The Strategist nee Hung Ke A Fog Over The Room
In a foggy room Joe Winsor and Anne watch as Dr Miller informs them their mother has died. Anne recalls years of conflict with Bill Carson and her mother’s control over choices until a will leaves her estate and a chance at happiness with Jimmy Sharpe. Anne finds love with Jimmy after loss and hardship.
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Nee
Joe Winsor
Anne
Iterlf
Dr. Miller
Joe
Bill
Mother
Jimmy Sharpe
Dad
Jimmy
Carson
Evra Snape
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Prune Apple Filling for Coffee Cake
Combine chopped prunes apples brown sugar water vinegar or lemon juice salt and cinnamon. Boil gently five minutes stirring often. Cool. Use as filling for coffee cake. Serve dessert with cream.
Romany Fig Cake Recipe with Two Egg Yolks
Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Cream butter with brown sugar until light. Beat in two egg yolks, then alternately add flour and milk with flour. Stir in vanilla. Bake in two greased 8 inch pans at 375 F for 25 minutes. Spread fig filling between layers and frost.
Banknotes Used To Start Fire In Yukon Trek
Stewart BC. Clare Levien, traveling toward Morris Summit Mine in search of work, burned all his small money to start a fire for warmth. Constable G Nelson and trapper Bill Ruddell searched when a sudden cold snap hit. they found him returning toward Stewart near Morris Summit cabins where food and oil were available. He planned to turn back.
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Stewart
B.C
Clare
Morris Summit
G. Nelson
Bill Ruddell
Levien
Radar helps Matsonia dock in Santa Ana dust storm
In Los Angeles harbor a thick Santa Ana dust storm forced the liner Matsonia to use radar to locate its dock. Weather Bureau described the event as a Santa Ana dust storm with gusts up to 60 miles per hour blowing from mountain passes and settling over the harbor like pea soup.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Harbor
Matsonia
Weather Bureau
Santa Ana
First Organized Women's Police Force Formed in Australia
In 1915 Australia organized the world’s first women’s police force, marking a landmark in gendered public service as part of wartime policing efforts.
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Australia
Police Dogs Track Robbers Hidden Cash
RCMP dogs Tell and Ignatz traced two men, F. Baker and F. Johnson, about 20 miles from the Stranraer robbery scene. Tell located both suspects hiding in brush while Ignatz uncovered a sock with the $500 stolen cash, a bottle of explosive, and a detonator.
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Stranraer
Sask
R.C.M.P
Tell
Ignatz
F. Baker
F. Johnson
Baker
Winnipeg safety chief cites November as deadliest month since 1946
Western Briefs report No vember tied or surpassed prior fatality levels in Manitoba with 16 deaths. Other items include Hudson Bay bylaw on pasteurized milk, Tisdale waterworks debenture plan, Kimberley CDA award, Vancouver Liberal gain, Red Cross blood bank setup in Winnipeg, and Ajax oats favored in Swift Current tests.
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Winnipeg
W. Trevor Davies
Manitoba
Magellan's Voyage Takes 1098 Days To Circumnavigate
In 1519 the expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan began its journey to circle the globe. The crew faced long ocean crossings and navigational challenges as they sought a westward route to the Spice Islands.
U S May Lease Land For B C Highway
Victoria Canada eyes a 99 year lease on 15 miles of U S land in Washington to build Victory highway linking Grand Forks to Rossland. Surveyors will map the route next spring as talks unfold between Ottawa and Washington over lease terms to avoid outright cession.
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Victoria
B.C
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Washington, D.C
Whistle Pattern 4570 for Jr Miss sizes 11 13 15 17
Pattern 4570 offers a circle skirt and jacket in Jr Miss sizes 11 13 15 17. Includes illustrated instructions and fit tested pattern details. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for size and address details. The American Indian origin note follows.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Four New Park Sites Named in Interior British Columbia
The provincial cabinet by order in council designated four park sites in BC's interior. They include 20 acres on the west bank of the Kootenay River near Windermere, 357 acres near Camelmonson Narrows on Shuswap Lake, 20 acres on the west shore of Shuswap Lake ten miles north of Sicamous, and eight acres on Green Lake in the Lillooet district.
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Victoria
B.C
Kootenay River
Windermere
Cinnemonson Narrows
Shuswap Lake
Sicamous
Green Lake
Lillooet District
Farmer Yeokono Removes Rice Grain From Eye
TOKYO farmer Yoshinori Yokono of Okayama went to a doctor to remove an undeveloped grain of rice from his eye. The doctor used a long hook to extract a growing rice shoot.
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Tokyo
Yoshinori Yokono
Okayama
Mennonites Plan Migration From Canada to Paraguay
About 90 Mennonites from Halbstadt and Altona Manitoba join over 2,000 others for a 6,000 mile move to central Paraguay in South America. Most belong to the Sommerfeldt sect, seeking religious freedom and communal farming villages similar to early West settlements. They dated from Russia’s 1870s influx and long resisted military service in Russia.
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Halbstadt
Altona
Man
Paraguay
South America
Sommerfeldt
Russia
Canada
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
Sask
Mexico
Gouldtown
Holland
Prussia
North America
First Printer in Western Hemisphere Named Giovanni Paoli
Giovanni Paoli of Mexico City is recorded as the first printer in the western hemisphere, dating to 1539. This note highlights early printing activity and regional craft in colonial Mexico.
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Giovanni Paoli
Mexico City
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Tisdale, Sask
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Kimberley
M. J. Evans
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Arthur Laing
Young Liberal Association of
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W. J. Knox
Manitoba Department of Health
Canadian Red Cross Society
Dominion
Saskatchewan
U.S
B.C. Highway
Washington State
Asia
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Pretty Carol Wonderman
Carol
Hollywood
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Riviera
Fashion Beauty
Portage Ave
Winnipeg, Man
Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Roe
Laos
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
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Lorna
Les Carroll
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