Confidence and cooperation urged to curb inflation
F W Hill president of the Canadian Life Insurance Officers Association calls for public confidence to support price stability and saving. He notes 1956 life insurance in force at about 295 billion with 7 million policyholders and 4.1 billion in new policies. Death benefits reach 155 million. 62 percent paid to living policyholders.
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F. W. Hill
Canadian Life Insurance Officers Association
Hill
Crown Life Insurance Company of Toronto
Mr. Hill
Canada
Apple Paring Parties Recall Quiet Farm Festivities
The piece recalls old apple paring parties at a farm where neighbors gathered after supper to peel and string apples for drying. Women and children worked while songs, banjo and guitar music filled the room, servings of cider and warm baked goods followed the long evening.
Earliest Steamboat Milestones Across France and Atlantic
The earliest steamboat was built in France in 1780. Robert Fulton's Clermont began regular service in 1807. The Great Western became the first trans Atlantic steamer with its initial crossing in 1838.
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France
Robert Fulton
George Formby A Comedy Star Since 1921 And His Fifty Second Birthday
The article profiles Lan cashire comedian George Formby of Wigan famous for ukulele songs and a homely voice. It credits his wife Beryl for support and recalls how they met at a tiny variety theatre and how she helped secure his first long term contract. It notes Formby's early jockey days and his father’s stage influence and a milestone in November 1937 when he performed on a London stage alongside his father, a Royal Command feat for father and son.
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Lancashire
George Formby
Wigan
England
Modest George
Beryl
Newcastle
Shy George
George
London
Dentists and the Dental Market in a Fractured Child World
The piece satirizes the dental industry as a high value market for toothbrushes toothpaste and dental products. It follows a child patient aged five to eight experiencing fear and pain while a dentist is repeatedly interrupted by pharmaceutical sales reps and stock promoters. In the waiting room rowdy children tear magazines and vandalize chairs amid a chaotic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphina
Bedlam
Manitoba beer price revisions seek $300000 yearly gain
The Liquor Commission and Manitoba brewers propose price changes that would boost annual provincial revenue by $300000 and bring the province to parity with Canadian brewery returns. The plan includes a 55 cent per 12 gallon keg cut and additional per-dozen fees, awaiting Municipal and Public Utility Board approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal and Public Utility Board
Liquor Commission
Barnard Halstead
Utility Board
Commission
Treasury
Halstead
Manitoba
Secrets Everyone Guesses, Yet Keeps Hidden Says Shaw
A famous quotation attributed to George Bernard Shaw notes that the best kept secrets are those guessed by all. The witticism reflects on collective intuition and the limits of privacy in social discourse.
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George Bernard Shaw
Simple Barbecue Ham Sauce for Six
Saute chopped green pepper in margarine then stir into tomato paste. Blend in 1 teaspoon cider vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce and 1 1/4 teaspoons molasses. Heat through and serve immediately. This amount serves six.
Try And Stop Me! Bennett Cerf Wit Parade
A column of wry quips and jokes contrasts quick lines about a New York firm’s job line, a Harvard student blaming time, poker romance gags, a Columbia basketball quip, and a puzzling bookseller tale ending with a pun about a grand piano and a grandma.
Conference Delegates Attend Saskatchewan Government Conference in Regina
The display lists official delegates and provincial cabinet ministers at the Saskatchewan Provincial-Local Government Conference in Regina from December 11 to 14. Back row includes M F Kushnir Ald J Wilkie E M Schiefner B M MacKinnon H V Neilson H Allison R W Cant e ron J G Hamilton J McIntosh W E Armstrong T W Garland C A Jordan 8 A Ferguson front row includes C J Fahiman G E Cripps Hon W S Lloyd E F Bourassa Hon L F McIntosh J D McAskill Premier T C Douglas S Duff Noble Hon T J Bentley Hon Walter Erb Hon I C Nollet J P Beach Hon J H Brockelbank Hon C M Fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Regina
M. F. Kushnir
Ald. J. Wilkie
E. M. Schiefner
Milestone
Saskatchewan Trustees Association
B. M. MacKinnon
North Battleford
H. V. Neilson
Lloydminster
H. Allison
Gull Lake
R. W. Canteron
Saskatchewan Teachers Federation
Unity
Harry S. Hay
Saskatchewan Trustees Associa
S.U.M.A
W. E. Armstrong
Ernfold
SAM
A. T. W. Garland
Success
S.arm
C. A. Jordan
Prince Albert
G. E. Cripps
Wolseley
W. S. Lloyd
E. F. Bourassa
Saskatchewan Hospital Association
L. F. McIntosh
J. D. McAskill
Saskatoon
T. C. Douglas
S. Duff Noble
Baljennne
Sar.m
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Apple
Harriet Patchin Botham
Christian Science Monitor
Anzan Ishibashi
Tokyo
Japan
Liberal-Democratic Party
Ichiro Hatoyama
Dentists’ Blues
Bennett Cerf
New York Wall St
Madison St
Harvard
Columbia University
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