Cut-Up Poultry Gains Popularity Across Canada
Canadian households increasingly buy ready to cook eviscerated poultry with options from whole fowl to quarters and wings. Turkey steaks grow in use as producers stress flavour retention and sanitation, noting freight savings from initial evisceration and improved processing under the grading station program.
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E. D. Bennyman
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canada
Comfort Slippers Pattern 7268 From Household Arts Dept
Instructions for making foot-flattering slippers using fabric or quilting. Pattern 7268 offers sizes small to extra large with directions. Includes space to write name address and pattern number. from Household Arts Department Winnipes Street W. Toronto.
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Winnipes Street W
Toronto
Ancient roman custom frees slaves with caps
In ancient Rome slaves endured a public ritual before gaining freedom. They were compelled to parade until granted manumission, after which they received distinctive caps marking their release.
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Rome
Porcupine Charges Backwards at Threats
An African porcupine retreats and lunges in reverse motion to deter approaching enemies, using its spines as a defense mechanism.
Census Costs Rise For 1951 Canadian Census
Ottawa reports the 1951 census will cost about 9 million dollars up from 5 million in 1941. Enumerators receive eight cents per name, with higher rates for farming merchandising housing and other categories. Additional allowances cover travel and instruction with regional variations for sparse populations.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion Statistician
Smile of the Week Maid Fresh from School
In a bright store a young clerk demonstrated and sold a new toy priced at 29 cents. A customer observed the cashier had given correct change. The girl explained she had made three times 30 as 90 and subtracted 3 to yield 84.
Young Hawks Grow Taller Than Parents
Report notes that juvenile hawks mature into birds larger than their adult predecessors, with most young birds exceeding the size of their parents as they reach maturity.
Calgary Girl Pianist Joins Sadler's Wells Ballet Troupe
Calgarian Jean Gilbert serves as the permanent accompanist for the Sadler's Wells Company, providing piano to Margot Fonteyn Moira Shearer and others during rehearsals and solo ballets. She joined in 1944 after Kathleen Tierney helped secure the job, and her RAF husband John Andrews was killed in action five months after their wedding. Jean studied in Calgary, earned a Royal Conservatory scholarship in London, and aims to be a concert pianist.
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Toronto
Sadler's Wells
Jean Gilbert
Jean
Margot Fonteyn
Moira Shearer
John Andrews
England
Kathleen Tierney
Britain
Sadler’s Wells
Walking as a simple path to better exercise
The text extols walking for mild exercise and notes that even moderate distances between home and work or school provide stimulation and health benefits.
Open Faced Apple Pie From Selected Recipes
Five cups tart apples with sugar and cinnamon baked in a two crust pastry with lattice strips. Bake 10 minutes hot, then 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until tender and brown. Slice remaining pastry into tarts for baking with the pie. children will love them.
Provinces See Birth Rates Fall in 1950 Across Canada
A federal report shows Manitoba births drop from 18 528 to 16 285 while Saskatchewan falls nearly six per cent. Alberta posts an 8.7 per cent rise. Nine provinces report 298 333 births in ten months, up 0.7 per cent from 1949. Marriage and death rates shift modestly.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Alberta
Newfoundland
Confederation
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Ontario
Canada
Bachelors in N H L sparse among league players
NHL notes show 36 single players in the league as of January 16 with Detroit Wings leading in single men among teams. Montreal Chicago Toronto New York Boston also feature several unmarried players. Doug Bentley named captain of Chicago Black Hawks replacing sidelined Jack Stewart. 144 players have appeared in league games this season across teams. Frank Boucher, last Gers rallying figure, to attend gala in honor of his Lady Byng legacy.
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N.hll
National Hockey League
Montreal Canadiens
Chicago Black Hawks
Detroit Red Wings
Tom Johnson
Paul Masnick
Calum MacKay
Bert Olmstead
Chicago
Hugh Coffin
Bill Gadsby
al Dewsbury
Lee Fogolin
Pete Babando
Toronto Maple Leafs
New York Rangers
Boston Bruins
Red Wings
Red Kelly
Ted Lindsay
Gordie Howe
Marty Pavelich
Metro Prystal
Tommy Ivan
Gerry Couture
Jimmy McFadden
Vic Stasiuk
Clare Raglan
Doug Bentley
Black Hawk
Jack Stewart
Bentley
Hawks
Maurice Richard
Ted Sloan
Toronto
Roy Conacher
Floyd Curry
Canadiens
Jim McFadden
Detroit
Sid Smith
Harry Watson
Danny Lewicki
Frank Boucher
Cook-Boucher-Cook
Boucher
Pianist Stresses Value Of Practice In Winnipeg
Canadian pianist Gertrude Huntley Green emphasizes careful steady practice as key to progress. She notes a long performance career since infancy, with study in London Paris and Dresden and in North American cities, and suggests pianists study a second instrument to gain broader musical sense.
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Winnipeg
Gertrude Huntley Green
Miss Green
Jay Durand
Seattle
London
Paris
Dresden
Viardot
Roast Beef Temperature Debate About Best Cooking Method
Meat experts advise steady low heat over sear then cool for roast beef. A five pound roast cooked at 325 F without cover water bast ing or turning shrinks only a fraction of a pound and remains tender.
Gems of Thought on Trust and Truth
A curated set of quotes on trust and faith from Mac Donald Johnson Martineau Wada Henry and Geikie. The passages urge trust in others and in God while valuing truth, integrity, and steadfastness in belief. Each line offers a concise moral reflection on trust.
Cleaning tips and kitchen hacks from old guidance
Practical household hints cover knife safety lettuce snips dry cleaning fluids for feathers baking pan choice and shoe care. Advice includes scissor use for lettuce cleanup petroleum jelly on patent leather followed by polishing and drying. 2918
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