Lynn Lake Emerges As Manitoba Mining Hub
Lynn Lake, a 150 resident northern community, is rapidly becoming a major mining centre in Manitoba. The Lynn Lake mine near 225 miles northeast of Flin Flon drives regional plans for power development and potential railway expansion from Sherridon. Company operations report 2,245 tons of ore processed and 288 tons of concentrate produced in 1949 third quarter, with prospects of a rail link to Lynn Lake improving access and export.
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AL Vickery
Lynn Lake
Manitoba
Flin Flon
Sherridon
Mitles South
Aene
Sherritt-Gordon Company
Lyan Lake
Granvile Isake
Churchill River
Ottawa
CNR
Wahbowden
Hudson Bay
Pas
Churchill
Anthropologist Probes Eskimos And Indians For Migration Clues
Viennese anthropologist Erna Von Engel-Baersdorf collaborates with the Vancouver city museum after six months with the Chilcotin Indians in Anshim reserve. She revises an ancient Eskimo skull from the Fraser Midden to study ice age presence and humanity’s spread from Africa to the Americas.
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Vancouver
B.C
America
Africa
Banana Belt
Bering Strait
Erna von Engel-Baersdorf
Europe
Vancouver City Museum
Anshim
British Columbia
Side Notes On Policing Height And Pen Pal Marriages
A scattered collection of anecdotes covers policing by height expertise, bodyguards for Princess Margaret, and the idea that detectives may suit smaller officers. It also recounts a Pen Pal marriage escape, a Tokyo bigamist, and a discussion of neckties in courting. Additional items include bandleader Xavier Cugat's Europe tour barter and Victorian child hair bracelets signaling family size.
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U.S
Xavier Cugat
Europe
Belgium
France
Spain
Cugat
Xavier
Barrcelona
England
Highly Mechanized Farming Centered in Scotland
Scotland stands as a leading heavily mechanized farming region with more than 400 combines and 30 000 tractors in use as of 1949. The vast fleet reflects a mature agricultural industry and advances in farm technology.
Weekly Tip Precious Butter Refreshed by Soak
Butter flavored with other ingredients from the ice box can be revived by soaking two hours in cold water with a pinch of bicarbonate of soda dissolved. This restores flavor and texture, making it pleasant again for use in meals and spreads.
Mighty Sculptor by Jane Dale and a U.S. immigration bill
A poem describes a snowy landscape with vivid imagery of dawn and transformation. Separately a Senate Judiciary committee approves a bill to admit 320,000 displaced persons to the United States by June 30, 1951, including about 12,000 already in.
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United States
Senate Judiciary Committee
Peculiar World Happenings From Distant Pages
A 1737 tent eviction in Halesworth Worcestershire uses old law to remove an absent tenant. A six inch winged moth is found among bananas arriving in Cambridgeshire. In Korea soldiers uncover a 5 foot bronze bell from about year 862. Radio Peiping cites a rate of one US dollar to 25 000 yuan. A St John’s commercial artist earns notice for painting a loaf of bread with lifelike realism.
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Halesworth
Worcestershire
Radio
Peiping
Crossword Puzzle Clue List and Puzzle Notes
A scrambled crossword style puzzle page with many garbled clues and partial answers. Includes slang terms, planetary names, geographic hints, and various wordplay prompts, though the OCR text is heavily corrupted and difficult to parse.
Local Seed Fair Awards Prompt Oats and Barley Honors
Howard Wright presents a 330.00 championship prize for oats and barley to Gus Regehr in Brooks at the Calgary Seed Fair.
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Howard Wright
Tragve
Gus Regehr
Brooks
Calgary
Bakery Theft Report From Dherry Wa Incident
A horse in Dherry, Washington, startled at the bakery back area and caused a loaf to fall from a nearby wagon. No injuries reported and local authorities were alerted.
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Egr
Scott
PTT
Anthropologist
Scotland Yard
Dick Green
Margaret
Ireland
County
Fermanagh
Mable Murphy
Tokyo
New York
Jesse James
Frank James
Jesse
Sam Hildreth
Frank
Sam
St. Joseph
Sask. Man
A. G. Quinn
Orangeville
Ont
Stoughton
Yorkton
Sask
Massey-Harris Co
Canada
Quinn
Province of
Ontario
Dominion
G. A. MacMillan
Flora Barbour
Scotland
Carter
By Jane Dale
Cambridgeshire
South Korea
St. John's
Mid
William
Ferguson
Morizontal
Casey Jones
Team Dartisan
Maxim
Upia
Lavinesot
United
Illinois Central Railroad
Iso
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Virgil
Priscilla
By Len Kleis
al Vermeer
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