Doctor Gibbs Ends Tense Waiting With Final Step
Eminent psychiatrist Harvey Gibbs homes in on a grim conclusion after Leone, his wife, returns from an affair with Geoffrey Lane. He rereads her divorce note, then accepts a plan to end the waiting by taking the lethal action he planned with his revolver.
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Froctor Harvey Gibbs
Leone
Harvey Gibbs
Geoffrey Lane
Geoffrey
Doctor Gibbs
Harvey
Florida
Geoff
Private Planes Prediction Sparks Peace Concerns
The Boston Post notes General Doolittle’s forecast of 400000 private planes in nine years hints at aviation progress but worries about noise. Citizens near airports already endure aircraft drone and hope manufacturers develop silencing devices to reduce racket as flying becomes commonplace.
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Doolittle
United States
Boston Post
Scotland’s Gifts to the World Curling Golf and Bagpipes
The text notes Scotland’s global contributions including curling golf lawn bowling and bagpipes highlighting national cultural exports. The statement invites choosing one to emphasize the lasting impact of Scottish sport and music traditions.
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Scotland
Erosion Threaten Britain Coastline Gains Government Duty
Coastal villages face ruin as sea erosion advances along the North Sea and Irish Sea coasts. Norfolk and Wales show severe losses with towns and cliffs collapsing. defence costs rise, while many communities cannot fund protections.
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Comnnot
Norfolk
North Sea
Caister
Yarmouth
Lowestoft
Mundessley
Overstrand
Cromer
Wales
Rhyl
Colwyn Bay
Llanelly
Kidwelly
Bexhill
Eastbourne
Newhaven
Brighton
Shoreham
Chichester
Hope For Large Pack As Canadian Salmon Supply Seen Rising
The Canadian Grocer reports Canadians may see about 500000 cases in the 1946 canned salmon pack, a 66 percent rise from last year’s 300000. Packers hope for 800000 in sockeye alone, with total packs near 1900000, enabling bigger export surpluses and stronger home supply. Canning starts in June with shelves expected by December.
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Canadian Grocer
Canadiezz
Canada
Canadian harmonicas to roll off three Ontario plants
Trade Department says mouth organs labelled made in Canada will be sold worldwide soon. After war and the shutdown of Hohner in Germany, Ontario plants at Gananoque Port Credit and Toronto began postwar manufacture. Production meets domestic demand and exports will soon rise with export permits not required for most countries.
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Canada
Trade Department
Hohner
Tressingen
Germany
Ontario
Gananoque
Port Credit
Toronto
Muskox sequel drills in Alaska and Wisconsin operations
Canadian observers will attend large scale American sequels to the Muskox expedition in Alaska next fall and winter. They will participate in Operation Frigid and Operation Williwaw and receive reports on Operation Frost in Wisconsin for the Canadian general staff.
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Permanent Joint Defence Board
Alaska
Wisconsin
Red Tape Term Origin Traced to 19th Century England
The phrase red tape refers to government delays and formalities born in 19th century England when documents were tied with a pinkish tape. The term evokes bureaucratic bottlenecks and slow official processes.
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England
Plenty of Land for Homesteading in Western Canada
The Guelph Mercury notes that forty years into the land movement, newcomers can still find homestead land in Western Canada. Far from rail lines, available tracts offer average fertility and potential to become railway served within a few years, appealing to immigrants seeking farming opportunities.
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Guelph
Demure And Dainty Play and Party Frock Pattern 4564
Pattern 4564 offers two adorable size 6 puff sleeve frocks for 15 yard 35 inch fabric with flare and contrast remnants. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg with size name address and style number.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Camels’ Water Limits Questioned in Early Estimate
The text questions the common belief that camels can go a week without water. It notes that many think two to three days is the true limit before serious discomfort or danger would occur.
Canada Sees Peak Business Solvency Then Rising Failures
The record from Dun and Bradstreet shows 1945 end with 60 business failures and $1,960,000 liabilities, compared to 1922 when 3,695 failures totaled $78,069,000. Analysts warn a postwar decline in failures unlikely to reach 1918-23 highs, as new ventures face fallout and lessons from past crashes temper risk.
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Canada
Dun & Bradstreet
Great Step Forward A Chicago inventor aids sufferers with speech length regulator
A Chicago inventor unveils a machine to regulate the length of after dinner speeches claimed to aid humanity. The device aims to be foolproof and is urged to be improved for better speech quality while listeners may want an option to mute.
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Chicago
New York World Telegram
Painters Set World Speed Record Building Cottage in Schenectady
In Schenectady New York thirty five men from painters local 62 AFL finished a five room cottage in three minutes 13.2 seconds to claim a world speed record. About 2000 spectators cheered as the house was coated white for occupancy by Joseph Valentine a war veteran.
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Schenectady
N.Y
A.F.L
Joseph Valentine
Sports College Membership Nears Two Hundred Thousand
Coach Lloyd Percival and Willian R. Bokaps sg report the CBC YMCA Sports College approaching 200000 members. Newfoundland schools are joining. The program lists 15000 coaches and club managers, over a million literature pieces distributed, and a similar number of letters received. Athletes such as Les Patrick Syl Apps Jack Dempsey Carl Bennett Colman Clark Stan Cutts Dean Cromwell endorse the project.
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Lloyd_ Percival
Cbc-Ymca
Willian
R. Bokaps Sg
Newfoundland
Les Patrick
Syl “Apps
Jack Dempsey
Carl Bennett
Colman Clark
Stan Cutts
Dean Cromwell
Self-Reliance in Farm Youths and Work Ethic
The article argues farm youths become more self-reliant through visible farm tasks that demand hard work. It says farm training in practical labor equips them for sustained effort and practical problem solving.
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ROYAL
Veen
Macdonalds
Britain
Elizabeth
Vicary Gibbs
Andrew Elphinstone
St. Margaret's Church
Westminster
Sports College
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