Shortage of Women Described as National Menace in Australia
Sydney reports a social crisis as J P Abbott warns the country needs 150000 women of child bearing age to balance migration. Downbeat notes cite 235000 women aged 15 to 44 among one million postwar migrants, with churches proposing admit spouse entries and government aid to assimiliate new arrivals.
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Sydney
Australia
Europe
J. P. Abbott
Anglican General Synod
Holt
Mackay
Cairns
Rockhampton
Bundaberg
Gladstone
Big catch in Lake Athabaska exceeds sporting fairness
A commercial fisherman hauled an 80 pound eight ounce lake trout from Lake Athabaska near the Saskatchewan border. The 52 inch fish, 16 inches wide and 9 inches thick, was caught with gillnets and is not considered a fair catch for sportsmen. It was sent to the Regina Provincial Museum after being turned over to government officials. Field and Stream cites an 1878 Mackinaw record as the unofficial lake trout lunker.
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Lake Athabaska
Tom Goodman
McInnes Products Corp. Ltd
Saskatchewan
Regina
Field and Stream Magazine
Mackinaw
Mich
Built up litter offers warmth and sanitation for poultry
Alberta's poultry commissioner Robert H. McMillan explains built up litter using fine start materials like straw or wood shavings to depths of four to six inches rising to eight to twelve. The method adds warmth and chemical sanitation, requires stirring, and needs proper ventilation to avoid excessive moisture and ammonia. Lloyds of London origin noted.
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Robert H. McMillan
Alberta
McMillan
Poultry Branch
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Edmonton
Bulletin
Side column musings mix love myths and boxing odds
A jumbled side feature blends dating cautions and marriage jokes with sport gossip. It cites fatigue and boredom as dangers for wives, mocks boxers Marciano and Tunney, and dabbles in medical quips about love, the liver, and heart. It ends with London corned beef price trivia at 56 cents per pound.
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London
Deep freeze saves life in Toronto General Hospital surgery
Kenneth Kress a 23 year old Durham athlete survived three major operations under deep freeze, a hypothermia technique developed at Banting Institute and Toronto General Hospital. Surgeons W G Bigelow and Robert Jones led the effort with hospital and university cooperation.
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Toronto General Hospital
Kenneth Kress
Durham
Toronto
Banting Institute
W. G. Bigelow
Robert Jones
University of Toronto
Forrestal Commissioned Ship One of Navy’s Largest
The USS Forrestal enters service as a 60 000 ton aircraft carrier with a 3 500 crew and a construction cost of 179 859 000 dollars, marking a milestone in naval power and shipbuilding.
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Forrestal
Philosophic echo from the past in a Brooklyn panhandler case
In Brooklyn Magistrate Charles Solomon encounters Abe Horowsky, a 65 year old beggar who identifies himself as a former political opponent and recalls debating on Brownsville street corners. Solomon releases him with a suspended sentence after hearing his request to buy a concert ticket.
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New York
Abe Horowsky
Charles Solomon
Solomon
Horowsky
Brooklyn
Brownsville
State Assembly
Hyxénsky
Moon Appears Same Size as Sun Despite Size Difference
The moon looks as large as the sun because the sun’s diameter is 409 times the moon’s while it is about 400 times farther away, making angular sizes nearly equal. This explains why both celestial bodies appear similar in the sky.
Winnipeg reports death free peak travel month in August
R B Baillie, Manitoba Motor Vehicles Commissioner, notes no fatal traffic accidents in August in Greater Winnipeg, down from four last year. Non fatal crashes fell to 135 in 1955 from 175 in 1954. province wide eight fatal accidents and 970 total crashes, with provincially 6 060 drivers suspended for poor driving as of October 1.
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Winnipeg
R. B. Baillie
Greater Winnipeg
Geer
Motor Vehicle Administration
Manitoba
Baillie
Court closes on Pont L Eveque happy prison scandal
A French court ruled on the Pont L Eveque case detailing keeper Fernand Billa who ran a jail dubbed the happy prison. He was fined 50 000 francs and to serve three years after prosecutors alleged he let prisoners gamble in Deauville and used an inmate to manage finances while he drank nightly.
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Pont L’eveque
France
Pont Veveque
Casino
Fernand Billa
Billa
Deauville
Noodle base dishes blend noodles with frankfurters and fish
A recipe feature shows two one dish meals using noodles with protein. Noodle Star Casserole combines egg noodles tomato soup cheese and cauliflower with frankfurters, baked until done. Perch and Noodles Amandine blends butter almonds perch fillets and noodles with lemon juice parsley.
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Lloyds of London
Vbat
Marciano
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Tunney
Paul D. White
Boston
Norman Hartnell
Antonelli
Italy
Deep Freeze Saves
M. Harrison-Gray
East
Happy
Dorothy Maddox
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