World Happenings In Brief From Echoes Of 1947
Sweet peas seven feet high win four prizes in Edmonton local show. Telegraphs sent to the United Kingdom in 1947 total 47 million. three in every hundred carried bad hens, says the Post Office. A farmer dies near Lorient France after news of police inquiry about butter sold above price. Igor Gouzenko becomes Canadian citizen. About one million Sockeye salmon spawning in Chilco lake Cariboo, largest in history. Margate detectives suspect burglars shop for Christmas early. 500 cards stolen. Swiss parliament approves EC partnership 136 to 7. seven dissenters Communist. Canadians paid over 11 billion in tax last 20 years, 800 million income tax, 3 billion excess profits tax, 128 million in succession duties.
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United Kingdom
Bless The Work Poem by Jane Dale
A short verse Bless the work my hands must do prays for sanctified daily tasks and spoken words. The piece asks for beauty in others minds and quiet moments of prayer to enrich day by day.
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Bless the
Jane Dale
What A Beauty Pattern 4880 by Anne Adams
Advertisement for pattern 4880 by Anne Adams features two sleeve options and princess lines. Sizes 12 to 20 with 39 inch fabric. instructions provided and pattern tested for fit. Send 25 cents to Winnipeg Pattern Dept at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man with size name address and style number.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Makes It Easy by International Code of Signals
The international code of flag signals serves as a universal dictionary enabling communication across languages and regions, allowing mariners and crews to convey messages regardless of native tongue. It highlights the code's role in standardizing signaling for global seamanship and safety.
BC Hydro Plant At Bridge River Starts Up for Industry
The BC Electric Company began operation of a 22 million dollar hydro plant at Bridge River 130 miles northeast of Vancouver. The 62 000 horsepower unit anchors a 50 million dollar expansion to attract eastern industry, after a decades long dream by retiree Geoffrey Downton. Construction required 142 miles of road and hazardous mountain driving, with one life lost and about 20 trucks lost in ravines.
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Bridge River
B.C
Geoffrey Downton
British Columbia Electric Company
Downton
Vancouver
Mission Mountain
Seton Lake
Boards of Trade Triples Strength Across Canada
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce reports the Board of Trade and Chamber movement has tripled its strength in three years. It now includes 564 community organizations led by over 75,000 business men. Most members, 75 percent, are in communities with populations under 5,000.
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Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce Movement
Canada
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Chamber
Vancouver
Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce In
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade and
Board of Trade Or
Never Fail Fudge and Cocoa Nut Cake Mixture
A compiled dessert note describes recipes for a honey cocoa egg white cake mix and a fudge recipe. It instructs beating egg whites with honey and cocoa, spreading on cake, and optional chopped nuts. The fudge recipe uses sugar chocolate cocoa corn syrup milk butter vanilla nuts, cooking to soft ball, cooling, then cutting into squares.
Harold E Wilson Appointed Superintendent at Melfort Station
The Dominion Department of Agriculture announces Harold E Wilson BSA is named Superintendent of the Melfort Experimental Station Sask He was born in Prospect Ontario and raised on a Saskatchewan farm He is a University of Saskatchewan graduate in animal husbandry and has held posts at Rosthern Saskatchewan and Lacombe Alberta in animal and poultry husbandry roles.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Harold E. Wilson
Melfort
Dominion Experimental Station
Rosthern
Sask
Wilson
Lacombe
Alta
Inferiority Feeling Canadians' Fault
HALIFAX A Scottish born university professor Dr John B Hardie has diagnosed Canada s chief ailment as a national inferiority complex He told Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island delegates to the annual reunion of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rites here He said Canadians feel intellectually inferior to others because of their background but that is not correct It is a lack of effort.
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Halifax
John B. Hardie
Canada
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Pine Hill Divinity College
Hardie
Jews in Israel split between land and urban work
About 17 percent of Working Jews in Israel live on the land while the majority pursue commerce and industry in towns.
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Israel
Canada Geese Battle With Man For Control Of Lake
Cairo Illinois reports a clash at Horseshoe Lake as Canadian geese invade and U S conservation forces respond with air and ground pressure. Geese leaders command their flock, diving at noise devices after U S efforts to deter them. Officials expect later flights to be more resistant but remain hopeful.
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Canada Geese
United States
Horseshoe Lake
Conservation Department
W. C. Conover
New One Year Training Plan For RCAF Auxiliary Aircrew
Air Force Headquarters Ottawa announced a year long training program for selected aircrew in Auxiliary Squads. Officers from Montreal Toronto London Hamilton Winnipeg Saskatoon Calgary Edmonton and Vancouver attended the two day conference. Trainees will receive instruction at Centralia Flying Training School and earn pilot wings and commissions as flying officers before returning to civilian life as Auxiliary Squadron aircrew with further training on operational aircraft.
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R.C.A F
Air Force Headquarters
Ottawa
Canada
Air Force
Montreal
Toronto
London
Hamilton
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
R.c.a.f.’S
Centralia
Ont
Gaelic language history and current status in Ireland
Gaelic reached height in the 17th and 18th centuries before decline due to suppression laws. Today Gaelic is the official language of Ireland, reflecting a revival and institutional support.
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Eire
Fresh Lemons Stay Moist In Fridge Jar
Weekly tip notes lemons stay moist and fresh when stored in a tightly closed glass jar in the refrigerator.
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Historical Page
A compiled set of crossword clues and answers including terms like Power Houseboat, State of being placed, Sounded resonantly, Mindanzo tribesman, Native of Morocco, and others. The list features vertical and horizontal entries such as Scythe handle, Lake In N Abyssinia, Symbol for silver, National poet of Scotland, and British island in the Mediterranean.
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Lake
Abyssinia
National Poet of
Scotland
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East End
Lorient
France
Igor Gouzenko
Chilco Lake
Cariboo
Margate
England
Berne
Switzerland
European Economic Co-Operation Organization
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Little Reggie
By Maigakia
Reggie
Priscilla
Carlyle
al Vermeer
Kathleen Willsher
Emma Wotkin
Kathleen Mary Willsher
Kingston
Blaine Lake
Miss Willsher
Emma Watkin
Department of External Affairs
High Commissioner
S.N.S
Melfort, Sask
BY William Ferguson
Panama Canal
Glasgow
Honolulu
Kuni
Komu
Cairo
Ill
Morocco
Molst
Earth
Idaho
Mediterranean
Wasp
Fir
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