Gas Station Romance Beats Old Money for Elaine
Don Nichols, a grease smeared gas station worker, loves Elaine Anderson the heiress. He rejects wealth and proposes after scheming to win her with a life built from their own labor. Elaine agrees and they marry, planning a future of joint stations despite her father’s threat to cut her off.
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Tse
Don Nichols
Jack
Miss Anderson
Mr. Nichols
Don
Elaine
Flaine
Elaine Anderson
Anderson
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Slice Firm Unpeeled Tomatoes Frying Recipe
Slice firm unpeeled tomatoes and dip in flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Fry to a light brown on both sides, five or six slices at a time to avoid breaking. Remove, pour in top milk and bring to a boil. Pour over tomatoes. The flour left in the pan gently thickens the sauce.
Apple Pie Layered Bake With Toasted Crumbs
Buttered crumbs and apple slices are layered in a baking dish with juice or water and sugar. Bake one hour covered halfway, then serve with hard sauce or cream. Pineapple can be prepared the same way using pineapple juice as liquid.
Three Robin Hood Fans Plan Trans Canada Bow Hunting Trek
Maurice Charles Nikki Charles and Leo B Theroux of San Francisco will travel by jeep and trailer across Canada armed with bows. They aim to live off game in season and seek bounty money for predators as they prove people can live off the land as in Robin Hood days.
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Victoria
Maurice Charles
Nikki
Leo B. Theroux
San Francisco
Robin Hood
Charles
Early Base Ball roots traced to 19th century courts
Research indicates the game known as Base Ball originated in the United States and England before 1839, with early references and evolving playing rules suggesting a mutual transatlantic development. The finding highlights cross‑Atlantic echoes in early sport culture and the emergence of organized play.
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United States
England
Dutch Families to Seek Canadian Farms
Edmonton reports 4000 to 5000 Netherlands families plan to come next year to Canada to purchase farm lands. Resources Minister J. MacKinnon says negotiations are under way with Dutch authorities. about 20000 people could be involved. They are prospective landowners rather than farm laborers.
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Edmonton
Canada
J. MacKinnon
MacKinnon
Navy chief says atomic bomb does not change naval role
Sir Charles Wright of the Royal Navy Scientific Service says the atomic bomb will not alter the navy's function. The fleet remains needed to wage war and transport troops and matériel.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Sir Charles Wright
Royal Navy
Harvests in Carlyle district show record potential
Western Briefs report nine straight years of good yields in Carlyle Saskatchewan with harvest in full swing and promise of a crop equal to 1915. Edmonton notes grain shipments from Peace River area reached a record 23 850 000 bushels for the year ending July 31, up 500 000 from the prior year. Other items: Stoughton ratepayers plan a meeting on a cottage hospital and doctor services. Hudson Strait ice conditions improved versus last year. Mrs C Konkin of Veregin wins largest pike at Madge Lake weighing 9 3/4 pounds. paving begins on 1 mile Nelson Nelway Highway with Storms Construction of Vancouver handling work.
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Carlyle, Sask
Carlyle
Edmonton
Peace River
J. M. MacArthur
Northern Alberta Railways
Kamsack, Sask
No Shortage Of Butter In Northland
Eskimo families on Salisbury Island salvaged large supplies of butter and coffee drifting ashore from the wrecked Hudsons Bay Company ship Nascopie. Transport workers at Nottingham traded tea for the butter and coffee, giving the Eskimos access to goods lacking in southern Canada.
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Churchill
Man
Canada
Salisbury Island
Hudson's Bay Company
Cape Dorset
Department of Transport
Nottingham
Canada plans special stamp for responsible government
Ottawa announced by Postmaster General Bertrand that a four cent postage stamp will be issued on October 1 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of responsible government in Canada.
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Ottawa
Bertrand
Canada
Rush In Alaska For Uranium Rush
Alaska faces a new boom as the Atomic Energy Commission offers a $10,000 bonus for locating a sizeable uranium deposit. Prospectors flood the wilderness seeking pitchblende and carnotite while officials note guaranteed prices and transportation help. The rush is expected to peak next summer as gear and methods are studied.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Atomic Energy Commission
B. D. Stewart
Territorial Commissioner of Mines
AEC
Stewart
Potato famine feared on coast in BC winter crop
A Provincial Agriculture Department official warned British Columbia faces a potential winter potato famine unless a dry spell arrives soon. The blight, worsened by wet weather, is blamed for the alarming crop outlook.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Agriculture Department
Veterans Turn Hobby Into Profit With Travel Shorts
Two United States Army veterans, visiting Grand Prairie Alta, earn their living by making and showing educational pictures and travel shorts. They travel in a converted army truck, turning a hobby into a profitable venture.
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Grand Prairie
Alta
Clifford Dorantia Receives Canadian Diamond Medal
Clifford Dorantia 28, Brantford court reporter, won the Business Educators Association of Canada diamond medal for shorthand at 200 words a minute. He was the fifth Canadian to receive the award. A note warns against using soda in cooking as it destroys vitamins.
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Hamilton
Clifford Dorantia
Business Educators Association of Canada
Dorania
Brantford
Ont
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Martin Milburn
Sne
Brown Betty
Manitoba
Altona
Dominion
Morden
Dodd
Dodds
Western Briefs
Stoughton, Sask
Stoughton
Hudson Strait
N B. Maclean
Charles A. Caron
Nelson
B.C
West Kootenay
Washington
Storms Construction (Pacific) Ltd
Vancouver
Northland
MacDonald
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Idieggy
Sandy
Gregory Peck
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