Canada loses wheat king as Metcalf wins 1952 title
Metcalf, a 31 year old farmer from Fairgrove Michigan, crowned the 1952 wheat king at the International Hay and Grain Show. He won with a Yorkwin sample weighing 60 pounds per bushel, becoming the first American winner since 1928. The reserve champion went to Lee D. Ferden of Chesaning Michigan with a Vaga soft red winter wheat weighing 61 pounds per bushel.
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Chicago
Canada
Metcalf
Fairgrove
Mich
E. Edson Smith
Corvallis
Mont
Lee D. Ferden
Chesaning
United States
Mounties Visit Ill London Schoolboy Brighten Childs Day
In London a 10 year old, Peter Smith, recovering from a nine week illness, received visits from Corporal Ouimet and Constable Matthews of the Canadian Mounties. The officers, who accompanied Princess Elizabeth home from Canada, paused sightseeing to comfort Peter after his letter asking to see their uniform. They also visited eight year old Jane Wilson who sent thanks to the Mounties for looking after the Princess.
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London
Peter Smith
Corporal Ouimet
Canada
Cpl. Ouimet
T. A. Matthews
Elizabeth
Britain
Peter
Mounted Police
Const
Matthews
Cpl
Quimet
Jane “Wilson
Long Hike Seeker Traverses Canada to Liverpool
Islwyn Roberts, 37, of Merioneth Fales, reached Liverpool after hitch-hiking across Canada and back since April. He left with two dollars and a knapsack, returning with two suitcases and $290 earned working as a railway laborer, miner, farmer, laundryman, hotel handyman, cattle food maker, errand-boy, and bowling alley pin boy.
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Islwyn Roberts
Merioneth
Fales
Liverpool
Canada
Dwarf Trees Proliferation Through Grafting Innovation
WHITE ROCK B C It takes green fingers and hard graft to produce midget trees. Jacob Manten of White Rock explains the dwarf tree idea to give easy backyard fruit. Grafted from East Malling roots the trees stay under eight feet with dwarf trunks and can yield several varieties on one plant. Pears prove tricky as quince roots dwarf but clash with Bartlett so a compatible section is grafted between.
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White Rock
B.C
British Columbia
Jacob Manten
Manten
East Malling
England
Whooping Crane Dies From Gunshot Wound in Texas
In San Antonio a male whooping crane named Howard died after a gunshot injury. The bird, part of a vanishing flock of about 32, was spending winter near Corpus Christi. Zoo staff failed to revive him after initial treatment, leaving Crip and Jo as two remaining local residents.
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San Antonio
Tex
Howard
Gulf of Mexico
Corpus Christi
Julian Howard
Arkansas Wildlife Refuge
San Antonio Zoo
Aranas
Research Workers Find Man's Best Friends Are Microbes
Washington reports the Office of Naval Research finds microbes may aid cancer research. Dr. Roger D. Reid notes germs can be good or bad and cites Notre Dame studies showing germ-free chicks lack protection against a jitters virus and that germs can dampen cancer irritants in animals. Further work is needed before conclusions.
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Washington
Office of Naval Research
Roger D. Reid
Reid
Notre Dame University
Notre Dame
Cleaning a Brush With Paint Hardness Remedy
A method to revive a stored brush is described. Soak two days in turpentine then in hot soapy water with a quarter pound of soap per gallon. Scrub on a washboard, rinse with hot water, and air dry the brush.
English globe traveler hitchhikes homeward from Canada
A 20-year-old Englishman, David Potter of Loddon near Norwich, travels the world by hitchhiking. After starting in July 1950, he has funded his journey with earnings from farms and ships, plans to reach New York then England, and hopes to return to Canada to farm in British Columbia.
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Calgary
Canada
David Potter
Loddon
Norwich
Case
New York
England
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Rhodesia
Durban
South Africa
Australia
Fiji Islands
David
Southern Rhodesia
Victoria Falls
Salisbury
B.C
This Kind Of Wildlife Destruction Helps No One
Regina resources minister J H Brockelbank appealed to Saskatchewan sportsmen to conserve the sparse moose population after a northern trip report of a hunter who shot two moose and left them to bleed in the bush. He called it utter waste and said shooting moose against regulations hurts wildlife management.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
J. H. Brockelbank
Mr. Brockelbank
Survey Shows Many Countries Are Hungrier
The FAO reports only five non communist countries Canada the United States Australia New Zealand and Argentina have food surpluses. Other nations with nine times the population lack surpluses and per person supplies average 90 percent of 1934 38 levels. The United States and Canada combined now produce 226 percent of prewar output.
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Rome
Canada
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Argentina
United Nations and Agriculture Organization
Organization
Russia
F.A.O
Middle East
Oceania
Near East
Far East
Africa
Latin America
TRY AND STOP ME Is Bennett Cerf Comic Capsule
A string of quick jokes appears from the Bennett Cerf humor column. A farmer confronts an insurance agent over a destroyed barn policy while Queen Marie of Romania feigns illness and a hotel analyst offers a quip about her reign.
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Thomas
Marie
Romania
All Clear Profit Wedding Prank Reveals Married Guests List
A bride shows a guest a wedding invitation list and fellow reader notices only married couples are named. The bride explains the groom Jack proposed inviting only married people to ensure gifts come with clear profit.
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Jack
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Bennett Cerf
M. Harrison-Gray Deaier
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