Lome Built Power Saw and Duchess Comment on Margaret Marsh
A detailed description explains a home built power saw with a carrier and babbitted bearings using pipe and a 1 3 hp motor suitable for cutting studding rafters and cross pieces. The article also recounts a Duchess of Windsor compliment to Margaret Marsh Miss Canada 1847, now an usherette in Carnegie Hall in New York, at a Toscanini concert.
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L. W. van Dene
Hydro
Duchess
Duchess of Windsor
Margaret Marshall
New York
Carnerge Hall
Academy of Dramatic Arts
Manhattan
Atlantic City
Margaret
Contract To Replace Nascopie Has Been Let
Ottawa reports a 300 foot long steel vessel planned to replace the ill fated Nascopie. The $2,000,000 ship will have 50 crew, ice reinforced hulls, oil fired engines, and space for a helicopter for emergencies. A Levis Quebec shipbuilder has the contract and work begins as a six vessel northern fleet is assembled.
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Ottawa
Canada
Arctic
Levis
Que
Transport Department
Eskimos
R.c.mp
Dreamboat
Cape Dorset
Hudson Bay Company
Resources Department
British bread ration might be abolished this summer
Harry Marriott chair man of the Co operative Bakery Association says bread rationing in Great Britain may end this summer. Officials would not promise changes. The average adult in Britain buys 63 ounces of bread a week.
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ONDON
Harry Marriott
Co-operative Bakery Asseation
Great Britain
Airliners Use Nested Teapots to Save Valuable Space
Airliners employ specially designed tea pots hot water jugs milk jugs and sugar bowls that stack into a compact set when not in use. The modular tableware aims to maximize cabin space and streamline in-flight service.
Moose Jaw Willowdale golf club opens with president vs vice president match
Moose Jaw Saskatchewan inaugurates the Moose Jaw Willowdale golf club with a kickoff event pitting the club president against the vice president. The feature item notes cross-sport moves including Winnipeg Flyers players signing with Saskatoon Quakers and NHL trophy milestones.
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Moose Jaw, Sask
Moose Jaw Willowdale Golf Club
George Stevens
Roy Glover
Winnipeg Flyers
Saskatoon Quakers
Flyers
W.C.H.L
Mike Yaschuk
Calgary
Woman Wakes After Twelve Years Of Sleeping Sickness
In White Pine Tennessee 12 year old Mrs. Clara Reynolds awakens from a prolonged sleeping illness dating to 1936. Neighbors and caretakers recount her sudden return to alertness and curiosity about a changed world while pondering if she will sleep again.
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White Pine
Tenn
Smoky Mountain
Rip van Winkie
Clara Reynolds
Alfred Sartain
Clara
Sartain
Alice
Johnny
Mrs. Sartain
Amputate Man's Legs By Roadside
New York report describes Dr George Rizzoli performing an emergency leg amputation on Biaggio Leanzo 29 after a car crash. Police held Leanzo's brother Salvatore 26 and brother in law Anthony Candrilli 28 as they watched beside a wet roadside shelter. Leanzo was taken to Mary Immaculate Hospital Jamaica in critical condition but with a chance to recover.
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New York
George Rizzoli
Biaggio Leanzo
Dr. Rizzoli
Leanzo
Salvatore
Anthony Candrilli
Mary Immaculate Hospital
Jamaica
Four year old Mickey Londrigan undergoes tonsil surgery
In Springfield Illinois the four year old Edward Mickey Londrigan initially resists tonsil surgery for a hospital boxing match joke. After waking from anesthesia he apologizes saying he does not remember anything and cannot recall the opponent.
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Springfield
Ill
Edward
Mickey) Londrigan
Estelle Londrigan
Mickey
Helpful Household Hints From A Classic Ledger
Do not store silver salt shakers with salt to avoid corrosion. Two pearl strands twisted into a rope suit high or low necklines. Sprinkle cigarette ashes on white furniture rings, rub with alcohol dampened cloth. To prevent custard curdling, mix sugar with eggs, not milk. Long storage damages awnings tents sails from mildew mold and insects.
Flowers Make Rafts Flowing Down Clarence River
Water hyacinths blanket the Clarence River in Australia forming giant rafts up to 409 feet wide during floods. The floating mats carry rabbits and other small animals downstream, creating a hazardous natural obstacle.
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Clarence River
Australia
First Ship Described as Noah's Ark
The article cites the earliest described vessel as Noah's ark, noting its role in ancient flood narratives and its use as a point of reference in historical maritime discussion.
Dollars for Scouting Defines Canadian Unity and Youth Growth
The document argues that democratic efficiency in peace requires unity and that Scouting contributes to international understanding, Canadian unity, and future leadership. It highlights Scouts as a non political force uniting church home school and province, with 100000 Canadian youth trained, and calls for increased funding to reach more boys and foster democratic ideals.
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Canada
Boy Scouts Association
Smile of the Week Hoss-Fly Joke
Sambo and Rastus share supper as a fly buzzes about. Rastus explains it is a hoss-fly that "buzzes round jackasses." Sambo asks if he is a jackass, and Rastus dodges the insult while noting the flies’ habit.
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Sambo
Rastus
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Peerr
Om Wittet
Ded
Britain
National Hockey League
N.H.L
Sun Life Bldg
Montreal
J. M. Dechene
Athabaska
Edmonton Flyers
Edmonton
Northeastern Baseball League
Kamsack
Saska
Canora
Mikado
Buchanan
Sturgis
Preeceville
Stenen
Runnymede
Togo
Veregin
Stony
Buddy O'Connor
New York Rangers
Lady Byng
David A. Hart
O’connor
Ontario
Grey
Bruce County
Earl Kindrie
Dan Markle
Owen Sofind
W. E. Proctor
Doug Bovel
United Nations
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