Midge at Tea Party Meets Mirth and Mystery
A sunlit terrace tea gathers Midge Ayling with her wolfhound Tara and a ruffled crowd. A stumble into the crowd leads to an awkward lap and mounting whispers as Midge, transformed in a changeable mood, encounters Gerald Wycoff and a quieter, revealing evening.
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DGG
Helen
Frances
Midge Ayling
Midge
Tara
Mortimer
Tony
Lindsay Clark
Mr. Avling
Gerald Wycoff
Aylings
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Tsetse Fly Spreads Sleeping Sickness Across Region
An African tsetse fly carries sleeping sickness as health authorities monitor at risk populations and implement vector control measures amid rising concern. The brief notes the disease threat and ongoing surveillance efforts.
Home Workshop patterns offer yard and kitchen projects
Flower boxes and trellis ideas enhance porches and privacy with Pattern 314. Cutting boards and coasters serve kitchen needs, with holes for hanging. Patterns 217 and others cost 35 cents each, with order details to Prairie Publishers Limited in Vancouver.
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Home Workshop Pattern Service
Prairie Publishers Limited
West Fifth Ave
Vancouver
B.C
Municipal plants boost Alberta grain cleaning capacity
The 1951-52 crop season saw about 960000 bushels of grain cleaned in five Alberta municipal seed-cleaning plants. Since then three additional municipal plants have been completed.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan Passes Right-Side Passing and Unified Traffic Rules
Regina reports new driving legislation allows passing on the right in certain cases when the lead car is about to turn left. The Vehicless act update standardizes traffic rules and signals provincewide for pedestrians and motorists.
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Regina
Highway Traffic Board
Man seeks legal name change to Santa Claus in Alaska
Robert Lee Chesser of North Pole Alaska petitions a federal court to change his name to Santa Claus for business and pecuniary reasons. He resides near Fairbanks, a community 14 miles south of the city. Separately a science note says humans burn more calories during the first hour of sleep than while awake.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Robert Lee Chesser
Santa Claus
North Pole
Do and Dont Warnings For Spring Traffic Rise
Do and dont warnings urge motorists to watch for children crossing streets and pedestrians to face traffic. Drivers must display rear lights at night and drive in single file. Vehicles require registration and valid driving permits. In an accident, contact police after aiding the injured. penalties for failure to stop are severe.
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Dover
Saskatchewan seeks data from old timers on pioneer life
Regina reports the Saskatchewan archives are sending three questionnaires to hundreds of veterans of early settlement. The surveys cover pioneer schools churches recreation and social life. Responses show how communities gathered, built halls, and what changes affect modern churches and schooling.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Oddities in the News Highlight Unlikely Scenarios Across Britain and U S
A Seaford jewelry store theft ends with a swallowed watch and a ring found in the woman's stomach. Two men, Peacock and Bird, are acquitted of pheasant killing in Bury St Edmunds. Edinburgh med students offer five million dollars of state surplus funds to study life. Ronald Stokes answers birthplace question with in this very room. The Stokes family past pawns furniture to cover bills. an electric leak compensation follows. William Bey of Knoxville is 83 with 82 children. W E Burke recalls his mother’s last letter from World War I untouched.
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Peacock
Bird
Bury St. Edmunds
England
Ship deck boy who ran away to sea turns 93 in Alberta
James Wood, who fled his home at 15 to work as a deck boy on a sailing ship, celebrated his 93rd birthday in Alta after arriving in Canada from Ireland in 1884. He remains a noted figure in local memory of maritime days.
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Irma
Alta
James Wood
Canada
Ireland
Katanga District in Belgian Congo Noted Copper Powerhouse
The Katanga district of the Belgian Congo ranks among the world’s largest copper producing regions. Local mining centers drive regional industry and export capacity, highlighting the area’s significant mineral output and economic importance.
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Katanga
Belgian Congo
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