Oil Find In Peace River Triggers Provincial Rush
Fort St John BC discoveries spur oil land rush as Pacific Petroleums and Imperial Oil acquire millions of acres. Officials report gravity at 38.7 API and geophysical surveys suggest a large oil structure. First oil shows near Peace River Allied Fort St John No 1 with 40 API oil and early gas flow.
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Peace River
Vancouver
Fort St. John
B C
Pacific Petroleums
Imperial Oil
Imperial
Alberta
E. T. Kenney
Pacific-Allied
Fort St. John No. 2
British Columbia
Peace River-Allied
The
Financial Post
Hudson Bay Route Sees Heaviest Traffic Yet
Regina reports Hudson Bay route had its busiest season with 7.2 million bushels of grain shipped through Churchill in 1951 up from 6 million the year before. Imports doubled, 7,000 tons in 1951 from 3,400 in 1950, as 21 vessels carried grain cargoes with nine loads in August, 11 in September, and one in October.
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Regina
Hudson Bay
W.g Streeton
Plunkett
Hudson Bay Route Association
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Churchill
Manitoba Plans $1.50 Driver Licence Fee Next Year
R B Baillie director of highway safety for Manitoba announced drivers licenses will cost $1.50 next year and be valid for one and a half years. The aim is to reduce renewal congestion by staggering licence renewals.
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Winnipeg
R. B. Baillie
Highway Safety
Manitoba
Keens Her Husband Breathing on the Job
Winnipeg couple Mary and Carl Bieber share an unusual life with Carl diving for three months yearly. Mary oversees air supply and safety from the boat while Carl works under water wearing heavy gear and a helmet. He recalls navy roots and close calls, including ice-water dives and a ripped suit at sixty feet.
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Winnipeg
Mary Bieber
Carl
Mary
Mrs. Bieber
Assiniboine
Creeping Root Alfalfa Advances For Western Pastures
A new alfalfa variety with a creeping-root system was developed at Swift Current Station with the Dominion Forage Crops Laboratory. It is drought resistant and may thrive on western pastures under heavy grazing, with trials planned on 15 western Canada stations including Yukon and Northwest Territories. The aim is permanent pastures of alfalfa with crested wheat grass or brome, persisting through grazing, drought, and winter conditions.
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Swift Current
Dominion Forage Crops Laboratory
Saskatoon
Canada
Yukon
North- West Territories
Pixie shoes pattern 7383 offered by Household Arts
Aree Brooks promotes a quilted cotton pattern 7383 for two pairs of slippers in multiple sizes. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Wa. Toronto for the pattern and write your name address and pattern number. Also advertising Alice Brooks Needlework catalogue with free pattern illustration.
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Household Arts Department
Wet Poke Street
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Helpful Hints for Household Care and Craft
Practical tips cover polishing brass with olive oil on warm flannel to add a soft sheen, preventing boil over by greasing the kettle interior a depth inch from the rim, sealing dusty backings on framed pictures with wrapping paper, and easing jersey fabric under a sewing machine presser foot to prevent stretching.
Paraguay's irrigation prowess ranks high globally
Paraguay, in South America, stands out as one of the best irrigated countries. The nation leverages extensive water management to support agriculture, aiding crop reliability and productivity despite regional challenges.
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Paraguay
South America
Hail Damage in Manitoba Nearly Average for 1951
Winnipeg reports hail damage to the 1951 crop in Manitoba was about average with 22 500 acres of grain fields totally destroyed and 76 400 acres partially damaged. Most losses occurred in three municipalities near the Red River and Lake Manitoba, compared with 1947 when totals were far higher.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Red River
Lake Manitoba
Answers to Quick Quiz Highlights Canada Facts
Quick quiz results reveal five questions with 1959 dollar figures for item five and a 1600 mile distance for item one. Norsemen about one thousand years ago appear in item three, while item four estimates around sixty percent accuracy. The supply note credits Quick Canadian Facts editors and urges balanced living guidance.
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Quick Canadian Facts
Canada
Cattle Numbers Up in June Survey Across Canada
The June survey by the Bureau of Statistics shows cattle rising 3 percent on Canadian farms since 1950, with B C the sole province to fall. Milk cows drop in most provinces, except Quebec, while horses fall sharply especially in Ontario. Oldest Christian festival is Easter.
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Bureau of Statistics
B.C
Quebec
Ontario
Beef Kidney and Beef Stew Casserole Bake
Selected Recipes describes a traditional English dish blending beef and kidney. Soak kidney, cut beef into cubes, simmer with kidney and seasonings, thicken, and bake under a pastry crust for 40 minutes at 425 degrees. Serves 6.
Manitoba Oil Prospects Spark Confidence In West
W G Charleton of Imperial Oil told Winnipeg's Junior Chamber of Commerce that Manitoba may yet contribute to western oil production. He noted Virden's light oil as the only east of Alberta, optimism for exploration, and that a new Winnipeg refinery helps make Manitoba self sufficient in refining with prairie savings projected around 50 million dollars this year.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
W. G. Charleton
Western Producing
Imperial Oil, Limited
Chamber of Commerce
Moore's Restaurant
Charleton
Virden
Alberta
Canada
Ottawa
Saskatchewan hog grading favored with live or dressed option
Saskatchewan wheat pool delegates at Regina approved compulsory hog grading in principle. They urged producers have the choice of live or car cass grading and supported applying quality premiums to either live or dressed hogs. The decision followed debate on Saskatchewan Co operative Livestock Producers Ltd operations.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Co-operative Livestock Producers Ltd
Try And Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
A social leader plans a prank with towels bearing a warning note but guests arrive to find it still on the towels. A seven year old, out with a rich aunt, is refused gifts and complains she would have brought her allowance if she had known it would be like this.
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Bennett Cerf
Quick Canadian Quiz and Answers
A brief quiz asks about Montreal’s distance to the Atlantic and BC’s leading industry, plus the first European settlers, urbanization rate in Canada, and 1938 vs 1948 manufacturing wages. Answers are promised in another column.
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Montreal
Atlantic
British Columbia
Canada
Days Grow Longer As Earth's Spin Slows
New evidence from Prof. Dirk Brouwer of Yale at the NAS fall meeting shows Earth's rotation is slowing, lengthening days by about one thousandth of a second per century. He cites mass shifts, lunar and Mercury motions as better time checks, and notes atomic clocks approach yearly rotation precision.
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New Haven
Conn
National Academy of Sciences
Dirk Brouwer
Yale University
Earth
Brouwer
Moon
Mercury
Gems of Thought Reflections on Grace and Growth
A compilation of religious maxims and quotes on grace patience meekness love and good deeds from A B Stimpson Mary Baker Eddy II Corinthians Jonathan Edwards Francis Beaumont and Edward Payson. The passages compare grace to dew polish and aroma and urge fervent prayer for spiritual growth.
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A. B. Stimpson
Mary Baker Eddy
Jonathan Edwards
Francis Beaumont
Edward Payson
Edmonton Engineer Authored Complete North American Buffalo Study
Frank G. Roe of Edmonton a retired locomotive engineer wrote a 1000 page study on the buffalo. The University of Alberta honored him with an honorary degree for what is described as the only complete work on the North American buffalo containing over 3000 footnotes and essays.
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Edmonton
Frank G. Roe
University of Alberta
Roe
Doctor Advises Goat in House Dilemma Joke
A patient begs a doctor for help as his wife wants to buy a goat and keep it indoors. The doctor approves the purchase and suggests opening windows to air it out, prompting the man to fear for his pigeons inside.
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