Prince Edward Island seals 3,000,000 bushed potato contract
Premier Jones announced the closure of a 3 million bushel potato contract between Prince Edward Island and the United Kingdom. Short-term Royal Canadian Navy commissions were granted to 52 P C N Reserve air crew officers. A census to count Canadian moose will be conducted by Royal Ontario Museum zoologists. A Lucknow man unearthed 700 old silver coins dated 1370 AD while repairing his house foundations. About 10 workers were buried when Berlin air ministry debris collapsed. Gandhi received a popular-priced watch by a British firm after his dollar watch disappeared 25 years ago. The Portuguese government awarded 1.4 million pounds to British shipbuilders for destroyer squadron modernization. Vancouver’s junior board of trade earned its top national award for the second year in Montreal. Autograph hunting is traced to the 14th century.
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Royal Canadian Navy
P.cn
Reserve
Lucknow
India
Cougar College to Train Cougar Hunters in British Columbia
The British Columbia government plans a new predatory animal control program by opening a Cougar College on Vancouver Island. Led by Jimmy Dewar Chief Game Warden the school will train five imported cougar hounds to create scientifically managed kennels for hunting felines that threaten livestock and property. Dewar recently hunted a male cougar on Bowen Island as part of the operation.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
B.C. Game Commission
Jimmy Dewar
B.C
Bowen Island
Dewar
Arizona
Big Cuban Crop May Boost Sugar
Ottawa reports frost and late seeding hurt domestic beets but Cuban sugar crop is running about ten percent above forecast. An 800000 ton phantom allocation may be realized, easing Canadian ration pressures and boosting potential future dividends for households. Much of Cuba’s sugar is already in Canada, improving supply outlook amid U.S. decontrol questions.
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Ottawa
Cuba
Canada
United States
Canada reports 63 637 new dwellings built in 1946
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics announces a revised 1946 total of 63 637 new dwelling units in Canada, up from 48 599 in 1945. The 1946 figure includes 48 790 single homes, multiple unit buildings, apartments, business premises, other types, and conversions.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Walking Record From New York To San Francisco Set in 1929
Abraham L. Monteverde of Mays Landing New Jersey completed a cross country walk in 79 days 10 hours 10 minutes covering 3415 miles from New York to San Francisco.
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New York
San Francisco
Abraham L. Monteverde
Mays Landing
N.J
Miniature motorcycle for paratroops to be exported
A miniature motorcycle designed for paratroops and dropped with them at Arnhem is being built for export.
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London
Arnhem
Breakfast with a Flourish Coffee Cake Recipe
A family brunch treat described as orange coffee cake. The recipe uses shortening sugar egg orange juice milk orange rind corn flakes allspice and butter. Steps include creaming eggs with sugar adding flavoring then folding with sifted flour and liquids, topping with corn flake crumb mixture and baking at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes yielding nine squares.
Murder mystery read at 2 am inspires strange image
A Calgary Albertan note recalls reading a murder mystery at 2 am and a window shade turning loose and zipping to the top, creating a vivid late night moment. The quirky detail reflects the paper's casual, quirky tone.
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The
Calgary Albertan
Woman Mayor Shuts Down Town Marshal in Soap Lake
In Soap Lake Washington Mayor Maggie Waltho 270 pounds fired Marshal James Rigas and took his station wagon declaring a woman can run this one horse town. She says she will act as marshal until a better one comes along and notes she may carry a shillelagh if needed. Rigas' wife cites confiscated punch boards at taverns as the reason, which the mayor denies.
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Soap Lake
Wash
Maggie Waltho
Waltho
Maggie
James Rigas
Rigas
War housing chief says men found housework tolerable
In England during the war Sir Thomas Bennett, wartime controller of temporary housing, says men who helped with housework discovered it wasn’t as bad as women feared and many women enjoy housework since it lets them come and go as they like.
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Woman Magazine
England
Sir Thomas Bennett
Britain
Bod kin hairpin reference found in early times
The phrase notes that an early version of the modern hairpin was called a bod kin. It describes historical terminology for a hair accessory and its evolution.
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid With Numerous Entries
A jumble of crossword clues lists across and down entries with hints for man’s nickname fortification tapered piece of wood and other terms including fish eggs English river canvas shelters and a host of related word prompts across vertical and horizontal entries. The page compiles a standard puzzle grid style with enumerated clues and crossing words for solvers.
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Syria
Flour Sack Frock Fashion From Vancouver Veterans
Three World War II veterans formed the Mc Queen White Dickinson Co to turn used flour sacks into wearable gowns. They surveyed preferences in multiple countries and bought 20 000 yards of sacks in flowered striped and plain designs. Now women in China Greece Poland South America and the Philippines wear flour sack frocks proudly labeled made in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
McQueen White & Dickinson Co
Milady
China
Greece
Poland
South America
Phillipines
Ontario to Have Front and Rear License Plates in 1948
Ontario motorists will require two license plates next year for the first time since 1943. The Ontario Highways Department awarded the contract to the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph for 1948 plates bearing easy to read white characters on a navy blue background.
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Toronto
Ontario Motor Vehicles
Ontario Highways Department
Ontario Reformatory
Guelph
Piccard Plans Bathysphere Dive Off West African Coast
Dr Auguste Piccard, noted Swiss scientist who reached the stratosphere in 1932 and 1934, intends to descend three miles beneath the sea off West Africa this fall. He aims to stay for 12 hours to study marine life and plants.
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Auguste Piccard
West African
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