Unusual Eskimo Cookbook Published in Anchorage
Alaska's Alaska Crippled Children's Association II releases the Eskimo cookbook by Shishmaref schoolchildren, inspired by Miss Bingham. It includes recipes like bear feet and seagull eggs, with proceeds aiding the association and a note on Theodore Roosevelt as a 1880s cattle baron.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Crippled Children’s Association II
Miss Bingham
Association
Morris Kryutelluk
Nellie Okpowruk
Roy Cekee
Agnes Kiyutelluk
Stewart Tocktoo
Pauline Tocktoo
Stephen Settomona
Nunnery near Turin near completion by Carmelite sisters
Thirteen Carmelite nuns nearing completion of a convent near Turin Mary. The nuns learned masonry for two months before starting work under a hired architect. Parishioners donated funds for materials and the nuns will retire to cloistered silence after completion.
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Turin
Mary
Mendicant Order of Our Lady of
Huge Water Wheel Monument To Gold Miners In B C
The article recalls Old Town and Perry Creek prospecting before and during the Klondike era in British Columbia. It describes the 1933 syndicate built 32 foot diameter overshot wheel, 72 buckets, delivering 68 horsepower to pumps for an underground 100 foot deep mine, operated 1934 to 1936, and notes Old Town’s decline after a 1945 hotel fire. Dooley, a wheel operator, recalls memories of the era.
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B.C
Old Town
Fabulous Creek
Klondike
Perry Creek
Fort Steele
Kootenay River
Dooley
North America
Immigration to Canada: October arrivals rise sharply
Canada’s immigration department reports October arrivals at 18,624, lifting ten month total to 143,722, only 2 percent below last year’s 146,236. United Kingdom and Northern Europe show gains, while US and other countries dip. If trends continue, arrivals may surpass last year’s 164,495.
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Otyawa
Canada
Immigration Department
United Kingdom
U.K
Europe
Move Planned for Aklavik and Coppermine to Safer Sites
Government to relocate the Arctic settlements Aklavik and Coppermine from flood and permafrost dangers. Surveyors will pick new sites next year. cost not estimated. Aklavik sits on unstable delta soil and may subside if permafrost melts. Coppermine will also move. Cabinet action follows Health Resources and NRC recommendations.
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Aklavik
Canada
Arctic
Mackenzie River
Arctic Ocean
Coppermine
Resources Department
Health and Resources Departments
National Research Council
R. Gordon Robertson
Northwest Territories Council
The Bends and the Punkah Fan Contrast
A diver pulled from great depth may suffer decompression sickness known as the bends. The article notes the punkah a large traditional fan used in certain regions and contrasts it with diving dangers.
Treatment For Crossed Eyes Can Be Started Early
Montreal eye specialists insist there is no such thing as too young to treat strabismus now. Drs. Laws and Katz urge early pediatric eye exams, ideally by six months, with treatment by age four to develop vision in the weaker eye and avoid long therapy later. They note heredity and emphasize patience as treatment may last months.
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Montreal
Children’s Memorial Hospital
H Wyatt Laws
Arnold Katz
Katz
Montreal Medico -Chirurgical Society
Manitoba seeks British capital for industrial expansion
Manitoba Industry and Commerce Minister R. D. Turner announced plans to travel to Britain and Europe in April to seek investment capital for the province. He and his deputy will promote Manitoba’s attractive investment prospects and establish plants here, with the department expected to unveil details of a comprehensive 1953 program to attract more industries.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
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Isabelle Hingham
Bering Sea
Arctic Circle
Theodore Roosevelt
Dakota
Kathy Roche
New York City
M. Harrison-Gray
Britain
Italy
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East
South
North
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