Medal Returned From Australia To Winchester Regimental Museum
Tim O Hea a 20 year old Irish defender from Bantry who saved ammunition train fires in action earned the Victoria Cross. His VC, sent via Australia, was returned to Canada then Britain and now rests in a glass case at the Rifle Brigade Regimental Museum in Winchester England.
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O'Hea
British Rifle Brigade
Niagara-on-the-Lake Ont
Danville
O’hea
Bantry
County Cork
Australia
V.C
Australian National Art Gallery
Thomas Dunbabin
Pearson
Canada
Rifle Brigade
London
Tim O’hea
Winchester
England
Quick Canadian Quiz on Confederation and Tax Facts
Provinces entered Confederation in 1867. In 1950 total wages and labour earnings were about 6.2 billion dollars. Under the BNA Act provinces may not use income taxation as a form of taxation. Of 2,689,930 Canadians who paid income taxes in 1948, about 1,200,000 had incomes over 5,000 dollars. The most recent visit of the King and Queen to Canada occurred in 1939. Answers found in another column.
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Confederation
B.N.A
Canada
Helpful Hints for Home Crafts and Cooking Remain Practical
Practical tips cover bread crusts storage in a pan and cooling in the oven to prevent rancidity. A fruit juice glaze for pies combines juice sugar cornstarch butter and egg yolks. A broom can be repurposed into a corner brush by trimming corners to form a V. Mirrors shine with starch in rinse water and newspapers dry and polish.
Canada Good Customer For British Goods
London reports in the Daily Express editorial headlined Who buys with dollars that Canada bought £15,500,000 of British goods last month, while the United States purchased about £12,500,000. The piece notes Canada’s population of 13,000,000 versus 150,000,000 in the US and argues Canadians spend far more per person in Britain.
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London
The
Daily Express
Canada
United States
the Express
Britain
Last ticket on the Bloxham to Kings Sutton line sold
The final ticket on the Bloxham Kings Sutton railway route in England was bought by George Manning who had purchased the first ticket 64 years earlier. Emile Delamax, a French beekeeper, bore 30 000 bees on his chest weighing seven pounds in a bet and drove six miles to his brother’s hive without a sting. Firefighters found a pile of toy fire engines burning in a London Finsbury shop. John Jukes of West Bromwich fractured his thigh in a kids cricket game at 97, doctors say he is satisfactory for his age. A Liverpool policeman asked a motorist for his name and the motorist replied Innocent. the offender was fined for speeding.
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Bloxham King’s Sutton
England
George Manning
Emile Delamax
France
John Jukes
West Bromswich
Jukes
Gems of Thought Quotes on Help and Kindness
A collage of quotes from Foley Isaiah Eddy Keller and others praising helping others and sharing positivity. The passages urge courage, charity, and truthful helpful communication as paths to mutual growth and light.
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Isaiah
Mary Baker Eddy
Helen Keller
J. Whitcomb Brougher
Homer
Tall Story from the Prairies About Record Wheat and Pig Weed
Wayne Anderson of the Coal dale district reports wheat stems reaching 70 inches while H. W. Pratt of Lethbridge shows a 93 inch pig weed plant, claimed as extraordinary growth in the rolling prairie region.
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Lethbridge
Wayne Anderson
Coaldale
H. W. Pratt
Peach Pie Recipe Card From Old Instructions
This fragment describes assembling a peach pie with a nine inch shell and a two-step bake. Halve and stone peaches cut side up in the shell then dust with a sugar flour cinnamon mix. Pour sour cream over and finish with a sugar cinnamon sprinkle before baking at 450F for ten minutes then 350F for about half an hour.
Dates Extended For Sask hunting Season
Edmonton report says Saskatchewan hikes upland bird seasons and bag limits. Sharp tailed grouse and Hungarian partridge run Sept 17 to Nov 14 with eight daily, 16 in possession, 20 for season. Ruffed grouse season limited to Sept 17 to Nov 14 with three daily, nine season. Ptarmigan Sept 17 to Jan 31 with ten daily and 30 season. Open deer season Nov 14 to Dec 8 in some areas. non residents limited north of township 33. Moose elk woodland caribou closed. Antelope season pending survey results.
