
Northamptons
Germany
St. Laurent
Department of Immigration
International Congress of Physical Education of Girls and Women
University of Copenhagen
Edmonton
George
Buckingham Palace
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Netherlands
Vassily Valkov
By Jane Dale
Ocean
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Watson Farm
Guelph
Ont
Right
J. R
J. N. Watson
Gavin Watson
John N. Watson
RR. 4
Mr. Lunn
Rapid City
Brombury
Zeus Redpreast
Ewine
Maleapie
Fai
Abraham Lincoln
Torrance Phelps
Roy L. Smith
James A. Garfield
BY William Ferguson
Kmwiz Korner
Haydn
Little Reggie
Margarita
Priscilla
Carr
al Vermeer
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