American robin arrives in Britain sparking migration debate
A large American robin appears at Lundy Island off southwest England. Experts weigh flight plausibility, noting past rare sightings of North American birds in Europe and two dubious British records from 1877 and 1937.
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Lundy Isle
England
National Geographic Society
Newfoundland
Quebec
Alaska
United States
Ocean
Lundy
Ible
Herbert D. Deigasn
Smitherman Institution
Britain
Deignan
American Ornithologists Union
Cuba
Bermuda
Pribilof Islands
Bering Sea
Germany
Vienna
Kent
Dover Beach
Hardier apple varieties for northern Alberta
Beaverlodge Experimental Station reports crab apples and a crabapple apple hybrid offer reliable hardiness and good yields under severe northern conditions. Varieties Columbia Osman Amur Red Anaros Columbia and Osman stand out for fruit quality jelly and ornamental appeal with trees yielding 100 to 150 pounds per season.
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Beaverlodge
V., Chanasyk
J. A. Wallace
Heyer
Columbia
Osman
Anaros
Amur
Federal Grant Funds Arborfield Hospital Expansion
A federal grant of 8000 will aid Arborfield Saskatchewan in hospital construction under the National Health Program. The funds will create eight new active treatment beds with x ray lab pharmacy and emergency facilities. Arborfield Union Hospital plans to convert its current building into a physician residence and offices.
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Arborfield
Sask
Paul Martin
Martin
Saskatchewan
National Health Program
Arborfield Union Hospital
Arborfield Union Hospital District
Bear and hunter settle dispute for fur coat and breakfast
In Europe a hunter and a bear discuss a settlement. The bear seeks breakfast while the hunter aims for a fur coat, and they agree to meet in the bear’s den to negotiate. The outcome leaves the bear fed and the hunter wearing fur. A separate note states railroad ties fail mainly from mechanical damage rather than decay.
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Europe
Manitoba Plans 56.9 Million Spend On Public Services
The Manitoba Government proposes to spend 56 883 019 dollars on public services in 1954 55, an increase of 1 627 214 over the prior year. Education and health allocations rise while the Department of Public Works leads with a 16 540 041 dollar budget for roads and related projects.
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Manitoba
R. D. Turner
Executive Council
Mines and Natural Resources
Municipal Affairs
Labor
Department of Public Works
Department of Mines and Natural Resources
Department of Education
Manitoba Medical College
Department of Agriculture and Immigration
Home Hazard Advice for Child Safety in Kitchens
Officials warn of dangers from hot liquids around children. They urge securing saucepans with handles turned away from edges to prevent scalding, noting many incidents occur when kids pull containers onto themselves.
Can You Make It Rain A Winnipeg Meteorologist Doubts It
E M Robertson district meteorologist from Winnipeg spoke at Carman at a MFAC seminar and gave a blunt I dont know on making rain. He cited a US firm spending a million dollars on rainmaking and lawsuits over too much rain. He discussed forecast factors, 48 hour outlooks with 12 hour revisions, and aviation data needs in his territory.
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E. M. Robertsen
Winnipeg
Dominion Experimental Station
Carman
MFAC
Robertson
Frm
Ft. William
Alberta
Auto license number matches land description in Alberta
Mrs C Reyn olds of Rolling Hills reports the coincidence that their family auto bears the same license number as the land description in Township 15 Range 13. They will keep those plates until March 31 and from April 1 Alberta issues annual plates with orange and black for 1954.
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Brooks
Alta
C. Reynolds
Rolling Hills
Eid
Alberta
Smile of the Week No More Toasts
Dr Brown long courted a patient who rejected him. At gatherings he toasted her health, but one night he refused to toast her again explaining that since she would not become Brown he would toast her no more.
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Brown
Fertilizer Guidelines for Saskatchewan Crops Released
Regina reports the Saskatchewan Advisory Fertilizer Council endorses phosphate fertilizer for most summer fallow crops with good moisture. Recommendations vary by soil type, with 40-60 pounds per acre of ammonium phosphate 11-48-0 or 16-20-0 for summer fallow and adjusted rates for stubble and legume rotations.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Advisory Fertilizer Council
Saskatoon
Canada Department of Agriculture
Department of Soil Science
University of Saskatchewan
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British Isles
Arborfield Hospital
Imperial Oil
Arcola
Prairies
Department of Industry and Commerce
Emerson
Sentral
Hannah Troy
Honan
M. Harrison-Cray Dealer
Ksws
North
South
West
East
U.S
Prairie Publishers Limited
Scarth St
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