Alberta tightens waterfowl crop protection rules
The federal Alberta plan shifts permit issuing to the province. Farmers or lessees on farms under 1280 acres may obtain permits from a game officer or RCMP to shoot or scare ducks and geese damaging crops. Area permits cover heavy damage zones. Restrictions include no blinds or calls, no shooting within 50 yards of water, and shooting limited to fields with standing or cut crops.
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Alberta
Ottawa
RCMP
Fish and Game Commissioner
Criminal Code of Canada
Department of Lands and Foresta
Crochet Pineapple Basket Pattern 7035 For Fruit Centerpiece
Crochet pattern 7035 features a pineapple motif with a solid stitch basket. Use straw material or cotton and sugar starch for stiffness, making a handsome fruit centerpiece. send twenty five cents in coins to obtain the pattern.
Alice Brooks Needle Craft Book patterns offer ten complete sets
Prairie Publishers Limited advertises the 1953 Alice Brooks Needle craft Book from its Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street West Toronto. It urges readers to send 25 cents to receive ten complete patterns for sewing embroidery crochet and other crafts plus more patterns and ideas for gifts home accessories toys and fashions.
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Prairie Publishers Limited
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
No Eskimos in Antarctica Wildlife Mention
The article notes there are no Eskimos in Antarctica and describes the coast as home mainly to penguins and other sea birds, with virtually the only wildlife on land near the South Pole.
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Antarctica
South Pole
Cannot Discover Nesting Grounds Of Rare Birds
J P Linduska of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service said the near extinct whooping cranes, once nesting near the Arctic, remain without a known 1953 breeding ground. Five planes and 20 men are banding and censusing in the west as a special effort to locate the crane home. Only about 30 specimens exist. Manitoba waterfowl counts are steady or slightly higher than last year.
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Minnedosa
Arctic
J. P. Linduska
U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service
Washington, D.C
Canada
U.S. Wildlife Service
Linduska
Manitoba
Salamander Found in Oil Drill West of Edmonton
H M Miller drilling a test hole 13 miles west of Edmonton struck water and sand about 50 feet down. A five inch salamander emerged from the bore, a frog like animal rarely found at such depths.
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Edmonton
H. M. Miller
Here
Sea-Going Chief Vancouver inducted into Capilano tribe
Capt. S. G. Dahlquist of the motorship Canada wore a feather headdress on the ship's maiden voyage after induction into the Capilano Indian tribe as Big Chief That Stands Out In The Ocean.
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Vancouver
S. G. Dahlquist
Motorship
Canada
Ocean
Spain Naming Rules and Southern European Point
A note explains Spain allows a wife to keep her surname and a son may adopt the paternal or maternal name or use both. It also mentions a point near Gibraltar as the southernmost location on the European mainland.
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Spain
Gibraltar
Elevator Potato Digger Operation Best Practices
A. I. Magee explains preventing bruising from potato diggers by keeping a soil cushion on the elevator chain. Adjust digger depth and chain agitation to avoid tuber injury and set elevator to travel 1.25 times the digger ground speed, using agitators only when needed.
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A. I. Magee
Field Husbandry
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Danish Flag Stands as World’s Oldest Unchanged Banner
The Danish flag, a red field with a white cross, is the oldest still unchanged national flag, dating back to the 13th century and symbolizing a long royal and maritime heritage.
Do It Yourself Playground Pattern Service in Vancouver
Home Workshop Pattern Service offers exact size patterns for building a backyard playground set and a two person card table. Each pattern lists materials, finish, and cutting guidelines with full size diagrams. Send 35 cents per pattern with name address and pattern number to 4433 West Fifth Ave Vancouver BC.
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Home Workshop Pattern Service
Prairie Publishers Limited
West Fifth Ave
Vancouver
B.C
Calgary doctors urge Pasteur vaccination after animal bites
Alberta physicians order Pasteur immunization for more than 50 people bitten by possibly rabid animals, taking no chances against rabies.
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Calgary
Alberta
Great Industry Now Operating Near Edmonton
The Canadian Chemical Co. plant east of Edmonton begins producing synthetic yarn with 10 giant machines and 400 workers. The $55,900,000 facility spans 430 acres and aims for 300,000 pounds of filament and staple fibre weekly in three months. It factories cellulose from Prince Rupert and creates new petrochemical products.
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Edmonton
Canadian Chemical Co
Prince Rupert
B.C
Canada
North Saskatchewan
The Scythe Mix up and other quick wits
A collection of light anecdotes and one liners. A hardware order mix up yields a glass cutter delivery. A coronation drink scene ends with a blooper. A dying groom joke and a battle quip close the round of witty exchanges.
Soap Lubricated Screw Tip for Easier Wood Insertion
A weekly tip advises rubbing the threaded screw with soap before driving into hardwood. The soaped threads reduce friction, aiding alignment and easing insertion. This practical tip emphasizes simple prep to improve finishing work.
Rainbow Trout Flourish In Alberta Artificial Lake
Rainbow Trout numbers surge in Cavan Lake near Medicine Hat after 11 months since an 11,000 fingerling planting in May 1952. Officials expect larger fish within six months, with potential for 50,000 mature trout and a yearly stocking plan. Open season sought. lake may become angler draw for Alberta residents.
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Medicine Hat—Cavan
Alberta
Henry Bertelson
Cypress Hills
Bertelson
Calgary Fish Hatch
Cavan Lake
Bill Clark
Medicine Hate Fish and Game Association
The
Fish and Game Association
Timber Production Value Falls Eight Percent in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan timber output declined in value by eight percent. E. J. Marshall, director of forests, reported total value at 8 785 667 for the year ended March 31. Weak pulpwood markets drove the downturn while lumber and railroad ties rose. Output of pulpwood power and telephone poles fell to offset gains elsewhere.
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Saskatchewan
E. J. Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Great Opportunity For Woman Doctor Regina
Dr Helen Bean of Allan Blair Memorial clinic Regina attends the International Congress of Radiology in Copenhagen funded by the Saskatchewan United Commercial Travellers Auxiliary Cancer Fellowship. Also joining are Dr C C Burkell and Dr Harold Johns of Saskatoon. Bean plans to visit radiology centres in Stockholm Edinburgh Manchester London and Paris after the conference. Bean, a Moosomin native, graduated from the University of Manitoba and served two years with the Canadian Army Medical Corps before joining the clinic in 1946.
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Regina
International Congress of Radiology
Copenhagen
Helen Bean
Allan Blair
Saskatchewan United Commercial Travellers Auxiliary Cancer Fellowship Fund
Saskatchewan
C. C. Burkell
Harold Johns
Saskatoon
Stockholm
Edinburgh
Manchester
London
Paris
Moosomin, Sask
Bean
University of Manitoba
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Movie Extras in Italy Paid Three Dollars a Day
Italian film industry pays extras around 3.30 dollars daily as the article notes. It outlines low wages for background performers and hints at working conditions on set. The piece discusses economic context and labor expectations for non speaking roles in cinema.
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Italy
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