Canadian cities brace for summer crime influx from U S criminals
Vancouver mayor warns of an impending cross border wave of bandits armed with guns dynamite and jemmies projecting into western provinces and cities like Calgary Regina Saskatoon Winnipeg and Toronto. U S authorities and citizens unite to curb violence and arm police with modern tools while urging Canadians to resist the invasion as spring travel expands and small towns face risk.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
United States
49Th Parallel
Vancouver
Calgary
Regina
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Quebec
Toronto
Land of the Stars and Stripes
U.S.A
Dis
G. G. McGeer
Alberta Far Market Annual Sale Attracts Global Buyers
Alberta's Far Market annual sale in five years attracts buyers from Milan Vancouver London Montreal Seattle Toronto New York and Winnipeg. A $16,000 consign ment of weare pelts and a large mink shipment were snapped up. Total Alberta fur shipments last year reached $2,000,000 and may equal that by year end. Ricardo Bermano and Joseph Milstein of Milan praised fur quality after several large Italian purchases especially wolf pelts.
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Edmonton
Milan
Italy
Vancouver
London
Montreal
Seattle
Toronto
New York
Winnipeg
Alberta
Ricardo Bergmano
Joseph Milstein
Europe
Entomology Leaders Elected At Annual Meeting
L S McLaine of the Dominion Department of Agriculture is named president for 1996 by the American Association of Economic Entomologists at the annual meeting in St Toul December 80 to January (18). McLaine has led Canadian pest suppression efforts since 1913, shaping Canada’s Plant Inspection Service into a leading agency. Previously, Dr Arthur Gibson, Dominion entomologist, was elected president in 1927.
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St. Toul
Asso
Advancement of
L. S. McLaine
Plant Inspection Service of
Canada
Dominion
Arthur Gibson
Burnham L. Mitchell
James Muir
Harold G. Hesler
Mitchell
Ontario
Toronto
Muir
Hesler
Selected Gingerbread Recipe Card from an Old Cookbook
A wartime style recipe for soft gingerbread uses lard and butter, sugar, molasses, spices, flour, baking powder, and soda. The batter is mixed with hot shortening and molasses, then rolled into a pan and baked forty minutes at 350 degrees F. Serve in squares with whipped cream or sauce.
Reptile Meal Ties Goanna and Snake Capture in Australia
A tropical North Australia report describes a goanna lizard about four feet long captured by a station worker. A band pulled a snake from its mouth longer than the lizard, which had also partly eaten a large centipede. The tale notes the goanna sustained no clear advantage in the encounter.
Royal Bank of Canada 67th Annual Meeting Review
In his address at the 67th annual meeting, President Morris W. Wilson highlights past two years' achievements as basis for optimism. He cites unemployment trends improving across provinces, rising manufacturing, mining strength, and farmer price gains, while warning against costly relief and contract repudiation.
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Morris W. Wilson
Royal Bank of Canada
Canada
Wilson
British Empire
United States
Great Britain
8. G. Dobson
New Yorkers Spent 3000 Dollars Daily to Time Telegraphs
New Yorkers spent about 3000 dollars each day for telephones to obtain the correct time. The practice reflects the era's reliance on telegraph time signals and the large public demand for precise time accuracy.
Harold Lloyd nickname used by Chinese film fans
Chinese movie fans in the Far East refer to Harold Lloyd as Lax, a colloquial moniker reflecting a local nickname for the silent film star. The term appears in regional discussions about classic cinema and star recognition.
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Harold Lloyd
Lax
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Chicago
Gustav Rygloff
American Chemical Society
Staffy Hood
American Association of Entomologiate
Yar. Wilson
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