Pretty Blue-Eyed Girl Will Be Denmark's Next Queen
A 12-year-old Copenhagen girl with flozen hair and blue eyes is poised to become Denmark’s next queen. Princess Margrethe Alexandrine Thorhndur Ingad, eldest child of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid, could succeed should constitutional changes pass Parliament and public vote. Palace briefings noted Margrethe learned of the possible future role during a visit to England.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Margrethe Alexandrine Thorhndur Ingad
Frederik IX
Ingrid
Margrethe I
Margrethe
Frederic
Prince Knut
Gloecksburg
Twnad
England
Margrethe II
World Happenings Briefly Told
Japan plans tax cuts and liquor duty reductions in its 1953 budget approved by the cabinet. The Royal National Lifeboat Service answered 656 distress calls in 1952, above the wartime average. Canadian steel mills produced a record 3,599,755 tons of ingots in 1952, up four percent. Norway starts a mobile bank schedule in Bergen suburbs. The Swedish Boy Scout Union marks 50th anniversary with a campaign raising about 80,000 for special schools. Margaret Runner, daughter of a Sarcee head chief, becomes the first Indian princess at Alberta agricultural school. Firemen battled a £10000 blaze at Elizabeth Shaw candy plant amid melting chocolate and fog delays. Halifax grain shipments to the UK, Egypt, and Pakistan are rising, per port manager J R Mitchell.
Royal Commission on Agriculture ready to receive briefs
Regina reports the Royal Commission on Agriculture and Rural Life opens briefs submission with a July 1 deadline for individuals provincial groups and agencies. Community forums briefs due April 15 and hearings planned in late fall or winter across the province.
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Royal Commission On Agriculture
Regina
Royal Commission On Agriculture and Rural Life
W. M. Harding
Commission
Mr. Harding
Harding
Calves Thrive Outside in Winter, Dairy Expert Says
Regina report on the Sask Saskatchewan Dairy Association convention notes Dr. W. E. Peterson of the University of Minnesota presented trials showing calves born and raised in open sheds in winter fared better than those in heated barns. He cited 150 calves at the university farm with low losses in winter and higher losses in standard barns, and contrasted with Pullman, Washington results. He also warned against feeding vegetable oils emulsified in skim milk, noting rapid death.
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W. E. Peterson
University Farm
St. Paul
Pullman
Wash
Peterson
Canadian Rates For Life Insurance High
The Institute of Life Insurance reports world life insurance ownership rose since World War II but net family protection gains lag. In Canada total life insurance in force grew 77 percent from 1946 to 1952 and per capita ownership rose 56 percent, with Canada likely leading in life insurance in force to national income. In 1951 Canada’s ratio stood at 110 percent.
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Institute of Life Insurance
Institute
Canada
Perfect Strainer From Nylon Stocking Improves Paint Filtering
An old nylon stocking serves as a practical paint and varnish strainer. The evenly meshed fabric traps lumps without lint, balancing filtration without shedding fibers into the liquid.
Insurance covers wedding expenses in Dayton policy
The Ohio Farm Bureau Insurance Co. announces a wedding insurance policy for daughters starting at age two. It covers all wedding costs from gown to rice and allows an endowment payout after 20 years if the daughter remains unmarried. The text also notes elephants have five toes on each foot with the middle toe being the largest.
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Dayton, O
Ohio Farm Bureau Insurance Co
Plan New Paper Money For Canada
Ottawa reports the Bank of Canada will issue an entirely new series of paper money bearing the Queen late in 1954. Bank head Graham Towers said the coronation on June 2 will not trigger immediate withdrawal of existing bills. He noted replacing all denominations would cost about $1.5 million and that the new designs are in work, with circulation hoped for by year end 1954.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Graham Towers
Ottawa Artist Designs New Wildlife Stamp
Ottawa artist John Crosby, 28, created the blue polar bear design for the upcoming two cent wildlife stamp, marking a peak in his 18 years of studying and drawing Canada's birds and animals. Crosby, self taught with no formal training, is now the National Museum zoology section artist naturalist and aspires to illustrate a long overdue book on Canadian birds.
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Ottawa
John Crosby
National Museum
Crosby
Canada
Toronto
Toronto University
English Baron Apologizes For Living So Long
Ninety year old Charles Hepburn-Stuart Forbes-Trefusus the 21st Baron Clinton vows to speed up his will by giving 6000 pounds to three Episcopalian diocesan councils. He recalls 1930 bequests of 2000 pounds each for poorer clergy and says he feels guilty about his longevity.
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Dolton
Eng
Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart Forbes-Trefusus
Baron Clinton
Gems of Thought on Labor and Virtue
A collection of moral maxims and quotes praising labor as a path to blessing, rest for the weary, and virtue. Includes sayings from Eddy Jesus John Jay Reynolds Longfellow and Voltaire stressing that effort yields rewards and discipline cures life’s evils.
Sioux Indians seek skull of Sitting Bull
Washington reports from Smithsonian that Sitting Bull's skull is not in the collection. Dr. T Dale Stewart notes the famed leader is buried at Fort Yates and not among skeletons. Sioux seek return for rightful resting place.
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Washington
Sitting Bull
Smithsonian Institute
T. Dale Stewart
Portland, Ore
Smithsonian
A. W. O'Connell
Stewart
The
Fort Yates
N.C
Jumping Bull
United States
George Custer
Dr. Stewart
Dakotas
Health at Work: Industrial Dermatitis More Common in Younger Workers
Health magazine reports from the Department of National Health and Welfare on industrial dermatitis. Blond and oily skin influence susceptibility, while clean environments and diet affect skin resistance and infection risk. Younger workers show higher acute incidence, and existing skin diseases raise dermatitis risk.
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Health Magazine
Department of National Health and Welfare
Prince Charles and Princess Anne Meet Station Crowd
Royal children Charles and Anne, with Queen Elizabeth II, arrived from the Royal Estate and met station officials and the public. Attendants guided Charles heir to the throne, Anne, and three dogs to the platform as they exchanged handshakes before the queen and Duke left in a limousine.
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London
Prince Charles
Anne
Royal
England
Elizabeth I
Duke of Edinburgh
Charles
Heart Pumps Blood Amounts To Three Times Body Weight Hourly
A medical fact notes the human heart circulates a volume of blood each hour equal to more than triple the body's weight, illustrating the heart's powerful pumping capacity.
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Japan
Royal National Life-Boat Service
Canadian Steel Mills
Norway
Bergen
Swedish Boy Scout Union
Margaret Runner
Alberta Agricultural School
Elizabeth Shaw, Limited
Brentford
Halifax
J. R. Mitchell
United Kingdom
Egypt
Pakistan
M. Harrison-Gray
East
Egstese
Britain
Austria
North
West
Mickey
Rex
Pinehurst
del Cameron
Newport Stock Farm
Monk
Cameron
Newport
Octave Blake
Plainfield
N.J
Anne Baxter
Dorval
Alfred Hitchcock
Quebec
Mr. Hitchcock
Miss Baxter
Jordan
Sandhurst
King Hussein of
Royal Military College
U.S. Army
West Point
Central Press
LABOR
Mary Baker Eddy
Christ Jesus
John
Jay
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Voltaire
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