Indians Still Hunt With Spears Near Duck Lake
Report by Wilfred Chislett notes Manitoba Chipewyan band near Duck Lake uses spears as rifles are scarce. Caribou herds fall migration yields 300 to 600 animals yearly, with meat left to freeze. Government cites ignorance and hunger, calls education key to ending wasteful hunting.
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Wilfred Chislett
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Duck Lake
Here
Hudson Bay
Churchill
G. W. Malaher
Game and Fisheries Branch
Canada
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Malaher
Pretty Hands Yours For The Caring First grow your nails
The article discusses brittle nails caused by mal nutrition and harsh household cleaners. It advises nail care at home with care routines, undercoats, and lighter varnish, plus vitamins or calcium for severe cases. Emphasizes daily habits, cuticle care, hand cream, and antiseptic use to prevent cracks and inflammation.
Music Director Urges Tub Song for Trouble Relief
Gainesville Florida Alvah A Beecher Florida music director defends tub singing as emotional release. He says singing helps when in love angry tired or blue and that radio and TV turn Americans into spectators who prefer others to perform. Perfection is a fine goal but not essential. Whether you sing off key or on matters little. the important thing is to sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Fla
Alvah A. Beecher
University of Florida
Beecher
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers
Answers to Quick Quiz: 5. 905 million dollars. 3. Only when a new monarch ascends to the throne. 1. The worst shipping danger on our Pacific coast lies between Vancouver Island and the mainland. 4. The number has almost tripled since 1939. 2. Primary textile production is over four times the value of gold production. Material supplied by Quick Canadian Facts editors.
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Pacific
Vancouver Island
Quick Canadian Facts
Handbook of Facts About
Canada
Weather Forecasts From Old Farmer Almanac Highlight Predictions
The Dublin New Jersey Almanac’s Abe Weatherwise predicts a cool start to November with storms and rain, a harsh December then milder Christmas, a nearly normal January with a late thaw, a cold wet February, and a rainy stormy March concluding winter. The issue preserves its traditional Farmer’s Calendar prose.
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Almanac
Dublin
N.J
Abe
Boston
Kitchen Meditations By Jane Dale
A brief meditation on using odd minutes to do small tasks and pursuits. The speaker notes busy lives yet finds value in short intervals to knit read and write, suggesting inventions grow from stray minutes and the hidden productivity they unlock.
Lime Stone Farmer Clears Slopes on Cobble Hill
In Cobble Hill British Columbia Norman Bonner a 33 year old R C A F veteran operates a single crusher mill grinding high grade limestone to treat soil acidity. He harvests and processes the rock alone on the hillside above the village for island agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C
Vancouver Island
R.C.A.F
Norman Bonner
World Happenings Briefly Told
Production of goods and services in the United States hit a record rate of 343.4 billion dollars in the quarter ended October 1, the Commerce Department reported. Peiping announced new regulations reorganizing the government administrative system. Sir William Henry Clark, 77, former British high commissioner to Canada and South Africa, died in Cambridge, England. The first mailbox in Britain bearing Queen Elizabeth II’s cipher is near 10 Downing Street. A two ton electronic calculator was installed in Newark to check 1952 income tax returns. Dr. Robert Westwater arrived in Beirut to direct aid for 850,000 Arab Palestine refugees. Dr. Westwater is a Queen’s University graduate. Queen’s principal William A. Mackintosh urged immediate subsidy of about 20 percent of Canadian university students by government bursaries.
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United States
Department of Commerce
Sir William Henry Clark
Canada
South Africa
Cambridge
England
William
Britain
Queen Elizabeth II
Downing Street
Winston Churchill
Internal Revenue Office
Newark
N.J
Robert Westwater
Beirut
Lebanon
Palestine
Westwater
Queen’s University
Kingston
William A. Mackintosh
Queen's University
Ont
Massey Royal Commission
Notorious Ripple Rock and a Canadian Quiz
The quiz asks where Ripple Rock is and compares production scales. It questions changes in five cent stamps appearances and asks how much federal civil servants grew since 1939. It notes July labor income peaked at $179 million or $469 million or $905 million, with answers in another column.
Practical Home Hints From Everyday Tasks
Useful tips cover frosting texture with cornstarch or flour for creaminess and stability. Build a broom holder from two empty spools mounted on the wall for longer broom life. Remove fresh paint odors by placing sliced onion in cold water in the painted room. Ease pan cleaning by boiling with a few drops of ammonia.
Sugar Beet Growers Harvest Big Crop Across Canada
Canada's 12,000 sugar beet growers completed a bumper season with 1 024 000 tons of beets produced in Alberta Manitoba Ontario and Quebec. Despite higher output the value dropped about 775 000 due to lower prices as imported Cuban cane sugar hurts wholesale costs. Alberta led with 478 000 tons from 86 778 acres while Ontario and Manitoba fell from last year.
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Canada
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Cuba
Lethbridge
Canadian Farm Loan Board reports 1952 activities
The twenty third annual report shows a 16 percent drop in loan applications but a 10 percent smaller total loan value at 4 238 400 dollars. The board holds 16 497 first mortgage loans totaling 28 365 986 23 dollars and 2 815 mortgage loan accounts totaling 1 246 452 15 dollars.
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Canadian Farm Loan Board
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Canadian Farm Loan Office
New Westminster
Saint John
Newfoundland
Ottawa
Smile Of The Week Quip Reflects Local Tone
A tourist asks about tall men and receives a native reply that locals joke only babies fit the bill. The exchange highlights regional humor and contrasts between city and countryside personas.
Mother snake does not swallow her young to protect them
A historical note states that mother snakes do not swallow their young as a protective behavior. The detail appears in a brief zoological curiosity entry.
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Pearl Harbor
Lupua Zinsman
AB Ken Williams
Regina
Terry Whitley
Edmonton
Victoria
Centrail Press
Old Farmer's Almanac
Jane Dale
Lily
Caron
Communist China
Central People's Government Council
Peiping Radio
Quick
Farm Loan Board
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