Paris Plans 2000th Anniversary Celebration Amid Joy
Paris marks a two thousand year milestone with planned events headed by Jules Romains. A parade on April first opens festivities followed by a dinner for 2000 elders, a Sorbonne ceremony, and a grand Louvre square concert.
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John FF. Sembower
CPC
Paris
Julies Romains
France
Western Hemisphere
Romains
Verdun
Etats Unis
United States
Ben Franklin
Free World
Sorbonne
Ste. Chappelle
St. Germain
Louvre
Versailles
Fountainebieau
Compeigne
Rambouillet
Try and Stop Me! Bennett Cerf Seeks Laughs in Frivolous Vignettes
A humorous monologue excerpt features a preacher bluntly denying radio presence and a wind mischief scene with a near sighted director chasing a beret. A woman identifies the beret as a neighbor’s black hat and a racetrack tale ends with seven creditors.
Beaver Beaters: Rail Line Foreman Fights Addled Beavers
A Toronto Globe & Mail column recounts a CNR section foreman at Brawny Ontario in Algonquin Park seeking rail engineering advice after beavers repeatedly flood the track. He tests water wheels lanterns culverts and fences with limited success as beavers persistently build dams at the west switch 135 miles west of Ottawa.
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C.N.R
Brawny
Algonquin Park
Individua
Toronto
Ellis Parker Butler
Ont
Ottawa
Warmer Winters Increasing Across Canada According To Expert
Toronto weather official cites a nearly four degree rise in December to February averages since 1890. He notes warmer trends at Muskoka and Southampton and a nine degree rise at Dawson City in 1928 38. Glacial retreat and rising ocean temperatures support the shift. Possible causes include more solar input less volcanic dust higher carbon dioxide and altered atmospheric circulation.
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Toronto
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Southampton
Lake Huron
Here
Agnes Tolmie
Muskoka
Winnipeg
Prince Albert
Sask
Dawson City
Y.T
Canada
West
Rockies
Alaska
Atlantic
Pacific
Baffin Island
Greenland
Thomson
Equator
North Pole
New Read Signs Erected In Alberta To Promote Safety
Alberta installs twelve illuminated safety signs at Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge and Medicine Hat city limits to warn drivers before provincial highways. Signs measure 10 by 25 feet and change quarterly on Jasper Calgary Clover Bar Fort Saskatchewan Namao and St Albert Trail routes. Erection funded by Automobile Accident Indemnity Act funds via Economic Affairs and Public Works.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Jasper Highway
Calgary Highway
Clover Bar Road
Fort Saskatchewan Road
Namao Road
St. Albert Trail
Department of Economic Affairs
Department of Public Works
Indians Prove Conservation Minded in Ontario Reserves
Ontario Lands and Forests officials report Indians show strong conservation on trapping and fire prevention. Beavers recovered in James Bay after Indians received trap zones and protection duties. In Kenora, an Indian chief or councillor serves as honorary fire warden, with two seasons of volunteer safety and no fires caused by Indians on reserves.
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Ontario
Department of Lands and Forests
James Bay
Kenora
Keith Acheson
Manitoba Ontario highway project eyed for prosperity
Northeastern Manitoba seeks a six highway system linking Winnipeg to the Ontario border. Highways Minister William Morton will consider extending No 1 from Ontario through Rennie and Lockport to meet No 4 near Marquette after the Trans Canada highway opens. Proposals include two north–south routes from the US border to Bissett via Steinbach and through Elma to Lac du Bonnet.
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Manitoba
William Morton
Ontario
Rennie
Lockport
Marquette
United States
Bissett
Steinbach
Ste. Anne
Beausejour
Pine Falls
Manigotagan
Elma
Whitemouth
Seven Sisters Falls
Lac du Bonnet
Bird River
Young Elk Becomes Family Pet On Franklin Farm
In Franklin Manitoba the Walter MacDonald family adopts a young elk that was smuggled from Riding Mountain National Park. Dick MacDonald aged 14 befriended the animal last October and the elk now roams with Wendy the Labrador. A local guardian urged keeping it through hunting season, as release could mean death.
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Franklin
Walter MacDonald
Dick MacDonald
Riding Mountain National Park
MacDonald Place
Wendy
Neepawa
National Park
The Thing A Farm Tale About a Missing Object
A farmer recalls a bright youth who left with a thing from the end of a tool. The youth questions the farmer about the item then returns to work with the thing in hand.
Forest Losses Exceed Growth in Canada
Vancouver Canada minister Winters told the Truck Loggers Association that timber growth likely lags behind losses from cutting fires insects and disease. He urged sustained yield, careful resource management, and notes forest conservation supports wildlife soil water and flood prevention.
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Vancouver
Canada
Winters
Truck Loggers Association
Brightly Colored Taxis Come to Winnipeg Streets
Winnipeg taxicabs will sport new colors after the Taxicab Board waived a 15 year old provision banning bright hues. A fleet of 24 yellow cabs is already on the streets, with plans to evaluate other schemes such as black with silver green or orange with black, ahead of Easter parades.
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Winnipeg
Care of Feet Fitting Shoes for Comfort
Guidance on proper fit for footwear explains the rule of thumb that a shoe should be a certain inches longer than the longest toe and that both feet should be measured to ensure balanced fitting.
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Parisii
Ne de la Cite
Seine
Metromlitan
New York
London
Tokyo
Central Press
Bennett Cerf
Oklahoma
Beavers
A. Hoffman
Pais
Tog
Aateamony
Meteorological Service of
Canalis
Manitoba- Ontario
Dolman
By M. Harrison-Gray
Holand
Sweden
Brighton
Jne
East
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