Caodaists’ Religious Army Fights Communism in Indo China
In Indo China Caodaism with three million followers leaders a brick by brick anti Communist struggle. Caodaists field a private army of over 20 000 with Gen Nguyen Van Thanh at 35 directing a propaganda corps of 50 artists who publish anti Communist posters for distribution in Viet Minh areas.
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Earth
Saigon
Indo-China
Tayninh
Ho Chi Minh
Cao Dai
Nguyen-Van-Thanh
Second hand buying gains stylish status among Canadians
Francis James notes how second-hand furniture shifts from rock bottom stigma to fashionable antique. He advises shoppers to seek treasures, refinish items, and balance ornate pieces with simple backdrops for cohesive room design.
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Hittie Sable
World Happenings Briefly Told
The United States agreed to buy 11 million dollars worth of minesweepers from Britain for NATO allocation. Stockholm marks 700 years with a water themed summer, including an opera and drama festival from June 3 to 10. A radio controlled clock from England is set for manufacture using a master station. Agriculture Minister Ure cites a large Alberta rabies program next year. Coyotes and timber wolves rise as bounties fail to draw hunters. Silk moth cocoon displays planned for London Zoo with Canadian and Indian species. A Cleveland machine records fingerprints on cheques to replace other IDs. Britain pledges 2.5 million dollars to Jordan in 1953 for a five year growth plan. Ste Genevieve is Paris’ patron saint.
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Ure
Alberta
Northland
Edmonton
Rocky Mountain
Canada
India
London Zoo
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles E. Jones
Jones
Britain
Jordan
Danish Countess Claims First Live Mouse Heeled Shoe
A Danish countess claims she pioneered wearing a shoe with a live mouse in the high heel at a Paris ball six years ago. The Danish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals plans action through their French sister group to pursue a policy charge and bar her from France.
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Copenhagen
Danish Society For Prevention of
Paris
Irene Ahlefeldt-Laurvig
Ale Shee
Knud Jensen
Denmark
France
Robins Abundant Along Dare County Coast
NO FIRST ROBIN PROBLEM MANNS HARBOUR NC Robins may still be scarce in the north but these harbingers of spring are plentiful on the Dare County coast. The birds remain in this area throughout the winter feeding on berries and insects.
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Manns Harbour
N.C
Dare County
Rolling mills promise high speed steel strip delivery
Some rolling mills can deliver 2,000 feet of strip steel a minute, illustrating the high throughput capabilities of modern metalworking facilities and their impact on supply chains and manufacturing productivity.
Creeping Sea Floods Australian Farms Near Colac
A inland lake nicknamed the Creeping Terror threatens Colac and surrounding dairy lands in Victoria. It has swallowed about 15 000 acres, cut farm output by at least a third, and worsened as the lake rises. Engineers weigh linking canals to the Barwon River, with state and federal funds and political deadlock delaying action.
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Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Colac
Geelong
Port Philip Bay
Barwon
John Cain
Palladium Rising in Ring Making Finds Trade Majority
Pittsburg ring manufacturer notes palladium’s rapid adoption by jewelers. He cites its intrinsic quality, brilliant whiteness, and rarity versus gold, with costs similar to gold. The trend stems from wartime metal experience and growing consumer appeal.
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Pittsburgh
Fred K. Hahn
Hahn
Two Canadian Pilots Win American Distinguished Flying Cross
Two Canadian fighter pilots on loan to the U.S. Air Force receive the American Distinguished Flying Cross for Korea tour actions. Flight Lieutenant Ernest Glover of Seaside Ontario and Flight Lieutenant Claude Lafrance of Chateau d’Eau Quebec credited with shooting down MiG-15s and damaging others during their 50‑mission tour. Lafrance is praised for downing one MiG and forcing the other to retreat across the Yalu River.
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D.F.C
Korea
U.S.A.F
Ernest Glover
Seaside
Ont
Claude Lafrance
Chateau d’Eau
Que
Glover
Lafrance
Yalu River
Health article argues for early retirement prep and personal planning
Dr. R B Robson of Walkerville Ontario urges pre retirement conditioning starting at age 40 to ease the shift when aging. He says long life does not guarantee happiness and industry driven retirement raises unhappiness, advocating individual preparation over government or corporate schemes. He cites General Motors experience reducing retirement transition frustrations.
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R. B. Robson
Walkerville
Ontario
Health
Robson
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Burdick Introduces Bill To Fund International Peace Garden
Representative Asher Burdick a North Dakota Republican sponsors legislation in Congress to authorize an appropriation not to exceed 100000 dollars for completing the International Peace Garden on the U S Canada boundary.
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Asher Burdick
North Dakota
U.S
Congress
United States- Canadian
Reed Canary Grass Gains Popularity Among Saskatchewan Farmers
Reed canary grass, a native perennial, is gaining traction as a forage crop in Saskatchewan. It tolerates winter cold and flooding, thrives in wet areas, and offers high nutritive value. Seed distribution rose from 1,315 lb in 1949 to 8,998 lb in 1952, aided by price drops from 69 to 50 cents per pound under the forage crops program.
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Amon
Saskatchewan
Provincial Agriculture Department
R. E. McKenzie
McKenzie
Queen Elizabeths line traced to third century pedigree
Burke's Peerage reports Queen Elizabeth has the longest proven royal line reaching back to King Woden in the third century. Editor Leslie G. Pine says Ethiopians and Japans claims lack documentary proof. The Queen descends directly from Egbert of Wessex, starting the 60th sovereign line since 827.
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Queen Elizabeth
London
Elizabeth
Burke's Peerage
Woden
Leslie G. Pine
Ethiopia
Japan
House of Windsor
Pine
Haile Selassie
Solomon
Sheba
Egbert
Wessex
England
Flattery Quotes from Classic Thinkers
A collection of sharp thoughts on flattery from Richter Eddy Cotton Cotton Tuckerman and DeFoe. The notes contrast flattery with sincerity and warn that flattery can mask true motives and lead to mutual deception.
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Caleb Cotton
Expert cook jokes end in sausages mishap
A publisher's son marries a self proclaimed expert cook. After Bermuda he brings home sausages to serve with eggs. The bride reveals she has never cooked sausages and admits cleaning out the insides leaving little sausage behind.
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Bermuda
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Supreme Being
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Francis James
By M. Harrison-Gray
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United States
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Stockholm
Sydney Smith
Molesey
Ste. Genevieve
Angels Humane Society
William the Conqueror
Lieut
BE. Glover
Lafrancestral Press
Canadian Photoa
Peace Garden Aid
Wwe
Jean Paul Richter
Mary Baker Eddy
Nathaniel Cotton
Henry Tuckerman
Daniel DeFoe
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