Barbados Sergeant Travels to Learn Canadian Mounted Police Methods
Sgt Fitzherbert Bancroft of the Barbados mounted police travels 2500 miles to Ottawa for six months of RCMP training at Rockcliffe barracks. He will study horsemanship and equitation, aiming to improve Barbados patrols on 23 mounts across 17 stations. Barbados police, a 512-strong force, employs mounted patrols to cover sugar plantations and operates with a brass band.
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Fitzherbert Bancroft
Barbados
RCMP
Rockcliffe Barracks
Canada
Commonwealth
Bancroft
Mounted Police
Bobby
Sgt. Bancroft
Radar-equipped car stops automatically on obstacle
Washington representative Louis Rabaut described a Detroit safety engineer Carl Rashid devised radar guided car. A radar screen below the grill projects an impulse that halts the car if anything enters its path, with a rear device to protect pedestrians when reversing.
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Washington
Louis Rabaut
Dem
Mich
Rabaut
Carl Rashid
Detroit
Superstitious Crow Deterrent Devised in Winnsboro
In Winnsboro Louisiana Hub Dear claims crows avoid watermelon patches if stakes are driven at intervals with string stretched between them. He says the string appears as a trap so the crow will not land in the patch. Dear adopted this 1917 scarecrow method and has used it since.
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Winnsboro
Hub Dear
Dear
300-year-old Indian elder body found in Saint John
Archaeologist J Russell Harper of the New Brunswick Museum reports the 300 year old Indian elder was found at a site believed to be a fort built by Charles LaTour in 1631. The grave yielded hundreds of glass beads knives a bone carved pipe copper chain and copper wire.
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Saint John
J. Russell Harper
New Brunswick
Charles LaTour
Harper
St. John River
Home Workshop Patterns Offer Compact Living Room Projects
This ad describes utility style small living room builds using %-inch plywood with options to finish in fine cabinet woods. It promotes Pattern 439 for chair and hamper designs, Pattern 280, and a five-pattern Small Household Furniture packet for 1.50 postpaid. Address orders to Home Workshop Pattern Service in Vancouver B C.
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Department P.P.L
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Drafting Career Offered by Toronto Diploma Course
Classified ad promotes a home study diploma for draftsmanship with a free folder and low fees. Primary School of Drafting invites applicants via P Box 123, Station in Toronto Ontario.
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Primary School of Drafting
Dept. P
Toronto
Ontario
First memorial to Lord Selkirk in Winnipeg planned
The first marked memorial to Lord Selkirk the founder who brought settlers to the Red River valley in 1812 will be built in downtown Winnipeg. Construction begins within two weeks with an unveiling set for Sept 27. A stone wall 25 feet long will bear a bronze marker and support a 30 foot flagpole.
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Winnipeg
Lord Selkirk
Red River Valley
Federal Historic Sites and Monument Board
Roy Sellers
University of Manitoba
Manitoba
Legislative
Thomas Douglas
Hudson’s Bay Company
North-West Trading Company of
Montreal
Seven Oaks
France
HBC
Diabetic Child Improves on Normal Diet Says Swiss Doctor
A Swiss medical scientist reports diabetic children fare better eating normally rather than on a restricted fruit and vegetable diet. Since 1946 they avoid overeating and nibbling, showing excellent growth, less insulin need, and improved mood and self confidence.
British firm sets atomic reactor price at Geneva conference
A new British company told the International Atomic Conference in Geneva it would sell atomic reactors for about 210000 dollars each while an American firm pegged models near 200000 dollars. A Manila paper speculates space stations could house all singers of the waitandweep school and ship them on one way rockets. Nine Chester White pigs at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago suffered sunburn on a sunny day.
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Geneva
Manila
Philippines
Chicago’s
Brookfield Zoo
Modern Lampshade Surprise Sparks Husband Row
A Memphis housewife unveiled a new lampshade in a bright modern style and startled her husband who warned she would wear it to church if he saw it again. Des Moines officials unveil dog tags shaped like fire plugs with no word on ball and chain license paper.
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Memphis
Tenn
Des Moines
Iowa
Gems of Thought Reflections From Classic Thinkers
A collection of pithy quotes from Wertheimer Holmes Eddy Santayana Reynolds and Thoreau. The passages contrast doubt reflection and inner strength with social harmony and persistent thought. Each line presents a distinct idea on thinking and virtue.
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Max Wertheimer
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mary Baker Eddy
George Santayana
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Henry David Thoreau
Small irrigated Alberta farms rely on soil balance and crops
Alberta irrigation studies show farms with less than a quarter section irrigable land must optimize soil fertility moisture and water relations. Phosphorus and nitrogen deficiencies are common. ammonium phosphate and nitrogen fertilizers rise. Soil improvement crops and legume rotations double yields and improve quality, reducing dependence on summer fallow.
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Alberta
Obs Boeen Ae
Taber
Outdoor meals for the family with frozen bread tips
The article recommends involving all family members in lunch duties and using frozen bread slices to simplify sandwiches. Frozen slices stay separate and keep fillings fresh, with the loaf thawing in 3 to 4 hours at room temperature, while frozen slices thaw faster. This technique is promoted as a practical, cool idea for hot weather.
Smile of the Week Sparks Neighbor Street Feud
A humorous panel portrays two neighbors arguing over a boy who reportedly struck another with a brick. The tale frames a domestic neighborhood clash with a punchline about mischief and blame.
Eight years for new pig breed at Lacombe farm
Alberta livestock chief Dr. Alex Charnetski notes the Lacombe Dominion Experimental Farm discarded more than 3,000 pigs to develop a superior breed. He warns that without trained geneticists and large investment farmers cannot reliably create a profitable new breed and may mislead others.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Lacoide
Lacombe
Alex J. Charnetski
Alberta
Charnetski
Mr. Charnetski
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