Pygmies Among World’s Smallest People Studied by Gusinde
CPC Correspondent reports Dr. Martin Gusinde, a Catholic priest and anthropologist, spent decades with pygmies in the Belgian Congo and other groups. He notes their happiness, nomadic life, lack of chiefs and taxes, diet, tools, and high infant mortality while highlighting gender equality and salt as a gift.
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Washington
Martin Gusinde
Ly. Gusinde
Catholic University
Globe
South America
Gusinde
Missionaries of the Divine Word Order
Belgian Congo
Dr. Gusinde
Canadian fashion item by Trend designer Bill Mintz
A Canadian made lava grey yarn dyed chamois taffeta dress by Bill Mintz of Trend features gun metal pearl beads at the front bodice and a pleated grey nylon tulle neckline. The full skirt is belted at the waist.
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Bill Mintz
Trend
Oddities and Anecdotes From Across the World
Peculiar items appear on church plates in Ardingly England including cigarettes for the rector and biscuits for the church mouse. Other notes cover a Hawaii sugarcane field tactic, emu eggs carved like cameos, Warninglid birds ignoring reflectors, and a De Witt Nebraska field driving scam.
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Ardingly
England
Warninglid
Smile Of The Week Ends In Playful Exchange
A lighthearted quip from a couple titled Smile Of The Week describes a playful marriage offer where one partner jokes about choosing the other as a spouse. The exchange reflects affectionate, humorous tone in a domestic vignette.
Quick Canadian Quiz Answers
The column provides answers to five questions: 1951 census unmarried men or women in Canada, whether Canada imports or manufactures more wool textiles, the date and location of North America’s first transatlantic wireless telegraph station, the largest city in Newfoundland Labrador Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, and whether Canada’s exports lean toward the British Commonwealth excluding the U.K. or Latin American countries.
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Canada
North America
Maritime Provinces
United Kingdom
Latin America
Bananas Grow in Vancouver UBC Greenhouse Mystery
In Vancouver at UBC a tropical room sprouts bananas and other tropicals under glass. Professor A F Barss heads horticulture with banana trees reaching 12 feet and notes BC may see first locally grown bananas. He plans to retire this spring after 35 years.
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Vancouver
University
British Columbia
A F. Barss
Department of Horticulture
Barss
UBC
Dr. Barss
Hampton Court
Britain
TRY AND STOP ME by Bennett Cerf
A collection of humorous vignettes shows a fisherman failing to amuse his daughter with a 20 minute line. A car thief claims he found the jalopy abandoned by a dead owner. A Korea drill ends with weary troops and a rotated joke. A country club flirtation and a housewife’s vacuum salesman punch line cap the piece.
Legless Lizard Found on Monte Bello Isles
Scientists report the discovery of a legless lizard unique to the Monte Bello Islands off north western Australia. It came from over 2,000 specimens collected before Britain's atomic bomb test on October 3, revealing many species new to science in the Monte Bello group.
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Monte Bello Isles
London
Monte Bello Islands
Australia
Britain
Monte Bellos
Appetizing Recipes for Mushroom Chicken Filling
A recipe lists ingredients for a mushroom chicken filling. It includes fresh sliced mushrooms chicken fat or butter flour salt pepper nutmeg chicken stock milk thin cream diced cooked chicken and paprika. Mushrooms are sautéed in fat seasoned then milk cream and chicken added until smooth. Use as filling for Party Pancakes.
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Peng
Progress In The Oil Industry Of Southern Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan towns from Regina to Wapella and Forget see oil boom as $50,000,000 projected for 1953. Williston Basin discoveries near Forget and Ratcliffe drive exploration with Tide Water and Imperial wells producing 75 to 95 barrels daily. Swift Current and Kindersley expand as heavy, medium and light crude fields emerge across the province.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Woapelle
Weyburn
Swift Current
Eastend
Wapea
Forget
Shaunavon
Williston Basin
North American
Great Alberta Basin
Alberta
Fort Norman
Montana
North
South Dakota
Rocky Mountains
North Dakota
United States
Manitoba
Canada
Wilson M. Laird
Williston
Imperial Oil Limited
California Standard Company
Virden
Amerada
Beaver Lodge
Madison Pool
Tioga
Shell Oil Company
Socony- Vacuum Exploration Company
Socony Central
Imperial Tide Water
Wapella
Sohio Petroleum
Canadian Pacific Railway
Tide Water Associated Oil Company
Ratcliffe
Kindersley
Coleville
Buffalo Coulee
Brock and
D'Arcy
Eatonia
Laverna
Hoosier Wells
Gull Lake
Anglo American Exploration Company
Anglo American
Java Crown No. 1
Tide Water
Tide Water Associated Company
Rapdan Crown No. 1
Shannavon
Sasatchewan
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers Facts Compiled for Canada
The notes reveal quiz results and demographic figures: answer 5 points to Latin America, 3 at Table Head NS in 1904, 1 422 313 more unmarried men than women, 4 Halifax NS St John NB Charlottetown PEL St John's Mid, 2 Canada to supply half the market this year, down from two thirds.
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Latin America
Table Head
Halifax
St. John
N.B
Charlottetown
Pel
St. John's
Mid
Quick Canadian Facts
Canada
Dogs See Color as Shades of Gray, Study Suggests
Research indicates dogs perceive colors as varying gray tones rather to human color hues. Findings show limited color discrimination between red and green, with brightness guiding their choices in tests.
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Korea
Lamarr
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