Humboldt switches to fully automatic telephone system
Humboldt has completed the transition to a fully automatic dial system after replacing the main cable and adding 609 insulating picks. The project involved a new exchange building, long distance switching by British General Electric, and reconstruction of lines in Humboldt and rural areas, with five digit numbers to fit future direct dialing.
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Humboldt
Pegina
Humboldts
Saskatchewan
Colern Telephone Exchange
B. & F (Instiuttion Company Ltd
Frind Albert
British
General Electric Company
W. A. Sheardown
Saskatoon
Humboldt Exchange
Monkeyshines Spark New Orleans Police Inquiry
A New Orleans businessman reports escalating pranks by a rival involving a shaved monkey used to imitate him. He complains the rival has gone too far and bought a monkey to replicate his appearance. Police say they can do nothing further at this time.
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New Orleans
Frohce
Aml
Belting Bionda Impresses Leafs Fans
Aggressive belting style of 22 year old defenseman Jack Bionda of the Toronto Maple Leafs has thrilled fans. At 6 feet tall and 179 pounds he was called up this season to replace injured Tim Horton and may win a permanent berth. Bionda transitioned from lacrosse in Brampton to Junior B, then Marlboros Junior A, later starring for the Victoria Shamrocks who won the 1955 Mann Cup.
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Tne
Jack Bionda
Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto
Leafs
Tim Horton
Bionda
NHL
Bucky McDonald
Flash Hollett
Brampton
Ont
Kates
Toronto Marlboros
Victoria Shamrocks
The Kiwi Battles Predators and Fires in New Zealand
The Kiwi, New Zealand’s small burrowing flightless bird, loses ground to stoats ferrets rats and house cats along with widespread bush fires threatening its survival.
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New Zealand
Santa Claus Mission Delivers Christmas Cheer to Canadian Forces
A Royal Canadian Air Force flight from Montreal to Saigon on November 25 carried parcel mail, pre cooked poultry and Christmas fare for Canadian troops in Indo China. Each soldier could send a 10 pound parcel to kin, while back home provisions included films, magazines, duty bags and cigars. The return is planned for December 15 with more mail and parcels.
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Ottawa
Santa Claus
Far East
Indo China
Royal Canadian Air Force
Montreal
Saigon
International Supervisory Comission
Canada
Army Welfare
Canadian Legion
Wavy League of Canada
Ontari
Christmas Pattern Cut-Out Santa and Deer Designs
A vintage pattern listing describes cut-out decorations of a Santa with sleigh and deer, sized for lawn or roof display. It covers materials, step by step cutting and finishing, pricing at 35c or included in a pattern packet, with ordering details for Home Workshop Pattern Service in Vancouver and a separate girls jumper pattern with simple sewing instructions and sizes.
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Aim
Baby bonnet booties jacket crochet set pattern 7315
Advertisement for infant crochet pattern 7315 offering bonnet booties and jacket in open and closed shell stitches. Uses 3 ply baby yarn and white with pastel pink blue or yellow. Requires twenty five cents to obtain pattern via mail.
Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue Offer
A Toronto advertisement from the Department P.P.L. and Household Arts promotes the ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue. It invites readers to send 25 cents for a copy featuring knitting, crochet, embroidery, iron-ons, toys, and novel ties, and asks for name, address, and pattern number.
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Alice Brooks
Gaining Pounds With Balanced Diet and Smart Choices
The article advises lean individuals wanting to add weight to follow Canada's Food Rules, include creamy soups rich desserts and snacks, increase milk intake for nutrients, and eat fruits like bananas and apples. If underweight persists, consult a doctor to rule out underlying causes.
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Canada
Rolling laundry table boosts efficiency around the home
A rolling laundry table adds mobility for sorting and sprinkling, keeping it beside the washer for convenient access and near the ironing board to hold garments before and after ironing.
Stone Age demonstration at Pan African Congress in Livingstone
Dr. L S B Leakey impersonates a Stone Age craftsman to show stone tool making at the Pan African Congress on Pre-history in Livingstone Northern Rhodesia. He demonstrates flint shaping with a bone hammer and anvil technique, stressing speed and know how in primitive tool production.
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Pan- African Congress
Livingstone
Northern
Rhodesia
Fool
L. S. B. Leakey
Kenya
Nairobi Museum
Fresh Air coolers in Austin village lengthen nights
An article notes Strictly Fresh Air coolers installed in a model village near Austin Texas seem to lengthen nights in terms of hours slept and spurs reflections on Texas myths. It also touches on snow shoveling being a grave task and includes various topical odds and ends from public notices to military drafts.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Lone Star
Last run for ghost train in Nipissing area
Ontario Northland's ghost train legend ends as game warden Orel Landriault and constable Bob Friend uncover a home made rail speeder hidden near Osborne. They report a muffled, two man vehicle with rubber tires built from a gas washing machine motor. Five hunters face charges for loaded rifles and trespass on railway property.
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Orel Landriault
Bob Friend
Osborne
Nipissing
U.S. Exports to Russia Rise in Second Quarter
U.S. exports to Russia and satellite nations totaled 2,066,000 in the second quarter, up from 1,465,000 in the first quarter, per the Commerce Department.
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U.S
Russia
United States
Commerce Department
Oats pool final payments announced by Wheat Board
Ottawa reports that the Canadian Wheat Board has closed the 1954-55 oats pool. Final payments per bushel are set for various oat grades, with total pool payments totaling over 6.5 million dollars. Howe notes prices to producers higher than the prior pool and cheques are being issued for the barley pool.
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Ottawa
C.D. Howe
Canadian Wheat Board
Dati
Western Trad
Canada Western
Howe
The Object of Irrigation and Soil Moisture
The article explains soil moisture balance for irrigation. It defines field capacity as the maximum water held after gravity ceases and the wilting point as the moisture level causing plant wilting. It notes saturation and waterlogging harm air, and that usable water lies between field capacity and wilting point.
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Canada Department of Agriculture
Howe's Raised-Symbol Method Revolutionized Blind Education
Samuel Gridley Howe dedicated about 50 years to educating the blind and created the first teaching method using raised symbols to convey text and concepts.
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Samuel Gridley Howe
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Department P.P.S
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J Fashions
Lene Solaris
By Vice Brooks
Les Carroll
Strictly Fresh
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Oubit
Europe
Paris
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Ontario Northland Railway
Craker
Omena
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