Canadian statistics update from A Weekly Review
Canada posts mixed gains in exports and prices across sectors in early year. Aluminum and products, nickel, crude petroleum, uranium, zinc, grains, and geods show higher values, while wheat and copper fall. Shipments drop to the UK and Commonwealth but rise to other regions. May city indexes rise, wholesale price index steady. Rail carloadings decline 8 percent. canal freight up 1.5 percent. Consumer credit climbs, telephones grow, and car registrations rise with more cars per capita.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Commonwealth
Oconsumer
First Canal Attempt at Panama Fails after Spoiled Effort
The first canal effort in Panama was led by French builder Ferdinand de Lesseps from 1879 to 1889. The project failed due to engineering and financial problems and was abandoned.
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Panama
Ferdinand de Lespeps
Western Canadian wheat farmer Ed Schiefner's Prairie Life
Ed Schiefner, a Regina area wheat farmer with 1440 acres of crop land and 960 acres of pasture, mixes grain with beef cattle and hay. He notes larger farms driven by costly machinery, modern weed and insect control, and the shift from straight combining to swath harvesting and combine threshing. Western farming rewards immigrants and their descendants, etching prosperity on the prairie.
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Ed Schiefner
Germany
United States
Saskatchewan
Regina
Mr. Schiefner
Canada
Schiefner
Europe
Schiefners
Schniefner
Freak fire destroys welding machine near highway corner
A freak fire last Thursday evening damaged an electric arc welder about $300 near the corner of 15th Street and No. 5 Highway around 7:20 p.m. Sparks from cutting ignited spilled gasoline from a freshly-filled tank on the welder, causing an explosion. Fire Chief Ron Cameron noted such explosions are not uncommon and to prevent fatalities firemen quickly cooled the tank.
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15Th St
No. 5 Highway
The
Journal
Humboldt, Sask
Paddling Pool Opens With Local Youths At Humboldt
The Humboldt Journal reports the paddling pool opened for the season last Sunday with 90 youngsters registering to swim. Lions President Ben Ackerman and Len Rommel officiated, urging cooperation to keep pool and playground facilities enjoyable for all.
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Humboldt Lions Club
Lions
Ben Ackerman
Len. Rommel
The
Journal
Humboldt, Sask
Parking meters approved for main business section
The Times reports Wetaskiwin Alberta plans parking meters in six blocks of the main business section. Meters will be installed in September and begin collecting coins by September 15, 1957. Municipal authorities expect steady enforcement to manage curb space.
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Wetaskiwin
the Times
Alta
Canadian Wheat Production and Rural Life Spotlight
The piece profiles Ed Schiefner and family in Milestone Saskatchewan, detailing home workshop tools, a self built 20 foot boat for Long Lake recreation, and duck hunting with visitors. It follows Fay Douglas Donald and Richard in school, notes plans for Donald to join Civil Service, Douglas aiding farming, and grain movement to elevators bound for Port Arthur. The article highlights Canada as a leading high quality wheat producer with National Film Board photography by Richard Harrington.
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Ed Schiefner
Schiefner
Long Lake
Schiefers
Fay
Douglas
Donald
Milestone
Regina
Doug
Don
Luther College
Richard
Canada
National Film Board of Canada
Richard Harrington
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