Australia to have largest stadium for Olympic Games
Australia plans a mile from Melbourne to host the largest stadium used for the Olympics with a 118,000 capacity reference to 1932 Los Angeles. Olympic Park will expand with a new swimming and diving stadium, velodrome, two arenas, and a village at Heidelberg for 6000 athletes, opening doors for 1948 era games.
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Australia
Melbourne
Los Angeles
Cricket Ground
Olympic Park
Aliso
Olympic Village
Heidelberg
Canada’s northland riches and vast mineral promise
The article extols the riches of Canada’s north and the Northwest Territories and Yukon. It cites gold production, early oil from the Mackenzie banks, potential oil in Elles Rignes, and deposits of radium uranium lead zinc nickel asbestos silver iron. It also notes fisheries on Great Slave Lake and abundant power sources.
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Canada
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Free World
MacKenzie River
North Pole
Eles Rignes
Oklahoma
Alberta
Great Slave Lake
Veteran NHL star Milt Schmidt Leads Bruins Toward Record
Milt Schmidt, 36, is the oldest player and point getter in the league as he begins his 16th season with the Boston Bruins. The captain and assistant coach is three goals shy of Dit Clapper’s Bruins all time scoring record of 228.
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Milt Schmidt
National Hockey League
Milt
Boston Bruins
Bruins
Schmidt
Dit Clapper
Clapper
Kitchen Tips From The Home Desk
Helpful hints cover meringue stability with baking powder, throat obstruction relief by external pressure, wire egg whips improving cake texture, nap and blanket warmth from steeping rather than ironing, and ribbons pressed with a warm iron.
Smile of the Week Banker’s love story ends with a blunt report
A banker fell for an actress and hired a private detective to check her character. The returned report bluntly notes only one fault: she has been seen too often with a banker of doubtful reputation.
Ancient migration clues from Yukon hilltop find
Archaeologist Dr Richard MacNeish will explore a hilltop twenty miles from the Firth river where Yukon flows into the Arctic Ocean to test a North South migration theory. He found ancient flint and bone implements last summer and plans further digs next May to seek relics linking Alaska to central Asia.
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Firth River
Yukon
Arctic Ocean
Canada
Richard MacNeish
North America
Central Asia
Alaska
MacNeish
Gems of Thought on Fear and Courage
A compact collection of quotes on fear courage and fearlessness from Eddy Witherspoon Bovee Napoleon Aristotle and Sydney. Each saying contrasts fear with faith bravery and presence of mind offering blunt insight into human frailties.
Canada equips regiments with Centurion tanks in 1950s
Canadian armored regiments begin converting from Shermans to British Centurions starting in 1951 with Lord Strathcona's Horse and the Royal Canadian Dragoons. D-Squadron RCDS abroad, in Korea and Germany, already fields Centurions, with about 75 tanks per regiment including reserves. Centurion cost 115000 dollars each, defense estimates rise to 26 million for tanks and AFVs. British Centurion guns and specs highlighted, with cold weather testing at Camp Shilo and anecdotes of tank toughness in Korea.
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Calgary
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Petawawa
Ont
Korea
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Far East
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Germany
Europe
Defence Department
British Caernarvon
Centurion
Camp Shilo
Man
B E A Reaps Funds From Viscount Airliners
The Vickers Viscount turboprop airliners earned almost $9 million for B E A during 1953. The report notes a net profit of over $800,000 and shows a profit of over $3 million for the first six months of 1954 with more Viscounts in service.
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B.E.A
Quick Canadia Quiz Density and Forces of Canada
A quiz item asks the population density of Canada per square mile, the provinces where manufacturing leads wealth, the year the RCMP name was changed, weekly revenue from Ottawa via indirect sales tax, and the year tariffs began to build domestic industry. Answers appear in another column.
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United States
Canada
Royal North West Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
Canada’s food guardians keep goods safe from coast to coast
Canada remains largely free from substandard food and drug products thanks to vigilant inspectors who monitor domestic and imported items. Citizens are urged to report filthy decomposed or adulterated foods to local inspectors.
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Canada
Answers to Quick Quiz 5
In 1859 when the Galt Tariff was introduced. In 1920. Less than four persons per square mile. About $12 million. Manufacturing is now the leading industry in Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Quebec Ontario Manitoba and British Columbia. Material prepared by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts the pocket annual of facts about Canada.
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New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
British Columbia
Quick Canadian Facts
Canada
Royal Mint Produced 489 Million Overseas Coins in 1953
The Royal Mint in London struck 489 million coins for 19 overseas countries in 1953. Of these, 328 million went to overseas Commonwealth nations and about 116 million to other overseas governments.
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Royal Mint
London
BBC Plans Dual TV Services to Reach 97 Percent UK
The BBC aims to run two alternative television services and cover 97 percent of the UK population within ten years. Regular color transmissions are not expected within two years, but new studios are being designed with future color capability in mind.
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BBC
Queen Mother Elizabeth Described as Gracious Guest
The Baltimore Sun lauds Queen Mother Elizabeth as a royal visitor who personifies graciousness. The editorial notes since six centuries the term gracious has been used for British kings and queens and praises Her Majesty for her cordial reception of New York hosts and attractions.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Elizabeth
Queen Mother Elizabeth of England
New York City
Sullivan Mine Leads In Lead And Zinc Output
The Sullivan mine at Kimberley British Columbia produces gold copper silver tungsten iron ore coal lead and zinc and ranks among the world’s top lead and zinc producers.
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Kimberley
B.C
Nut and fruit farm yields promise for Fraser valley grower
Fred Seifred arrived in Hane y British Columbia eleven years ago and built the province’s largest filbert grove with 80 acres. He expects to ship 15 tons of filberts at 500 dollars per ton this year for about 7500 dollars and has added a new drying plant to process his crop and neighboring farmers. He will also profit from prune crops raspberries strawberries and 2000 hens next year. He is part of a 25 member growers association. The dryer aims to improve flavor and reduce shrinkage while experimental prunes dry sweeter than California stock.
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Haney
Fred Seifred
Fraser Valley
Kelowna
Filberts
Seifred
California
Pacific Coast
Canada
Canada Faces Slower Growth Amid Mixed 1954 Trends
A Canada-wide review shows farm harvest progress after adverse weather with 86 percent cut and 63 percent threshed by mid October in the Prairie provinces. Industrial output mostly fell versus last year while August mineral production jumped 139 percent, and retail sales slid. Exports drifted lower, imports fell more, and the trade surplus narrowed. Births rose while deaths declined in early 1954, with modest gains in marriages. Travel permits declined year over year, though some provinces saw more entries.
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Prairie Provinces
Prairies
Canada
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Alberta
Explorer of Parsnip River in Cariboo District Found in 1793
Sir Alexander Mackenzie earlier mapped the Parsnip River in the Cariboo district of British Columbia during his 1793 expedition. The discovery added a key corridor to Mackenzie’s overland route to the Pacific.
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Parsnip River
Cariboo District
British Columbia
Sir Alexander Macckenzie
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