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Edmonton
Alta
Saskatchewan
E. L. Paynter
Paynter
Township 33
Saskatoon
Address Royal Visitors By Sir Ma'am For Prince Philip And Princess Elizabeth
Ottawa audiences are advised to address the royal couple as Sir and Ma'am with a Your Royal Highness salutation first. Women curtsy, men bow or nod, and royals prefer natural, respectful interaction. Prince Philip may be called Prince or Duke of Edinburgh. he became Duke on marriage in 1947 and holds titles including Knight Commander of The Garter and Baron Greenwich.
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Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
Greece
Elizabeth
Order of the Garter
Baron Greenwich of
Greenwich
Earl of Marioneth
Wonder Horse Meat Market Stirs 20th Street Scene
A milk-wagon horse on Saskatoon’s 20th Street suddenly bolted for about 100 yards then slowed. The 100 yard stretch now hosts a new shop named Wonder Horse meat market, according to the Star-Phoenix account.
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Saskatoon
Sask
20Th St
Wonder Horse Meat Market
Star-Phoenix
Tenants Object to House Number 13 in Essex Council Estate
In Billericay Essex tenants on a new council housing development objected to streets with the number 13. They were granted permission to change the offending numbers to 11A.
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Billeriday
Essex
England
Wealthy Victim Lived Frugally on Brooklyn Streets
Charles T. Hoffman 73 lived on unemployment and a small pension in a furnished Brooklyn room. Police found 1145 shares in 60 companies, 200 bank receipts, and deeds to Long Island properties. He died of a heart attack beside his 1951 sedan, leaving no will. Neighbors note his frugal habits contrasted with a family fortune from his uncle.
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Dorfman
Charles T. Hoffman
U.S. Steel
Anaconda Copper
Pennsylvania Railroad
National City Bank
Long Island
Hoffman
Brooklyn Street
Wall Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Margaret Hoffman Scott
Luff County
N.Y
Scott
Women Better Drivers Than Men Says Policeman
Toronto report cites Ontario Provincial Police inspector Bob Witts at the police association convention. He says women are safer drivers than men only if they drive daily, while men are generally more qualified. He notes nervousness in infrequent drivers and blames foot-switching slowness, suggesting high heels as a factor.
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Toronto
Ontario
Bob Witts
Ontario Police Association
106 Pound Catfish Nets South Dakota Record
Yankton South Dakota farmer Tom Brennan hauled a 106 pound blue catfish from the James River five miles east of town after night rain. He and neighbor Art Jorgensen fought the fish for about 30 minutes until the line tangled on a tree limb and Brennan shot the massive fish to land it.
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Yankton, S.D
Tom Brennan
Art Jorgensen
James
Brennan
Art
Grinning revelers misread street sign in Moscow Kremlin note
Two inebriated men joke as they search a cemetery and strike a match to read a grave. They improvise a year old joke about a ninety five year old. The Kremlin's original structures were built by two Italians between 1485 and 1495.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Retiring Maj Goldman Of Nicola Ranch Plans South Africa Winter
Nicola BC Maj C Syd ney Goldman longtime stock farmer industry writer and war veteran announces retirement at 81 and winter plans in South Africa He built vast ranch holdings from 3 000 to 60 000 acres now runs 4000 Herefords 1500 sheep and 30 Ayrshire Holstein dairy cows His son John in UK film industry returns to Canada to manage ranch operations with another brother joining next spring
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Nicola
B.C
Sydney Goldman
Ee Stock Farms
South Africa
Africa
British Columbia
England
Epnlyn
Fairmouth
Goldman
Verdun
Marshal Petain
Somme
Harold Matthews
Nicola Valley
Vancouver
Maj. Goldman
John
British Isles
Canada
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers
Answers to Quick Quiz provide dates and figures from 1939, listing periods from May 17 to June 15, Indirect taxation prohibition, provinces Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario, numeric results 126 190 and a total 8.1 billion dollars. It credits Quick Canadian Facts editors as the source.
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N.S. N.B
Quick Canadian Facts
Handbook of Facts About
Canada
Burial custom in early Britain and northern Europe
In early Christian Britain and Northern Europe it was customary to bury the dead with heads pointing west. This practice reflects regional funeral rites and religious symbolism of the period.
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Britain
Europe
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James W. Foley
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Virgil
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