Canadians Rise in World Affairs Through International Posts
The article notes growing Canadian influence with citizens serving in high international roles. It highlights Dr Herbert H Dawson of Agriculture becoming Federation of Agricultural Producers president, and mentions leadership transitions at international groups, including figures tied to Ontario and London conferences.
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Canada
Herbert Heration
Agriculture
Federation of Agricultural Producers
Ontario
England
The
Hague
Paris
James
Hannan
Fed
International Organization
Guelph
Lf.ap
London
Turner
Dr Hannan Named President of Canadian Farmers Group
Dr Hannan, long time head of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture for ten years, will continue as president and serve as LFAP president. A Ontario native, he graduated at Guelph in 1926 and runs a dairy farm near Ottawa while preparing to present Canadian farmers’ views to foreign governments.
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Hannan
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Ontario
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
United Farmers Co-Operative Company
Toronto
LFAP
Ottawa
Dr. Hannan
Brings Honor To Canada at Global Farming Conference
Canada was chosen as the conference site by the international farm organization and Dr. Hannan was elected president of the LF.A P. More than one hundred delegates and observers attended the gathering representing twenty three major food producing nations. The event highlights Canada's place among nations in agriculture and policy matters such as product distribution price stabilization cooperative movements social security and production.
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Canada
International Farm Organization
Dr. Hannan
Hannan
Lf.a P
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Quick Skin Relief
An ad touts Moone's Emerald Ol as a simple remedy for external skin and scalp infections including Bezemea pimples. It claims prompt itch relief with healing guaranteed or money back, offered at leading drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moone
Emerald
National Library Urged as Great Canadian Project
Elizabeth Dafoe, president of the Canadian Library Association, told the association's first general session that establishing a national library is the greatest project facing Canadian librarians. She urged a nationwide system stressing information and knowledge over a monthly book focus.
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Winnipeg
Elizabeth Dafoe
Canadian Library Association
Rare Whooping Crane Spotted Near Allan Sask
Ted Rutledge, a seasoned hunter from the prairies, sighted a rare whooping crane near Allan about 37 miles southeast of Saskatoon. The sighting adds to records of one of the continent's rarest birds.
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Allan
Saskatoon
Ted Rutledge
Prairie Provinces
Rents rise noted in Canada and Hong Kong keys
Edmonton restaurant owner Dick Yee returned from five months in China where he observed Hong Kong room rents reaching 100 dollars monthly. He added that tenants also paid 200 dollars for the key to the room, a factor that compounds high costs in the colony.
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Edmonton
Canada
Dick Yee
China
Yee
Hong Kong
Costume jewellery made from fish heads in Vancouver
Codfish skull costume jewellery is the unique hobby of Mrs. J. Pinkerton of Vancouver. The jewellery, suitable for day or evening wear, is carved and ornamented in her spare time. It is one of many entries in the Pacific National Exhibition International Hobby Show, August 24 to September 5.
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Vancouver
New Egg Preservation Process Uses Brief Boil Treatment
A new flash hot treatment preserves eggs for a year or more. Eggs are dipped in boiling water for five seconds and cooled immediately. A thin egg white film forms inside the shell, creating a protective coating.
Funny and Otherwise Jokes From a bygone era
A collage of humorous exchanges and witticisms touching education, politics, work and everyday life. It includes a housewife boast, a job-seeker’s banter, a candidate with a silver dollar, casual politics, Mark Twain quips, a garage misread, a genealogist’s pun, breakfast bargains, farm mishaps, customs banter, paint signs and a note on undulant fever first described in 1859.
Young Ducks Banded In Wildlife Survey Out Of Regina
A Canada United States international waterfowl survey underway from Regina bands both young and adult ducks. Johnny Lynch Abbeville Louisiana Floyd Thompson Salt Lake City Utah Ray Schustram St Paul Minnesota Dave Col ls Winnipeg Manitoba and Mary MacDonald Saltcoats Saskatchewan participate. The effort aims to gather a complete life history and improve sampling by banding immatures.
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Regina
Johnny Lynch
Abbeville
Louisiana
Floyd Thompson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ray Schustram
St. Paul
Minnesota
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Dave Colls
Winnipeg
Dominion Wildlife Officer
Prairie
Mary MacDonald
Saltcoats
Lynch
Canada
United States
Last Mountain Lake
Canada Faces Egg Shortage Tied to Farm Labor Decline
Ottawa reports a drop in Canada's egg output as fewer workers keep hens laying. The reduced production slows egg shipments to the United Kingdom and strains supply.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
5 000 Mile Dogsled Plan From Alaska To Maine
Cecil A. Moore a 39 year old structural steel worker plans a 5000 mile dogsled journey from Fairbanks Alaska to Lewiston Maine starting next October for a four month trip.
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Lewiston
Cecil A. Moore
Fairbanks
Alaska
Grasshoppers Out Of Luck In Alberta Farmland
In Coronation Alberta two farmers report poor prospects for crops due to drought. Harold Thornton quips that his crop is unconscious from the stress, while Bill Peterman jokes grasshoppers will need to bring their own lunch if they enter his fields.
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Coronation
Alta
Alberta
Harold Thornton
Bill Peterman
Bill
Regina highway completes 157 mile blacktop link
Saskatchewan highways department announced completion of 157 miles of black topping from Regina to the U S border at North Portal. The all weather road was built since June 1947 and finished June 15 this year. W Beattie Ramsey of Regina did most of the work.
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Regina
U.S
North Portal
Saskatchewan Highways Department
United States
Corinne
North Dakota
W. Beattie Ramsey
Rowatt
1948 49 Canada Year Book Issued
The 1948-49 edition of the Canada Year Book is now off the press and available through the King's Printer in Ottawa at $2.00 per copy. It features articles on Physical Geography of the Canadian Western Arctic, The Climate of Canada, The Contribution of Science Made by the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, and The Chemical Industry in Canada, plus 11 maps and 43 diagrams including a color political map of Canada.
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King's Printer
Ottawa
Arctic
Canada
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Osprey Bird Size Facts Noted
The osprey, a fish hawk found worldwide, shows sex based size difference with males about 22 inches and females about 24 inches. Males are streaked brown, white and purple, describing adult plumage.
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Continents
Harvesting Of Crested Wheat Grass Seed
The Dominion experimental station at Swift Current urges leaving crested wheat grass for seed on fields with mature heads. Harvest when heads turn brown with green tint, swath and combine 3 to 4 days apart, keep sickles sharp, and dry seed on a granary floor to prevent heating. Use wide cylinder gaps, slow speeds, reduced wind, flat sieves, and proper screens for clean seed.
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Swift Current
Sask
Dominion Experimental Station
Indian princess to enter B C University
Victoria's 17 year dream comes true as Gloria Cranmer daughter of Chief Dan Cranmer of an Alert Bay tribe will register at the University of British Columbia next fall. She is the first Indian girl in the university's history and aims to become Canada's first Indian woman doctor.
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Victoria
Gloria Cranmer
Dan Cranmer
Alert Bay
University of British Columbia
Gloria
Victoria High School
Canada
Speeding and wrong side driving lead Ontario early year crash toll
Ontario reports 1,699 traffic accidents in the first quarter with 506 caused by speeding, 338 by driving on the wrong side, 400 due to lack of right of way, and 26 from weaving in and out of traffic.
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Ontario
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Osprey
B.C. University
Les Carroll
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