Yukon Offers Wide Wild Game Hunting and Fishing Options
The Yukon presents abundant big game with liberal non resident licences and bear seasons. Caribou herds estimated around 100 000 plus mountain sheep moose and grizzly limits. Fishing features grayling trout pike and lake trout with generous bag limits and a short non resident licence. Whitehorse serves as access point with grounds reachable via Alaska Highway and air or horse routes.
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Yukon
Canada
Them Kyar
Gish and Game
G. R. Bidlake
Whitehorse
Alaska
Kathleen Lakes
Haines Road
Kathleen
Helpful Laundry Hints From An Old Column
Practical tips on mending socks with black netting to speed darning and cleaning methods for oils and delicate fabrics. Use hot water ammonia for stubborn stains, avoid wringing silk, dry silk in shade, and wash light silks with white soap. For cork removal, float cork with ammonia and wait days for it to dissolve enough to remove.
No Sampling Allowed In Best Cognac Cellar
In Paris Raymiond Brunet a popular 82 year old presides over four gastronomic societies and guards a famed cognac collection in his suburban cellar. Thirty years of sourcing across France produced bottles dating to 1800 and beyond yet he never opens a cork, keeping each spirit as memories of a wonderful life.
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Paris
Gourmets
Raymiond Brunet
France
Brunet
Smile Of The Week Calamity At Funeral Day
Mr. Henpeck, just back from his wife's funeral on a stormy day, ducked as a roof tile blew loose and sailed past his head. He quipped that she had already reached Heaven.
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Mr. Henpeck
Snake as Rat Catcher for Store
In Sydney Australia a nine and a half foot diamond snake named Joe underwent a one hour operation to repair a neck gash. Veterinarian Miss Beryl Bott performed the procedure using 34 stitches and 800 units of penicillin, saving the snake owned by Ray Prior a produce merchant. Prior says a store snake is valuable and people become attached.
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Sydney
Australia
Joe
Beryl Bott
Ray Prior
Prior
Gramophone as Asthma Aid Endorsed by Doctor
London reports Dr John Morwood in The Practitioner promoting a gramophone aid for asthma. He suggests recording soothing words to use during attacks to induce relaxation, claiming asthma is linked to mental tenseness as well as bronchial constriction.
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London
Gramophone
John Morwood
The
Practitioner
Morwood
Safety program cuts Winnipeg accident rate
A Winnipeg safety drive cut city traffic accidents in 1952 to 4 596 from 4 797 in 1951 and 5 528 in 1950 while the rest of the province saw increases to 5 658 from 4 936 in 1951 and 5 000 in 1950, with driver clinics and stricter enforcement credited.
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Winnipeg
Canadians Retire 51 000 Vehicles Annually On Average
New motor vehicles sold in Canada from 1946 to 1952 totalled 2 075 542, including 1 477 563 passenger cars and 597 979 commercial units, with a retail value of 4 478.8 million dollars. Registrations rose from 1 482 887 to about 3 200 000 by 1952, implying roughly 358 000 vehicles removed from roads in seven years and an average annual retirement near 51 000.
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Canada
Butter price support extended for two more years
Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced a two year extension of the butter price stabilization policy. The government will continue buying stocks in peak production months and releasing them in winter, with fixed prices of 58 cents a pound for first grade Canadian butter delivered to Halifax Saint John Montreal and Toronto and 57 cents to Vancouver. Last winter the government resold butter at 62 cents a pound, covering handling costs.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
George Cruickshank
Fraser Valley
Halifax
Saint John
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Premier's Daughter Wins TV Part In London Row
Shirley Douglas the 19 year old daughter of Saskatchewan Premier T C Douglas wins a TV play role over rival Yvonne Marsh who sought the part amid Channel swimmer vibes. Producer John Warrington notes Shirley has both looks and brawn for the role while Yvonne lands a separate TV part as a glamorous blonde in Pattern of Marriage.
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London
Shirley Douglas
Saskatchewan
T. C. Douglas
Yvonne Marsh
John Warrington
Yvonne
Shirley
Miss Douglas
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Hole in One A Specialty For New Zealand Woman
Mrs. F Small of Invercargill New Zealand with a 17 handicap scored her second hole in one in three days and her sixth in three months by a 120 yard ace at Queen's Park course All six aces came on different holes and she achieved an ace on each of her last three rounds.
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Invercargill
N.Z
Appetizing Recipes and Quick Cheese Straws
Crushed pineapple with lemon gelatin and cream dessert serves eight. The recipe combines pineapple juice with gelatin sugar salt and lemon juice folded with grated carrots and whipped cream. Garnish with watercress and serve with cheese straws baked from pastry and cheese.
Slavery Still Prevalent In Many Countries
UNITED NATIONS N Y A three year survey by the United Nations finds actual crude slavery persists in some regions though data is incomplete. Secretary General Trygve Lie urges the Economic and Social Council to study further steps, noting no satisfactory definition of slavery exists and proposing new clauses to update the 1926 convention.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Trygve Lie
U.N. Economic and Social Council
Lie
League of Nations
The
Economic and Social Council
North Has No Fears For City Girl
Regina report on Mrs. R. J. Smith of Toronto one of six women wintering in Uranium City Saskatchewan in 1952 53. She and her mining prospector husband faced subzero cold sleeping in clothes and tents while noting high food prices and scarce supplies. She expects a boom in Uranium City this summer and urges young wives to join their husbands for the experience.
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Regina
R. J. Smith
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Uranium City
Big City
Lake Athabaska
New Building Code Anticipated From National Research Council
Ottawa report says the Building Research Division of the National Research Council will issue a revised building code in the coming months. About 200 architects engineers inspectors and union reps under 29 committees have prepared the update the first since 1941. The draft includes fire health and structural safety measures and roughly 140 municipalities have adopted it. Work has spanned three years and this may be the last revision for some time though parts could be updated as conditions change.
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Ottawa
National Research Council
World Happenings Briefly Told
A collection of short notes reports on items including London shop sales of toothpaste and Danish dental authorities approval. A South Africa Cape Town cancer clinic opens funded by volunteers. Britain ends egg ration after 12 years as Poultry Association sends new-laid eggs to Churchill. A curling rink in Swan River Manitoba burns down after first season. Canada plans bigger trade fair displays in Toronto. A Pretoria drug para amino salicylic acid touted as leprosy cure. Argentina expects less meat due to cattle herd decline. An Eskimos tuberculosis search will start in Western Canada Arctic led by Dr. Christen sen.
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Britain
The
Poultry Association
Churchill
Food and Agriculture
Pretoria
South Africa
Jack Millar
United States Navy
American Leprosy Foundation
Argentina
Review of the
Edmonton
Canada Arctic
Department of Health
L. Christensen
Indian Health Service
Aklavik
N.W.T
Milk Weighs Gauge Varied Between US and Canada
A gallon of milk in the United States weighs about 8.6 pounds while a Canadian gallon weighs about 103 pounds. This discrepancy highlights differing volume standards and measurement systems across borders.
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United States
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