Canadian Statistics Report summarizes 1956 first quarter gains
The report shows Canadas gross national product rising to an annual rate of 253 billion dollars for the first quarter, led by gains in mining forestry construction transportation and services. Corporate profits reached a first quarter peak of 725 million before taxes, with after tax profits up 31 percent. Housing starts and completions increased, labor income rose, manufacturing shipments grew about 13 percent, and railway carloadings rose 11 percent as grain shipments stayed strong. Crude petroleum output jumped 44 percent year over year and natural gas sales rose 35 percent.
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Canadas
Canada
Youthful marriages linked to high divorce rate, Kling says
Baltimore lawyer Samuel G. Kling told the Maryland State Bar Association that unhappy marriages outnumber blissful ones and that youthful marriages significantly raise divorce risk. He cited surveys and Maryland laws permitting teen marriages, urging a sweeping study of marriage and divorce laws to curb the trend.
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Samuel G. Kling
Baltimore
Maryland State Bar Association
U.S
Kling
Maryland
Monte Carlo Elegance Fades After World War I
A fragmented reminiscence notes Monte Carlo’s lost elegance since WWI, recalling Russia’s grand dukes as top patrons and the St. Petersburg Vienna Cannes express as the era’s luxurious symbol. It contrasts then and now, hinting at enduring glamour faded by time.
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Principality of Monaco
Monte Carlo
Monaco
St. Petersburg
Graceful retirement study notes farm workers ease into quitting
A Cornell University study finds farmers taper off work gradually into retirement while non-farm workers face sudden compulsory retirement at a given age. The research highlights the steadier transition among agricultural workers.
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Cornell University
Pattern for wood transfer parrot to life sized birds
A pattern allowing wood transfer with an iron, producing life size images of birds including parrot owl crow blue jay woodpecker robin oriole bluebird goldfinch and cardinal. Pattern No. 109 costs 75 cents with a request for a free catalogue from Home Workshop Patterns Vancouver B C.
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Department P.P.L
West 5Th Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Swan centerpiece crochet pattern from Alice Brooks book
Graceful swan crochet centerpiece pattern in white ready for table display. Includes directions for a body about 13 by 71 inches and stiffening with heavy jiffy cotton starch. Free patterns advertised with purchase appeal and ordering details for the 1956 Alice Brooks Needlecraft book.
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Alice Brooks
Piccard Eyes 20000-Foot Gulf Dive In Trieste Craft
Jacques Piccard of Switzerland plans a 20000-foot depth dive into the Gulf of Mexico using the bathyscaphe Trieste. He has discussed the mission with Texas A and M Oceanography Dept and notes the craft could reach 20000 feet. The 100-ton, 16-yard vessel carries two passengers in a seven-foot diameter chamber.
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Jacques Piccard
Switzerland
Gulf of Mexico
Piccard
Oceanography Department of
Texas A. & M. College
August Piccard
Trieste
Standardizing Canada Traffic Control Devices Moves Forward
The Canadian Good Roads Association leads a push toward uniform traffic control devices in collaboration with the Institute of Traffic Engineers and federal and provincial bodies. A Joint Committee met in Winnipeg on May 7 to plan a national manual due for publication by the end of 1957.
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Canada
Canadian Good Roads Association
Institute of Traffic Engineers
Joint Committee On
Winnipeg
Antonio Talbot
CGRA
Pattern ad for Misses' dress pattern 4609
Two main pattern parts plus facings promising easy sewing. Describes a mer dress with sheath lines and boat neckline. Sizes 10 to 18, size 16 needs 3 yards of 39 inch fabric. Includes illustrated instructions and price of 35 cents. Send name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept.
Quick Canadian Quiz on Canada’s sports, trade, and tax
Questions ask who is the sole Canadian to win the US Amateur Golf Championship. It asks 1955 Canada gross national product, export value, the region once called New Caledonia, the share of workers eligible for unemployment benefits, and whether personal savings or taxation exceeded in 1955.
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United States
Canada
New Caledonia
Quick Canadian Facts Snapshot Quiz Answers
Taxes totalled over 7 billion dollars and personal savings reached 1.4 billion. The Pacific coast area was highlighted. Sandy Somerville was identified in Baltimore in 1932. About 60 percent. Exports totalled 43 billion dollars, about one sixth of all production. Material prepared by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts.
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Pacific Coast
Sandy Somerville
Baltimore
Quick Canadian Facts
Canada
Nepal Abolishes Purdah in 1945 Reform
The kingdom of Nepal ends the Musele custom of secluding women in 1945. The reform marks a major social change on the southern slope of the Himalayas within Nepal.
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Kingdom of
Nepal
Himalayas
Gems of Thought Qualities of Childhood
A compact collection of quotes on childhood from Locke Thoreau Dickens and others. It notes children's busy humor useful pursuits, truth telling by children, reluctance to delay, and pure, affectionate natures. It also touches on language understanding and moral integrity in young minds.
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John Locke
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