Manitoba Second Largest Inland Fishery in Canada
Manitoba hosts Canada’s second largest inland fishery with 1946 47 production reaching 28 696 600 pounds of edible fish employing over 7 000 people. Value of marketed catch totaled 4 853 738 dollars with most earnings paid to provincial commercial fishermen and much of output exported to the United States aiding the national balance of trade.
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Manitoba
Canada
Prairie Provinces
United States
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Winnipecoss
Lake Manitoba
Lake Dauphin
God's Lakes
Kitchen Meditations on Courtship and Etiquette
Grandma's advice for Billy at the party covers manners, conversation, and timing. It warns against sauciness with girls and lingering too long, urging polite hosts, peppermint aids, timely departures, and steady pursuit toward marriage with careful respect for propriety.
U S Secretary of Commerce To Open Trade Fair
Secretary of Commerce Charis Sawyer will open the 1949 Canadian International Trade Fair in Ottawa on May 30. Canadian Minister C D Howr praises the event as a boost to US Canadian trade relations and predicts strong attendance of buyers and business visitors from the United States.
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Ottawa
Charis Sawyer
United States
Canada
C. D. Howr
Trade and Commerce
Sawyers
Howe
Exhibition Commission
Department of Commerce
Washington
Sawyer
Belgium
Luxemburg
New 24 hour influenza cure trials in hospitals
London reports a new influenza cure using penicillin every four hours. The treatment claims to restore patients to health five days sooner than standard care across hospitals nationwide.
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London
Edmonton canvasser promotes Queens endowment drive
Joanne Meldrum of Edmonton leads a campus canvass for Queens University in Kingston Ontario. The campaign seeks a three thousand dollar endowment and building fund contribution.
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Joanne Meldrum
Edmonton
Alta
Queens University Endowment and Building Fund
Kingston
Ont
World Happenings Highlights and Local Figures
George Yehladi claims to be the world s lowest paid deputy foreign minister with a March salary of 2 dollars. UK and 14 international airlines craft a standard tariff for world flights. US Senate amends foreign aid to block relief to Communist controlled China. David H Gibson CBE of Toronto elected Dominion President of the Navy League of Canada for the 12th time. Olive Nicholas of Vancouver starts a 17 year career in shoes. The supertanker Imperial Alberta, Canada s largest, was launched in Chester Pennsylvania after christening by Mrs FE Manning wife of Alberta’s premier.
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George Yehladi
Hir
David H. Gibson, Cbe
Toronto
Navy League of Canada
Imperial
Alberta
Canada
Chester, Pa
FE. C. Manning
DP Domestics Popular At Domain Manitoba
Winnipeg report notes farm domestics from European DP camps becoming in demand in Domain Manitoba. Of nine DP girls arriving for Manitoba, three head here, with a dozen more continuing westward. Mr J J Sim and his wife greet a Lithuanian girl awaiting arrival as she plans a summer visit after marrying a DP man in Kitchener Ontario.
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Winnipeg
Europe
Domain
Man
Canadian National Railways
Manitoba
Prairie
J. J. Sim
D.P
Kitchener
Ont
Mr. Sim
Pernambuco Recife Port Near Europe Trade Route
Recife, capital of Pernambuco, is the nearest Brazilian port to Europe on the direct Europe to South America trade route and a frequent port of call for many European steamship lines.
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Pernambuco
Recife
Brazil
Europe
South America
Foundations Layout and 3-4-5 Square Method
The article explains laying out building foundations using a corner stake method and the 3-4-5 rule to ensure right angles. It covers setting batter boards, driving stakes, checking diagonals, and using saw cuts to guide cords for accurate measurements.
Selected Recipes Cheese Cake
Crust uses butter sugar milk flour soda and flavoring. Cream butter and sugar then add egg and milk and fold in flour with soda. Roll and line pan. Filling blends cottage cheese sugar cream lemon rind and eggs then sits on crust and bakes at 350F for about 40 minutes.
Renewal of Athabasca tar sand lease to Abasand Oils
The Alberta Gazette announces renewal of a lease on 3 840 acres of tar sand shores along the Athabasca River to Abasand Oils Ltd. The Abasand company, a private corporation, conducted wartime tests on oil and bitumen extraction. tests paused after a fire at its test plant. President Truman signed a 15 month Marshall Plan renewal totaling 5.43 billion dollars.
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Edmonton
Athabasca
Abasand Oils Ltd
Alberta Gazette
Abasand Company
Truman
Saskatchewan Irrigation Plan Advances
Regina reports an intensive $2,000,000 survey of the South Saskatchewan irrigation and power project. PFRA director L. D. Thomson says the program will study land use shifts, farm business, and recreation potential of a 135 mile reservoir. The dam to irrigate 600,000 acres could cost $66,000,000 and take up to 10 years, creating a 95,000 acre reservoir.
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Regina
South Saskatchewan
L. D. Thomson
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Association
PFRA
Agriculture Department
University Associates
Thompson
Fibton
South
Hippo Hide Thickness Report Note
An article states two inches as the average thickness of a hippopotamus hide, highlighting its durability for protective use. The fact appears in a brief note on animal physiology.
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid From Historic Page
A large cryptic like list of crossword clues spans multiple lines with numbered entries and wordplay hints. The fragment includes references to geographic, linguistic, and botanical terms alongside common crossword prompts such as prefixes suffixes and objects.
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West Hawk Lake
By Jane Dale
Billy
Dent
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
NEW Cure
BY William Ferguson
Iss
Alcock and Brown
RAF
Kwiz Korner
Atlantic Ocean
United Kingdom
US. Senate
U.S
China
Olive Nicholas
Vancouver
Saskatchewan Irrigation Plan
Bone
Golfer's Mound Capital of
Tasmania
Chaldea
Ady
Lang
Little Reggie
Margarita
Sam Hill
Priso
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