Eskimos May Try Modern Heating With Refrigerators and Heaters
Tex Ziegler, a Pennsylvania pilot, ferries radiant heat panels and thermolites to Kotzebue near the Arctic Circle. Eskimos, who use refrigerators to thaw meat and rely on seal oil, may adopt electric heating to ease harsh winters while selling Eskimo dolls to fund costs.
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Tex Ziegler
Pennsylvania
North
Tex
Kot- Miles
Arctic Circle
Wais
New York
Ziegler
Archie Ferguson
Ziegier
Quick Canadian Quiz From NewFoundland to British Columbia
A reader quiz asks about Canada’s pension and insurance payments totaling 9 million to 160 million and 227 million dollars. It inquires which manufacturing industries rank among the top four across provinces and which province holds the largest area forested and fresh water. It questions rural versus urban population distribution and mineral production valued above 160 million in 1951.
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Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Canada
South African Cyclist Settles in British Columbia
Victoria reports Billy Saaiman a 37 year old cyclist who has cycled the equivalent of six races around the world will make his home in British Columbia after arriving from a 35 day bicycle trip from Montreal.
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Victoria
Billy Saaiman
Montreal
The High Cost Of Lifting The Back
The toll of back injuries in industry is high both financially and in human suffering. Back problems cause long disability, with ten percent of permanent disability cases and twenty percent of injuries being strains or sprains. Recommendations urge lifting with leg muscles, proper stance, straight back, no twisting, and avoiding jerks.
Antique Huron Pottery Jug Found Intact Near Ontario Lake
A departmental survey party uncovered a pristine Huron women’s pottery jug from early white contact era. Found upside down between two rocks 300 feet from a lake, the jug remained undamaged and was placed in the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology Indian Collection.
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Ontario
Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology
Calgary Area Explosives Plant Boasts Modern Safety System
A new 1,800 acre explosives facility near Calgary, built by Canadian Industries Ltd. at 4 million dollars, claims state of the art safety. It features a Swiss built biazzi nitrator to mix nitric acid and glycerine into nitro glycerine and 50 ton refrigeration to cool the process. The plant employs over 100 workers and is designed to shut down on temperature spikes with automatic alarms and a water dump trap door for rapid cooling.
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Calgary
Canadian Industries Ltd
North America
Professor Sees Hog as Useful House Pet
Manitoba professor R A Wardle of the University says a hog could be a useful home pet. He notes the pig would dispose of lawn clippings dumped on others’ lots and could be house trained. He envisions desirable varieties of pigs on doorsteps in time.
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Winnipeg
R. A. Wardle
University of Manitoba
Zoology Department
Veterinary Association
Fellowship Open to Women Graduates Named in Canada
The Canadian Federation of University Women creates a $1 200 fellowship in memory of Dr. Margaret MacWilliams of Winnipeg. Open to a Canadian university woman graduate seeking further academic work. Selections for 1953 to be made from 1952 applications.
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Ottawa
Canadian Federation of University Women
Margaret MacWilliams
Winnipeg
C.F.U.W
MacWilliams
Federation
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers Revealed
The list notes five items on question five gold nickel copper zinc petroleum coal and answers to three questions Quebec and four urban 60 per cent and two pulp and paper.
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Quebec
Five Week Trip for Governor General
Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, Canada's first native born Governor General, will tour the country from coast to coast before Christmas. Government House disclosed a Maritime and Newfoundland trip followed by a month at the Citadel in Quebec, then a five week journey to the west coast.
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Ottawa
Vincent Massey
Canada
Government House
Maritimes
Newfoundland
Citadel
Quebec
New System For N A T C Aid Is Announced
Ottawa reports a new procedural system for Canada’s NATO aid. A dual channel places future mutual aid and armament allocations under both the Paris based North Atlantic Council and the Washington standing military group. Canada aims to apply this balance in all future NATO contributions.
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Ottawa
Canada
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Council
Paris
Washington
Holland
H. F. L. K. van Vredenburch
Atlantic Council
N.a-T.o
Council
New Booklet Tells Manitobas Story of Agriculture
Brandon reports a 32 page brochure The Story of Manitobas Agriculture by the Manitoba Department of Agriculture. It covers seventy years of progress in crops wool poultry honey and hail records and notes the timing of seeding and harvesting across Manitoba. Data drawn from Dominion Bureau of Statistics and federal reports.
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Brandon
Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Department
Parrot Auction Bids Back at Local Sale
A buyer at a local auction finally wins a parrot after a spirited bidding duel. The man jokes with the auctioneer that the bird talks, and the auctioneer reveals the parrot has been bidding against him for the past half hour.
Lake Titicaca Highest Navigable World Waterway
Lake Titicaca in South America sits 21 miles above sea level, making it the world's highest navigable body of water.
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Lake Titicaca
South America
Baked Chicken with Corn Flake Crust Recipe
A vintage style recipe for baked chicken with a corn flakes crust served with corn on the cob and green beans. It uses 3 cups crushed corn flakes 3 pounds chicken 1 tablespoon oil salt and pepper. The method coats oiled seasoned chicken in crumbs and bakes about forty five minutes for hot crisp cooked pieces. Yield four to six servings.
Strange wildlife and odd finds plague a Penticton pickup
A grease job ends with a nest under the cab in Penticton B C four baby birds chirping from a hidden nest. In North Dakota a hotel bell captain notes a woman drops a nickel into an empty meter pipe. A Missouri bass carries a 21 jewel railroad watch. A Staffordshire smelter worker pulls 52 pound notes from molten lead. A Chicago barber discovers a fig tree collapsing his basement shop after 24 years.
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Jim Lowndes
Penticton
B.C
North Dakota
Perry Dornheim
Staffordshire
Joseph Delguidice
Chicago
Linen care hints from a bygone guide
The article gives home remedies for scorched linen, suggesting a vinegar soap fuller’s earth and lemon juice boil to revive fabrics. It also mentions using paper doilies to clean bird cages, and notes ironing and drying guidance. It cautions against starch for stored linens and recommends blue paper wrapping to prevent yellowing.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
Atlantic
Central Press
Quick
Ee Eden
Clarissa Churchill
Portugal
Canattian
F. C. McKergow
Sylva” Magazine
Alberta
N.A.T.C
Lem Fat Wing
Hong Kong
Lem Guey
Oakville
Ont
Wing
Geny
Elizabeth Downorowicz
the Ozarks
Downorowicz
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