Labour's rising burden in farming cited at UN talks
Mr Colin Clarke of Brisbane urged the United Nations conference on utilization and resources to consider labor as a key factor in food production. He warned it will be increasingly hard to keep farmers contented on the land as demand grows and soil is not the only constraint.
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Colin Clarke
Bureau of Industry
Brisbane
Australia
Lake Success
New York
Clarke
Erb
Paree
Paris
Holland
Belgium
England
Scotland
Canadian Provost Corps
Eric
World prices to rise as farm output grows
Mr. Clarke forecast that by 1950 world prices for agricultural products would be about seventy five percent higher than the 1923 34 base, with further rises possible between 1960 and 1970. He warned continued rural flight threatens world food supply and stressed the farm labor factor.
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Clarke
Quake creates new islands off Queen Charlotte City
Fishermen report new islands rising from Hecate Strait depths and others sinking after recent northern British Columbia quakes. Submerged ledges shifted, creating navigation hazards near the surface and prompting calls for a reef and shoal survey to aid navigation.
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Queen Charlotte Gity
B.C
Hecate Straits
United Kingdom Orders 435000 Boxes From B C Growers
Kelowna B C A 724500 order for 435000 boxes of apples has been placed by the United Kingdom with Okanagan growers announced by A K Loyd general manager of BC Tree Fruits Ltd Loyd says prices are 10 to 15 per cent lower than the last UK order in 1946.
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Kelowna
B.C
United Kingdom
Okanagan
A. K Loyd
B.C. Tree Fruits Limited
Loyd
U.K
Fraser River Sockeye Catch Tops Two Million
Canadian and American fishermen have pulled about 2,000,000 sockeye from the Fraser River this season. Officials note the 1949 total exceeds the 1945 level by nearly 300,000 fish. An international treaty requires a 50 50 split of the Fraser River salmon harvest.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canada
United States
Alberta Boy Wins Second Place In Fiddlers Competition
Ward Allen of London Ontario won first in the old time fiddlers under 30 at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Alfred Myhre of Tolfield Alberta took second, with George Redman of Orton Ontario third. Other results list winners by age groups including over 50 and under 65, over 65 and under 75, and over 75.
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Toronto
Ward Allen
London
Ont
Alfred Myhre
Tolfield
Alta
George Redman
Orton
Earl Greer
Woodstock
John Schofield
Thomas Graham
Timmins
W. J. Overland
Caledon
Charles Dyer
Hillsbury
T. E. Sanders
Guelph
Samuel Park
Sutton West
Arthritis Cure Not In General Use Yet
OTTAWA. Cortisone, the new hope for arthritic sufferers, will not be in general use in Canada for some time. Health Minister Martin said Canadians with rheumatoid arthritis may rest assured that government agencies and voluntary organizations are working to hasten its availability, provided it meets expectations.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Martin
Purple emperor butterfly description and wingspan
The purple emperor stands as one of Britain's largest and most richly colored butterflies. Its wingspan ranges from 2 to 3.4 inches, highlighting its striking size and vivid coloration.
Do People Really Call Me Crabby
A reflection on nerve strain in women from adolescence to middle age and how Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is promoted as a tonic to restore energy and improve well being. The piece speaks to high-strung behavior and suggested benefits of the tonic for better mood and sleep.
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Dr. Chase
Dr Chase’s Nerve Food Advertises Tonics for Stress
An advertisement promotes Dr Chase’s Nerve Food as a time-tested tonic with Vitamin B iron and minerals to ease edginess and nerves. It urges readers to try the economy size, asserting the name Dr Chase as assurance.
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Dr. Chase
Saskatchewan Wheat Harvest Shifts With New Yields and Aid
Saskatchewan faces a $400 million crop estimate versus 1934’s $70 million harvest as prices rise to about $2 a bushel. Farmer Herbert Erb reports a 4000 bushel yield harvested in five days with a self propelled combine, reflecting modern farming. Prairie Farm Assistance aid totals about $12 million for 50,000 farmers with eight bushels per acre losses, while northern yields lift Saskatchewan to roughly 200 million bushels, anchoring Canada's wheat output.
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Regina
Eric
Yellow Grass
Vancouver
California
Erb
Saskatchewan
Prairie
Canada
Humorous Exchange Jokes About Marriage and Cards
A set of light hearted quips features Billy and Bobby debating fortune telling via cards, a Henpecked Club meeting interrupted by a wife, a wife mistake over a baby carriage, a salesman praised as versatile, a widow buying a burial suit, a man exploiting a tax beat, and other quick one liners all centered on marriage, money, and social mischief.
Local inventor drafts peach pitting machine in Adelaide
An Adelaide man has created a hand powered peach pitting machine aimed at saving Australian canners about 160000 dollars annually. The device halves fruit and ejects stones at a rate up to 56 pieces per minute.
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Adelaide
Australia
Sinking Second Oil Well At Lyleton Man
Souris Valley Oil company upgrades exploration in Manitoba after a dry first well near Lyleton. A second well is now drilled five miles east, down about 3000 feet, with plans for a third. California Standard Oil to begin geophysical work in the region next year.
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Winnipeg
Lyleton
Souris Valley Oil Company
Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba
Souris Company
H. L. Carnahan
California Standard Oil Company
North Dakota
Carnahan
Discovery of Electric Current By Volta Noted
Italian physicist Alessandro Volta is credited with the discovery of electric current, highlighting his pivotal work in early electrical science.
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Alessandro Volta
Two Girls Tour Canada on Horseback
Two English girls Dorothy E. Digby from London and Eileen Sinclair of Harrowgate Yorkshire toured Canada on horseback, visiting Calgary before continuing to Vancouver. They began their journey in Toronto June 29 planning to buy horses in Winnipeg but faced a shortage, buying in Regina. In Moose Jaw they exchanged their mounts for two new buckskins. Salt is noted as key in rayon production.
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Calgary
Canada
Dorothy E. Digby
London
Eileen Sinclair
Harrowgate
Yorkshire
Vancouver
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Islands
Fraser River
Alberta
One Eye Lake
British Columbia
Herbert Erb
Billy
Bobby
George
Chum
Sonny
Les Carroll
Man
Dominion Experimental Farm
Lethbridge
SWOPA
Fleischmann
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