Manitoba municipalities achieve near equalized assessment milestone
Manitoba's 115 municipalities now report near equalized assessments after the largest reassessment effort by Municipal Affairs minister Edmond Prefontaine. About six units completed, 35 aided with new assessments, and the board may adjust figures on appeal. The effort underpins roughly 72 million in provincial school aid while the cash position remained sound with surplus and reserves totaling over six million.
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Manitoba
Department of, Municipal Affairs
Edmond Prefontaine
Prefontaine
Heaid
My Prefontaine
Militia Training For Farmers In Four Eight Week Courses
The army launched an eight week full time militia training plan for prairie farmers unable to train regularly. Four courses ran since harvest at Minto Armouries Winnipeg, with regular instructors, uniforms, equipment, lodging, full pay, and allowances. Several hundred men trained under the plan.
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Army
Minto Armouries
Winnipeg
Home Workshop patterns for depot scene and games
Indoor craft packet describes tracing diagrams for Littleburg depot crossing tender’s shanty gate man and more. Includes freight yard, overpass, culverts, tunnels, church and factory buildings with 1800 square inches of designs. Packets priced 1.50 postpaid with additional game patterns 35c each from Department PPL Home Workshop Pattern Service.
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Littleburg
Home Workshop
West
Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Canada stats show mixed movements across sectors
December starts with higher stock levels in butter and cheese across nine regional cities and larger canned corn stock. Wheat flour output rises 12 percent in the first quarter. consumer prices hold steady with CPI at 116.8.
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Canada
Alberta school children to take part in polio vaccine trial
Alberta will run a second Salk polio vaccine test among about 30,000 units to be received next spring. Some 20,000 students participated in tests this year and results are expected next spring according to Dr. A Somerville deputy Health Minister in Edmonton.
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Edmonton
Alberta
A. Somerville
Curling Complaint From Ferintosh Boy
A poem by Gordon Nielson of Ferintosh Alta describes curling culture and daily life with playful verses. The note reveals the author, a blind boy who has diabetes, received a donated typewriter and radio and is learning to use the typewriter successfully.
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Carling
Gordon Nielson
Ferintosh
Alta
Jokes and quips from a bustling court to a wedding table
A collection of light snippets and humor including a wife’s sunburnt tongue during holiday talk, the odd belief in large star counts versus paint signs, Macpherson as a stereotypical Scot with second childhood toys, a jilted court witness, and a man’s comic tablecapades.
Vancouver children read more as libraries grow
Four-year-old reader habit grows at Vancouver Public Library under Miss Isabel McTavish who has led the boys and girls section for 25 years. She links early reading to lifelong book respect and notes a 1952 rise in books read by Vancouver children, aided by new branches and closer school-library cooperation.
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Vancouver
cAiidrens
Miss McTavish
Fim
Persiet
Elevision
Balanced Diet Advice for Expectant Mothers
Guidance emphasizes a well-balanced diet for pregnant women including proteins minerals and vitamins. Recommended foods include raw fruits vegetables tomatoes eggs fish meat dairy products wholegrain cereals and bread with vitamin D as a necessary supplement.
Second white line proposed on highways
Dr John V N Dorr of Westport Conn proposes adding a second white line on the road's outer edge to ease glare and eye strain for drivers. He reports tests in Connecticut showed motorists felt more secure and could keep a steadier course by following the outer line.
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Montreal
John V. N. Dorr
Westport
Conn
Dorr
Busy drillers in Canada complete 5.6 wells daily
A total of 1799 oil and natural gas wells were drilled across four western provinces and the Northwest Territories from January 1 to November 11. The figure translates to about 5.6 well completions per day.
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Calgary
Western Proveinces
Northwest Territories
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