The Tourist Industry in Canada After War Travel Lifts
After wartime travel limits, tourism expands revenue for communities in Canada and the United States. In 1946 Canada hosted 21.1 million visitors who spent 221 million dollars, a prewar high. The Prairie Provinces drew 12.4 million dollars of that total, while roads and facilities improve to attract more holidaymakers from Canada and the United States.
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United States
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Prairies
Book Printed in 1499 Sells for 13600 Dollars
Dr W A S Rosenbach, Philadelphia collector, paid $13600 for the only perfect copy of Three Kings of Cologne printed at Westminster in 1499. The item was auctioned by Sotheby’s in London and had been in the Dyson Perrins library.
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London
W. A. S. Rosenbach
Philadelphia
Rosenbach
Cologne
Westminster
Sotherby’s
Dyson Perrins
Ice Cream War Ends in Price Fiasco at Riceville
In Riceville Iowa a price war among ice cream dealers led to shortages and stomach aches as Walter McCoy offered 20 cents per pint, rivals slashed prices to five cents, and Martha Timmerman posted a one cent incentive for customers to take pints home.
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Riceville
Walter McCoy
McCoy
Martha Timmerman
Farm Family Living on Prairie Provinces
Calgary and Ottawa reports summarize Canadian prairie rural life based on 620 interviews in 1942 43. Florence Edwards, former Agricultural Economist, compiles housing living costs and community facilities across Central Alberta and Central Northern Saskatchewan for a Dominion Department of Agriculture study.
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Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Florence M. Edwards
Prairie Provinces
Miss Edwards
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Common Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Has Had Temporary Jobs All Life
The Rev. W. W. Ritter of Pittsburgh has spent 37 years in a series of temporary roles. He filled in as pastor at Mt Nebo United Presbyterian Church for six months and stayed. During WWI he substituted in Mt Nebo's one room school and continued past the expected tenure.
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Pittsburgh
W. W. Ritter
Mt. Nebo United Presbyterian Church
Ritter
Mt. Nebo
Humorous Exchange Fragments From a Quiet Social Page
A compilation of light dialogue and gags shows motorists, spouses, and passersby in witty exchanges. Jokes cover mistaken examinations, borrowed books, forgotten items, and family quirks, with a few quips about station delays and giraffe neck explanations.
Nurse Wanted For Eskimos In Northland
The federal government offers a nurse of the department of national health and welfare at Port Harrison to care for about 500 Eskimos. Pay is 1644 dollars a year, 1704 with public health training, with full maintenance and a long sea voyage. Applications go to Dr Fr E Moore Ottawa. The ad notes a prefabricated building will ship with the winner aboard the Nascopie.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg
Department of National Health and Welfare
Port Harrison
Hudson Bay
Hudson's Bay Post
Fr. E. Moore
National Health Department
Toronto Daily Star
Canada Warned To Cut Production Costs
London report cites R. Keith Jopson, UK trade commissioner in Montreal, warning that Canada must reduce production costs to avoid losing essential foreign markets as US dollar expenditures raise concerns. Jopson says world economic disruptions strain Canada and Britain may face canceled orders if prices stay high and deliveries lag.
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London
Canada
United States
R. Keith Jopson
United Kingdom
Montreal
Board of Trade
Jopson
Britain
Cause of Accidents
The Winnipeg Free Press reports that most car crashes are not due to driver skill limits or car failures but to ill temper, bad manners, or poor judgment.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Vacation Trend Points To West
The vacation trend this year favors the western United States and Canada with most travelers choosing private motor travel. Train tours are booked, charter-plane trips rise, and officials expect the largest domestic travel season yet as rail lines report a 15 percent rise from last year.
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United States
Canada
Diana Rice
N.Y
Queen Elizabeth favorites herring dish at austerity display
Royal household chef Ronald Aubrey disclosed at a food ministry display that Herring cooked in mustard sauce is a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. He added King George also likes the dish.
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Elizabeth
Royal Household
Ronald Aubrey
Food Ministry
King George
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Hollywood
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Ann Auriel
Miss Calvert
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Mike
Pat
Leonard
Government
Eskimos
Northland
Lancelot
Solomon
Lincoln
Mark Twain
Apollo
Taj Mahal
Agra
Lipton
Lipton’s
Lipton’s Tea
Ela
MR. Brisk
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