Miss Maisie Humphries Receives Anonymous Mail
In Mrs Collins house a stream of envelopes draws speculation about Miss Maisie Humphries. Neighbors suspect a charity admirer or a bond salesman while Maisie quietly reads a letter from Martha Hampton, Matron, Homewood Orphanage, thanking her for a wardrobe donation.
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PS Collins
Miss Maisie
Mrs. Collins
Mr. West
Miss England
Maisie
Miss Humphries
Susan
Martha Hampton
Homewood Orphanage
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
St Mary River Dam Set for July 16 Opening
The $6 million St Mary river dam, Canada’s largest earthen dam, will be officially opened on July 16. Part of a $30 million St Mary Milks rivers irrigation project, it will bring water to dry farmlands between Lethbridge and Medicine Hat in southern Alberta.
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St. Mary River
Lethbridge
Canada
St. Mary-Milks
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Dutch Immigrants to Flock West to Canada in Year
About 7 500 Dutch immigrants are expected to come to Canada this year according to Sjoord Van Dar Meulen operator of a Dutch travel agency. The figure is 1 500 higher than last year with Ontario receiving many migrants while a larger share is projected to settle in western Canada.
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Edmonton
Canada
Sjoord van Dar Meulen
van Dar Meulen
Ontario
NHL Statistical Card Free for 1950 51 Season Playoffs
Hockey fans may obtain the Final Official Statistics for the Regular Season and Playoffs of 1950 51 by writing to the Information Bureau National Hockey League 603 Sun Life Building Montreal Quebec.
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Information Bureau
National Hockey League
Sun Life
Montreal
Quebec
Rainfall totals compare with 1950 at experimental farm
Total rainfall to May 28 this year at the experimental farm is 99 inches, about one third of the 1950 period. Last year’s period recorded 2.83 inches with an additional 5.2 inches in June.
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Brandon
Milas Halas Fashion Pattern Offers Simple Upstanding Collar Shirt
Bold description promotes a casual shirt waister with an upstanding collar and winged cuffs for important events. Pattern 4984 available in sizes 12 through 20, with size 16 requiring 40 yards of 35 inch fabric. Includes illustrated instructions and fit tested. Send 35 cents to order. include name, address, size, and style number.
Anne Adams Spring Pattern Book Offer
The Anne Adams Pattern Dept offers a Spring Pattern Book featuring the season’s best fashions for all ages and sizes. Send twenty-five cents to receive one-yard patterns one-pattern-part patterns and free handbag construction instructions for a double envelope bag.
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Anne Adams
University of Saskatchewan raises salaries for faculty
The University of Saskatchewan announced salary increases covering all ranks. Deans and full professors receive $500 more annually, while associate and assistant professors gain $400.
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Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Butter Stocks Far Below 1950 Figure
Creamery butter holdings in nine Canadian cities totaled 4,249,000 pounds on May 11, far below the 18,175,000 pounds on the same date last year. The Bureau of Statistics shows declines in all centers except Quebec, with Montreal and Toronto among the largest drop offs and Vancouver nearly steady.
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Bureau of Statistics
Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Vancouver Labor Council Opposes Immigration Drive
In British Columbia the Vancouver Labor Council C C L opposes a government push to bring European workers, arguing it would raise unemployment and suppress wages. Delegates urged cautious immigration policy amid regional labor concerns.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Labor Council
C.C.L
British Columbia
Council
Pulp Mill Likely in Arrow Lakes District
VANCOUVER A pulp mill may be built soon in the Arrow Lakes district of southeast British Columbia. Lands Minister Kenney said turbines are being tested at the Whatshaw hydro project as negotiations with a pulp company advance, while executives of the Nakusp Board of Trade heard the update. The site lies about 80 air miles north of the Watshan hydro scheme in rich timber country.
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Vancouver
Arrow Lakes
B.C
Kenney
Board of Trade
Nakusp
Watshan
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Milas Halas
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Big River
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Jim Cowie
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T. C. Douglas
Stanley Park Zoo
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King’s Counsel
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