Regina Soprano Wins First Honors In Radio Competition
Regina Soprano of Regina Saskatchewan won first honors and a 1000 dollar scholarship in the C I L Singing Stars Of Tomorrow radio contest in Toronto. Pierre Boutet of Quebec City was top male winner. Other finalists included Marguerite Gignac Windsor and Robert Savoie Montreal with scholarships.
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Regina
Toronto
June Kowalchuk
Sask
C-I-L
Pierre Boutet
Quebec City
Marguerite Gignac
Windsor
Ont
Robert Savoie
Montreal
Doreen Hulme
Sauit St. Marie
Mary Morrison
Winnipeg
Joseph Rouleau
Donald Garrard
Vancouver
Edward Johnson
Metropolitan Opera Company
Massey Hall
Dr. Johnson
Herbert H. Lank
Canadian Industries Limited
Rhynd Jamieson
A. A
Odd Bits From The Side Column On Longevity
A compendium of quirky notes on long life and oddities. The Grand Vizier of Morocco claims age aided by forty wives. Max Morris, 101, smokes five cigars daily. Johnny Horan, 100, aMilwaukee Railroad veteran with 83 years service. A British income tax note is contrasted with Florentine taxes. The Association of Women With Large Feet reports 500 members. Averil Ames plans a televised weight loss with a final big meal. Kenneth Clark, 23, wins 210000 from football pools tax free.
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Grand Vizier
Morocco
Max Morris
San Fancisco
Hearty
Johnny Horan
Milwaukee Wa S & Pipe
Milwaukee Railroad
Johnny
Milwaukee Road
Association of
Phylis Crone
Averil Ames
London
Averil
Miss Ames
Kenneth Clark
Dewey Signs Bill Allowing Permanent Auto Plates in Albany
Governor Thomas E. Dewey has signed a 1853 bill authorizing the motor vehicle commissioner in Albany to issue permanent automobile license plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
Vision Tied to Nervous System Function
The eye serves as the instrument of vision while sight relies on proper nervous system reactions for correct brain processing. The statement emphasizes that perception depends on brain processing rather than the eye alone.
World Happenings Briefly Told
Rear Admiral Rowley Conway 75 died after coming out of retirement to command ships across the Atlantic in World War. Ratepayers in Carrot River Saskatchewan approve a 15000 bylaw to fund a memorial skating rink project. Britain buys 3000000 pounds of strategic reserves mainly sugar cereals fats and canned meat. A London co‑operative store fined 60 for food law offence after selling bread with a scrap of newspaper in it. Firefighters rescue 30 children from a broken ferris wheel in Camden New Jersey. Five Adelaide University medical students charged with manslaughter in the drowning death of a freshman during a university initiation. India refuses visa to Paul Robeson for a Communist peace conference and previously denied a visa to Dr Hewlett Johnson.
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Rowley Conway
Carships
Atlantic
Adelaide University
Australia
Blessed Hour Meditations Over Sunset and Homecoming
A reflective piece extols a blessed hour of rest at day’s end when families return home and prayer rises. It frames peace after toil with calm night and familial love. The text then oddly notes Okanagan Lake as 69 long and only 2% miles wide.
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B.C
Okanagan Lake
Oddities From The News Appeared In A Norristown Hospital
Doctors at Sacred Heart Hospital Norristown Pa reported a prolonged pregnancy ending in a boy weighing eight pounds three ounces. In Newark New Jersey four year old Howard Lawson Jr tried tacking up signs with his father. A tack was removed from three year old Celestine Lawson’s head. Lotus seeds buried in bogs for a century sprouted after long preservation.
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Sacred Heart Hospital
Norristown
Howard Lawson, Jr
Newark
Howard
Celestine
Over and Under Distance Training for Track Athletes
The article outlines pre season conditioning using the over and under distance method. It details warm ups, thigh and hip loosening exercises, and alternating under distance runs with longer over distance sessions. Examples include quarter mile, 220s, and three quarter mile repeats, plus endurance tips from Emile Zatopek. It invites readers to join Sports College for coaching and instructional materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan University
Don Scott McEwen
Ottawa
Ontario
North America
Emile Zatopek
Farthest North: Coast Guard Icebreaker Near Pole
The icebreaker East wind reached 445 nautical miles from the North Pole last summer, the farthest north in the Western Hemisphere by a vessel under its own power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast-Guard
North Pole
Crossword Puzzle Puzzle Clues and Grid Mix of Terms
A jumble of crossword clues and numbers fills a vertical horizontal grid with hints ranging from musical instrument to ancient prefixes. Entries include borders guide high note, deer of India, Hawaiian and Peelers, Faroe siande windstorm, and Capuchin monkey among others with numerous gaps and coded references.
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India
New Guinea
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June Kowelchuk
Adians
Rex Battle
John Adaskin
Canada
CBC
Dominion
June Kovalchuk
Marguerite Gignac LaSalle, Ont
P.Q
William Pitt
Republic of
Florence
Union
Carrot River
Britain
Camden
N.J
Paul Robeson
Hewlett Johnson
Canterbury
By Jane Dale
As Press Canadian
NAVY
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Western
Europe
Andre Georges le Monnier
Admiral le Monnier
Miles
BY William Ferguson
NEA
SM Reg
U.S
Pat Ar
Venus
Wee
Fegan
Virgil
By Len Kleis
Priscilla
Waldo
Vermeer
Lloyd “Ace” Percives
Sports College
Box
Toronto 1
Columbium
Cerium
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