Canadian volunteers boost weather data gathering effort
The Dominion Meteorological Office relies on 5700 US and Canadian volunteers, including 702 in Canada, who take daily temperature readings and read rain gauges. Ontario needs 100 volunteers, while British Columbia leads per capita due to strong interest among English descent residents. Readings are transmitted monthly to Toronto for maps, rainfall, and temperature baselines.
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Cpathon
United States
Canada
Weather Bureau
Dominion
Andrew Thomson
Inc. Meteorological Division
Department of Transport
North America
Ontario
Weather Office
Meteorological Service
Bloor Street
Toronto
Upper Canada College
Controller Thomson
British Columbia
England
Sweet Milk Doughnuts From A Home Kitchen
A dated recipe for sweet milk doughnuts uses fat sugar and milk with baking powder salt and cinnamon. The method blends fat with sugar then milk and egg, adds flour to form a soft dough, rolls to four inch thickness, cuts with a doughnut cutter, then fries in hot fat until brown. Dust with powdered sugar when partly cooled.
Molasses Ginger Quick Bread From Pantry List
A simple bake mixing sour milk with soda into molasses then folding in flour ginger and salt. Add melted butter and bake in a moderate oven at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes until done.
Device measures tree growth to one-thousandth inch
Moscow Idaho researchers Dr M E Deters of the University of Idaho and Dr R F Daubenmire of Washington State College report a device sensitive enough to measure daily diameter growth of a tree down to one-thousandth of an inch in a research paper.
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Moscow
Idaho
M. E. Deters
University of Idaho
R. F. Daubenmire
Washington State College
Barbara Ann Scott to skate in Canadian championships March 24
Barbara Ann Scott of Ottawa, world and women’s champion, will compete in the Canadian figure skating championships in March. Ted Lindsay scored twice in Detroit’s 4-3 win over the Rangers to reach 20 NHL goals this season, first to reach that mark. Edmonton proposes a $1 million arena of 10 000 seats. Bryan Hextall has reached 20 goals in seven NHL seasons, a league record for consistency. Chicago Hawks claim 2 100 TVs in taverns reach 25 000 fans. 17 000 attend stadium. Saskatoon’s Spy Hill rink fund shows 400 cash balance and 2 200 pledges, 10 000 required for skating curling rink. Johnny Longden named outstanding American jockey of 1947 with 316 wins.
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Barbara Ann Scott
Ottawa
Ted Lindsay
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit
New York Rangers
N.H.L
Bryan Hextail
Hextall
Spy Hill
Sask
Association
Curling Championship Top-Ranking Curlers Near Brier Berth
The top provincial champions race toward Calgary to begin the round robin for the Macdonalds Brier Tankard starting March 1. Manitoba’s Jimmie Welsh defends, while Alberta, led by Howard Palmer and Billy Rose, lures favor with strong performers and home crowd support. Saskatchewan remains a mystery as its seasoned teams chase a breakthrough after years of near misses.
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Sipe
Calgary
Saint John
New Brunswick
Jimmie Welsh
Manitoba
Jimmie
Howard Palmer
Calgarians
Albertans
Billy Rose
Saskatoon
Howard
Welsh
Palmer
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Winnipeg
Ken Watson
Ken
Watson
Cliff Manahan
Northern Ontario
British Columbia
B.C
Frenchy” D’amour
Trail Entry
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Maritime
Dominion
Scientists Hunt Cause Of Baldness In Sloths And Apes
The Smithsonian Institution reports that scientists study baldness in humans by examining the three-toed sloth and some large apes. It notes these animals show adult male baldness, suggesting a potential link in mammals.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Cecropia
Central
South America
Smithsonian
Measuring Standing Trees by Simple Triangles and Shadows
Farmers can estimate tree height and volume using a right triangle and plumb line or a shadow rule. The first method uses a sighting triangle to determine height from eye level and distance, then dice its diameter to compute volume. A second method uses a 12 inch stick and shadow lengths to estimate height by proportionality, both giving close approximations when trees are straight and ground level.
Winter Salad Tips And How To Use Sterling Silver
A collection of quick kitchen and crafts notes describe a winter salad made with diced apples marshmallows and raisins held together with mayonnaise and advise daily use of sterling silver to prevent tarnish and enhance luster. The guide explains wood finishing using sandpaper steel wool white shellac and paste wax. It also clarifies that the British pennyweight equals two pennyweights, not a single pennyweight.
Gems and visions echo through thought and faith
A compact meditation collection cites Bruyere, Charles Fletcher Cole, John R. Mott, Mary Baker Eddy, C. C. Colton, and Matthew 16 3. It contrasts discernment with worldly light and notes spiritual insight surpasses mere geometric reason.
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God
Mary Baker Eddy
Partridge Wins as Hawk Snatches Bird in Elberton Hunt
In Elbert County John Harvel’s hound flushed a partridge instead of a rabbit. Harvel fired and the partridge fell but a hawk seized the bird. He discharged the other barrel, the dog captured the hawk, and Harvel retrieved the partridge.
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Elberton
John Harvel
Harvel
Prank Leaves Farmer Confused Over Lost Horses
An elderly Worcestershire farmer fell asleep in his wagon after a village visit. Two farm hands unhitched the horses and took them home as a prank. He awoke later and remarked that if his name was John Jones he had lost two horses, otherwise he had found a cart.
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Worcestershire
John Jones
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Dominion Meteorological Office
Minischa
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Man
Edmonton
Ald
Sidney Parsons
Chicago Hawks
Chicago
Johnny Longden
Taber, Alta
New York Turf Writers
Cee Aeoe
Longden
Ralph Moore
Charles Peck
Curling
Prairie Province
Jimmy Welsh
Alex Welsh
Jock Reid
Harry Monk
Winnipeg Deer Ledge
Bruyere
Charles Fletcher Cole
John R. Mott
C. C. Colton
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