War era wonders and losses cross borders in brief notices
Reports reveal Allied merchant ships sunk by U boats totaling 14 573 000 tons during the war. In Lancashire a 700 year old coin find is made by a 14 year old. Howe predicts Alberta tar sands will become a valuable oil source. Hartnell loses 2000 pounds worth jewels in a third home burglary. Canada spends 28 142 625 on four destroyers from Halifax Shipyards. Britain’s railway workers plan a court inquiry. Over 750 timber workers from displaced persons move to Canada for lumber camps. A Newcastle surgeon glosses a nine year old cleft palate case with a nursery rhyme recital. Stalin outlines Moscow reconstruction as a model of Communist harmony.
Pet Puppy Chews Race Winnings
Fort Erie Ont. Percy Detenbeck gambled on a long shot with funds borrowed from his wife. The horse won but the family found the winnings vanished after their pet puppy chewed the cash from the nylon stockings where the wife hid it.
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Fort Erie
Raving Beauty Iris Boyd of Brandon Wins National Contest
Iris Boyd a 19 year old Brandon Prairie Flower wins Canada's Raving Beauty title after a nationwide photo contest. She earns a Montreal New York prize tour an all Canadian wardrobe a national network interview a movie audition and Broadway show visits.
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Montreal
Iris Boyd
Brandon
Max
Canada
New York
Manhattan
Peggy Sage
Austin
Man
Winnipeg
Miss Boyd
Iris
Robertson's
Vivian Wilcox
Mayfair Magazine
Geoffrey Rogers
Paul L'Anglais
Quebec
Carl Dennis
Cockfield, Brown & Co. Ltd
Toads Aid Gardens In Pest Control
The Brandon Sun urges welcoming garden toads as allies in insect control. A toad hunts at ground level under leaves, catching insects unseen by birds, making them valuable helpers in the insect war.
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Brandon Sun
Seventy Three Million Coins Minted In 1946
The Royal Canadian Mint reported 1946 production details with 2,652,245 ounces of gold and 372,595 ounces of silver mined by Canadian concerns. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott tabled the annual mint report in Commons showing 73,168,921 coins issued, down from 114,435,791 in 1945.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian A Ae Ae
Mint
Douglas Abbott
No successful invasions or civil wars in Britain history
The note claims Britain has faced no successful invasion since 1066 and no civil war since 1660, presenting a sweeping historic statement without detailing events or sources. It lacks concrete individuals, dates, or organizations to anchor the assertion.
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Britain
Symptoms and care for feverish patients require medical advice
The message describes signs of ePaleness coldness and clamminess and the need to keep the patient warm. It states that in both cases a doctor should be called for proper assessment and care.
Scotch Girl Will Have Tough Trip
Betty Swapp 24, a poetess and the only girl on the 40 foot schooner Lonely Lady crew led by George Osbourne. She was chosen from over 1000 applicants for a two year world voyage from the Spanish Main to Cape Horn and the Caribbean to the South Sea Islands. The skipper says the crew must have courage and she won’t let him down.
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Sitt
Drake
Morgan
Kidd
Betty Swapp
George Osbourne
Pat
Betty
Osbourne
Spanish Main
Cape Horn
South Sea Islands
Australian Holds Race For Lovebirds
Sixty seven year old John Lucas of Sydney runs a weekly Saturday race meeting for his flock of lovebirds. The track is measured in lengths of the kitchen table and the jockeys bookie and starter are the birds. Lucas began training birds to talk twenty five years ago and later taught them tricks after deafness stopped him hearing them.
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John Lucas
Sydney
Australia
Australian Weekly News
Mr. Lucas
Capable of going back
Crossword clue solution. A 5 letter word meaning able to revert or return. Fits a vertical position in the puzzle and aligns with common crossword diction.
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Swinton
Lancashire
George Willetts
Howe
Alberta
Norman Hartnell
Halifax Shipyards Limited
Labor Ministry
J. H. Bentley
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Brian Froggart
London
Stalin
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Ceneda
James Boyd
National Health Services
National Health Headquarters
Beandon, Manitoba
Ocean
Wealth League
WEA Service. Inc
U. S& Pat
Allen PR. Berkstresser, Sterting
Caferade
Margarita
Little Reggie
Reggie
Chuck Thurston
Priscilla
Pop
al Vermeer
Les Carroll
Ucuses
Wey
Jen
Fis
Jap Marine
Rleiz
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