First Goal Momentum Shapes Early NHL Outcomes
Analysis of 34 early season games shows teams that score first often win. Detroit and Boston exemplify this with high win rates when scoring first, while opponents scoring first dramatically lowers their chance. Montreal Chicago Toronto and New York all post mixed results across various first-goal scenarios.
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Unis
Detroit Red Wings
Boston I
Boston
Detroit
Montreal Canadiens
New York Rangers
Habitants
Rangers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Black Hawks
Leafs
Chicago
Bruins
Beantowners
Red Wings
Montreal
Canadiens
Crochet four squares from 400 yard ball pattern 7475
The pattern shows crochet of four squares from a 400 yard ball using No 30 cotton for a luxury cloth at low cost. An improved pattern-visual with charts and photos provides easy directions for filet crochet. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man. with name and address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Air Force Abandons Rain Making Art
The United States Air Force ends its nine month effort to induce rain by dispersing dry ice on clouds. Officials say the project is not worth the effort and resources. Indiana will continue pursuing rain making.
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AIR Force
Washington
United States Air Force
Indiana
Successful Rat Control Depends Upon Action Of All
Guide on preventing rat damage outlines annual losses, strategies to starve and trap rodents, and steps to close access to homes. Emphasizes trapping, proper bait variety, safe poisons, container storage, cleaning habits, and securing buildings with concrete, raised sheds, and screened openings. Recommends consulting licensed exterminators or health departments for difficult cases.
Helpful Hints For Home Maintenance And Cleaning
Reading and close work cause eyestrain and fatigue learn to use adequate lighting without glare. Light flat paints radiate heat from radiators better. dark metallic coatings trap heat and waste fuel. Refresh boar bristle brushes with alum in rinsing water. real bristle brushes clean hair but are costly. For stubborn painted-wall stains mix soap jelly and whiting with hot water beat until velvety then fold in whiting to finish.
Scotland Birthrate Drops Despite High 1947 Figures
Edinburgh reports Scotland's 1947 birth rate at 113000 the highest in 20 years. Registrar General J G Kyd notes this year sees a fall from the prior period due to housing shortages and widespread restrictions and frustrations impacting family life.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
J. G. Kyd
Anti-Rooster Noise ByLaw Passed After 4 Am Calls
In Merrittton Ontario Mrs. Ruby Lawrence called town officials at 4 am to report crowing roosters. A special meeting followed and the council approved a motion to speedily draft an anti noise bylaw to stop the disturbance.
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Merritton
Ont
Ruby Lawrence
Wolf Joins Dogs For Company
A timber wolf wandered into a kennel near Whitesands on Deer Lake in Manitoba seeking companionship with domestic dogs. After sharing food for several days the wolf turned aggressive when Alf Olson, a power company worker, approached and the animal had to be shot.
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Flin Flon
Manitoba
Alf Olson
Power Company
Whitesands
Reindeer Lake
Olson
Postwoman Margaret Jenkins Retires After 46 Years
In Tyn-y-Craig Cardiganshire, Miss Margaret Jenkins retires after 46 years as an auxiliary postwoman. She estimates walking 170 400 miles in daily rounds over rough and mountainous roads to distant farms and villages.
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Tyn-Y-Craig
Wales
Margaret Jenkins
Cardiganshire
Canada’s Food Rules for Healthful Daily Diet
Health Canada outlines Canada's Food Rules a 1944 guideline for daily dietary variety and portions. Adults should drink water. fruits include citrus and tomatoes. vegetables include potatoes and leafy greens. cereals demand whole grain and Vita min B bread. include meat fish poultry eggs cheese and beans. three weekly eggs and cheese. liver common. fish liver oil advised for children and expectant mothers. iodized salt recommended.
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Canadian Council On Nutrition
Canada
Advertising Pays Gave Bride Lovely Wedding
A Oakland bride Miss Lucile Cefalu advertised a wedding to fill a San Francisco church. More than 200 people, mostly strangers, attended the nuptials. She feared an empty church since most relatives live in the east. groom was Carl Martineau.
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San Francisco
Lucile Cefalu
Oakland
Carl Martineau
Bibles Missing From Alberta Ballot Boxes
In Alberta during the provincial election cycle, 4500 ballot boxes each hold a New Testament Bible placed by clerk R A Andison. About 500 Bibles have vanished, with some voters returning a Gideon Bible to replace one taken. The British and Foreign Bible Society has previously claimed Ukrainian Bibles found after earlier elections.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Legislative Assembly
R. A. Andison
British and Foreign Bible Society
Deepest Cave Explored Dent de Crolles Near Grenoble
The deepest cave explored to date is the Dent de Crolles located near Grenoble France. This milestone marks a record in cave depth achieved by ongoing exploration and scientific surveying by dedicated spelunkers.
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Dent de Crolles
Grenoble
France
Jack Miner’s Bird Banding Carried On By Sons
The article notes Jack Miner pioneered continental bird banding and his sons continue mass banding. It cites bands found on Canada geese across sanctuaries east of the Mississippi and recaptures up to twenty-four years after banding. It praises Miner’s sanctuary program as a practical “University of Original Research” and its habitat and predator-control philosophy.
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Jack Miner
Mississippi
James Edmund Jones
K.C
University of
Gems of Thought on Gentleness From Historical Voices
A collection of brief quotes on gentleness from Blair Simmons Milton de Sales Rolland Rolland and Mary Baker Eddy. The passages emphasize humility kindness toward women strength in gentleness and moral influence over others. Each line offers a distinct historical perspective on how gentleness relates to faith humanity and character shaping behavior.
Canadians Fussy About Money They Carry
Canadians prefer certain coin types and bill denominations. Prairies residents dislike the $2 bill while Montreal and Ottawa dislike the 50-cent piece. Vancouver and Toronto favor the 50-cent piece and often request it from eastern banks.
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Ottawa
Prairies
Montreal
Vancouver
Toronto
Smile of the Week
Two young girls from Sunday school discuss belief in the devil. One asserts there is no devil, joking that Santa Claus is your father. The brief vignette captures a child’s earnest yet playful take on religious figures.
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Santa Claus
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