Police Warn On Mexican Prisoner Swindle Return
Police warn Canadians about the revived Mexican Prisoner Swindle led by con artists in Mexico. A May 30 1947 letter claims Albert L Martin a Vera Cruz banker hid assets in a trunk and seeks funds for his money from a US Customs House. The scam promises a third of the trunk sum to the helper. Authorities urge caution.
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RCM
Canada
Albert L. Martin
Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States
Martin
R.cm
World of Wheat Discoveries At Swift Current Station
The Dominion Experimental Station at Swift Current reports long term investigations into moisture use by wheat. Led by Dr J L Doughty after Sydney Bares, new findings suggest current farming on prairies does not rapidly deplete soil if water and wind erosion are controlled, allowing continued wheat production for long periods.
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Dominion
Swift Current
Sydney Bares
J. L. Doughty
Doughty
Lethbridge
Agricultural Institute
Contesters Get Judging Forms for National Barley Contest
Applications for the national barley contest prize totaling twenty five thousand dollars have been mailed to contestants. Forms come in triplicate white pink blue with detailed instructions for either shipping a carload or holding grain on farm seed. Includes a fifteen pound display sample in a cotton bag with shipping tag and express collection details to Winnipeg based committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewing and Malting Industries
Grain Exchange Building
Winnipeg
Express
Laughter as a Wealth Booster Says Medical Experts
Doctors argue cheerfulness boosts health and wealth, noting laughter warms, invigorates, and uplifts, while gloom chills and represses. The piece highlights laughter as infectious and beneficial, contrasting it with negative moods.
Tention on tonic tonic at home and in office
Fragmentary line suggests a focus on a tonic valued at home and office. Mentions doctors, foundation head, and bottles as a central image but lacks clear context or complete facts to form a fuller news item.
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Russell
Manuela Birds
Sturnelia
North America
Prairies
British Columbia
Shea's
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Standard Profits
Department of National Revenue
Ottewa
James J. McCann, M.D
National Reve
Stanley
H. G. L. Strange
Fouillards
ST. Lazare
Manitoba
Foxwarren
Cereredtsay
Stewart MacPh
Great Britain
London
BBC
Ste. Anne's Shrine
Maurice Moy
Quebec
Georges Leon Pelletier
St. Anne
Que
Bishop Pelletier
Roy
Three Rivers
Sie Guaine
Wil
Ottaway
Irensater
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