Tear Out The Grass
Albert works on a sun baked farm under the Stones with Max ill and facing gall bladder surgery. He longs for the city while the family’s labor keeps them going as Mrs Stone pushes him to hoe and toil. The story follows hardship, hunger, and a drifting hope for a different life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lbert Harrison
Max Stone
Albert
Stone
Mr. Stone
Prince
Mr Stone
Mrs. Stone
Max
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
British motorist can have his tea on the road
British motorists may now enjoy afternoon tea while touring the countryside. An electric kettle operates off the car battery with the pot boiling about 15 minutes after plugging into the dashboard socket.
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London
Newfoundland Gains Seats In Federal Redistribution
Newfoundland joins Confederation prompt a 12 seat increase in the Commons from 250 to 262 and six more Senate seats, with Ontario gaining one seat to 83 and Quebec eight more. The plan, based on 1945 population, reshapes representation and sets the next redistribution for 1952 after the 1951 census.
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Ottawa
Newfoundland
House of Commons
Newtland
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Manitoba
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Yukon
Whch
Redistribution of Commons
Ogema Keeps Slow Time For Summer Vote
Western briefs report Ogema Saskatchewan will stay on mountain standard time this summer by a 91 to 43 vote. It marks the first time since 1945 the town remains on slow time.
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Ogema
Sask
Magic Pattern for Fairy Godmother Dress
Anne Adams Pattern 4943 offers a sunfrock with cape collar in sizes 2 4 6 8 10. Size 6 dress uses 2 yards 35 inches with 4 1/2 yards contrast. Easy to sew with illustrated instructions and fit tested. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
New Dam to Improve Water Supply for Manitoba Cities
Regina reports the South Saskatchewan river dam will cost 66.36 million dollars and affect Winnipeg Brandon Moose Jaw Sask Regina water supplies. Chief engineer G L MacKenzie says water will flow down Qu Appelle valley to restore Buffalo Pound Lake level and guarantee mountain water for Regina and Moose Jaw.
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Manitoba
Regina
Winnipeg
Brandon
Man
Moose Jaw
Sask
G. L. MacKenzie
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
Qu'Appelle
Buffalo Pound Lake
Assiniboine
MacKenzie
Alberta Air Cadets Win Rifle Trophy
Sharpshooters from No. 287 Squadron Lamont Alberta won the Dominion Challenge Trophy for Canada's top Air Cadet rifle team with an average score of 96.21 percent. No. 330 Danforth Toronto placed second, while No. 176 Winnipeg edged the Danforth rifles by 0.33 points. sixty seven cadet teams competed over three months firing .22 rifles.
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Ottawa
Lamont, Alta
Canada
Danforth
Toronto
No. 176
Optimist
Winnipeg
Highway likely follows southern Trans-Canada route
Saskatchewan Highways Minister J T Douglas told the Saskatchewan Motor Club that the Trans-Canada Highway will probably take the southern route. He said Alberta centres opposed the northern route via Yellowhead Pass but the odds favor an east west artery crossing south through Regina and Moose Jaw.
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Moose Jaw
J. T. Douglas
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Motor Club
Douglas
Alberta
Yellowhead Pass
Regina
Girl Tug Skipper Soon To Be Doctor
KINGSTON Ontario A girl tugboat captain from British Columbia and her husband from Newfoundland are completing their fifth year medical studies at Queen’s University. After exams they plan to buy a car and drive west to inspect a Fraser River tugboat service owned by Mrs Gulliford, then intern for two months at the hospital in New Westminster BC. Eve Gulliford from New Westminster and her husband from St John’s met in class, married and are now nearing graduation.
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Kingston
Ont
British Columbia
Newfoundland
Queen's University
Cam Guiliford
Gulliford
New Westminster
B.C
Eve Gulliford
St. John’s
Mid
Medical School
Canada’s Oil Output Grows as Crude Inflows Rise in January
Canada boosted crude receipts from internal sources in January to 275000 barrels, up 21.3 percent from a year earlier, while total refinery intake rose with higher refined product output. Venezuelan imports led crude arrivals at 472 million barrels? The article notes 4,716,000 barrels imported, with Venezuela the primary supplier, and US imports at 1,828,068 barrels. Refined production rose 10 percent, inventories up 27 percent to 12,873,000 barrels.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Venezuela
United States
Curlers Presented With New Cars at Nipawin Bonspiel
In Flin Flon Manitoba a brief ceremony under a banner for the 1949 World Series Nipawin Bonspiel champions saw Pete Hume and his rink Norm Snyder Jimmy Cook and Harold Vance presented with new cars. Henry Henkel Calgary introduced Cliff McDonald Nipawin Curling Club president who made the presentation. Eric Austin Flin Flon Curling Club president thanked Henkel and McDonald for traveling to Flin Flon and congratulated the champions. A large crowd witnessed the presentation filmed as part of the season’s most exciting sports moment for Flin Flon fans.
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Flin Flon
Man
Pete Hume
Norm Snyder
Jimmy Cook
Harold Vance
Henry Henkel
Calgary
Cliff McDonald
Nipawin Curling Club
Eric Austin
Henkel
Mr. McDonald
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Brandon Woollen Mills
Brandon, Manitoba
ORC
Fleischmann
Western Briefs
Sifton
Katrina Jakielashek
North Pole
Edmonton
E. M. Haugen
Pelly, Sask
R.C.A.F
Hodgeville, Sask
Hodgeville
Nelson
New Black Top
Castlegar
Nelson-Creston
Charles Parr
Sault Ste. Marie
Charles
Guernsey
Peggy
Tina Colby
San
Nick
Sands Smith
Tina Cole
Sandy
Alberta Air Cadets
Magiana
Weer
The
Coleman Lamp & Stove Co., Ltd
Davies Ave
Chuck Thurston
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