Regina Soprano Wins First Honors In Radio Competition
Regina Soprano from Regina Sesk. won first honors and a 1000 dollar scholarship in the C I L Singing Stars Of Tomorrow radio series final at Massey Hall Toronto. Other finalists shared 500 dollar prizes and semi finalists received 100 dollar awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Toronto
Pierre Boulet
Quebec City
Marguerite Gignac
Windsor
Ont
Hubert Save
Montreal
Doreen Hulme
Sault St. Marie
Mary Morrison
Winnipeg
Joseph Rouleau
Denali Garrard
Vancouver
Edward Johnson
Metropolitan Opera Company
Massey Hall
Johnson
Herbert H. Lank
Canadian Industries Limited
Rhynd Jamieson
A. A
Unlikely Longevity Tales From Oddball News Bits
A collage of anecdotes on age and wealth including Morocco's 108 year old grand vizier who credits forty wives, Max Morris at 101 who smokes five cigars daily, Johnny Horan who worked eighty three years for Milwaukee Road, and a London clerk who won 210000 from football pools tax free.
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Grand Vizier
Morocco
Max Morris
San Fancisco
Hearty
Johnny Horan
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Railroad
Johnny
Milwaukee Road
Kenneth Clark
London
Governor Dewey OKs Permanent Auto Licence Plates
Governor Thomas E. Dewey signs a 1953 bill authorizing the New York Motor Vehicle Commission in Albany to issue permanent automobile license plates.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
N.Y
Vision not eyes but brain process controls sight
The text states sight is a brain process that depends on normal nervous system function, while the eye is merely the instrument of vision. It emphasizes brain activity, not the eye, as the key to vision.
World Happenings Briefly Told
Rear-Admiral Rowley Conway, 75, who returned from retirement to command ships across the Atlantic in World War II, has died. Ratepayers in Carrot River Sask approve a 15000 bylaw to finance the new memorial skating rink completion. Britain buys 3000000 pounds of strategic reserves mainly sugar cereals fats and canned meat. A London co operative store is fined 60 for selling bread containing a piece of old newspaper. Thirty children were rescued from a disabled ferris wheel in Camden New Jersey. Five Adelaide University medical students face manslaughter charges in the death of a freshman during an initiation. The Indian Government refuses visas to Paul Robeson and to Dr Hewlett Johnson.
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Rowley Conway
Carrot River
Sask
Adelaide University
Australia
Blessed Hour Meditation and Okanagan Lake Note
A reflective verse by Jane Dale praises a peaceful end of day and homeward solace. The item also notes B C's Okanagan Lake is 69 miles long and 242 miles wide.
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B.C
Okanagan Lake
Woman Gives Birth After Eleven Months at Norristown Hospital
Doctors at Sacred Heart Hospital in Norristown report a rare 11 month pregnancy ending in the birth of a boy weighing eight pounds three ounces. A Newark boy ages four watched his father hang signs and attempted the task himself, while doctors later removed a tack from his sister Celestine’s head. Lotus seeds buried in bogs for a century show development after oxygen deprivation.
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Sacred Heart Hospital
Norristown
Howard Lawson, Jr
Newark
N.J
Howard
Celestine
Quick Oven Cleaning Tip Using Ammonia Soak
A simple overnight method suggests placing a dish of soapy ammonia water inside the oven. In the morning the loosened grease can be scrubbed away easily.
Advanced over and under distance training for track
A sports clinic outlines preseason conditioning focusing on over and under distance training. It details warmups, thigh and hip loosening, and alternating short repeats with longer runs. Examples cite quarter and three quarter mile blocks, with elite athletes like Emile Zatopek noted for high-intensity cycles.
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Michigan University
Don Scott McEwen
Ottawa
Ontario
North America
East Wind Reaches Farther North Than Any Western Hemisphere Ship
The coast guard icebreaker East Wind logged a record northern voyage last summer, coming within 445 nautical miles of the North Pole. It marked the farthest distance a ship under its own power has travelled in the western hemisphere.
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Coast-Guard
North Pole
Crossword Puzzle Puzzle List of Clues and Grid Positions
A crossword style puzzle page lists horizontal and vertical clues with numerous numbered entries, including musical instrument, deer of India, transgression, and various objects, colors, and concepts. The grid coordinates show many numbers such as 1, 12, 23, 34, 38, 42, 46, 62, 69, and 85, with clues spanning a mix of definitions and wordplay.
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India
New Guinea
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June Kowalchuk
Mhume
Rex Battle
John Adaskin
I-L
Canada
CBC
Dominion
June Rovalchuk
Marguerite Geenad LaSalle, Ont
Pierre Boutet
P.O
Robert Savoie
P.Q
Visnas
William Pitt
Republic of
Florence
Union
Association of
Phylis Crone
Averil Ames
Averil
Miss Ames
Britain
Camden
Paul Robeson
Hewlett Johnson
Canterbury
By Jane Dale
NAVY
Fisenhower
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Western
Europe
Andre Georges le Monnier
Admiral le Monnier
Tag A
Texcciox
NEA Service. Inc
Vm. Rega
Pat Ore
Weiwiz Korner
Venus
Sports College
Lloyd
Ace” Percival
Emile Zatopek
Toronto 1
Guido
Cerium
Virgil
By Len Kleis
Priscilla
Waldo
al Vermeer
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