Value Farm Survey in Central Alberta Analyzes 318 Farms
A 1943-44 survey of 318 Central Alberta farms across Innisfail Drumheller and Gadsby districts reports farm types sizes and capital. Grain farms led investments in Drumheller while mixed and livestock dominated Innisfail and Gadsby. Labour earnings averaged near $1 100 per farm with regional yields varying from two thirds to above normal.
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Alberta
Innisfail
Drumheller
Gadsby
Prairie Provinces
Population Density Across Regions Compared
The statement notes fewer than seven people per square mile in most of Canada while Holland and Belgium house about 700 persons per square mile, highlighting stark regional density differences.
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Canada
Holland
Belgium
Catherinettes and Green Ribbon Club of Paris
A survey of Parisian mating clubs and customs notes the Catherinettes festival on St. Catherine's Day for single women and the Green Ribbon Club's 26 years promoting marriages. It cites demanding membership, mixed-sex invites, and past marriagemaking claims, then shifts to light anecdotes on marriage rings and court tips.
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Paris
Green Ribbon Club
Decorating Dilemmas: Stripes and Flowers in One Room
Dear Miss James advises that striped walls with flowered chintz curtains can create charming effects in a large living room. She cautions against clashing colors, suggesting lime green and wine tones, and to keep furniture in plain fabrics to blend with the walls and chintz.
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Francis James
Miss James
Mrs. O. M
Five Reasons Why Businessmen Are Tired
Philadelphia report from the Benjamin Franklin clinic at Pennsylvania Hospital outlines five causes of fatigue among about 2000 tired businessmen since February 1948. Businessmen pack troubles home, talk shop over meals, resist vacation, lack hobbies, and ignore moderation in work and play.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin Clinic
Pennsylvania Hospital
Hale
Britain’s Cierva Air Horse Secures U S Orders
The Cierva Air Horse, the world’s largest helicopter, is ordered by American operators with deliveries due in about two years. It recently completed flight trials at 17 500 lb all up weight, establishing a 2.6 ton rotor lift. Powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin, it has 800 cubic feet cargo space and seats 24.
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Cierva Air Horse
Farnborough Air Week
Great Slave Lake Frozen Over Six Months Each Year
The Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories remains completely frozen for half the year, covering the surface with solid ice annually.
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Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territories
Progress in Cancer Control Highlighted by Canadian Expert
Dr. O H Warwick executive director of the Canadian Cancer Society notes two major advances in cancer care over the past decade. Improved anesthesia and perioperative care cut surgical risk, while cancer compounds can temporarily inhibit tumor growth offering relief to patients. Early symptom awareness remains crucial as many cancers are treatable when caught promptly.
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O. H. Warwick
Canadian Cancer Society
In Health
Canada
National Health Magazine
The
Health League of Canada
Dr. Warwick
Warwick
Railways on stamps attract collectors nationwide
Stamp Corner surveys railway themed issues as Universal Postal Union marks 75th anniversary. Countries from Egypt to Canada, Newfoundland, Japan and beyond have issued stamps featuring locomotives and rail transport. Readers urged to contact collector Mr. Pratt Kuhn for buying or exchanging Canadian and North American stamps.
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Universal Postal Union
Belgian Congo
Egypt
International Railway Congress
Great Britain
Canada
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
United States
Salvador
Ecuador
Finland
Philippines
Japan
Berne
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Johann Andreas
Italy
Santa Trinity
Hungary
Saudi Arabia
Adv
Pratt Kuhn
Wellington St. W
Toronto
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Augustus the Strong
Poland
William Jennings Bryan
London
Central Press Canadian
U.S
Ric Marie
Manning
Arizona Republic
James Montagnes
Magyar
POSTA
APS
Imperial Stamp Shop
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Franklin Roosevelt
Austria
Anton Bruckner
Germany
Leipzig
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