World housing problem spans nations says UN report
A UN report on world social conditions states no country lacks a housing problem. Europe faces shortages after war with 5,667,000 units destroyed and a potential twenty-two year rebuilding period if output doubles. The report highlights severe one room tenement living in India and vast needs in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the United States seeking 500,000 new homes annually for ten years.
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Canada
Europe
Tts
India
Africa
United States
South-East Asia
Planning to ease housing shortage and skilled labor gaps
Planning would let the building trades foresee needs and prepare to fulfil them. Canada faces material shortages and a lack of skilled workers delaying housing. Long-range planning could help nationally and internationally as the United Nations notes housing as a world problem with more affected countries.
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Canada
United Nations
Canada Plans Uranium Output Double Next Spring
Ottawa reports new facilities to open in April will at least double Canada's uranium production. Beaverlodge in Saskatchewan will supply the rise, possibly overtaking Eldorado Mine at Port Radium. The U S Atomic Energy Commission cites a reactor surpassing Chalk River in neutron flux, while cobalt-60 output remains unclear.
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Canada
Ottawa
United States
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Beaverlodge
Saskatchewan
Eldorado
Port Radium
Northwest Territories
Eldorado Mining and Refining Ltd
U.S
Chalk River
Saskatchewan Breeders Set Fall Sheep and Swine Show
Regina reports Saskatchewan sheep and swine breeders will hold their annual fall show the week of Oct. 27. Directors of the Saskatchewan Sheep and Swine Breeders associations decided at meetings at the Provincial exhibition to resume sales and shows after the foot and mouth disease outbreak.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Salmon Suzette Pancakes with Salmon Filling
Melt butter and flour to form a roux, add milk until thick. Mix sifted flour with baking powder and salt. Stir eggs with milk, combine to form a thin batter. Fold in salmon almonds and green pepper if used. Season, heat gently, thicken yolk with hot sauce, roll thin pancakes with salmon filling and serve. Yield four.
Started Canning In Kitchen Now Has Profitable Business
Summerland in the Okanagan Valley reports Mrs Milne began canning on a kitchen table 18 years ago for charity. From peaches and other produce for relatives and Summerland Hospital the operation grew into a factory run by her sons and Mr Milne. By 1951 the business expanded, debts were paid, and a new plant and equipment were bought.
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Summerland
B.C
Okanagan Valley
Prairies
Summerland Hospital
Canada
Mr. Milne
Mrs. Milne
Cape Shore 2,176 Sheep Area Aims for 5,000
Boost efforts to turn Cape Shore area into a major sheep farming section this summer. District farms already host 2,176 sheep and officials say the area could handle 5,000 with little need for winter feeding.
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ST. John's
Mid
Cape Shore
Push In The Face Probably Saved Woman's Life
Winnipeg report describes a passerby who pushed a woman aside as a car approached. Onlookers misread the act as rude but the woman later credited the quick move with likely saving her life. A visitor from Ontario was noted for the timely act.
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Winnipeg
Ontario
Free Press
Spade-footed Toad Found Near Lethbridge Canada Claim
Dr. Ernest R. Tinkham, a North American desert life expert, reports a tiny spade-footed toad found near Lethbridge. He doubts any such toad has been reported north of South Dakota, suggesting a rare Canadian finding.
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Edmonton
Lethbridge
Ernest R. Tinkham
North American
Canada
South Dakota
Christmas in July at Viking Arena Opens Big
Turk Broda recalls Foster Hewitt praising Viking Alberta where a $300000 arena with a 3000 seat ice surface opened. On July 9 Hewitt attended the ceremony and 8000 people crowded the debut night. The Viking Arena will be called the Carena and featured a notable giveaway of ten cars.
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Turk Broda
Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto
Foster Hewitt
Viking
Alta
Alberta
Edmonton
Maple Leaf Gardens
Foster
Carena
Saskatchewan Fieldmen Adopt Green Uniforms On Duty
Saskatchewan resources department field officers conservation officers district superintendent field supervisors game wardens and district foresters now wear forest green tunics and trousers on duty. Field men have forage caps shoulder flashes and branch badges. muskrat caps and parkas will be issued for winter wear.
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Regina
Resources Department
Saskatchewan
Mayans Develop Advanced Civilization in Central America
The Mayans built a sophisticated society in Central America before Christopher Columbus era. The statement highlights pre-Columbian achievements and regional complexity.
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Central America
Christopher Columbus
Egg production in Canada drives big business
Ottawa reports more than 20 million hens lay about 400 million dozen eggs annually, worth roughly 100 million dollars. June output dipped from May but stayed above June 1951, with regional differences tied to heat. Ontario leads production, while Nova Scotia posts strongest June yield per hen.
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H. L. Jones
Ottawa
Federal Bureau of Statistics
British Columbia
Maritime Provinces
Canada
Prairies
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
British Colmbia
Sask Girl Wins First Powder Puff Derby in Toronto
Jacqueline Sharpe a Beechy Sask resident drove Red Guy to a one length victory at Thorncliffe Raceway in Toronto in the first powder puff derby of the season. The seven woman drivers race drew the largest weekday crowd in the track history. Guy Zane driven by Mrs Wilbur Apthorpe was second by a nose over Little Willie driven by Mrs Mabel Holden.
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Toronto
Jacqueline Sharpe
Thorncliffe
Red Guy
J. Gram
Philadelphia
Guy Zane
Wilbur Apthorpe
Chatham
Ont
Little Willie
Mabel Holden
Wallacetown
France population hits new peak at 42.4 million
France’s population reaches 42.4 million according to the Statistics Institute despite losses of two million French in World War II.
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Paris
France
French Statistics Institute
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Moone
Australia
Marjorie Jackson
Helsinki
David Lingstone Milne
Sask
Peggy
J. P. O'Donnell
Wellington Street
West
Fleischmann
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