Dominion Now Ranks Third In World Commodity Trade
OTTAWA the story of Canada’s trade from under 126000 in the first Confederation year to 4239 million in 1946 outlines a rise to third in world commodity trade. Growth came in surges with agriculture industry. wheat, newsprint and base metals led exports while two nations, the United Kingdom and the United States, dominated trade patterns.
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Dominion
Ottawa
Canada
Canad@a
United Kingdom
United States
Elizabeth Receives Freedom of London in Royal Procession
Princess Elizabeth travels from Buckingham Palace to the Guildhall to receive the Freedom of the City from the Lord Mayor. The scene features the Household Cavalry, a blue and white dress, gloves, and a blue straw hat, with her lady-in-waiting in pink. Crowds cheer as she waves, recalling Queen Victoria’s earlier ceremonial Guildhall visit.
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Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Guildhall
Household Cavalry
Royal Landeau
Queen Victoria
Prince Albert
Mansion House
London Letter
Ottawa Journal
Lucky motif linen transfer pattern 7481
Pattern 7481 features twenty motifs with varied gay outlines suitable for linens. Transfer measures 44 by 10 inches, price twenty five cents in coins, request your name address and pattern number, send to Household Arts 75 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg.
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McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Veterans Formed Unusual Club In Dartmouth Hotel
In Dartmouth Nova Scotia eight war veterans formed the Broken Dish Club at a hotel. They matched fragments of a china dish as membership cards from places named La Deliverence Antwerp St Michael Gester and Bad Swischenahn. They toast with a champagne glass carried through European campaigns and plan a 1949 reunion in Moncton New Brunswick.
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Dartmouth
Nova Scotia
Broken Dish Club
Maritimes
la Deliverence
Antwerp
St. Michael, Gester
Bad Swischenahn
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Moncton
N.B
20 Ways To Avoid Flat Tires On Vacation
Akron Ohio Claude Mason of B F Goodrich lists twenty tire failure causes ahead of a rise in travelers. He warns improper inflation, hot tire bleeding, wrong tube size, cuts and bruises, boots and patches, aggressive driving, curb impacts, excessive speed, streetcar tracks, rocks, oily parking floors, leaks or loose valves, inaccurate gauges, neglecting pressure checks, worn or leaking tubes, poor mounting, lubrication neglect, not cross switching tires, wrong tire flaps, and bad wheel alignment.
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Akron, O
Claude Mason
B. F. Goodrich Co
America
Diplomatic Holiday Proposed to Let People Work Out Salvation
W L Clark of the Windsor Star advocates a yearlong diplomatic holiday. Diplomats would go home, allowing the public to discuss and resolve matters directly without international palaver causing further trouble.
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W. L. Clark
The
Windsor Star
Judge Orders $25 Monthly Support For Wife
Smile of the Week from Charlotte reports Judge F M Redd hearing a non support case brought by a wife. After evidence, the judge ruled the defendant must pay $25 per month to her, while he offered to give a dollar or two periodically on his own.
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Charlotte
N.C
F. M. Redd
Redd
High School Girl Demonstrates Homemade Snow Creation
Kathleen Roan a 17 year old student from Providence Rhode Island wowed scientists at the Hayden Planetarium show science makes weather by describing and performing a snow making method. She used two wash tubs rock salt chopped ice and dry ice to create a supercooled cloud resulting in glittering snow crystals.
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New York
Kathleen Roan
Providence
R.I
Hayden Planetarium
Kathleen
Radio receiving licences rise to 10.78 million in Britain
The number of radio receiving licences in force in Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the end of May was 10,782,000, including 18,850 television licences.
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London
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Hatchery Planted 2,750,000 Salmon For North Central WA
In Leavenworth Washington the Icicle River area hatchery released 2,750,000 steelhead chinook and blueback salmon to North Central Washington streams as part of the world's food supply. Eskimos once faced fewer disease risks before white men visited the region.
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Leavenworth
Wash
Icicle River
Washington
Friction Drive Hay Hoist For Sawmill Use
A DIY electric hay hoist uses 4 in motor pulley and 18 in intermediate shaft pulley to drive a 10 in drum friction system. With a 1750 rpm motor the drum runs ~110 rpm and rope speeds reach 200 ft min for single, half that for double rope. A 2 hp motor lifts 500 lb at 66 ft min assuming 50 percent efficiency. 5 hp raises 160 ft min. Proper installation, brakes, and strong wiring are essential for safe, efficient operation over horse powered forks.
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Ately
Ubangis Drop Lip Discs For Circus Appearance
Fashion note reports the Ubangi people abandon lip disc practice. Howard Berry announces his circus will feature Ubangi participants this autumn in New York.
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New York
Africa
Howard Berry
Sports World Notes and International Tennis Team Naming
The British Wightman Cup team for the United States tour includes Jean Bostock Betty Hilton Kay Stammers Menzies Joan Curry Joy Gannon and Jean Quartier. Stanton, Del Stymie became the leading money winner with a Sussex Handicap win at Delaware Park raising earnings to 595510 dollars. Montreal Ottawa and Calgary reports cover amateurism in hockey, trapshooting wins in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta golf titles. Henley sees John B Kelly Jr win diamond sculls after 26 years of pursuit. Olle Tandberg upsets Joe Baksi in Stockholm. Philadelphia Rockets name Wally Kilrea coach for 1947 48 season. Billy Warwick and Eric Unger move to Shore.
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Great Britain
Jean Bostock
Betty Hilton
Kay Stammers Menzies
Joan Curry
Joy Gannon
Jean Quartier
United States
Uan
Stanton
Del
Stymie
Ethel D. Jacobs
Delaware Park
Philadelphia Rockets
Wally Kilrea
Kilrea
Phil Hergesheimer
Rockets
Billy Warwick
Regina
Eric Unger
Woman Radio Amateur Chats Worldwide From London Flat
London housewife and former WAAF officer Mrs. Margaret Mills runs a personal radio station from her apartment. For nearly a year she has connected with friends worldwide, joining Britain's Radio Society contest as 24 hours of non stop messages were exchanged with a station in Sumatra seven thousand miles away.
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London
WAAF
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Margaret Mills
Britain
Remembering Old Days in London Free Press Style
A reminiscent excerpt recalls parlor organs and gilded canaries, lodge picnics at the beach, Sunday attire, affordable living, and a world before wars, income tax, or political extremes, celebrating simpler times.
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London Free Press
Bud Snipper Crabbe Strawberry Weevil
A dark brown beetle about one eighth inch long damages straw berry and raspberry buds by snipping unopened blossoms with a long curved snout causing fallen buds or bare stems.
How Toronto Man Became Popular
A Toronto man named B. Bavaria gained fame by defying trends. In one week he received about 3,000 job inquiries and continues to handle the influx. He plans to remodel a three story house into apartments and build a backyard playground. He also ran an advertisement offering apartments only to married couples with small children.
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Toronto
B. 8
Bavaria
The
Times
Helpful Hints On Stain Removal From Linen And Ironing
Helpful hints advise boiling water for fruit stain removal and treating toe nail growth with a V shaped cut. A brown tinge on white fabrics may come from a scorched ironing board cover, with damp clothes transferring color and other soluble stains from the board to fabric during ironing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Freight train blocks crossing in Westville leads to ticket
A Seashore Line freight train blocked a Westville New Jersey crossing for 14 minutes. Police issued a traffic ticket to D R Mead conductor for illegal parking.
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Westville
New Jersey
D. R. Mead
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Bill Gostick
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