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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 29, 1954
Page
5
Mrs Demidoff, wife of a former Russian prince, profiles husky breeding and racing achievements in Alaska and New York. Her kennel produced about 40 descendants from three dogs, she recalls racing days, and she notes pups sell for around 100 dollars while huskies can pull 100 pounds for 30 to 40 miles.
Regina reports Billy S. Miller of the Highway Traffic Board has been awarded a $100 tuition scholarship for a three week course at Northwestern University Evanston Illinois. Miller is the lone Canadian recipient among 26 scholars funded by the Farmers Insurance Group Safety Foundation. The training covers driver license administration statistics management writing and traffic safety with six days a week of classwork and field projects. Miller joined the board in 1950 and was promoted to chief driver examiner on March 1 1984.
The report describes bidding of a West East hand on Three No Trump and Five Diamonds. West opens with One Three Diamonds then bids Five Diamonds over a Double raise of minor, leading to a down result after a four spade or heart line and a pivot by South.
Rosin is graded by color with paler shades commanding higher prices. The grading system links hue and clarity to value, affecting buyer decisions and flash market ordering for producers and traders.
Manitoba government announces that debts from past Old Age Pension payments and pre 1942 Blind Pensions will be wiped out effective May 1. The move follows repeal of the federal Old Age Pensions Act and confirms that overpayments after January 1, 1952, remain unaffected.
Arnold Blomberg, 28, a Lapland born merchant seaman, settles near Edmonton and travels to Aklavik to tend the Dominion government herd of 10,000 reindeer. He recalls a lifetime in mining and war service and plans a quiet home with wife and family. The herd, spanning 6,600 square miles east of the Mackenzie delta, arrived in March 1935 after a long trek from northwest Alaska.
The Fisheries Branch of the Department of Lands and Forests asks Alberta anglers to return their expired 1953 fishing licences. Licences include a section to list size, species and locality of catches to aid stocking programs and research. Returned licences have no mailing cost and should be sent promptly for statistics compilation.
Regina reports an amendment to the Saskatchewan Vehicles Act requiring public service or commercial trucks to display owner name and address and terminal route points on each side in letters at least four inches high. Previous rules did not specify letter height.
Preliminary figures show 61,415 students enrolled this year, a 2 percent rise from 1952 53, with men up 2 percent to 47,412 and women up 1 percent to 13,606. Veterans' benefits fell to 580. Regional gains occurred in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, and the West, with Ontario slightly below 1951 52 totals. Postgraduate numbers declined to 3,067.
Brief Canadian items report car mishaps with minor injuries, license age changes in Ontario, a stolen car found near Brebber Motors, and a speedometer reading. Community service in Campbell River, birth certificate changes for New Brunswick travelers, a bingo card bought by a Caracas visitor, and a mouse at a public meeting are also noted.
Practical advice on food storage and cleaning from a home care column. It suggests removing meat from paper before refrigeration to prevent juice absorption, using a bookcase as a linen closet, placing curtains inside glass doors for better look, using salt to clean soot from carpets, and adding sugar to oatmeal during cooking for flavor.
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