Worldwide postwar aid and policy notes in brief
Western Germany receives Marshall plan funds to buy copper and other materials from the United States and Canada. A Winters aide ties housing aid to building industry activity. British Medical Journal warns on X-ray exposure from TV. About 20 Newfoundland schools seek free radio licences for education broadcasts. Newfoundland premieres its first all-local film Frasers of Cabot Cove in St John’s. Israel tightens meat and sugar rations. Alberta plans to auction Premier Aberhart’s car. Capetown offers £240 bursary for African children’s librarians in training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
Canada
St. John's
Cabot Cove
Newfoundland
Israel
Dov Joseph
Selected Recipes English Monkey Toast and Salad
Milk and bread crumb mixture melted with cheese forms a topping for toast. Egg stirred in briefly then poured over toast to serve hot. A second dish uses shredded cabbage apples carrots grapes and paprika tossed with dressing on greens.
Notable expedition costs cited for past ventures
The note compares two historic projects with large price tags. It states Colum bus backers spent over $2,000 to fund a voyage to find America in 1492 while the Scott Antarctic expedition carried a price tag of $500,000.
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America
Rooster Races Draw Roosterville Crowds At Track
In Roosterville racing roosters take to the track in lighthearted runs as Roosterettes manage the races. Odile Kuphka, Helen Miller and Doris Frasure appear at the event near a miniature portable post office and local stores.
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Light
Roosterville
Odile Kuphka
Helen Miller
Doris Frasure
Population Drift Turns Rural Land To Larger Farms
The Weyburn Review notes a prairie-wide shift from families on rural land to towns and larger farming operations with power equipment. Weyburn experiences housing strain as growth continues, while small towns shrink and estate-style farming rises. Nephritis claims 80 000 American lives annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weyburn
Sask
Prairie West
Canada
Longest war with Seminoles noted in odd column
A miscellany column recalls the Seminole Wars as the longest conflict, ended by a 1934 peace treaty, then shifts to quick trivia on the Seminole squaw, a 1931 Bok Tower nightingale vs mockingbird contest, Tom Sharkey’s 77th birthday, and short notes on women’s naming, twins, cats, vegetarians, and seasickness aboard Queen Elizabeth.
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United States
America
Bok Tower
Lake Wales
Fla
Canadian workers earn 620 million in January
Canada’s Bureau of Statistics reports wages and supplementary income for workers in January totalled 620 million dollars. The figure is three percent below December 1949’s 642 million and two percent above January last year’s 607 million.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Turtle Mountain Baseball League Reorganized for year
The Turtle Mountain baseball league in Dunseith North Dakota reorganized for the coming season with delegates from Bottineau Rollette Belcourt Omemee and Boissevain Manitoba. Wm Brandt of Omemee was reelected president for the season. First league games set for May 30.
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Turtle Mountain
Man
Dunseith
N.D
Turtle Mountain Baseball League
Bottineau
Rollette
Belcout
Omemee
Boissevain
Wm. Brandt
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers
A grid of horizontal and vertical crossword clues lists many entries. The puzzle includes terms ranging from Hebrew letters and mythic figures to geographic names and common words, with a final section listing numeric and elemental symbols.
$36 Maximum Set For B C Health Premiums
Victoria reports a government bill amends the Hospital Insurance Act to cap annual premiums at 36 dollars for the province’s hospital plan. Coalition and CCF members challenge the move as conceding tax-setting power by order in council, arguing only the Legislature should set taxes.
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Victoria
CCF
British Columbia Leads In Domestic Electricity
Canada wired 3,002,000 households in October with electricity out of 3,504,000. British Columbia tops electrification at 96 percent, followed by Ontario 94 and Quebec 94 percent. Manitoba 71, Alberta 63, Saskatchewan 54 percent.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ottawa Births and Deaths Rise in January
The bureau of statistics reports January births at 25,362 up from 23,637 a year earlier while deaths reached 9,695 versus 8,870.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Krakatoa Eruption Heard Across Continents in 1883
The Krakatoa volcanic explosion of 1883 in the Dutch East Indies was heard in Bangkok over 1400 miles away, claimed as the world’s loudest noise by observers.
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Krakatoa
Dutch East Indies
Bangkok
Because You Cared A Poem On Friendship And Gratitude
A reflective poem addresses a dear friend, praising care that uplifted the speaker. It speaks of perseverance through hardship, appreciation of beauty, and the healing power of friendship. The piece expresses thanks for support and guidance in difficult times.
Canada Ranks Fifth in Accepting European Refugees
Hector Allard of the International Refugee Association told the Ottawa meeting of the University of Manitoba Alumni that Canada took 78 000 of 800 000 European refugees in the IRO program and ranked fifth globally in accepting them as immigrants.
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Ottawa
Canada
International Refugee Association
Hector Allard
IRO
Allard
University of Manitoba Alumni Association
Cleaning grease spills with ice water and scraping
The guidance advises pouring ice water on spilled grease to harden it quickly so it cannot soak into linoleum or wood. Once hardened, the grease can be scraped off with a dull flat-bladed knife.
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Winters
British Medical Journal
William Aberhart
J. C. Bowen
City Council
Capetown
Roosters
Europe
Pacific
Gig Harbor
Washington
U.S
Dot
Arctic
Puget Sound
Washington Co-Operative and Poultry Assn
Washington Berry Growers
Oldster OF the Ring
Yesteryear
Tom Sharkey
Tom
San Francisco
James J. Corbett
John L. Sullivan
Bob Fitzsimmons
Olive Branch
Miss
Josiah Oldfield
S. M. Rust
BY William Ferguson
Ie Pharos
Alexandria
Armstrong County
South Dakota
Edibie
Ashurbanipal
Sprite
B.C
The
Financial Post
FIFTE
Virgil
By Len Kleis
Wes
Priscilla
Rome
al Vermeer
Carlyle
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