Vancouver Prepares for Empire Games with New Stadium
Vancouver plans a large infrastructure build including EEG Stadium for 35 000 spectators and an Olympic standard swimming pool at the University of British Columbia to host visitors from at least 23 nations. An Empire Village will house athletes and officials as Duke of Edinburgh is expected to attend.
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EEG
Canada
University of BC
Canadian National Railways
Duke of Edinburgh
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Rhodesia
Gold Coast
Nigeria
Kenya
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Hong Kong
Pakistan
Jamaica
Trinidad
Fiji
Uganda
Bermuda
Barbados
University of British Columbia
Red Cross Seeks Volunteer Swimmers to Teach Immigrants
Amid Saskatchewan communities, youths seek swimming lessons and local Red Cross volunteers are urged to train as instructors. The program requires 18 year olds who swim and can teach standard strokes, with 30 hour courses in Regina Saskatoon and Moose Jaw, providing free instructor training and allowances.
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Saskatchewan
Red Cross
The
Red Red Cross
Regina
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Origin of the first alphabet remains lost to antiquity
The origin of the first alphabet is unknown with historians crediting ancient Egyptians Phoenicians Syrians Cretans and Hebrews at different times as the most likely inventors.
Taber School Unit Gains New Salary Schedule
The Taber School Division No. 6 board approved a revised teachers salary schedule effective Sept 1 1954. The basic rate rises from 2000 to 2200 with experience and qualifications still adding. Totals for teaching costs rise about 7000 in 1954 and 21000 in the next school year.
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Taber
Alta
Vitamin D as daily supplement for healthy bone growth
The article advises giving children daily vitamin D from birth to end of growth to prevent rickets and build strong bones despite limited sun exposure. It promotes tablets drops or capsules as substitutes for sun-derived benefits.
Onion fed cattle raise Salisbury steak on the hoof
Cattle rancher Moses Coulee WA Bob Billingsley feeds onions to 350 cows and 220 calves cutting hay use in half. Two onion growers shipped 450 tons to Minneapolis, cost 180 dollars to ship and got 145 back. Billingsley now feeds eight tons of onions daily, odor aside, cattle accept it and milk and meat taste not affected.
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Moses Coulee
Bob Billingsley
Billingsley
Columbia Basin
Minneapoli
Minn
Spaeth
Quiz Answers Refer to Tax Figures and Cities
Answers note 168000 as quick quiz figure with postwar high 194000 in 1951 and all time high 400000 in 1913. Year ahead federal taxation projected to more than double 1950, plus Charlottetown PEL and Quebec City cited. Labor income last year mentioned.
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Charlottetown
Pel
Quebec City
Manitoba Indian man pursues teaching after sanatorium cure
George Henderson, a 33 year old Saulteaux man from Fort Alexander, started in a Brandon sanatorium for Indian and Eskimo patients in 1949 with tuberculosis. He stayed on to complete junior matriculation and grade 12, then entered Tuxedo normal school to train as a teacher, aided by a $1,000 Indian Affairs grant. He recalls choosing education to prove Indians can learn and achieve. Before illness he worked at a Pine Falls paper factory.
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Winnipeg
George Henderson
George
Saulteaux
Brandon College
Department of Indian Affairs
Pine Falls
Gardening Rules for Spring Planting and Soil Care in Canada
The piece advises patient planting through Canada extends to early July for tender vegetables. It suggests methods to improve heavy soils with well rotted manure or homemade humus, and warns against overplanting or planting too deeply. It stresses proper seed selection vetted for Canada and gives spacing and depth guidelines for common plants.
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Canada
Busy leisure hours and retirement creativity
The piece argues against retiring with full burn out and urges choosing an engaging hobby or occupation to replace work. It notes idle days grow boring after initial freedom, and stresses using handicraft skills or creative work to keep health and interest during leisure hours.
Fashionable Yellow Laundry Starch in 17th Century
In the 17th century, laundry starches were colored with yellow being the most fashionable for men. The trend reflects era grooming and textile care practices and the social signaling of color in menswear.
Whooper Be Depicted On Airmail Stamp Proposal
A proposed Canadian airmail stamp may feature the whooping crane after a striking photo of three birds in flight over Saskatchewan. The article notes near extinction concerns, a population of 24 in Texas on winter return, and broader conservation efforts across Canada including caribou and bird feeding stations.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
United States
Texas
Lambton
Ontario
Pennsylvania
Mackenzie River
Hudson Bay
Two 1864 Conferences Led to Confederation Cities
The quiz asks where the two pivotal 1864 conferences that sparked Confederation were held. It also questions what share of Canada’s railway mileage lies west of Fort William, and compares tax totals and wages between 1952 and 1953. Additional prompts ask 1953 immigration totals and future tax expectations.
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Canada
Fort William
Ottawa
Whites Returning Favor To Indians
Harold Read, provincial game supervisor, reported that close to 200 hides of moose elk deer and antelope were donated to Indians by hunters across Saskatchewan. Initiated by the Canoe Lake Indian womens Home makers club the effort drew widespread hunter support and truckloads were sent to Canoe Lake and other settlements. The Indians will tan the hides to make moccasins and clothing in a program called Operation Hide.
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Prince Albert
Harold Read
Saskatchewan
Canoe Lake
Indian Women’s Homemakers Club
Mr. Read
Quick Home Fixes from Everyday Tasks
A note describes simple kitchen and household hacks. It suggests using waxed paper over a knife edge to cut butter neatly, covering banana stains with fuller’s earth paste, taping worn shoe linings to protect stockings, and cleaning irons by rubbing rotten stone with sweet oil on a board.
Going Into Second Gear for Over-40 Health
After forty, many slow down and should get a thorough medical check up. Ensure strenuous athletics do not strain the heart. Eyes may need glasses for continued efficiency. With sensible health rules, good health can be maintained now and later.
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