Stormy Island Getaway Unfolds Hidden Motives
Henry Corlan and Lucille Morris flee a storm to a cabin cruiser on The Island where a pending departure for a distant conference unravels. As wrecked by the storm back home, Henry confronts the possibility of divorce and seismic shifts in his marriage and loyalties.
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Blarckmore Avenue
Henry Corlan
Lucille Morris
Island
Anchorage
Henry
Lucille
Blackmore Avenue
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
For Sale Printing Plant in Semans Sask
For sale the printing plant of the Semans Gazette including Linotype with metal type, electrical equipment, two presses and job presses, electric caster, stitchers, punch, type, and motors. Can be moved. Semans Sask.
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Semans Gazettse
Gas Co Aing Concern
Semans, Sask
Old Age Pension Taxable Says Finance Minister
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Abbott told the Commons the $40 a month federal old age pension starting January will be taxed as income. He noted the pension totals $480 for a single person, with a $1,000 income tax exemption, so few pensioners may fall into tax brackets.
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Ottawa
D. C. Abbott
Commons
George Cruickshank
Fraser Valley
Star badges signify RCMP years of service
Star badges worn by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police mark years of service. each star equals five years and is worn between the elbow and shoulder on the left arm.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ancient Greek physicians served as community doctors
Most ancient Greek physicians acted as local practitioners funded by taxes. Their earnings rose as city budgets increased levy-based salaries.
Teens Remain Most Dangerous Drivers
A brief observation notes that teenage drivers are still considered the riskiest on the road, with caution advised for other motorists and road safety advocates highlighting youth driving habits and accident risk.
West Growers Sweep Grain Awards At Fair
World rye champion Albert Kessel of Rosetown Sask led a sweep of grain awards at the Royal Water fair with Prolific. Howard Roppel of Rockyford Alta won the world wheat crown with Marquis. New events included soybean and forage crop championships won by R H Peck and Ken Davie respectively.
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West Growers
Toronto
Ont
Albert Kessel
Rosetown
Sask
Royal Water Fair
Kessel
Chris Morck
Dixon
Alta
Howard Roppel
Rockyford, Alta
Marquis
Roppel
Rockyford
Ricky Sharp
S. J. Allsop
Red Deer
Allsop
H. L. Stiegelmeyer
Normal
E. W. Doudet
Hanna City
Glen Smiley
Milford
T. S. Brown and Sons
Cassils
Harry V. Holt
Peace River
Canada National Parks Attract Over Two Million Visitors
More than two million people visited Canada’s national parks this year. Riding Mountain led gains with 320,543 visitors, up 50,522 from 1950. Banff drew 402,130, Prince Albert 85,200, and total end-of-summer attendance reached 2,054,030. An oil article notes Alberta drilling from 1947 to 1951 would stretch 3,781 miles if in one hole.
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Ottawa
Canada
Riding Mountain Park
Riding Mountain
Prince Albert National Park
Banff National Park
Alberta
Adela Rogers St Johns Promotes Blue Bonnet Margarine
Adela Rogers St Johns compares Blue Bonnet Margarine with any spread and extols its sunny sweet flavor all vegetable base. The ad highlights three features Nutrition Economy and convenient packaging including regular and Yellow Quix bags.
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Adela Rogers St. Johns
Adela Rogers
Western Briefs Roundup Highlights Canada News
Six hundred new telephones entered service in Lethbridge bringing total phones to 6396. In Vancouver a night garage hold-up netted $35. Mrs Holmes harvests a 19 and a half pound giant turnip in Drumheller. Saskatoon plans raise flour mill capacity from 1200 to 2000 barrels daily. New Westminster enforces hockey arena sobriety. Victoria foresees higher car insurance premiums in 1952. Flin Flon milk prices rise two cents a quart. Edmonton stores unclaimed bicycles pile up in police garage. Calgary trustees resist watering down teachers standards.
Saskatchewan farmer harvests first tame mustard crop
Hazlet nine miles northwest on the Andrew Johnson farm grows southwestern Saskatchewan first tame mustard crop. Johnson contracted 60 acres for a Lethbridge firm. yields 1400 to 1800 pounds per acre, about double the average. Seed price seven cents per pound. Harvest expected this fall if weather cooperates. crop to be hauled to Lethbridge for oil for paint.
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Hazlet
Saskatchewan
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Lethbridge
Acre
Johnsons
1952 Car Models To Be Frozen
Ottawa reports that a United States diversion order on machine tools will freeze Canadian passenger cars and civilian trucks to 1952 patterns. Frames and body stampings for Canadian cars come from the USSR and parts for 1952 models have already shipped. The 1953 models will be nearly the same as the 1952 market offerings.
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Ottawa
United States
Defence
Uss
U.S
Bad Harvest Weather Cuts Crop Returns
Winnipeg reports the Canadian Wheat Board lowers 1951 prairie crop marketings to about 453.6 million bushels from 482.3 million after one of the worst harvest seasons on record. Seed and feed grain held by farmers is excluded from the figures.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Oddities in The News from Milford and beyond
A column of curious tales reports eight year old Pietro Fabrizio surviving surgery with 79 nails and various metal pieces found in his stomach. Other items recount an 1813 tax bill for great grandfather and rescues from waves, a bird incident, a prospector locked in a freight car, and a closed West Chop post office slot tale. The tone is light, with quick anecdotes and local flavor.
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Milford
Iowa
Pietro Fabrizio
Pietro
Olive L. Bryant
Middleboro
Mass
Sandpoint
Idaho
Fred S. Howerton
Pratt, Kas
Troy
Mont
Karl Dahlem
Martha's Vineyard
West Chop
Dahlem
Boy Heroically Saves Girl Catches Attention
A seven year old boy saves a girl and, in a twist, tells a man the act was not noticed by him. The Edmonton Journal reports the incident with a focus on the boy's brave deed and the amused reaction.
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Edmonton Journal
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Jfashions
Jne
Anne Adams
Union
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Western Briefs
Vancouver
Drumheller
Eric Holmes
Prince Albert, Sask
H. Smiley
Saskatchewan Women's Progressive Conservative Association
Honest Finder
Medicine Hat
Alan Jorgenson
George Flaig
Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Saskatoon
Wheat Pool
British Columbia
Manitoba
Maritimes
New Westminster
Queens Park Arena
Jackson
Victoria
Flin Flon
Man
Edmonton
Calgary
Alberta School Trustees’ Association
Princess Elizabeth
Washington
Prince Philip
Truman
Central Press Canadian
Irene Dicestre
Jamestown
R.L
Dhcestre
Nicholas Palumbo
Michael Allen
Rochester
Michael
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Salada Canada
Salada
Les Carroll
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