Young Farmers Use Loans to Improve Farm Homes
The Finance Department reports a shift in Farm Improvement Loans with 27 percent of August’s $6,000,000 to young farmers aged 20 to 30 for repairs and alterations to homes and buildings. Loans for electrical and water installations rise, with Eastern Canada seeing growth from hydro service expansion. Loans may total about $40,000,000 for the year with terms up to ten years at five percent interest and a maximum of $3,000 per loan.
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Canada
Hydro
Ontario Hydro
Ontario
Carolsa
Finance Department
Indication Shows Grasshoppers To Be Bad For 1950
Saskatchewan farmers face a grasshopper menace in 1950 similar to 1949. H. W. Moore notes counts from federal labs and egg-based estimates. west-central areas may be slightly better while southeast may worsen. Saskatoon and nearby regions could see a repeat of the prior year with possible northward limits.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
H. W. Moore
Canada
Federal
How Housing Plan Works For The Home Builder
The article explains a Ottawa housing plan where a buyer can obtain a home with 600 to 1400 dollars down. Central Mortgage and Housing matches the down payment, with loans based on a seventh of the home value. A $700 lot plus a $9,300 house yields a $10,000 property and a total Central Mortgage loan up to $9,916 on a $12,000 home with buyer-funded balance for pricier homes.
Impatient Hunters Trapped By Self Inscribed Licences
In Manor Saskatchewan two businessmen John Callan and Cliff Beatty tried to hunt without proper licences. They obtained fake trapping licences from Al lan Fisher by writing their own licence, then used them to legally trap game. Fisher later asked for proper licences.
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John Callan
Cliff Beatty
Allan Fisher
Fisher
Callan
Beatty
Crosswords Puzzle Clues Read As Jumbled Text
A scrambled crossword puzzle list with numerous misprints and garbled clues. The readable items include references to pace possess exclamation soldier and various misaligned numbers, indicating a damaged OCR extraction of horizontal and vertical entries.
Westerners Win Lifesaving Medals
TORONTO two western Canada residents to receive Royal Canadian Humane Association bronze medals for lifesaving Dale E Spearing of Auburnton Sask rescued two companions from a truck that broke through river ice near Flin Flon Man on January 9 Mrs Beatrice M Molyard of Lulu Island Vancouver dove into the Fraser River last November to rescue two year old Clifford Guiltner
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Toronto
Western Canada
Royal Canadian Humane Association
Dale E. Spearing
Auburnton
Sask
Flin Fion
Man
Beatrice M. Molyard
Lulu Island
Vancouver
Fraser River
Clifford Guiltner
Nylon fur spurs worry as Canada develops synthetic seal
A Canadian program reports a nylon fur alternative superior to real seal, provoking concern over wildlife trade and market impact while joking about seals seeking vaudeville careers.
Happy Go Lucky Dress Pattern 4846 for Jr. Miss sizes
Dashing little dress pattern 4846 by Anne Adams features cuffed sleeves pockets and a full skirt. Size 13 requires 25 yards of 54 inch fabric with an easy transfer included and 25 cents in coins to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Record Weight For Wild Mallard Duck
Sudbury reports a claimed new world record weight for a wild mallard duck. Doug Thompson of Trout Lake shot a mallard drake near Sturgeon Falls weighing six pounds five ounces, surpassing Ontario Museum records of three pounds.
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Sudbury
Doug Thompson
Trout Lake
Sturgeon Falls
Ontario Museum
Toronto
Dutch Apple Cake From Old Recipe Card
A simple cake batter is mixed with melted shortening egg and milk then added to dry ingredients. Apples are peeled quartered and arranged in rows on top with cinnamon sugar and butter dots. Bake at 425 F about 25 minutes and serve warm with citrus sauce or cream.
World Happenings Briefly Told
A Gandhi memorial hall with a library is planned in Singapore. In Canada Magrath Alta marked the 50th irrigation year with a monument. Magic Eye letter sorting advances come from London. An Italian Po Valley gas well vented 30 million cubic feet daily before it could be capped. France urges rapid activation of Atlantic pact military clauses. Canada’s navy updates quarters on H M C S Sioux at Victoria. Surrey boys in Carshalton form a trading company for wriggling things. Union College Vancouver student Alien Crewe wins one of ten Protestant Radio Commission scholarships for Hollywood radio study.
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Italy
Po Valley
Milan
Alien Crewe
Union College
Vancouver
Protestant Radio Commission of the
United States
Hollywood
Calif
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Ottawa
Daricolo
Chilliwack
B.C
Clarence Koetje
Everson
Wash
Sid Jones
Independence Distrait du Frosteau
Erlett
Verduin
Lynden
Cornhill
R. Haining
Clive
Alta
Emmet
Persia
By Anne Adams
Happy Go-Lucky
Mahatma Gandhi
Singapore
Magrath
Post Office Research Station
Dollis Hill
London
Victoria
Carshalton
Surrey
England
Rxctiox
Mount Vesuvius
Pompeii
NEA Service, Inc
MR. E. T. Prangley
Nervitre
Ontirre
Cerece
Little Reggie
T.M. Reg
Pat Opa
Margarita
Reggie
Priscilla
Haze
al Vermeer
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