Wildfire bonds Ripley and Glenna in Wilder Junction
Fire rips Wilder Gorge as Ripley and Jan Haas mobilize fighters. Glenna Colby, trapped by flames, rides through danger toward Wilder Junction. Ripley rescues her with dynamite and a daring escape, then reunites over coffee as Sally Blanchard’s letter clears misunderstandings.
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Lank
Lannigan
Ripley
Glenna Colby
Glenna
Pip
Wilder
Bill
Bill Colby
Gienna
Sally Blanchard
Wilder Range
Jan Haas
Jan
Wilder Gorge
Rip
Wilder Mountain
Randy
Sally
Coprrignat Wheeer Newspaper Syndicate
Tallest Church Spires Top Ulm Cathedral by Height
A ranking shows spires surpass Ulm cathedral in Germany with a towering 529 feet. The list highlights peak church elevations, noting Ulm’s historic landmark remains a reference point in the comparison.
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Ulm Cathedral
Germany
Alberta Deploys New Poison Bait Against Coyotes
Alberta agriculturists install Compound 1080 bait at 21 stations in Cochrane district west of Calgary. Plans call for 21 more stations in Cochrane and distribution in Pincher Creek district to combat coyotes.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Cochrane
Calgary
Pincher Creek
British Columbia County Court Judges Increase Vote
Ottawa reports a government bill to raise BC county court judges from fourteen to fifteen received first reading in the commons. The BC government requested the change to expand judicial capacity.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Inventor crafts ornithopter bicycle with wings
Medicine Hat Alberta reports James E Caldwell built a motorized bicycle with nine to ten foot wings that flap to lift the machine about five feet. The two horsepower engine powers the craft. Caldwell plans a stronger engine and further tests as he touts air as a highway and gravity as major power. Caldwell is Canadian born with earlier work on the Albatross flying boat.
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Medicine Hat
Alta
James E. Cauldwell
H. W
Bill) Francis
Caldwell
Ontario
California
Howard Hayes
Annual Assiniboia fair plans two day event in July 1952
About 40 attend the Assiniboia Agricultural society meeting in Assiniboia Sask where a $750 fair surplus is allocated to the community swimming pool fund. The group discusses a two day fair in July 1952.
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Assiniboia
Sask
Assiniboia Agricultural Society
Fair Board
Community Swimming Pool Fund
Blue Bonnet Margarine Slogan Parade
Mrs Claudia Pinza promotes Blue Bonnet Margarine praising its flavor nutrition and value. The ad touts two packaging options and highlights easy color packaging.
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Claudia Pinza
Blue Bonnet
Ake
Brive Bonnet
Rick Bonnet
Bonner
Farmers Prompt Tax Payers OTTAWA Tax trends show farmers
Canada’s farmers largely comply with income tax laws with only two prosecutions in five years. One case occurred in Quebec and the other in Saskatchewan, with a single conviction. In 1949 farmers filed 52,880 taxable returns, up from 51,449 in 1948, declaring $17,970,000 in tax versus $13,392,000. Increases occurred in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. other provinces fell.
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Ottawa
Canada
Commons
Robert Fair
Battle River
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
Public libraries issue 600000 books in Edmonton ten months
Public libraries in Edmonton circulated nearly 600000 books in the first ten months of the year, tracking 60000 more issuances than in the previous year.
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Edmonton
Bay of Fundy Tide Records Noted For Extreme Rise
The Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick is famed for the world’s largest tidal range with spring tides recorded up to 50 feet. This natural phenomenon attracts researchers and visitors seeking extreme coastal shifts twice daily.
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Bay of Fundy
New Brunswick
Old Tradition Takes New Touch in Christmas Cakes
In Vancouver Mrs Bernice De Vallez X rayed five Christmas cakes at a shoe store to locate a lost wedding ring. A clerk used the store machine to test fit, and she found the ring in one cake delaying cutting until Christmas.
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Vancouver
Bernice DeVallez
Oddities From The News In The Nation
A compilation of quirky clippings: Winn of Memphis reports a rain-soaked porch horse, Hudson County patrolmen honor 13 new lieutenants, Hastings duck hunters bag 11 geese, Earl Swafford of Anniston builds a guitar from popsicle sticks. A 1894 letter requests Aquidneck avenue grading, a Houston carrier rescues a wild duck, a Buffalo mongrel survives an icy drowning attempt, and a police rescue labels the event as attempted murder.
Alaska beer price hits zero as war drives costs down
Delivered free beer becomes a reality in Fairbanks as merchants react to wartime price drops. One dealer even waives charges, offering free beer delivery amid the dramatic market shift.
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Alaska
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Howdy
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Gwine
Txias
Fopley
Hipley
By Anna E. Wilson
Saly
Hap Haslet
Hap
Glenana
Thrifty
Lorne
Anne Adams Pattern Dept
Winnipeg
Neeneees Union
Front Street
Tororfto
B.C
Western Briefs
Pas
Victoria
Victoria Daily Colonist
Evening
Victoria Daily Times
Rhodes Scholar
Saskatoon
David Alexander Mitchell
J. F. Leddy
University of Saskatchewan
Leslie Eyres
Edmonton Golf and Country Club
Golf Club
Wiore Readers
Les Carroll
Rave
G, Winn
Memphis, Tenn
Winan
Winn
John Graf
Hudson County Patrolmens Benevolent Association
Hastings
Ned
Earl Swafford
Anniston
Ala
Westerly, RI
Aquidneck Avenue
Ambers L. Crenshaw
Houston
Tex
Crenshaw
Buffalo
N.Y
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fleischmann
Fleischmanns Rising Fasteast
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