Women Join RCMP Crime Lab To Test Forgeries
Four women begin work in RCMP Crime Detection Laboratories with assignments in Regina and Ottawa. Miss E F P Hewson and Miss Patricia J Clark lead in chemistry and x ray spectrochemistry while Miss June Watts and Miss Frances Darroch study questioned documents under Sgt. C R Eves. All must pass color and form blindness tests and will testify in court as needed.
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Efp Hewson
University of Saskatchewan
Regia Wnll
Miss Hewson
Propie
Barre
Regina
Patrica J. Clark
BRCMP
Clark
University of Manitoba
Ottawa
June Watts
Carleton College
Frances Darroch
Toronto
University of Toronto
RCMP
C. R. Eves
McGil
Canada
Manitoba
Darroch
J. A. Churchman
Saskatchewan Bull Assistance Policy Change
Hon. J. C. Nollet announced changes to the graded bull assistance policy in Saskatchewan. Buyers with two premiums are ineligible for further premiums, and the filing window extends from purchase to 12 months. Premiums are $50 for Grade A bulls and $35 for Grade B bulls, covering four beef and four dairy breeds. Beef bulls go to Alex Hall in Regina, dairy bulls to S&S P. Regan in Fort Qu Appelle.
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J. C. Nollet
Saskatchewan
Nollet
Alex Hall
Victoria Park Building
Regina
S&s P. Regan
Fort Qu’Appelle
Vancouver spear fishing man breaks coast record
Bill Thomson of Vancouver joins the Blue Sharks Spear Fishing club and uses a cross bow spear gun to catch a 35 pound ling cod at 45 feet in Horseshoe Bay, a Pacific coast mark. He says spear fishing is thrilling but costly and dangerous due to underwater panic.
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Vancouver
B.C
Bill Thomson
Blue Sharks Spear Fishing Club
Thomson
Horseshoe Bay
Bill
Pacific Coast
Jum Blanchard
Seattle
Puget Sound
Winnipeg Approves 6 Million Speedway Plan
Winnipeg city council in principle approves a six million dollar speed way plan that would fund a new bridge across the Red River linking Winnipeg. The project aims to improve traffic flow and regional connectivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Red River
Helpful Household Tricks From an Older Missive
Practical tips on repairing squeaky shoes with needle holes and oil, cleaning gum cards with camphor spirits, wiping and polishing, and stopping popping noises in frying with flour or an inverted colander.
Wheat Oats and Barley Yields Mark Region History
In Western Canada a 73 year record shows wheat 16.2 and oats 30.9 and barley 243 bushels per acre. Over the period area produced 15 618 000 bushels of wheat 11 875 000 of oats and 4 263 000 of barley. An analysis of the grain j alone indicates soil fertility loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Canada
Alberta students campaign against ticks fleas to curb diseases
Alberta health entomologist J H Brown and University of Alberta students lead an annual effort in a Cypress Hills region triangle to locate infected ticks and fleas. Free clinics vaccinate 2 200 people annually though vaccination is 80 percent protective. spotted fever and bubonic plague pose ongoing risks to Albertans and wildlife.
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Edmonton
Alberta
University of Alberta
J. H
Jack) Brown
Alberta Health Department
Cypress Hills
Medicine Hat
Mr. Brown
Brown
Red Deer River
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Quick Canadia Quiz and Tax Questions
A column presents questions about the Nelson River drainage system prairie exceptionalism in 1949 tax totals 763 million and asks whether 1952 foreign goods sales rose or fell from 1953, plus how much of the 7 billion in taxes goes to federal, provincial, and municipal governments. Answers appear in another column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson River
Prairies
Canada
Arabians Added to Saskatchewan Horse Policies
Saskatchewan announces Arabians are added to Dominion Provincial purebred policy to support breeding stock. A $20 premium will be paid for pure bred mares producing a live foal, with nominations due by June 15, 1954. Arabian stallions may receive 25 percent of purchase price up to $200 under a separate program for groups or municipalities.
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Regina
I. C. Nollet
Saskatchewan
Animal Industry
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Nollet
Animal Industry Branch
Department of Agriculture
Broadcast Schedule For Farmers Program Announced
Regina Saskatchewan Hon I C Nollet announces a 10 minute farmer oriented radio program with stations CJNB North Battleford at 12 noon MST CKBI Prince Albert at 1 00 p m MST CHAB Moose Jaw at 12 50 p m MST and CJGX Yorkton at 7 05 am CST The program airs Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays on the listed stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
I. C. Nollet
CJNB
North Battleford
CKBI
Prince Albert
CHAB
Moose Jaw
CJGX
Yorkton
CST
Cancer Society awards research grants in Alberta
The Alberta Division of the Canadian Cancer Society announced grants totaling over 62 000 for cancer research. University of Alberta receives 24 505 for equipment and projects at the J S McEachern Laboratory including five studies by Dr K Kowalewski. Other grants include 2 300 to Dr R B Sandin, 3 000 to the University of Alberta Hospital, 1 000 to the Department of Pathology, and 21 450 to the National Cancer Institute of Canada for Alberta projects and the National Tumor Registry. Alberta hospitals receive 5 430 for pathology equipment and teaching facilities, with 2 250 to General Hospital Calgary, 400 to General Hospital Edmonton, 800 to Misericordia Edmonton, and 1 000 to Lethbridge Hospital, plus 3 900 for a cancer seminar and fellowships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dempster
Alberta
Canadian Cancer Society
University of Alberta
J.S. McEachern
K. Kowalewski
Society
R. B. Sandin
University of Alberta Hospital
Department of Pathology
General Hospital
Calgary
Edmonton
Lethbridge Hospital
Society of Pathologists
Regina Holds Second Annual School Library Workshop
Regina hosts the second annual workshop for helping teacher librarians in the Legislative Building. Miss Lyle Evans leads a week of sessions on Book Selection with lectures on reading importance and book selection factors. Attendees come from multiple towns and jail officials also participate, with plans for next year discussed.
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Regina
Lyle Evans
Miss Evans
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Assiniboia
Kindersley
Cupar
Gull Lake
Rock Glen
Blaine Lake
Hugh Thompson
Prince Albert Men's
H. M. Heseltine
Prince Albert
J. Cooney
Answers to Quick Quiz quick facts on Canada
The passage lists figures on Ottawa spending about 45 billion dollars with provinces and municipalities each about 1 billion, asks Quebec, notes Nelson River system through western Canada, mentions foreign manufacturers adding 350 million in 1953, and Canadians paid 1280 million in individual income taxes.
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Answeren
Tne
DunoNn
Ottawa
Quebec
Nelson
Canada
Arctic Ocean
Quick Canadian Facts
Facts About
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Royal Netherlands Savys
Earle Doorman
Montreal
A. M. Valkenburg
H. Schaper
Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service
Naval Staff
Alberta University
Papasan
Korea
Theodore R. Miller
Venice
Calif
Lake Michigan
Coast
Cancer Society
Alta
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