Shopping Spree To Equip U N s 39 Story Secretariat
The United Nations plans a vast furnishings program for its 39 story headquarters. France Britain China and the United States show strong interest while Soviet Russia remains silent. Wallace Harrison directs the buy funded by a $65 million U S loan. The project aims for an artful, world class decor amid architectural constraints and a six block enclave between East River and First Avenue.
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France
Britain
China
United States
Soviet Russia
U.N
Trygve Lie
Wallace Harrison
Secretariat
Vermont
Wallace K. Harrison
East River
First Ave
42Nd St
Arts Department Entry Form Note
A fragment from an arts department notice instructs writers to provide name address and pattern number clearly on Winnipeg Ne Toronto Street W and similar postal references. The text emphasizes plain writing of those details for processing.
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Arts Department
Winnipeg
Torono
Toronto
Man Ends 14-Month Sealed Car Stint in Arkansas
Don Haynes of Ashland Oregon emerged from a sealed automobile after living inside it for 13 months and 18 days. He had bet $25 000 he could stay 14 months, saying he quit after losing contact with his publicity man and now seeks work.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Don Haynes
Ashland
Ore
Haynes
E. B. Mulden
Gems Of Thought Quotes On Books By Notable Figures
A collection of hallmark lines on reading and books attributed to Charles W Eliot Paxton Hood Chambers Seneca James McCosh and Mary Baker Eddy. The passages praise books as faithful friends counselors and teachers urging careful reading and independent thought.
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Charles W Eliot
Paxton Hood
James McCosh
Mary Baker Eddy
Storage ideas for under sink and laundry tips
The text suggests adding narrow side shelves and door racks for under sink storage and using hooks or sliding rods with care to avoid plumbing interference. For washing corduroy, use mild soap suds, machine wash five minutes, rinse three times, and hang to dry without wringing. It advises six sheets per bed, three pillowcases, and labeling varying sheet sizes for easy selection.
Gardening Rules For Transplanting And Quick Vegetable Growth
The piece advises keeping roots moist when moving plants, planting deeper, firming soil, and watering after transplanting. It covers staking young trees, shading small plants, and timing of transplanting. It then outlines steps for rapid vegetable growth in Canada: good seed, thorough cultivation, proper spacing, weekly tending, use of fertilizer, and avoiding cultivation when soil is too wet.
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Canada
Try and Stop Me A Bennett Cerf Moment
A busy executive orders a half hour golf lesson to cover a whole course. A tailor faces a customer indignation over a sixty five dollar suit purchase and asks what remains of the payment. You can't drift into success.
British Firms To Exhibit At Prairie Fairs
British firms from Nottingham Northampton and Leicester will display boots shoes toys lathes under ware and more to 100000 Canadian farmers at five Prairie Fairs this year. Visitor arrangements made by W G Coventry UK Trade Commissioner in Winnipeg. Exhibits in Brandon Calgary Edmonton Saskatoon and Regina between July 3 and August 5 feature textiles clothing hardware cutlery leather goods pottery small machinery and other goods. Coventry promoted the fairs as a prime shop window to reach Prairie farmers before the Anglo Canadian wheat agreement ends this July.
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Nottingham
Northampton
Leicester
England
W. G. Coventry
United Kingdom
Winnipeg
Brandon
Calgary
Edmonon
Saskatoon
Regina
Coventry
North Midland
Huddersfield Ministers to Take Canadian Posts
Two Congregational ministers from Huddersfield depart in April to join the United Church in Canada. Rev. Arthur Packman plans to settle in Ontario and Rev. John Probyn Travis will serve in New Brunswick.
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Arthur Packman
John Probyn Travis
Huddersfield
United Church In
Canada
Packman
Ontario
Travis
New Brunswick
Squirrel Receives Emergency Dental Help in Park
Willy the squirrel in Centralia Park could not eat due to long lower teeth until ASPCA officer Arthur Streater captured him and had his teeth filed at the ASPCA hospital. He now returns to the park eating nuts again.
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Los Angeles
Willy
Centralia Park
Arthur Streater
American Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
A.S.P.C.A
Canadians urged to fund arthritis and rheumatism research
Dr. Wallace Graham promotes an $850000 appeal by the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society to expand out patient and mobile clinics. The program aims to triple facilities, fund cause research, and cut wage losses worth 54000000 yearly.
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Wallace Graham
Canada
Graham
Canadian
The
Society
Victoria
Vancouver
Prince Albert
Saskatoon
Regina
Winnipeg
London
Hamilton
Toronto
Kingston
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Australia Aims to Reach Population of 20 Million
Australia plans to admit about 200000 immigrants in 1950 with half from Britain as part of a push toward a population of 10 million by 1957 and 20 million in the lifetime of most Australians. The June 1947 census recorded 7,579,000 people.
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Aim of
Australia
Sydney
Kingom
International Refugee Organization
Europe
Rose gardens blooming at Canadian army cemeteries in France
Ray Dennis of Winnipeg reports three Canadian cemeteries in France are in excellent condition with rose bushes between graves and new headstones replacing iron crosses at Beny-sur-mer. Bayeux and Bretteville crosses update varies as local British families care for graves near Caen. Dennis and his brother Frank visited Saint Leonards on Sea, their birthplace.
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Winnipeg
France
Ray Dennis
England
Holland
Dennis
Frank
Swan River
Man
St. Leonards On Sea
Sussex
Beny-sur-mer
Bayeux
Bretteville
Caen
Radio Operators of B C Contact Russian Hams
Vancouver hams report daily contact with Russian operators though Moscow signals dominate. Ernie Savage notes Russians discuss weather and work but avoid deeper topics while occasional chatter from Vladivostok and Alaska links occurs.
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B.C
Vancouver
British Columbia
Russia
Canada
Ernie Savage
Moscow
Vladivostok
Alaska
Farmer’s Barn Fire Sparks Cash Claim Refusal
A farmer faced an insurer agent who offered to rebuild a barn identically rather than cash the claim. Enraged, the farmer retorted that if that is the company’s method, they could cancel his wife’s policy as well.
Moody Acknowledges Support in Newbury Board Run
Charles Moody of Newbury Massachusetts ran for the board of public welfare despite his wife’s wishes and lost in the town election. He published a newspaper notice thanking 94 voters and his wife’s thanks to the 865 nonvoters.
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Charles Moody
Newbury
Mass
Board of Public Welfare
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Cades
Truman
Lake Success
Long Island
Board of Art
United Nations Organization
rCentral Press
United Nations
New York
Fers
Seneca
Garden
Bennett Cerf
Western Germany
John J. McCloy
U.S
Germany
Western Europe
McCloy
Washington
Dean Acheson
Winston Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
S.N.8
Judy Witmer
Kitchener
Judy
Evelyn Dah
Birch Hills
Sask
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