First road building in Canada traces roots to Champlain and early roads
The article outlines Canadian road history from Champlain’s one mile route in 1606 to later provincial and municipal control. It covers the 17th century expansion from Quebec City, the Seigneurs’ St Lawrence roads, the 1721 Quebec Montreal mail route, the grand voyer system, and shifts to municipal upkeep by 1841. It notes Newfoundland and Maritime highway beginnings, Upper Canada labor mandates, military roads, Dundas Street, Queen's Rangers projects, toll road legislation, and gradual provincial-to-mounty transitions culminating with the 1955 note that a full Trans Canada highway still lacked completion.
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Canada
Champlain
Quebec City
St. Lawrence
Ottawa River
Pares
Eustache Lanouillier de Boiselerc
Montreal
St Lawrence
de Boisclerc
Grand Voyer
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Windsor
Cobequid
Pictou
New Brunswick
Upper Canada
Kingston
Niagara
York
Simcoe
Queen's Rangers
Younge Street
Lake Simcoe
Dundas Street
Province
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Prairies
Canadian Statistics Report Highlights April Economic Movements
Birth registrations hit an April record while deaths reached a five year low. Unemployment fell as outdoor sectors benefited from favorable weather. Manufacturing inventories edged up from December and food stocks varied with butter and canned meat. Retail sales rose in mid May yet March activity lagged 1954. Rail loadings surged in early May with foreign traffic up over nine percent. Thirty one hundred forty five.
Alberta livestock official urges early dehorning
Alberta live stock supervisor Charlie Gordon urges farmers to dehorn calves early to reduce risk and expense. He notes horned cattle fetch lower market prices due to bruising and unsettled carcasses and recommends paste as the easiest quickest method, warning against eye danger from overuse.
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Charlie Gordon
Alberta
Mr. Gordon
Dehorning Cattle Methods Described for Safety and Cost
The article discusses tools like tube dehorners scoops and Barnes type devices. It explains electric dehorning seals the horn base to stop cell growth and cautions operators to avoid deep burns that create sores. It notes delaying or skipping dehorning increases difficulty and that horns are an expensive decoration if not removed.
Whistlers in Space Studied by Stanford Scientists
Scientists at Stanford University study unusual whistling noises from outer space detected by radio equipment. The impulses, amplified, resemble musical sounds and are thought to arise from an electrical phenomenon in space.
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Stanford University
Wierd
Tadio
Turnip Trade Sees Canada Export 2.06 Million to U.S. in 1954
Canada exported turnips worth 2,055,000 to the United States in 1954. The trade figure reflects cross-border agricultural commerce and the scale of vegetable shipments between the two countries in that year.
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Canada
United States
Outrunning Germ Enemies: New Viruses and Medical Advances
World Health Organization studies show no new human diseases since 1948 despite 999 diseases known. Rockefeller Foundation researchers isolated 11 previously unknown viruses in Africa and South America, some deadly to mice but not humans. Advances include antibiotics like polymyxin and broad protective measures against future diseases.
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World Health Organization
WHO
Rockefeller Foundation
Africa
South America
Rockefeller
Art of the toothbrush brushing technique outlined
The piece explains proper brushing from gums to biting edge using paste, powder, or liquid. It notes horizontal brushing is ineffective and urges brushing immediately after meals to remove lodged food and prevent acids forming in minutes.
Highest wind speed recorded by weather balloon near Philadelphia
A weather balloon at 20,000 feet over Philadelphia measured a record wind velocity of 392 miles per hour using radar, marking the highest wind speed recorded.
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Philadelphia
Bell Island Iron Ore Mine Drives Record Exports
Three miles offshore from Bell Island Newfoundland the Dominion Wabana mine yields 2.8 million tons of ore yearly from submarine shafts. New sales to Britain and West Germany plus 750 000 tons for Sydney mills push output forward with an eleven million dollar expansion featuring a longest incline conveyor and a mine head concentrator.
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Newfoundland
Conception Bay
Bell Island
Canada
Dominion Wabana
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
West Germany
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Wabana
Newfoundland and
Labrador
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Chicago Cubs
Jimmy Lavender
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Whistlers
Space
Atlantic
National Film Board
George Hunter
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