World Happenings Briefly Told
Britain plans to extend a wartime service period in Britain to 18 months funded by a government bill. Archaeologists report a 10 000 year old skeleton with an axe found in a cave near Vernom Sur Mance in eastern France. A passenger aboard the frett train into Vancouver that arrived in 1887 is dead. Mrs Ann Miller of Collingwood Ontario is 89. Britain and the United States press for France to have direct voice in coal and steel control in occupied Germany. Anna Jarvis founder of Mother's Day dies penniless. Many U.S. cities move to ban comic books deemed objectionable per the US conference of mayors. Australia asks Mackenzie King for advice on Commonwealth matters. Seed crop estimates show hay and pasture seeds up, but root vegetable seeds down.
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Grotte
Vernom-Sur-Mance
France
Farmers' Purchases Of Machinery Up
Canadian farm machinery and equipment sales rose yearly since 1943. In 1947 retail sales reached 146.6 million dollars, over three times the 1959 level. Repair parts sales were 30 million dollars in 1947. 1948 equipment supply expected 25 percent higher than 1947, with tractor imports up 34 percent for eight months in 1948. Tractor stock may reach about 43 000 units in 1948, up from 33 000 in 1947, about a 30 percent increase.
Young Harold Ross Milks Cows From Age Four
In Forest Hill Tennessee Mrs. T. J. Bailey reports her grandson Harold Ross began milking cows at age four. By five he was milking three and four cows daily with both hands. The piece also notes that nearly all snowflakes are six sided and honeybee cells share the same geometry.
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Forest Hill
Tenn
T. J. Bailey
Harold Ross
Canadian Holsteins Fly South on record cattle air shipment
The largest and most valuable cattle air shipment from Canada left Malton Airport bound for Uruguay and Argentina. About twenty Ontario and Quebec farmers participated in a $70 thousand first-half deal featuring top Holsteins from the Rival Winter Fair. The load included Elmcroft Heritage, a $9,400 bull, and Elmcroft B. Lochinva, a 200-pound bull. Captain Robert Smith, a U.S. Army Air Force veteran, piloted the flight amid plans for the second half to be shown at the fair. Duck Chappell of Guelph, a veteran in cattle air travel, recalled his past trips to Ecuador.
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Canada
Ontaria
Quebec
Malton
Uruguay
Holsteiia
Dominion
Toronto
Robert Smith
U.S. Army Air Force
Mexico
Texas
Smith
Rule for measuring a cord of wood explained
A reader asks how high a cord should be when wood is 24 feet long. The piece explains a cord equals 128 cubic feet, traditionally 4 ft high by 4 ft by 8 ft, regardless of stick length. If sticks are shorter, more height is needed to reach 128 cubic feet, and stove wood uses a different standard.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces Urge Prison Reform
Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba will urge the Dominion Government to implement Archambault Report recommendations on penal reform. The provinces seek Dominion control of all prisons with some retained for provincial offenders, remand prisoners, and those serving short sentences.
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Prairie Provinces
Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Archambault
Crossword Puzzle Clues Vocabulary Mixed List
A scattered crossword style list covers various clues from fashion to biology, numbers, and language. Entries include terms like Footleike, Liturgical pause, Cannibalistic, Nocturnal old Malay gibbon, and sacred Hindu terms, with many disconnected items and partial phrases.
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Baranas
Gems of Thought Quotes on Grace and Growth
A concise collection of moral reflections on grace, prayer, and spiritual growth by noted authors. It links divine grace to daily acts of mercy and personal virtue, urging patient, fervent striving.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Kitchen Meditations Scotia Church Dedication Poem
A verse about a humble rural church near Hamiota Manitoba. It paints a simple sanctuary with bare benches and a small organ, welcoming neighbors with warmth. The poem praises small churches that foster peace and courage, gazing through windows at changing seasons and the land.
Trend To Larger Farms Boost Loan Applications
The trend toward larger Prairie farms increases Canadian Farm Loan Board applications. For year ending March 31 the board received 2,390 loan requests totaling 667 998 and granted 1,818 loans worth 3 460 550. Earlier year figures show declines from a 1935 36 peak. Net profit for the year was 145 477 with substantial loan repayments and farm acquisitions recorded.
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Ottawa
Prairies
Canadian Farm Loan Board
Weekly Tip Precious Sugar Storage Advice
A brief tip warns to refrigerate brown and powdered sugar to prevent caking and keep freshness. It notes warm brown sugar in the oven if it becomes hard or lumpy after purchase.
Seed Treatment Benefits From Fungicide Use
C I L agricultural chemicals division outlines four benefits of seed treatment with fungicides. They destroy seed born fungi that reduce yield and quality. They combat soil inhabiting fungi that rot seed and seedlings. They help combat weeds by enabling strong crop stands. They often raise market value by improving germination and yield potential. The article notes a separate historical fact about the first meal in the air in 1783.
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C-I-L
Agricultural Chemicals Division
Witches Executed in Germany Under Papal Bull
A historical note states that from 1484 to 1698 about 10,000 individuals were executed as witches in Germany following a papal bull by Pope Innocent VI condemning witchcraft, with most executions by burning.
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Innocent VI
Germany
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Britain
Vancouver
Mre
Ann Miller
Collingwood
Ont
United States
Anna M. Jarvis
Mother's Day
United States Conference of Mayors
Mackenzie King
Bureau of Statistics
By AL. Chandler
Dnck Chappell
Guelph
South America
Ecuador
Chappell
O.A.C
OAC
Teo
Mohammed
Secretary of Labor
State of Light Cavalry
Ndia
Eicest
Louis al
Hazel
Priscillla
Waldo
al Vermeer
Grace
God
Jonathan Edwards
Lavington
Shakespeare
James Gordon Brooks
Scotia Church
By Jane Dale
James Angus
Hamiota
Man
Poplar
Soa
Ohio
Robert Fulloni
Lawrence Fulloni
Bridgewater
Mass
Robert
N.S
BY William Ferguson
Muzo
Colombia
Little Reggie
Margarita
Rumpuss
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