Prize lists for provincial seed fair ready for distribution
The forty seventh annual provincial seed fair will be January 10 to 13 in Saskatoon during University Farm Week. Exhibits must reach Saskatoon by January 3, with germination samples due three weeks before opening. New rules require larger seed lots and backing by identical seed, with 100 bushels for cereals and 500 pounds for forages. Officials will sample from farmers bins, and prize money plus trophies reward champions.
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Regina
Saskatoom
RE. Mckenzie
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
McKenzie
Bridge ante turns into vast oil fortune for heirs
A Dallas based report recalls how three women who anteed $50 each in a 1930 bridge game sparked an oil fortune. Their stake, managed by Buda Mauldin, led to a producer well and three more on 15 acres, yielding about $600,000. After years of litigation and multiple heirs, a court settled distributing the proceeds among heirs and others with stake in the property.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
J. M. Stinnette
Virginia Sanders
George E. Light
Sanders
Buda Mauldin
H. C. Mauldin
Ninth brother act with Canadiens
The Richards Maurice and Henri join the ninth set of brothers to wear the Montreal Canadiens uniform. Since 1917-18, nine brother pairs have played on the Canadiens, including the Mummerys, Cleghorns, Jouats, Bouchers, Lepine Freres, Manthas, Bouciers, and Reardons.
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Richards
Maurice
Henri
Montreal Canadiens
Canadiens
National Hockey League
Mummery Brothers
Harry
Walter
Odie
Sprague Cleghorn
N.H.L
Montreal
Sylvia
Georges Mantha
Jean-Louis
Conrad Boucier
Habitants
Terry
Kenny Reardon
Reardons
Nero the Dachshund Returns From Escape of Death
In Ceres Italy a small dachshund named Nero became a village idol after vanishing for six days. Trapped 80 feet underground while fox hunting villagers used relays explosives and bulldozers in a rescue. A veterinarian declared him dead before he miraculously crawled to the surface and returned to his owner.
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Ceres
Italy
Nero
Ciacarlo Garbolino
Ciancarlo
Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps Nears Centennial Milestone
The Royal Canadian Army Cadet movement began in 1861 with two corps in Quebec and today includes 560 units with about 65 000 cadets from Yellowknife to Windsor and Victoria to Newfoundland. Cadets train in school and open corps, with three-year instruction, summer camps, and programs in drill, small arms, signaling, map reading, first aid, and administration. The force supports hundreds of ex cadets in Regular Army, Militia or commissions, and conducts annual rifle competitions and a national cadet camp at Banff as an award for outstanding service.
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Canada
Quebec
St. Hyacinthe College Cadet Corps
Bishop's College School
Army Cadet Corps
Yellowknife
Windsor
Victoria
Newfoundland
Regular Army
School Cadet Corps
Boards of Education
Open Corps
Canadian Army
Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps
Banff
Alta
Rocky Mountains
National Parks Rangers
Army
Bisley
National Rifle Association
England
Cadets
Butter stocks near record highs threaten future price rise
Canadian government reports summer stockpiles of butter at about 95 million pounds, 15 million more than last year. Unsold butter from 1954 and losses from price supports push treasury losses to around 3.5 million dollars for 1955 56. Officials warn stockpiles may reach 55 to 60 million pounds next spring without new export markets.
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Czechoslovakia
Treasury
Fresh Los Angeles job query ends in robbery
A laundry manager refused a job to an older man citing age as a factor. The younger man later returned to rob him of 900 dollars. J Walker was arrested in Los Angeles for the same offense.
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Los Angeles
J. Walker
Calif
Tr. Kett
Glove Fit Improves Household Gloves with Neoprene Style
News of streamlined household gloves debuts in neoprene material. The gloves come in ebony black, pastel fabric lined, and celestial blue, offering oil and acid resistance and easy washing. Wear them during chores. pair with hand cream for smoother hands.
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Back From
Noal
Royal Canadian Army Cadet Organization
Rita Holmbert
Chicago
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Denver
Strictly Fresh
Hollywood
Edna Miles
Homemaker
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