Indians Hunt Caribou With Spears Near Duck Lake
A Manitoba band of Chipewyans north of Churchill hunts caribou using spears, slaughtering hundreds annually. Officials describe them as primitive and ignorant, saying sport hunting is banned but caribou remain essential for food, clothing, and shelter for northern peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Chislett
Canadian Press Star
Winnipeg
Civilization
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Duck Lake
Here
Hudson Bay
Churchill
G. W. Malaher
Game and Fisheries
Canada
Malaher
Dutch Lake
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Pretty Hands Yours For The Caring
A home friendly guide to hard, brittle nails explains malnutrition and frequent cleaners as causes. It advises oil and iodine blends, undercoats, careful varnish, vitamin and calcium supplements, and daily hand care rituals to protect nails. Regular practice keeps hands youthful and avoids painful cracks.
Weather Foretold By Old Farmer's Almanac Atomic Year 9
The 161st edition of the Old Farmer's Almanac offers annual weather forecasts for 1953 labeled Atomic Year 9. Abe Weatherwise predicts a cool start to November with storms late month, a harsh December, a near normal January with a thaw late, a cold wet February, and a stormy mid March followed by more snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Old Farmer's Almanac
America
Almanac
Dublin
N.J
Abe
Boston
Music Director Advises To Sing In Bathtub
Gainesville Florida Alvah A Beecher music director of the University of Florida defends the bath tub singer and urges that you can literally sing away your troubles. Music is an emotional release and people should express their feelings in song even when not perfect. He notes radio and TV turn Americans into spectators who prefer others to perform. Perfection is a goal for professionals but should not worry others. Whether you sing off key or on makes no difference. The important thing is to sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Fla
Alvah A. Beecher
University of Florida
Beecher
Answers to Quick Quiz Quick Facts Card
Answers to Quick Quiz: 5. 905 million dollars. 3. Only when a new monarch ascends the throne. 1. The worst shipping danger on our Pacific coast lies between Vancouver Island and the mainland. 4. The number has nearly tripled since 1939. 2. Primary textile production value exceeds four times gold production.
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Pacific
Vancouver Island
Quick Canadian Facts
Handbook of Facts About
Canada
World Happenings Briefly Told
Production of goods and services in the United States rose to a record rate of 343.4 billion dollars in the quarter ended October 1 according to the Department of Commerce. Peiping announced new regulations reorganizing the government admin system. Sir William Henry Clark, 77, former British high commissioner to Canada and South Africa, died in Cambridge. The first publicly used mail box bearing Queen Elizabeth II’s cipher appears near 10 Downing Street to receive Winston Churchill’s mail. A two ton electronic calculator, scanning 200 to 250 income tax returns per minute, was installed in the Newark Internal Revenue Office. Dr. Robert Westwater, 60, arrives in Beirut to direct aid for 850000 Arab Palestine refugees and is a Queen's University graduate. Queen's University principal William A Mackintosh urged immediate MASSEY Commission backed student bursaries.
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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
Kitchen Meditations By Jane Dale
A brief poem about finding value in brief moments amid daily bustle. The speaker notes small minutes can enable knitting reading writing and creative work, suggesting that busy lives are made productive by利用 odd minutes. The piece compares invention and daily tasks, emphasizing the payoff of brief, focused time.
RCAF Veteran Harvests Lime Stone on Cobble Hill
Norman Bonner, a 33 year old R C A F veteran, works alone on Cobble Hill above the Vancouver Island village. He blasts rock to produce high grade lime stone and grinds it into lime to treat soil acidity for island agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.c
Vancouver Island
R.C.A.F
Norman Bonner
Quick Canadian Quiz Answers Revealed
The piece asks five questions about Ripple Rock Canadian trivia annual production changes stamp design status civil service growth since 1939 and July labor income peak with options 179 million 469 million or 905 million.
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Ripple Rock
Helpful Home Hints From Simple Kitchen and House Tips
Practical advice on frosting with cornstarch to keep cake smooth and slice clean. Build a broom holder from two empty spools mounted on a wall. Use onion slices in water to neutralize fresh paint odor. For cleaning a stubborn frying pan, boil with water and a few drops of ammonia.
Canada’s Sugar Beet Growers Reap Big Crop
Canada’s 12,000 sugar beet growers finished a bumper harvest across four provinces Alberta Manitoba Ontario and Quebec yielding 1 024 000 tons of beets up from 1951 while prices fell about 2 per ton cutting total value from 14 978 000 to 14 203 000. Alberta led with 478 000 tons from 86 778 acres and Ontario produced 340 000 tons from 31 500 acres. Sugar extraction totaled 143 500 tons. The industry cites Cuban cane sugar imports hurting prices with a 1 98 per hundredweight drop in 15 months.
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Canada
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Cuba
Lethbridge
Canadian Farm Loan Board reports activities for year ending 1952
The twenty third annual report shows 16 497 first mortgage loans totaling 28 365 986 23 and 2 815 loan accounts totaling 1 246 452 15. Board assets under administration rose to 29 864 551 the highest since 1944. Loan volume may rebound after June 1952 act raises maximum loans from 6000 to 12000 and current first mortgage rate is 5 percent. Enquiries to provincial Farm Loan offices in Victoria Saint John or Ottawa as applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Farm Loan Board
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Canadian Farm Loan Office
New Westminster
Saint John
Newfoundland
Ottawa
White City Banter Sparks Tourist Joke
A tourist asks a native about notable local men and is told the best answer is babies. The exchange highlights a condescending tone and a contrast between city life and local norms.
Mother Snakes Protect Young By Not Swallowing Them
A brief note reports that contrary to common belief a mother snake does not swallow her young to protect them. The observation highlights maternal care in reptiles and challenges folklore.
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Women's Wear Bureau
Fairway
Athabaskan
Pearl Harbor
Lupua Zinsman
AB Ken Williams
Regina
Terry Whitley
Edmonton
Victoria
Central Press
United States
Department of Commerce
Communist China
Central People's Government Council
Peiping Radio
William A. Mackintosh
Queen's University
Ont
Massey Royal Commission
Jane Dale
Caron
Quick
Farm Loan Board
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