National Insurance Card in Shrewsbury and Global Happenings
Ying Fat Chong applies for a Chinese National Insurance card in Shrewsbury England. Canada’s wheat board offers wheat to several countries as a trade department official speaks. Edward Holloway named Dominion archivist by Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Honey crop projected at 41 853 000 pounds up from last year. More than 10 000 people from 30 countries attend Edinburgh International Music and Drama Festival. Felix Uhl, 23, sentenced in Prague to 20 years for spying.
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Ying Fat Chong
Shrewsbury
England
Louisa Mills
London
Upper Norwood
Australia
Edward Holloway
William Kaye Lamb
Vancouver
University of British Columbia
Dominion
Mackenzie King
Edinburgh
Felix Uhl
Catholic Peoples Party
Prague
Kamloops Board Sets Boarding Allowance Policy
Kamloops district school board will provide a seven dollar monthly boarding allowance to students who must live away from home to attend school. The policy follows a Heffiley Creek student's case and reflects legislature authorization granted earlier this year.
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Kamloops
B.C
Kitchen Meditations A Letter From You
A poetic expression of distant friendship and love. The speaker cherishes letters as warm handclasps that brighten days, linking hearts across miles. Each note preserves memories and replaces melancholy with companionship and affection.
Creamy Tomato Soup and Meat Bones Broth Recipe
A historical recipe card outlines marrow bones and shin beef broth with vegetables and flavoring, plus a cream of tomato soup. It details scraping marrow, browning meat, simmering four hours, straining, chilling, and re-straining. The tomato cream uses tomatoes onion milk flour butter and seasonings, yielding six to eight servings.
Record enrolment at Provincial Normal School reaches 26-year high
Victoria BC. Hundred sixty students registered at the Provincial Normal School, the highest in 26 years. Principal H O English says registrations are still coming in, with enrolment 20 higher than last year and nearly twice the ten year pre 1945 average.
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Victoria
B.C
H. O. English
Hints On How To Remove Spots From Clothes
A condensed guide from Men's Wear magazine on treating stains such as grease coffee tea milk fruit and scorch. It advises blotting with absorbent underlay benzine or turpentine for many stains and cautions about heat setting. It recommends professional dry cleaning for uncertain cases and final expert spot checks for wool garments before storage.
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Men’s Wear Magazine
Nellie Ross Buys College Education With Dimes
Eighteen year old Nellie Ross at Glenville State College deposits 2121 dimes to cover board, room, books, and tuition. She collected the coin with family help over years, aided by the college financial secretary. The article notes the Monitor ship’s 100 day construction.
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Glenville
Nellie Ross
Glenville State College
Crossword Puzzle Packed With Names And Clues
A large crossword puzzle presents horizontal and vertical clues covering people places and terms. Entries include Shoshonean Indian Bermuda like hints and references to well known figures and concepts across history geography and language.
Canada May Reach 100000 Immigrants Next Year
Ottawa reports an optimistic forecast by Dr H L Keenleyside Deputy Minister of Mines and Resources that Canada will take in 100000 European refugees as immigrants by this time next year. He notes improving shipping and policy results with 80000 arrivals in eight months, ahead of 1930 levels, and predicts the year end total will surpass 105000.
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Ottawa
Canada
H. L. Keenleyside
Mines and Resources
Geneva
Keenleyside
New hardboard made from waste chips in Canada
Vancouver reports a new building material named hardboard produced from waste wood chips at the Canadian Forest Products plant in New Westminster. Capable of 40,000 square feet daily, it will be shipped across British Columbia, eastern Canada, and worldwide via Pacific Veneer and Ply wood Division.
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Vancouver
Canadian Forest Products
New Westminster
B.C
Canada
Pacific Veneer and Plywood
Oregon Lumber Company
B C Lumber Production Up
Victoria reports 1947 BC lumber production value rose to 155,761,222 from 87,013,502 in 1946. Total products value reached 282,288,388 vs 173,471,370. Stumpage price bid averaged 2.80 per thousand, up 41 cents. Timber cut totaled 4,187,816,199 feet, a 30 percent rise and record.
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Victoria
British Columbia
British Columbia Forest Service
World surface: oceans cover most of Earth
The Earth's surface comprises about 71 percent oceans and 29 percent land, highlighting the dominant marine coverage shaping climate and ecosystems.
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Oceans
Great Seal of England shown at Canadian Exposition
The Great Seal of England, last used under King George VI, is displayed at the Canadian National Exhibition marking an era before Indian empire wording. The piece notes its historical journey from imperial duties to residence in Canada. A mention recalls that the first Grand National winner in 1839 was named Lottery.
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Shannon Bros
Cloverdale
B.C
Front
Sam
Jack
George
Toronto
Britain
England
George VI
Earl Mountbatten
India
Weekly Tip Broken Glass Clean Up
Tiny shards of broken glass are easily collected with a damp absorbent cotton wad or tissue for safe cleanup and disposal.
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Federal Wheat Board
Trade Department
By Jane Dale
Fraserside
Jessie
Guernsey
P.N.E
Hay Bros
Sunnybrook Farm
BY William Ferguson
Cancez
Kraus Konzas Okan
Quays
Moses
Great Lakes
Little Reggie
Margarita
Graby
Priscilla
al Vermeez
John Kelly
Stettler
Alta
B.C. Lumber
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