Criminal Code Revisions Expand Jury Powers And New Threat Laws
Ottawa announces 46 section updates to the criminal code affecting libel trials by province, infant homicide verdicts, indeterminate sentences for sex offences, and stock market fraud. Changes broaden magistrate powers while tightening penalties and add a new offense to deter threats to relatives. dates vary with effective Nov 1 and Oct 1, 1949.
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Ooptawa
Cana@es
Commons
Rt Hen J GB
Toronto
Ontario
New Liberty Magazine
Edmonton
Canadian Press
Canadian Daily Newspaper Association
Periodical Press Association
Alberta
Asley
Canada
Europe
Tractor Impounded In Highway Crash
A Manitoba farmer faces charges for neglect to register a tractor as a motor vehicle after a collision. The tractor, impounded for lack of proof of financial responsibility, required a 450 dollar bail to release and demands insurance certification under the Safety Responsibility law in effect since December 1945.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Financial Post
Pickpockets Rally After Police Drive Ruins Trade
About 150 pickpockets gathered at police headquarters to demand food and clothing after a police drive disrupted their livelihood. Officers ordered them to disperse, and the group vowed to resume thefts and oppose further interference.
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Chungking
Winnipeg Bans Weapons Within City Limits
City council passes law prohibiting firearms air guns spring guns catapults slings bows and arrows and similar weapons inside Winnipeg to curb juvenile nuisance and menace.
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Winnipeg
Times muses on Florence Dolph’s 101st birthday stunt
London Times imagines playful speculation about Miss Florence E Dolph of Dunmore Pennsylvania sliding down a bannister before breakfast on her 101st birthday. The editorial jokingly questions how she spent the day and whether she rode a helicopter or used the banister, calling banister sliding a lost craft.
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London
Stately Times
Florence E. Dolph
Dunmore
Gems of Thought In Early 20th Century Quotes
A compilation of aphorisms by Bennett Beecher Rockefeller Bulwer Lytton Carnegie and Mary Baker Eddy stresses inner character over wealth and status. It links success to purpose willpower and disciplined labor rather than external luck or talent.
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Charles A. Bennett
H. W. Beecher
John D. Rockefeller
Bulwer-Lytton
Mary Baker Eddy
Bees see UV light and color blends beyond human range
Bees may perceive UV light invisible to humans and blend red green and yellow into a single perception. They can also detect blue, suggesting a broader color vision than people recognize.
Detroit Mock Blitz Shows Strong Air Power Over City
Detroit faced a simulated raid by 260 Strategic Air Command B-29s escorted by 150 fighters while 40 jet defenders led by Lt Col David C Schilling attempted to halt the assault. Ground observers noted the mock attack could have torn the city, with over 1 000 tons of explosive load imagined, as Selfridge Field crews intercepted raiders about 175 miles southeast of Detroit over Goshen Indiana.
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Detroit
Strategic Air Command
David C. Schilling
Air Force
Selfridge Field
Kansas City
Selfridge
Col. Schilling
Germany
Fighth Air Force
Defender
Goshen
Ind
Strategic Air Force
New York City
Canary with One Leg Sings Cheerfully in Caboose Tale
A canary owned by Mrs. W. M. Ragg survives a wartime injury from the Southampton blitz and hops about its cage singing. The piece notes a cartoon comparison to a one legged canary. It adds a medieval belief that tarantella dancing cured tarantula bite madness.
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Halifax
Pete
Katzenjammer Kids
W. M. Ragg
Southampton
Seeds Act Sets Policy On Seeds In Canada
The Seeds Act defines long term policy for seed, including labelling, licensing new varieties, sale representations and imported seed standards. Seed inspectors and analysts may be appointed, and rejected seed cannot be sold. The Minister of Agriculture can issue regulations that fit within the Act’s core principles.
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Canada
Dominion
Minister of Agriculture
Car Licence Must Remain in Original Owner's Possession
Manitoba motorists must keep license plates with the original owner of a vehicle. A new rule requires the plate stay with the seller until re registered in the province. If the plate is returned, a 50 percent refund of the unused fee is available with proper vehicle re registration proof.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
R. B. Baillie
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Motor
Mr. Baillie
Motor Vehicle Licence Department
Helpful Kitchen Tips From Ancient to Modern Uses
A list of practical household hints covers methods to whip cream with lemon juice deter burning odors with salt, freshen jars with mustard, dry damp book leaves with cornstarch to prevent mildewing, and notes a sun surface temperature estimate of about 10 000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Gandhi Memorial Stamp Set Planned for India
New Gandhi memorial stamps will go on sale in July or August with minor lettering changes. Printing arrangements in Switzerland were handled by Krishma Prasada, director general of posts and telegraphs, during a recent visit there.
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New India
Gandhi
India
Switzerland
Krishma Prasada
Posts and Telegraphs
Measures Proposed Against Black Fly in Brandon District
Dominion entomologist Dr. R. Bird reports large numbers of black flies in Brandon district causing livestock discomfort. While not expected to be fatal, bites may reduce productivity. Recommendations include daytime stabling, smudge use, and livestock spray applications, with spraying advised for dairy cattle this season. Further guidance is available from the Brandon entomological offices.
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Brandon
Man
R. Bird
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Bird
Dominion Entomological Offices
Survey Parties Fight Enemy Of The North
Ottawa reports eight field parties move into tundra land as Canada’s first line of defence against biting insects. The Defence Research Board coordinates operation insect at northern points, with entomology work at Churchill Manitoba. Parties study mosquitoes black flies and deer flies to map activity, weather effects, and control methods across Alaska Highway Mackenzie Delta Southampton Island Goose Bay Ungava Bay Frobisher Bay and Quebec Labrador iron mines.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence Research Board
Churchill
Man
Department of Agriculture
Alaska Highway
Mackenzie River
Southampton Island
Goose Bay
Ungave Bay
Frobisher Bay
Quebec- Labrador
Nickel and cobalt plating by chemical reduction found in 1947
In 1947 a method achieved successful nickel and cobalt plating on metal without electrical current. The process used chemical reduction of nickel and cobalt salts with hypophosphite in hot solution, enabling metal deposition through a non electrochemical route.
Back in 1943 harness racing fades into history
A collage of sports notes covers 1943 harness horses numbers, Olympic coverage plans, Hamilton Wildcats Sunday game pullout, Alouettes finances, Archie McKinnon named Canadian Olympic swimming coach, a Montreal YMCA coach’s Olympic return, a U S student seeking a tryout with a senior baseball club, and golf rules from St Andrews addressing lightning safety and the stymie rule.
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Hamilton Wildcats
Montreal
Elmer
Montreal Herald
Ferguson
Alouettes
Archie McKinnon
Victoria, B.C
R. E. Collings
Winnipeg
McKinnon
C.as.a
Reign
St. Andrews
Scotland
The
Royal
Ancient
Golf Club of
R and A
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Justice
Dominion of India
M. R. Masani
New York
Mauretania
Brazil
Sophia
London Times
Andrew Carnegie
B.C
Tc.a. North Star Skyliner
Malton Airport
Barbara Ann
M.C.A
Queen of the Ice
Barbara Ann Scott
Music Corporation of America
Hollywood
Miss Scott
Music Corporation
Barbara
Lou E. Marsh
Nanaima Gardh
JB Sas
North American
United States
Galt
Ont
Jad
New York Yankees
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