Clothes shape Britain’s global fashion influence and pride
The article argues English tailoring helped Britain rise to economic power and maintain prestige. It notes the traditional, sober style still seen in royal events, evolving with color and brightness for modern appeal. London tailors Thresher and Glenny serve US clients via mail and visits, serving a cross section of professionals.
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Britain
Napoleon
Manchester Guardian
London
Roscoe
Heather
United States
Thresher and Glenny
Strand
Lord Nelson
New York
Boston
Thresher
Glenny
Monitor
England
Pedigreed Dogs Defined By Known Ancestry
A glossary note explains pedigreed dogs as those with known and recorded ancestry within the same breed. The entry clarifies that such lineage qualifies a dog as pedigreed.
Rink Planned for Pipestone Under Public Meeting
A Pipestone decision to build a skating rink was made at a Monday public meeting. The 64 by 190 foot structure will have a 60 by 160 foot ice surface and about 12 000 dollars raised to cover materials except final sheeting and wiring. The lean to spectator area and players box will be included with volunteer labor for construction.
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Pipestone
Frank Patmore
Recorder
Reston
Man
Missing bodies found by RCMP
A search party of RCMP and Indigenous people recovered the decomposing bodies of a 20 year old woman and her infant in a field near the Fredlund farm in the Qu Appelle valley. The report notes a rural Saskatchewan location and a late April 1957 date.
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RCMP
Fredlund
Qu' Appelle Valley
the Herald
Whitewood
Sask
Valley as a unit urged for industrial development
Capt. J. S. Dennis of Pacific Coast Terminals urged Mission City and District Board of Trade to view the Fraser Valley as a single development unit about 20 miles by 60 miles. He argued New Westminster harbor should be part of this Fraser Valley, with potential for housing, industry, and power, and noted Ottawa inquiries on jurisdiction, dredging plans, and an inter-department planning committee for river use by cargo ships up to 500 feet.
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Fraser Valley
J. S. Dennis
Pacific Coast Terminals Co., Ltd
New Westminster
Mission City and District Board of Trade
Board of Commissioners
Riverwise
Port of
Harbor Commission
Fraser River
Drunkometer Training Slows RCMP Impaired Driving Crackdown
Local RCMP officers have intensified enforcement against impaired driving but cannot deploy the drunkometer yet. A government approved device awaits a special training course, with officials estimating three to four months before wide use begins in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
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RCMP
News-Optimist
North Battleford
Sask
Ocean Salt Volume Could Cover US With 1.5 Mile Layer
The oceans contain a vast amount of salt, enough to blanket the United States in a sheet about one and a half miles deep.
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United States
Canadian statistics report mid year labour gains and trade shifts
Labour force rose to 5.716 million from 5.536 million with 132000 more employed and 48000 more unemployed seeking work. Domestic exports up 4 percent in first two months. February shipments down 2 percent. Population shows about 6000 more births, 3000 more marriages, 1182 more deaths in Q1. Rail loadings fall 6 percent year over year, March down 2.7 percent. Prices mixed across regions. butter output 21 percent lower, cheddar higher, cheese output down, margarine up 5 percent. Wheat exports down 5 percent for major exporters. pig iron and steel up, more vehicles produced but dealer shipments down.
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Europe
Latin America
United Kingdom
United States
Red color enhancement in apples bursts with new strains
A Summerland B C Experimental Farm program reports extensive testing of red color mutations in many varieties. Notable developments include Starking and Richared derivatives in Delicious, McIntosh related Summerland Red and Rogers New York Red, Winesap red strains Improv ed Seeando and Ruble Red, and Rome Beauty Improved Secondo No 262. Over 60 red strains planned for a two acre plantings in spring 1957.
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Mosebar
Rome
Summerland Farm
Summerland
B.C
D. W. Fisher
Work Starts on New Post Office in Wolseley
Excavation work began last week to prepare the ground for the new post office building planned for Wolseley this year. The project, reported by The News in Wolseley Sask on April 10 1957, sets the stage for construction this season.
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Wolseley
Wolseley, Sask
Governor General may visit Melfort Wednesday morning
Information received by The Journal indicates the Right Honorable Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada, may spend at least one hour in Melfort on Wednesday morning. May 15, The Journal, Melfort, Sask. April 11, 1957. Genius: 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
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Ie Journal
Vincent Mansey
Canada
Melfort
the Journal
Melefort
Saski
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the Times
Taber
Alberta
Cudman Farm
Ayrshire
Lethbridge
Trade Board
Dennis
Fraser River System
Fraser Valley Record
Mission City
the Spectator
Moosemin
AL Ritchie
Regina
Tom Lynch
Wilt Hogg
Moosomin
Rae Thompson
Gordon Osborne
Brief Mes
Canadian Statistics Report
Thomas A. Edison
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