Queen’s War Aid Fund Expands London House Extension
Since World War II Commonwealth and American food parcels helped Britain. the Queen started a fund in 1950 now over 2 000 900 dollars to extend London House for Commonwealth and American students. The project will add quarters for singles and families and open residence to Americans, marking enduring friendship across nations.
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Canada
Commonwealth
United Kingdom
United States
Britain
London
Queen
Princess Elizabeth
London House
Calendar reform urged to push world calendar agenda
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce asks the government to push the world calendar onto the United Nations Assembly agenda. It envisions a year division with equal quarter lengths and notes color blindness remarks, highlighting the diverse issues in the briefing.
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Toronto
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
United Nations Assembly
Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Winni
Anne Adams Pattern Dept at 60 Front Street West Toronto involved in a local business listing. The short item notes a pattern department and its address in the city.
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Anne Adams
Winni Newspaper Union
Front Street W
Toronto
Very Choice Pork Tenderloin Dish for Sunday Supper
A hot or cold serving pork tenderloin recipe features bacon bits inserted into gashes. Ingredients include bacon, onion, flour, salt, pepper, nutmeg, chili sauce, water, and Ever-Sure Pie Paste. Prepare by wiping meat and stuffing bacon pieces into the pork for flavor.
Funny and Otherwise: A Parade of Quick Quips
A humorous collection of brief exchanges and quips from a social scene. Jokes cover marriage, etiquette, age, conventions, and daily foibles with light, playful wit. The pieces feature interactions among Mavis Joan Mrs Black Mrs White and others in casual banter.
Coronation Day Declared a Public Holiday in Canada
Ottawa reports that an official notice will appear in the Canada Gazette declaring June 2 1953 Coronation Day a public holiday in Canada. The announcement confirms national observance of the royal event.
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Canada
Ottawa
Canada Gazette
Potato weighs four pounds ten ounces in Merrill garden
John Delver of Merrill Saskatchewan grew a massive potato in his garden weighing four pounds ten ounces. The spud measured eight inches in length and six inches in diameter marking it as a remarkable harvest.
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Merrill, Sask
John Delver
Wonder Formula Restores Hair Across Canada
An advertisement promotes Thalia Hair Restorer Formula TH.10 as a natural herbal product that restores vigor to hair after baldness. The makers guarantee results or a full refund and invite readers to write for free information to Dept. W 13.
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Canada
Dept. W
New Customs Rules End Free Coffee Duty Concession Abroad
Ottawa reports new customs regulations affecting parcels to Canadian service members in Britain and Germany. Two pounds of coffee monthly is no longer duty free along with coffee, liquor, cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. The change stems from ample overseas supplies.
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Ottawa
Defence Department
Britain
Germany
More Shorthorns For Canada Sale Highlights
Twenty two Shorthorns valued at 23000 dollars were bought by Canadians at Perth Scotland from the Cruggleton herd sale. Purchasers included A R Cross Alberta 3234 for a heifer and 2184 for a yearling, Grant Campbell Ontario 1064 for a three year old cow and 1232 for a four year old, E J Camaert Alberta 1680 for a three year old and 840 for a seven year old, J L Sleigh 812 for a five year old, and F E B Gourlay Moray Herd South Alberta 1260 for a seven year old.
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Perth
Scotland
Cruggleton
A. R. Cross
Alberta
Grant Campbell
Moffat
Ontario
E. J. Camaert
Rockford Farms
J. L. Sleigh
F. E. B. Gourlay
Moray Herd
South Alberta
Vessel Manned by Women in Hudson Bay Port
The La Cordillera, owned by Buries Masks, docked at a Hudson Bay port with ten women cooks and stewards aboard. Owners asked Royal Navy Women's Auxiliary veterans for applications after the last war and received many. The women enjoy sea work and report low turnover.
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Churchill
la Cordillera
Buries Masks
Hudson Bay
Royal Navy Women's Auxiliary
Canada Farm Horses Drop From 1951 Levels
Canada reported 1,180,550 farm horses in June 1952 a decline of 15 percent from June 1951. The human body is about six percent mineral matter by weight.
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Canada
Prairie Dog Town Near Val Marie Faces Extinction Risk
Prairie dogs in Val Marie Saskatchewan live in two mound clusters near Frenchman Creek. Museum workers trapped 12 in six days for study and mounting, sending six to Moose Jaw park. Decline since white settlement risks extinction. naturalists urge protection.
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Provancia
Fred Lahrman
Terry Waliker
Dogtown
Moose Jaw
Regina
Val Marie
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