Young Farmers Drive Farm Improvements on Loans
The Finance Department reports a shift in Canadian farming loans under the Farm Improvement Loans Act. In August the heaviest lending month, 27 percent of $6,000,000 went to young men aged 20 to 30 for repairs and alterations to houses and buildings. Loans also fund water plumbing electrical appliances and new farm equipment with Eastern Canada’s hydro expansion boosting loan activity.
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Canada
Hydro
Ontario Hydro
Ontario
West
Finance Department
Indication Shows Grasshoppers To Be Bad For 1950
Saskatchewan farmers face a grasshopper menace in 1950 similar to 1949. H W Moore notes July and August adult counts suggest only slight regional differences with west central slightly better and southeast worse. Infestation may not spread as far north as in 1949 if conditions hold.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
H. W. Moore
Canada
Federal
Housing plan details for home builders and buyers
Ottawa outlines a government housing plan where buyers can secure homes with down payments from 600 to 1400 dollars for homes valued 6000 to 12000 dollars. Central Mortgage and Housing would cover the difference, with a one seventh homeowner payment. Loans base on fair price assessments, include lot value, and cap total at about 9916 dollars under the scheme.
Impatient Hunters Trapped By Self Inscribed Licences
Two Manor businessmen John Callan and Cliff Beatty sought hunting licences but forged self inscribed trapping licences after a hardware merchant gave them a store key to create their own permits. The incident highlights the danger of improvised licences and legal consequences.
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Sask
John Callan
Cliff Beatty
Allan Fisher
Fisher
Callan
Beatty
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid Fragment
Fragmented crossword puzzle with scattered clues and partial answers across horizontal and vertical entries. Includes references to chemical symbols, mythological figures, compass points, and common vocabulary, suggesting a mixed puzzle page read with missing and garbled entries.
Westerners Win Lifesaving Medals
TORONTO Two western Canada residents receive Royal Canadian Humane Association bronze lifesaving medals. Dale E. Spearing of Auburnton Sask rescued two companions from a truck that broke through river ice near Flin Flon Man Jan. 9. Beatrice M. Molyard of Liu Island Vancouver plunged into the Fraser River last November to save two year old Clifford Guiltner.
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Toronto
Western Canada
Royal Canadian Humane Association
Dale E. Spearing
Auburnton
Sask
Flin Flon
Man
Beatrice M. Molyard
Liu Island
Vancouver
Fraser River
Clifford Guiltner
Canadians Develop Nylon Fur Superior to Real Stuff
A novelty claim notes Canadians producing nylon fur said to rival genuine pelts. The remark about seals entering vaudeville adds a light, tongue in cheek note.
Dashing dress pattern 4846 for Jr. Miss sizes
Pattern 4846 offers a full skirt dress with cuffed sleeves pockets and a faux shoulder monogram. Includes easy transfer and 255 yard 54 inch fabric guidance. Order by mail with size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Record Weight for Wild Mallard Duck
Sudbury reports Doug Thompson of Trout Lake claims a new world weight for a wild mallard duck. He shot a mallard drake near Sturgeon Falls weighing six pounds five ounces. Ontario Museum records list a record mallard at three pounds.
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Sudbury
Doug Thompson
Trout Lake
Sturgeon Falls
Ontario Museum
Toronto
Selected Riechipies Dutch Apple Cake
A recipe for Dutch Apple Cake using flour sugar salt baking powder and apples. Mix dry ingredients sift three times, whisk eggs with milk and shortening, combine quickly, bake in a buttered pan at 425 degrees for 25 minutes and serve with lemon sauce or cream.
World Happenings Briefly Told
A hall in memory of Mahatma Gandhi will be built in Singapore with a library of his life and teachings. The 30th year of irrigation in Western Canada was marked by a monument at Magrath Alberta. Magic Eye sorting devices are being developed at Dollis Hill in London. A gas well in Italy’s Po Valley south of Milan vented for weeks, wasting about 30 million cubic feet daily. France urges rapid activation of Atlantic pact military clauses. The Canadian navy shifts to bunks and cafe in HMCS Sioux at Victoria. Sixteen teenage boys form a company to trade in any wriggling hopping or swimming things. Allen Crewe, Union College Vancouver student, wins one of ten Protestant Radio Commission scholarships for Hollywood radio study.
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Italy
Po Valley
Milan
Allen Crewe
Union College
Vancouver
Protestant Radio Commission of the
United States
Hollywood
Calif
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Sid Jones
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Lynden
Cornhill Refiner
R. Haining
Clive
Alta
Emmet
Compass Point
Persia
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Pompeii
NEA Service
Earth
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Little Reggie
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Reggie
Priscilla
Haze
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Bila
al Vermeer
Mahatma Gandhi
Singapore
Magrath
Post Office Research Station
Dollis Hill
London
Victoria
Carshalton
Surrey
England
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