World Happenings Briefly Told
Mrs Ebien F OBrien 64 was struck and killed by a car in Le John L OBrien square Boston named for her son killed in World War II. Weighing scales from 17th to Victorian times were given to the Manitoba Museum by Mayor Turner of Retford England. Baggage cars on British railways will have swivel seats for workers. Mount Vernon town clerks issued deer hunting licenses to Charles Hall Hovey Luce Hiran Randall and Lincoln Walton. The first international motor car show in Sweden opens April 21 to May 3 in Stockholm with Prince Bertin to preside. A Bergen Norway factory will briquette low-grade Spitsbergen coal, targeting 20000 tons yearly for railways and homes. An Air Force radar observer was rescued from Alaska after falling or jumping from an F94 jet at 15000 feet using flares and a handheld light.
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Ebien F. O'Brien
le John L. O'Brien Square
Boston
Joan H. Blanchard
Mount Vernon
Charles Hall
Hovey Luce
Hiran Randall
Lincoln Walton
Sweden
Stockholm
Prince Bertin
Gustaf Adolf
Air Force
Alaska
I Wish I Were a Boy from Kitchen Meditations
A child expresses longing to be a carefree boy free from chores and rules. The verse contrasts indoor duties with playful outdoor freedom and sibling companionship. The piece ends with a surprising fact noting rats can produce up to twelve litters annually, averaging about ten pups each.
Royal Bank Figures Set New Canadian Banking Record
The Royal Bank of Canada reports for the year ending November 30 1950 total assets of 2 497 376 342 up 162 390 985 from the prior year with deposits at 2 337 503 465 an all time high. Commercial loans rise to 555 160 656 while cash assets total 471 113 083 representing 19.54 of liabilities and liquid assets 71.26 of public liabilities. Net profit after taxes and reserves stands at 6 559 725 with 3 500 000 paid as dividends and 6 000 000 moved to the Reserve Fund bringing it to 50 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Canada
Criticisms Stirring in Osecola as Farmer Sharpens Knife
In Osecola Arkansas Bettye Starr notes a weathered farmer fearing risk with his meal. He sharpens his knife with a whetstone as the waitress serves the silver, underscoring a cautious dining moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osecola
Ark
Bettye Starr
Home Manager office plan and Irish boxing memory piece
This column jests about renaming housewives as home managers and proposes office space for each. It recalls Ireland's Dan Donnelly as a famed heavyweight champion and notes his Dublin funeral draw of 80,000. It also mentions a carburetor claim, innkeeper liability from 1626, and fortunes from mustard and canned soup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dan Donnelly
Donnelly
Dublin
Colman
England
Dorrance
Canada Makes Big Gains in Pig Production Declares Expert
Britain’s livestock authority Dr John Hammond of Cambridge praises Canada for terrific strides in pig production and superior Canadian bacon, contrasting with Britain where bacon comes from lower quality stock. The report notes Hammond’s Nobel laureate status and cites Canadian progress.
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Canada
Belfast
Britain
John Hammond
Cambridge
Protect Wallpaper While Washing Woodwork Tip
Protect wallpaper by holding a flat strip of tin against the board during washing with sudsy water. An old licence plate can guard against splashes. Wash the plate first with hot soapsuds to remove oily grime.
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid From Partial OCR Text
A mixed list of crossword clues and partial entries appears, including 39 43 45 81 numbers and hints like Face maker, Poem, Pistol, and Mother of Apollo, suggesting a themed crossword puzzle page with vertical and horizontal clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Apollo
Austrian
Oddities in the News
A collection of quirky items from various places includes a Bavarian hospital blaze scare linked to a knitting mishap, a Kent thief taking stockings without pursuit, a Pasadena clerk questioning a weight on a driving licence, Richmond residents proposing Harmony Lane, and a dogcatcher quitting after five days. Also noted are a North Dakota chicken finder with a dollar in the craw, Halifax rate hikes, and the tiny Philippine goby fish measuring about three sixteenths of an inch.
New Canadian stamp to debut February 1 1951
The 0 postage stamp features a fisherman in an open boat hauling in his net with a wide border and a fishnet background. It displays 16 fisheries products important to Canada’s economy to publicize the wealth of fish resources in coastal and inland waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian
Lady Well Driller Aims to Qualify as Missionary
Ada Snider, 21, Briarcrest Bible Institute student from Caron Saskatchewan, helps her father drill wells in Ontario and Ontario’s Holland Marsh. She aspires to be a missionary and believes she is one of the few women well drillers in Canada. The duo recently completed a 500 000 gallon per day well feeding market gardens. Ada wears jeans and boots on site and notes the job is healthy though occasionally wet. A Bristol firm received a Lagos native’s letter requesting belts and pens in exchange for elephants and coconuts.
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Snider
Ontario
Canada
J. N. Snider
Holland Marsh
Toronto
Ada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Manitoba Museum
Winnipeg
R. Turner
Retford
Bergen
Norway
Spitsbergen
By Jane Dale
Royal Bank
Royal Bank of Canada
Jost
W. T. Mustard
Hospital For
Campbell Cowan
Banting Institute of Toronto
Donald Cassofra
Chronoologicall
Chiedilkecat
Uspana of
Poppaea
Fis
Altoetting
Bavaria
Mainstone
Kent
Pasadena
Cali
Richmond
Harmony Lane
Aberdeen
South Dakota
James Fallon
Hankinson
N.D
Halifax
The
Halifax Mail- Star
Caron
Sask
Ada Snider
Briarcrest Bible Institute
Woodbridge
Ont
Bristol
Lagos
Nigeria
William
Ferguson
Blue Ridge Mountins
Appalachians
COPR
NEA Service. Inc
Elmer
Wisconsin
Virgil
By Len Kleis
Betty Srabl
Priscilla
al Vermeer
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