Plan Your Home Surroundings For Beauty
A gardener’s guide to front and side foundation plantings and hedges. Choose evergreens for privacy or deciduous shrubs for soft framing. Recommend cedar spruce or Japanese yew for hedges, and spruced up with lilac honeysuckle mock orange and various spireas for structure. Maintain proper spacing from walls and walks and prune regularly.
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R. W. Oliver
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Oliver
van Houtte
Andorra
Pfitzer
Quick Canadian Quiz: Population, Education and Resources
A quiz snippet asks how much Canada’s population grew from 1941 to 1951, which river drains the five Great Lakes, who controls education, and changes in the Garnet public value from 1939 to 1951. It also queries forest use: fuelwood, lumber, pulp and paper, or losses from fire insects and disease.
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Five Great Lakes
Canada
Garnet Public
Smile of the Week Cartoon Gag on Union Humor
A light week cartoon joke riffs on workplace pay and the idea of time and a half. The caption jokes that union sentiments blend romance with labor terms, showing a comic scene about working hours and wages.
Saskatchewan Tops Canadian Field Crop Value in 1951
Saskatchewan led all provinces in the value of field crop production for 1951 with an estimated gross value of 596,404,000 dollars for August to January. Ontario and Alberta followed, while Canada-wide value reached 1,977,105,000 dollars, reflecting gains across except Quebec and Manitoba.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Quebec
Manitoba
Ontario
Alberta
New Brunswick
B.C
P.E.L
Nova Scotia
Rail line into Kitimat eyed for British Columbia growth
An Aluminum Company of Canada official, McNeely Dubose, says building a railway into Kitimat, British Columbia, will boost the region. He comments on Ottawa plans to seek federal funding to finance the line tied to Alcan hydro development and aluminum production.
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Vancouver
Aluminum Company of Canada
Kitamat
B.C
Prime Minister Urges More Technicians at Laval Banquet
Prime Minister St Laurent told Canadian universities to boost technician production to fuel economic growth. He spoke at the closing banquet of Laval university alumni association in Quebec during a three day convention.
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Quebec
St. Laurent
Canada
Laval University
Sweet potato origin remains uncertain
The article notes that the true origin of the sweet potato is not definitively known, highlighting ongoing questions about its earliest cultivation and domestic spread.
Bruins Hawks and Canadiens Lead in Shuts This Season
Through February 14 Boston, Chicago and Montreal have the most scoreless games in the league. Terry Sawchuk blanked Boston in five on five occasions, Detroit’s Red Wings lead by denying Montreal in several matchups. Toronto and Boston have each shut out Chicago multiple times. The Rangers and Maple Leafs have the fewest scoreless games, while Detroit and Toronto split the shutout counts.
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Boston Bruins
Chicago Black Hawks
Montreal Canadiens
Bruins
Hawks
Canadiens
Terry Sawchuk
Detroit
Toronto
Chicago
Boston
Black Hawks
Montreal
Detroit Red Wings
Rangers
New York
Leafs
Broadwayites
Boom Boom Yet To Score Against Detroit
Montreal Canadiens rookie star Boom Boom Geoffrion has yet to score on Detroit this season as of February 14 while NHL scoring leader Gordie Howe thrives against Montreal. Howe had eight goals versus the Canadiens, with seven against Chicago and New York, and three each against Toronto and Boston.
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Boom Boom Geoffrion
Montreal Canadiens
Detroit
Boom Boom
Terry Sawchuk
Detroit Nets
Gordie Howe
National Hockey League
Howe
Habitants
Chicago
Rangers
Canadiens
New York
Toronto
Boston
Canadiens Homegrown Stars Dominate This Season
Montreal born players tally seven of the top Canadiens this season with three rookies from the city. Among five Habs rookies, three are hometown players. Notables Boom Boom Geoffrion Dollard St Laurent and Dickie Moore are Montreal youths, joining Maurice Richard Butch Bouchard Ken Mosdell and Doug Harvey as local graduates. Bob Davidson scouts broadly for the Maple Leafs visiting dozens of games weekly. NHL marriages trend shows two of every three players married, with 35 singles amid teams like Detroit Chicago and others. Jack Stewart ends a 12 year NHL career highlighted by three First All Star selections and two Second Team honors.
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Montreal Canadiens
Canadiens
Montreal
Boom Boom Geoffrion
Dollard St. Laurent
Dickie Moore
Maurice Richard
Butch Bouchard
Ken Mosdell
Doug Harvey
Jack Stewart
Chicago Black Hawks
National Hockey League
Black Jack
N.H.L
Detroit
Chicago
N.hl
Quick Canadian Facts answers quiz items
Answers to the Quick Quiz reveal lumber share about 28 percent of wood use in eight years with fire insects and disease at 24 percent pulp and paper 22 percent fuelwood 21 percent and note provincial governments. Questions include two and a half million and 11 441 million and identify the St Lawrence River as a material source.
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St. Lawrence River
Quick Canadian Facts
Handbook of Facts About
Canada
Uranium Found in Manitoba Near Flin Flon Prospectors Tie Big Find
In northern Manitoba near Flin Flon, a large uraninite deposit carrying uranium and radium was found by Bill Achtemichuk and Stanley Schiltroth on Oct 20 1951 in the Herb Lake area about six miles east of Flin Flon. Local syndicate formed, over 60 claims filed. Johnny Johnson and Larry Roluf also took part.
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Flin Flon
Manitoba
Flin Filon
Bill Achtemichuk
Stanley Schiltroth
Canada
Herb Lake
Johnny Johnson
Larry Roluf
Roluf
Manitoba Mines’ Lab
Achtemichuk
Schiltroth
Helpful Hints For Home Maintenance Tips
Instructions cover removing brown stains from white ranges with turpentine, handling hot paraffin, softening old putty in boiling water, and reviving burnt milk pudding by removing the burnt skin adding milk and butter then rebaking in a slow oven.
Roarin' Game Shows Curling Team Unity and Skill
The article extols curling teamwork, noting true champions rely on all four players equal in skill. It highlights leadership by a conductor-like skip yet stresses the value of a strong vice-skip and clean-up man. Examples include Cliff Manahan and Ken Watson, praised for selecting capable third players to open houses and draw masterful shots.
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Mam
Cliff Manahan
Edmonton
Ken Watson
Winnipeg
Manahan
Grant
Canada
Coarse Grain Can Be Practically Made Smut Free
Winnipeg scientists report a three year survey shows organic mercury disinfectants markedly reduce smut in barley and oat seeds. Ceresan M yielded the lowest smut, while formaldehyde and copper sulphate were less effective and risked seed injury. Proper application and pre sowing storage extend seed life.
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Winnipeg
Federal Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Ceresan” M
Knitting pattern and needlecraft book offer
The notice promotes pattern 7189 by Whee Ravells with a pint sized pinafore design and easy decorations. It also advertises the 1952 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book featuring ninety illustrations and six patterns for twenty five cents at Winni News in Union Toronto with inclusion of name address and pattern number.
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Winni News
Union
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
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Canada Department of Agriculture
Beatrice Pines
Quick
Nations! League
Bob Davidson
Toronto Maple Leafs
Davidson
Maple Leafs
Red Wings
Greenland
Alexander
Goodby
Viscount Alexander
Curtis
FCAF
RCAF
Central Press
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