Hiccups Defy Cure as Crowd Sends 600 Letters to Man
Los Angeles, 26 year old Jack O Leary has received over 19 000 letters and 600 fan notes offering cures for a hiccup condition that began after a 1948 appendicitis. He endures one hiccup per second, day and night, despite trying hypnosis, vinegar and other remedies. He has lost weight and grows weaker, though he remains hopeful.
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Order Of Foresters To Admit Women
The Canadian Order of Foresters passes a resolution to admit women for the first time in 71 years. Mixed courts will be established at the annual convention session at the Royal Alexandra hotel in Winnipeg, with women sharing life insurance and fraternal benefits.
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Order of Foresters
Winnipeg
Canadian Order of Foresters
Royal Alexandra Hotel
Gems of Thought: Quotes on Duty, Rights, and Truth
A compact collection of motivational quotes from Lincoln, Mary Baker Eddy, G. MacDonald, Ezekiel, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Each line presents a moral assertion about duty, rights, truth, and steadfastness in the face of doubt and delay.
Quick Canadian Quiz Answers Found in Another Column
A reader question prompts recall of Canada related trivia. The quiz asks which province equals France Germany and Spain in area the pay of a federal cabinet minister the Speaker of the House of Commons and the number of labour union members among a 5 200 000 labour force. The King and Queen visit Canada when?
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House of Commons
Strange as It May Seem Junior’s Homework Mystery
A quirky note links a pupil's math trouble to memorized baseball batting averages and hints at a healthful lifestyle approach. The piece blends playful curiosity with a call to think, eat, live right.
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Junior
Treating Cancer With Rays
Montreal doctors report early gains using betatron therapy on 58 patients at Saskatchewan Cancer Clinic. Results show seven of ten cervix cancer patients alive, nine bladder cancers all advanced, and mixed outcomes across lung rectum brain throat and miscellaneous cases with several deaths but some lasting symptom relief.
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Montreal
Man And Bear Face Off In Pocatello Zoo Escape
In Pocatello Idaho a bear that escaped from the zoo fled with police officer Jim Perkins as they attempted to corral it. The bear was chased through a rock formation and ultimately driven back into its cage with sulphur flares.
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Pocatello
Idaho
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Perkins
Lemonade powder provokes sting of castor oil question
A girl asks how to take castor oil without taste. An assistant suggests a lemonade powder sample then reveals the oil was in the drink. The girl discovers she drank it and says she needed it for her younger brother. Adults fleas can live months without food.
Antelope Herds in Saskatchewan Show Rise in Survey
Saskatchewan game officials report the third annual aerial antelope survey indicates a possible turning point after several years of decline. The 1949 baseline counted 2,110 antelope in Saskatchewan, with 2,329 in Alberta and 1,045 in Montana. last year the count reached about 1,500, and this year's total is 1,448 with fawns included.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Montana
Million To One Chance Paid Off
London sanitation chief G. M. Sagar proved a million to one chance by guiding a recovered lost diamond ring from a city dump. He showed the doctor’s wife the vast pile of paper bags searched, then lifted the ring from a bag, ending the hunt.
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London
G. M. Sagar
Antelope Population Counts Expected to Rise After Survey
The antelope census shows about 2,000 to 2,500 animals in the province with counts about 50 fewer than last year. A follow up survey planned for summer will count the fawn crop and aim to push totals over 2,000. Large bands are noted north of Maple Creek and near Matador.
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Maple Creek
Matador
Work Begins on Nechako Diversion Tunnel in British Columbia
Drill crews operate at both ends of the Nechako River diversion tunnel as part of the $600 million Alcan project. The 32 foot diameter, 1,600 foot long tunnel will divert river water into the dam site 400 miles north of Vancouver, powering a 1,600,000 horsepower facility with Morrison Knudsen as primary contractor.
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Nechako
Fraser
Vanderhoof
C.N.R
Burns Lake
Tahtsa Lake
Kemano River
Kitimat
Kemano
Horetsky Creek
Alcan
Morrison-Knudsen ,Co
Boise
Idaho
U.S
Helpful Household Hints From an Old Column
The excerpt provides tips for preserving men's shirts by collar and French cuffs, cleaning marble water stains with kerosene and water, and stain removal pastes with soda or whiting. It also mentions restoring glass in sateens with borax water and a cooking tip to reduce pot heat after boiling begins.
Smile Of The Week Grace Auctioneers Joke
A father calls out from the stairs asking if the sweetheart is an auctioneer. The reply says no, he keeps saying he is going going but has not gone yet.
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Grace
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers
Answers to Quick Quiz provide dates names and figures from 1939. The list includes May 17 to June 15 1939 honoring Hon W KR Macdonald with Quebec as a location and about one million figures. It notes expense allowances at 13000 dollars yearly. Material supplied by editors of Quick Canadian Facts the handbook of facts about Canada. 2940
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