Canadian sailors begin submarine training in Britain
Forty eight Canadian volunteers, drawn from ships across the country, depart Montreal on November 18 for England to train at HMS Dolphin near Portsmouth. Training lasts three months to a year with assignments to Royal Navy submarines, mainly the Sixth Submarine Squadron based at Halifax to support Canadian anti submarine vessels and carrier air squadrons. About 200 Canadians will ultimately train for submarine duty, with a second group of 80 arriving January 1955 and a third of 38 two to three weeks later. Six officers are among the trainees.
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Montreal
England
HMS Dolphin
Royal Navy
Portsmouth
Halifax
Reys
United Kingdom
W. C. Chaster
Victoria
G. R. Meek
British Admiralty
Royal Canadian Navy
Astute
Ambush
Alderney
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
Royal toy donations give London hospital children new playthings
In London a hospital plans to receive a donated toy chest from the palace. Prince Charles age six and Princess Anne have items retired from their play, with Anne reluctant to part with dolls. Palace staff will repair and repaint the castoffs for Great Ormond Street Hospital children, kept secret from the recipients.
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London
Prince Charlies
Princess Anne
Lightbody
Royal Toy Chest
Charles
Buckingham Palace
Anne
Palace
Great Ormond St. Hospital
James M Barrie
Elizabeth II
Outdoor artificial ice rinks extend skating season nationwide
Communities from Montreal to Vancouver install flexible poly pipes over parks and diamonds to create ice with portable refrigeration. Skating may start in October and run through May as pipes stay in place all winter and are lifted in spring to restore ground for summer sports.
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Barbara Anne
Montreal
Vancouver
Manitoba crop insurance committee to begin hearings
Manitoba's new Crop Insurance committee will open hearings at three centers starting Monday December 13. Secretary H E Wood says the panel will hear representations from organizations or individuals on crop insurance and Prairie Farm Assistance Act operations. Members are W G Malaher chairman F W Crawford and Ralph Hedlin. Sessions run 10 to 2 at Dauphin Swan River and Shoal Lake. Before Manitoba hearings, the panel will visit Ramsey County North Dakota to learn about all risk insurance operations.
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Manitoba
H. E. Wood
Wood
W. G. Malaher
F. W. Crawford
Ralph Hedlin
Town Hall
Dauphin
Legion Hall
Swan River
Shoal Lake
Ramsey County
North Dakota
Morden
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
P. J. Kettwig
Baths Danger Warns Parents To Watch Small Children
Advice stresses never leaving a child alone in the bath for even moments. Hot water taps and slipping risks can cause scalding or drowning. if a phone must be answered, move the child to towels and a safe spot until the bath resumes. Accidents happen in seconds, so safety matters.
Ash wood varieties highlighted by VALUABLE WOOD Canada
VALUABLE WOOD Canada identifies four ash tree varieties known for their tough elastic wood. The article emphasizes the material properties and potential uses of ash wood in industrial applications.
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Valuable Wood
Canada
Dugout water supply considerations and safety
Adequate water can be secured from a dugout but needs a 60 acre drainage to fill annually. Use non porous soil, avoid clay and gravel layers, bore to a few feet below bottom to test site. Keep drainage clean, fence water access, and pump livestock water away. Do not plant trees within 200 feet. Control algae with copper sulphate but avoid overdose. Filter dugout water through sand or gravel and maintain a clean box filter with a pipe to a well. Test water regularly for safety.
Gems of Thought Quotations on Work and Labor
A collection of maxims about work from figures including Lowell Edison Shaw Jerome K Jerome Mary Baker Eddy. The quotes emphasize work as inherent effort, deliberate invention, balance of toil and rest, and the value of labor in life.
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Jerome K. Jerome
Mary Baker Eddy
Christmas dolls become more lifelike and stylish this year
New York report notes dolls with realistic skin textures nylon hair and lifelike wardrobes. Toys cry tear drink water and even recite nursery rhymes while sets include miniature kitchen cleaning shopping and ranch style doll houses reflecting current fashion and housework trends.
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New York
U.S.A
The
Ideal Doll Co
Bridge hand analysis from yesterday's deal
The article outlines a hand with minor alterations from yesterday. It notes changes in trick counts across suits, detailing how opening a different line affects potential tricks in Hearts Clubs and Diamonds and assesses probable outcomes.
Young applicant to RCMP training rejected
A neat letter from Lee Nelson of Mountain View Alberta sought RCMP training qualifications and location of a centre. The RCMP rejected the application. The story notes Lee Nelson was eight years old. Also mentions that radio began use on ships in July 1899.
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Letheridub
Sane
RCMP
Lee Nelson
Mountain View
Alta
Alberta farmers claim barley and oats titles at exposition
Alberta farmers swept the barley and oats championships at the International Livestock Exposition. George Snow of Milk River won barley with a Company entry, Tom Corlett of Clairmont took oats with Laraine, and Darrell Moore of Grandfield captured alfalfa. Reserve winners included Clayton Rohlfs and Murray W. Coverdale, with other Canadian placings noted.
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Chicago
Alberta
George Snow
Milk River
Alta
Harry E. Rohlfs
Akron
Mich
Tom Corlett
Clairmont
Clayton Rohlfs
Fairgrove
Cassils
Pictou Rge
Steve Pyrez
Edmonton
Oakold
Dancing cows puzzle solved in North Wales hamlet
In Henryd Wales villagers feared evil spirits as cows capered in pastures for days. Bill Trevor and his sheepdog investigated. a cow collapsed and a shocked Bill found an electric pole short circuited the swampy field delivering up to 3 000 volts.
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Henrhyd
Wales
North Wales
Bill Trevor
Growing Fast Soybean Expansion in Canada
Canada sees rapid soybean growth as farmers expand planting areas and new regions embrace the crop. Experts note rising acreage, improved varieties, and expanding markets driving the trend across provinces.
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Duke of Edinburgh
Manitoba Crop Insurance Body
Jawaharlal Nehru
New Delhi
Nehru
Lowell
Edison
G. B. Shaw
Jack
James Howell
M. Harrison-Gray
Syjou
W. Ose
Central Press
Alberta Farmers
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