Riding Mountain National Park A Prairie Paradise In Manitoba
Riding Mountain National Park blends prairie views with dense forests and clear lakes. It offers beaches, wildlife, and a developed resort area at Wasagaming with golf, tennis, camping, and trails. The park, 125 miles from the border and 200 miles from Winnipeg, attracts many visitors as Manitoba's top tourist draw.
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Wasagaming
Clear Lake
Angier
Winnipeg
Riding Mountain National Forest
Riding Mountain National Park
Manitoba
Galf Club
Soothe Hospital Patients With Music
Brooklyn report on Manhattan Beach Veterans Hospital using music to calm surgery anxious patients. Nurses suggest soothing waltz instead of loud blues for veterans awaiting operations. Dentists previously tested music therapy with success, now all veterans can pick favorite songs for procedures.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Manhattan Beach Veterans’ Hospital
White never used in filming to avoid texture on skin
The passage notes that white is seldom used in filming. It explains that white against human skin creates a texture resembling mud, while blue and pale mauve are preferred to ensure the subject reads clearly on camera.
Swordfish Lose Scales as Sword Develops
A concise note reports a peculiar effect where a swordfish sheds its scales during the growth of its sword. The phenomenon appears tied to the fish’s unique morphology and may impact its appearance and protection.
Cauliflower quality tips and carrot vitamin facts
The guide advises selecting white cauliflower with a heavy firm curd and fresh green jacket leaves. It highlights carrots as a source of vitamin A for night vision and skin, and suggests using coffee grounds as a non dust basement floor coating by straining and sweeping them into broom paths.
Taxi driver gains ten after mistaken tip in Toronto
Doctor W Bryant of Kirkland Lake Ontario tipped a taxi driver fifty dollars by error for a two dollar fare. Hymie Hayman a war veteran cab owner reported the slip to police. The cabbie and the doctor settled the matter and the driver kept ten dollars.
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Toronto
W. Bryant
Kirkland Lake
Ont
Hackie
Hymie Hayman
Canada Food and Clothing Prices Remain Lower Than U.S.
The Prices Board survey dated April 14 24 compares prices in Montreal Boston Toronto Detroit Winnipeg Vancouver and Seattle. It finds Canadian prices for standard food and clothing items remain substantially lower than those in the United States with minimal changes from February. The report notes widespread U.S. markdown promotions and substitutions in the April listings such as cotton broadcloth pyjamas replacing flannelette ones and children's shoes added to the list.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
The
Prices Board
Montreal
Boston
Toronto
Detroit
Cleveland
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Vancouver
Seattle
Pearson Leads 55 Nation Palestine Committee at UN
Lester Pearson, Canadian delegate and chairman of the 55 nation political committee on the Palestine problem, pressed for prompt attendance at 11 am during the U N session at Lake Success New York. He commented that 11 o clock is not really early.
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Lester Pearson
U.N
Lake Success
N.Y
House of pipes proves durable home model ends 30 years
After thirty years, a home built by Andrew Dodds owner of the National Sewer Pipe Company at Mimico Ont from 10 inch concrete pipes remains standing with only minor repairs. The pipe house imitates a log cabin and invites others to consider similar insulation and construction.
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Andrew Dodds
National Sewer Pipe Company
Mimico
Ont
China to compete in London Olympics via Oct national meet
The seventh national athletics meet in Shanghai October 10 to 21 will select China’s entries for the 1952 Olympic Games in London. The report notes the planned participation and outlines the selection timeline for athletes.
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China
London
Shanghai
Maharaja of
Saga Of Sway The World’s Longest Wooden Bridge Scrapped
A Montreal Standard report chronicles the possible replacement of Lake Chemong’s mile-long wooden bridge linking Smith and Ennismore townships. Built in 1870, the structure sways with wind and ice, limiting traffic to under five tons and requiring regular repairs as divers retrieved a car and chains from the lake. A rock-fill causeway bid at $216,000 awaits approval, ending decades of calls for a permanent crossing.
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Pete McGilles
Montreal
Ontario
Lake
Chemong
Smith
Ennismore
Peterborough City
Lake Chemong
Kawartha Lakes
Toronto
Ennismere
Peacock Pattern 7297 for Linen Embroidery
A Winnipeg Newspaper Union notice offers transfer pattern 7297 featuring four peacocks in sizes from 6x11 to 5x61. Includes charts photos and directions for easy needlework. Send 25 cents, include name and address, to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
U S Birth Rate Reaches New High in Early 1947
The U S Public Health Service reports a 46.5 percent rise in births in January to March 1947, with about 973000 births nationwide. This compares with 664000 in the same period of 1946 and exceeds first-quarter 1943 totals.
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U.S
Washington
United States Public Health Service
Vital Statistics Office
A Brief Royal Line of English Kings Through George Sixth
The verse lists English rulers from William I the Conqueror to George VI, detailing succession from William to Elizabeth II in a condensed mnemonic. It names William, William II, Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I II III, Richard II, Henry IV V, Henry VI, Edward IV V, Richard III, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, James II, William and Mary, Anne, Georges, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, then the current king referenced as George VI.
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William
Victoria
Edward
George
Poultry Purchases Under 1915-47 Contract Totals
The Current Review of Agricultural Conditions in Canada reports total poultry purchases up to April 1, 1947 reached 7,932,421 pounds with 6,657,302 shipped. Of this, 37 percent were fowl and 63 percent chicken. Purchases will continue until the 12,500,000 pound limit is reached.
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Canada
Street Moment During Azan Halts All Activity
During the Azan Mohammedan call to prayer passersby stand still work ceases and even the sick must sit up in bed as the city observes the religious observance.
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Prairies
Audy Lake
Clear Lake St Was Agaming
Soothe Hospital
White
Johnny Sofnak
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Zeno Colo
Rome
Italy
Piccolo Cerono
Il Messagero
Colo
St. Paul, Minn
Curling Club
Bill Mawhinney
Quilchena Club
British Columbia
al Slater
Calgary
Tony Boguski
Lethbridge
W. J
Bill) Tobin
Hockey League
Hawks
Tobin
Don Slater
Harry Groves
Eddie Thomas
Chicago Black Hawks
St. Andrews
Scotland
Britain
County Council of
Peterborough
Lewis Barter
Happy
Ann
Teddy Jackman
Richvale
U.K
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