Canadian eyes turn northward as Arctic becomes strategic area
Ottawa reports rising attention to Canada's far north as a political, economic, and security frontier. Northern Affairs creates new posts and programs to handle Eskimo affairs, resource development, and social needs amid growing exploration in Yukon and Northwest Territories.
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Arctic
H. D. Crawford
CPC
Ottawa
Alaska
Canada
Arctic Ocean
North America
Polar
Soviet Russia
North Pole
Far North
Northern Affairs
St. Laurent
Northern Affairs Department
Government of Canada
Yukon
Northwest Territories
United States
Nwt
Whitehorse
United States of America
Ussr
North American
Wild turkeys tested in New Brunswick breeding project
Cambridge Canada Dr Edward P Walter leads a wild turkey breeding experiment at Washadenmoak near Cambridge to assess survival in New Brunswick climate. A tom and two hens imported from Pennsylvania are kept on the Walter home grounds as the group studies incubation, potential poults, and future release while awaiting legal hunting. The project aims to protect birds for possible woods release and observed regional experiments in Ontario and the U.S. historical note on the species.
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Cambridge
N.B
Edward P. Walter
Queens County
New Brunswick
Walter
Pennsylvania
Fredericton
Washadenmoak River
Washadenmoak
New Brunswick Fish and Game Association
Gordon Carpenter
Canada
Ontario
Sarnia
Guatemala Doctor Claims Non Surgical Cataract Cure
Dr. Edgar R. Palarea reports a plant based eye cure from Guatemala that allegedly clears cataracts in 14 to 24 days without surgery. Tests began in 1952 on animals and progressed to human use with no relapses so far and further trials ongoing.
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Guatemala
Edgar R. Palarea
Regina to Occupy New Telephone Exchange Building
Regina prepares to move into a modern telephone exchange as part of a 3.8 million program to improve service. The new facility costs 1.844 million and is slated for occupancy early next year.
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Regina
Quick Canadian Facts quiz answers summary
The pocket annual reveals answers to a Quick Quiz from The CBC. It lists Lake Huron as item three along with Montreal Toronto Ottawa as cities for item one. It notes a tax free base of 48 667 per year plus a 100 000 annual expense allowance, and a figure of 76 dollars for item two. It also mentions porpoises were formerly hunted extensively for their meat.
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CBC
Lake Huron
Montreal
Toronto
Ottawa
Auto co pilot a helpful backseat driving guide
A Saskatchewan Motor Club article promotes the idea of a female co pilot in cars. It describes a good back seat driver as reading maps planning routes watching signs calling out directions and spotting addresses to aid the driver. It warns against heckling last minute frantic directions and criticizing speed.
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Saskatchewan Motor Club News
Lawrence city clerk reunites with WWI campaign hat
Lawrence Kansas city clerk Harold Fisher found his own World War I campaign hat in the centennial pageant costume department. The hat bore his initials from 1918 and he cannot explain how it arrived there. Elizabeth Ulyett, known as Grandma Ulyett, turns 100 in September after years as a nurse.
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Lawrence
Kan
Harold Fisher
Fisher
Wetaskiw Ars
Ane
Elizabeth Ulyett
Happy Oldtimer
Grandma Ulyett
Army sets auto repair rates in N W T
Ottawa reports an Order-in-Council published in the Canada Gazette detailing Northwest Territories road repair charges. Mechanics bill $4 per hour, parts at 50 cents above retail, travel 20 cents per mile, towing $15 per hour plus 50 cents per mile, with $4 per hour for the mechanic. Decisions on dispatch of assistance depend on the commanding officers.
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Ottawa
Northwest Territories
Army
Canada Gazette
Western Command
Northwest Highway System
Quotes on Liberty from Founding Figures
A collection of 18th and 19th century thoughts on liberty and truth. Includes Mary Baker Eddy on truth freeing man from enslavement and Jefferson and Washington on liberty as a divine and growing plant. Also cites the Constitution and Bill of Rights and Milton on free utterance.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Helpful Homemaking Hints From A 19th Century Page
Practical tips cover ironing, ladder safety, floor mop care, and gelatin guidance. Do not place hot irons on non cotton fabrics without a cloth, add felt or rubber to ladder ends, brush dirt from mops with a whisk broom, keep gelatin molds clean by chilling fruit first, and avoid shaking loose particles.
Weather fliers risk life charting hurricanes in dangerous missions
Volunteers fly into hurricanes to map force and direction during the season from June 15 to November 30. Based at Jacksonville NAS with a detachment in San Juan, the squadron operates under Fleet Weather Central in Miami. Crews endure fierce winds above 150 mph, heavy rain, seasickness, and the dangers of electrical storms while photographing and tracking storms.
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Galveston
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Fleet Weather Central
Miami
Weather Central
New Find Uncovers Beautiful Roman Aqueduct Section
Government archaeologists report uncovering a striking Roman aqueduct fragment in the courtyard of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs. The section is believed to date from the late Republic or early Empire, roughly two millennia old.
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Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs
Canadian Cities by Population and Related Questions
Identify the six Canadian cities with populations over 200000. Note per capita taxes listed as 95, 260, 4707 dollars and question about the Great Lakes area on the Canadian side. Also asks Governor General salary and which government body licenses radio and television. Answers in another column.
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Great Lakes
Sponge Cake Tea Talk Sparks Village Banter
In a light hearted exchange Hobson asks what tea is served. His wife replies with sponge cake and notes sourcing ingredients from Mrs Brown Mrs Smith and Mrs Jones. The anecdote reads like a quaint domestic vignette from a small community.
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Hobson
Appetizing Recipes for Chocolate and Coconut Pies
Readable but mixed two pie recipes. Chocolate pie layers with corn flakes crust and whipped cream topping, plus a coconut coffee pie filling. Includes ingredients like butter sugar corn flakes eggs vanilla cream salt coffee shredded coconut lemon juice almond extract and unbaked crusts.
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