Aunt Sarah Reaches Out To An Overlooked Family
A sedan with Aunt Sarah arrives at the Parkhurst home and tests acceptance. Tom mocks the marriage while Ann Marie worries about class and belonging, then Aunt Sarah breaks through the barrier by recalling shared history and inviting herself in.
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White House
Ann Marie
Aunt Sarah
Tommy
Tom
Sarah
Fommy
Daddy
Tommy Parkhurst
Sarah Parkhurst
Ann
James
Parkhurst
Launch of His Majesty's Aircraft Carrier Bulwark
A Belfast area teacher recalls a pupil describing the ship launch of Bulwark. The Countess broke a champagne bottle on the bow and the vessel slid smoothly down the greasy slipway into the sea amid cheers.
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Belfast
Ireland
Bulwark
Canada’s 1948 apple crop and farm notes mix caution
Canada’s apple harvest is estimated at 17 million bushels with British Columbia supplying about 9 million. Demand abroad is weak as Great Britain buys little, leaving worms and pests as major concerns for growers. The piece also covers poultry care time, lightning safety, wheat per capita trends, boosting bread quality, late fall plowing benefits, salt use in hog feed, and carburetor float-valve adjustments.
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Canada
British Columbia
Figures Would Be Helpful on Comic Books and Radio
Collier's Weekly editorial argues for concrete statistics to prove or disprove claims that comics and radio thrillers harm children. It recalls past panics over dime novels and movie serials, noting no widespread abuse ever followed.
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Collier’s Weekly
Pauline
Farmer Ignorance and Socialism in Editorial Satire
The Calgary Herald mocks farmers as ignorant and uninterested in social justice while urging a socialist education drive aided by university scholars. The piece notes Ontario farmers’ reluctance to vote Socialism and suggests professor led outreach as essential, even if met with farmer resistance. Tierra Del Fuego defined as Land of Fire.
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Calgary Herald
CCF
G. M. A. Grube
University of Toronto
CCF National Council
Ontario
Toronto
Cc - Educational
Tierra del Fuego
Island
South America
Strait of Magellan
Land of
A Practical Tale Notions of Modernizing Farm Life
A farmer tells his son that efforts to modernize are valid yet warns a cow, while not as flashy, can better brush off flies with its tail. The exchange frames rural pragmatism over vanity.
New Useful Soldering Iron and Household Innovations
A roundup of new products includes a no power soldering iron using a cartridge heat source in five seconds. a 1941 onward automobile sun visor in smoky green plexiglass. a plastic pipe filling tobacco pouch with a piston plunger. a portable pumping unit with multiple mounting options for emergency and industrial uses. nylon carpets praised for home care and moth resistance. a safety razor for corns. a nylon bristle baby nipple brush. a compact snow blower designed for smaller communities with right-hand drive for curbside use.
D L Wagner Receives Dow Award For Daring Rescue
D L Wagner of St Thomas Ontario leaped from a moving CPR freight car to save a boy who fell into a deep waterfilled quarry near St Marys. The 32yearold trainman pulled the unconscious child to safety and earned a Dow Award plus a 100 Canada Savings Bond for gallantry.
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C.P.R
St. Mary’s
Ontario
D. L. Wagner
Wagner
St. Thomas
Dow
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Ona Freeman Lathrop
Alaska Highway
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Canadian Army
R.C.M.P
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Walt Disney
ST. Thomas, Ontario
Trontreal
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