Crumbling soil, coin finds, and sea routes in world brief
Crumbling garden soil in Southampton reveals a Roman Emperor Maximinus coin from London Mint. Other notes report the Leduc aircraft reaching speed tests, women enfranchisement in Japan, bees bought in California, a Berlin siege arrest, the Zebrula ship docking Newfoundland to Toronto, Lady Megan Lloyd George's parliamentary milestone, and Canada bank deposits rising from March to April 1949.
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Southampton
England
Mre
M Stuart
Maximinus
London
Golden Windows Metamorphosis in Jane Dale Poem
A Timmins traffic officer, long taxing with tickets, borrows ink from a bank manager after a garage sale style swap of pens. He returns to issue a ticket to the manager’s car using the bank’s private ink bottle.
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Timmins, Ont
Timmins
Pastor Urges Ontarians to See Canada West
In Ottawa Rev Terence Finlay pastor of St Johns Anglican Church urged Ontarians to travel within Canada praising the West. He noted many Canadians especially in Ontario rarely visit beyond their province and praised Western cities like Winnipeg Vancouver Victoria and Edmonton along with the CPRs Rockies and the Empire Hotel during a Gyro Club talk at Chateau Laurier.
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Ottawa
Ontario
United States
Terence Finlay
St. John's Anglican Church
Chateau Laurel
Finlay
Canada
London
Winnipeg
Pacific Coast
Sparks Street
Portage Avenue
The
Rockies
Vancouver
San Francisco
Victoria
Edmonton
Embroider This Pattern 7346 From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Learn to embroider a panel suitable for all the family with outline and single stitches. Use wool or cotton. frame or line it. Pattern 7346 includes a 15 by 19 inch transfer and an easy charted guide with photos. Send 25 cents in coins to Household Arts Depart ment, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue East, Winnipeg Man. Include name and address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg Man
Crossword Puzzle Clue Riddle and Answers
A crossword puzzle list with horizontal and vertical clues across general terms, places, languages, and objects. Includes references to continents, cities, oceans, and misclinguistic hints, plus definitions for various common words and phrases.
Prince Albert Seeks Growth as Northern Resource Hub
Prince Albert eyes a major role in Saskatchewan's natural resources drive after uranium and base metal finds in the north. With a 1941 population up 28 percent to about 16 000, the city is a geographic center and Western distribution focal point. The government built a large new office to manage the resource program, reinforcing its status as a fast growing tourist and administrative center.
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Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Canada
Prince Albert National Park
The
Financial Post
Flavoring Tips: Add Extracts When Mixture Is Cold
A cooking note advises adding flavoring extracts only after a mixture has cooled. If flavoring is added while hot the aroma and taste can evaporate with the steam, reducing the dish’s overall flavor.
Know Your Provinces Agricultural Industry Is Big Factor To Alberta's Prosperity
Alberta's agricultural base has expanded from cattle ranching to grain farming and dairy, with irrigated sugar beet operations and strong hog, poultry, and dairy sectors. The province leads in hog production, dairy output nears fifty million pounds of butter, and two egg drying plants support wartime to peacetime growth.
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Alberta
Ind
Canada
British Columbia
Raymond
Picture Butte
Prairies
Great Peate River
Dominion
Changes In Car Engines Unlikely For Five Years
French Lick Ind experts at the Safety Of Automotive Engineers summer meeting foresee five years or more before major changes in passenger auto engines. Minor advances include overhead valve and V type engines while drastic redesigns remain distant.
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David J. Wilkie French Lick
Ind
Sumer
Sofety of Automotive Engineers
Auto Imdustry
Only an instrument The eye as a vision instrument
A brief note states the eye is an instrument of vision and that light relies on brain function and the nervous system for proper processing, reflecting a scientific viewpoint on perception.
Rudolf Bing to Head Metropolitan Opera Association
After two years of speculation Rudolf Bing, a European opera veteran, will succeed Edward Johnson as Met director when Johnson departs after 15 years. Bing arrives in October to study the Met operations and brings experience from European theatres and the Edinburgh festival, influencing the board’s choice.
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Specuaton
Rudolf Bing
Wil
Edward Johnson
Metropolitan Opera Association
Johnson
Bing
New York
Met
Europe
S.N.S
Alberta Oil Reserves More Than Texas
Canadian geologist Dr. Theo A. Link of Toronto and Calgary announced at the 26th annual convention of the National Oil Scouts and Lands View's Association that Canada's proven oil reserves have risen by over 750 million barrels since 1947. He said Alberta now contains more oil than Texas and possibly more than the entire United States if tar sands are included. Twelve major oil companies operate in Alberta with ten semi majors and about fifty independents.
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Houston
Tex
Canada
Theo A. Link
Toronto
Calgary
Alberta
Texas
United States
Link
National Oil Scouts and Landshiew's Association
Sneezewood Tree Noted For Huge Logs In Cape Colony
Sneezewood is among the largest trees in Cape Colony Africa. It sometimes yields logs 80 feet long and four feet in diameter. The tree’s name comes from its irritating sawdust.
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Cape Colony
Africa
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Leduc
Ofistitutum
A. J. Janzen
Carrot River Valley
Howard and
Eldon
Sacramento
Calif
Berlin
Zebrula
Newfoundland
Island
Megan Lloyd George
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Jane Dale
New Holland
West
Great Lakes
U.S
Russia
Orienta Salutation
Bogrenchman
New York City
New Zealand
Prencun
Artice
Force Islands
Isl
Little Reggie
Margarita
Solate
Priscilla
Waldo
By al Vermeer
By William Ferguson
uoKning
Odlols
Irginia Ferguson
Dr Nata
Ne&raska
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