Humboldt Installs Fully Automatic Telephone System
Humboldt switches from manual to a fully automatic dial system in a $260000 project. A new brick building and long distance switching gear were installed by contractors and Saskatchewan Government Telephones staff. Five digit numbers will fit the continental dialing plan enabling direct calls from distant points. No ceremony. aim was seamless service with no interruption during the 30 second cutover.
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Regina
Humboldt
Sask
Saskatchewan
Exchange
B. & R. Construction Company Ltd
Prinses Albert
British General Electric Company
W. A. Sheardown
Saskatoon
Humboldt Exchange
Fresh Air coolers lengthen Austin nights in hours slept
A humorous report notes Strictly Fresh Air coolers installed in a model village at Austin Texas seem to extend night length. Other jests include Bloomington Illinois firemen logging a tree fire as Squirrel smoking in bed and comments on aging and snow shoveling. District of Columbia report cards mislabel A and U. Army opens limited overseas spots with April Paris posting recalling shorthand galley tales.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Lone Star
Army
Europe
Paris
Navy
Attractive Wrappings Brighten Holiday Gift Packages
A short note on how gilded pine cones mistletoe sprigs and Christmas tree balls enhance gift wrappings to create a more attractive presentation during the holidays.
Monkeyshines Prompt Caught By New Orleans Businessman
A New Orleans businessman reported to police that a rival has purchased a monkey and shaved its head to resemble him. The officer found no legal remedy for the described monkeyshines.
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New Orleans
Holiday yard art patterns and girls jumper pattern offer
A Vancouver pattern service advertises a 36 inch reindeer and Santa lawn decoration with step by step cutting and finishing instructions, priced at 35c plus mail and air mail options. Also promotes angel figures, tree decorations, and a girls jumper pattern 4808 with sizes 6 to 14, 35c, mailed from Toronto with order details.
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Department P.P.S
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Quick Crochet Pattern for Infant Bonnet Booties Jacket
Pattern 7318 offers open and closed shell stitches in 3 ply baby yarn to finish a bonnet booties and jacket. White with pastel pink blue or yellow. Send 25 cents to Household Arts Department with name address and pattern number to obtain pattern and Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue.
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Alice Brooks
Protein and antibiotics in swine rations
Experiments at the Melfort Experimental Farm Sask show aureomycin in swine diets raises rate of gain by 4.4 to 13.1 percent and feed efficiency by 4.0 to 8.6 percent across protein levels. Medium protein produced the greatest benefit, while low protein with aureomycin yielded the cheapest gains despite similar rate, with higher protein costs offsetting gains.
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Melfort
Saskatchewan
Field shelterbelts show limited wheat yield impact
A five year study by W J Staple and J J Lehane from the Swift Current soil research laboratory finds shelterbelts only slightly affect soil moisture and yields. They note wind reduction but minimal evaporation change and a net 7 bushels per acre gain in one sheltered group, with snow drifts near belts boosting soil moisture at seeding.
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W. J. Staple
J. J. Lehane
Soil Research Laboratory
Swift Current
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Science
Castles in Spain Housed for Grain Storage Use
The Department of Trade and Commerce reports Spanish grain growers face storage shortages for 1954 and 1955 wheat and barley. The National Wheat Service bought two castles for storage, seeks two more, and may gain additional sites. Restoration is required to stop decay while protecting historic architecture.
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Spain
Department of Trade and Commerce
Spanish National Wheat Service
National Wheat Service
Ben Franklin’s First Circulating Library Founder
Benjamin Franklin organized the first circulating library in the United States, creating a public lending model that fostered reading and literacy by allowing visitors to borrow books from a shared collection. This early library effort helped promote accessible knowledge.
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Ben Franklin
United States
Belting Bionda Impresses Fans For Leafs Debut Season
The 22 year old Jack Bionda of the Toronto Maple Leafs with a lean six foot frame and 179 pounds has drawn strong Toronto fan support with an aggressive belting style. Recalled to replace the injured Tim Horton he may win a permanent berth. Bionda’s path began in lacrosse with Brampton and the Victoria Shamrocks before advancing to the Junior Marlboros and into the NHL despite shaky skating early on.
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Jack Bionda
Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto
Leafs
Tim Horton
Bionda
N.H.L
Bucko McDonald
Flash Hollett
Brampton
Ont
Toronto Marlboros
Massachusetts pioneer of air cooling unearthed wheel study
Workers in a Massachusetts state house sub-basement found a six foot cast iron wheel from around 1855 used in an intricate cooling system. Driven by a steam engine belt, it powered a larger wall wheel with open funnels to push cool air through bricked passages to upper floors.
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Massachusetts
State House
Ten vice presidents who became president
A list noting that ten individuals who served as vice president of the United States eventually ascended to the presidency. The figure underscores the pathway from vice presidency to the nation’s top executive role.
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United States
Origin of Xmas stocking legend from Dutch traditions
The tale traces the Christmas stocking to Holland where Saint Nicholas is beloved and guided by Sleipner and Black Peter. Dutch children once left wooden shoes by the chimney to be filled, then began hanging stockings as shoes declined, giving rise to the modern tradition.
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Holland
Santa Claus
Saint Nicholas
Sleipner
Peter
Oats pool final payments announced by Wheat Board
Ottawa announced that the Canadian Wheat Board closed the 1954-55 oats pool on November 18, 1955 with a $3,779,605.60 surplus to Western producers. The average final payment is 5.432c per bushel, with specific rates for No. 3 Canada Western and various oat grades. Final payments follow an April adjustment and precede barley pool settlements totaling $6,436,611.93.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada Western
Howe
Army introduces rugged TA-43 field telephone for infantry use
The TA-43 field telephone, designed for durability and performance, goes into large scale production in Canada with Northern Electric. It supersedes the 15 year old F and L sets, operates up to 20 miles on field wire, weighs eight pounds, is waterproof, and can be used as a desk unit or mounted on a tree or pole. The clacker signal is louder and clearer in battles, aided by a free-coaster magneto generator.
Women in Russia take on broad labor roles across society
A Reuters report describes women in Russia as active workers in industry and services. They work in factories and construction, drive trucks and service machines, and balance family life with state support. The Stalin Auto Works employs 16,000 women among 40,000 workers, reflecting wide female participation, though safety rules limit some heavy tasks.
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Russia
Reuters
Babushka
Moscow
Stalin Auto Works
Heat Removal and Early Plaster Putty Techniques
The passage explains heating old putty with a propane blow torch to soften it before removal without damaging wood, advising slow movement and using a scraper, then coating bare wood with linseed oil to seal for new putty. It also notes Samuel Gridley Howe, who advanced education for the blind, developed early raised symbols teaching methods.
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Samuel Gridley Howe
Last run for ghost train on Ontario Northland Railway
The ghost train tale ends as locals uncover a home made railway speeder with rubber tires powered by a gas washing machine motor hidden near Osborne hunting camp. Five Nipissing Game Reserve hunters face charges for loaded rifles and trespass on railway property from the discovery.
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Ontario Northland Railway
Orel Landriault
Bob Friend
Osborne
Nipissing
Britons Develop Language Translation Machine
A group of British scientists in London claim a machine could translate languages at 50 words per minute, handling slang by breaking words into roots and suffixes stored in memory. Working at Birkbeck College under the Nuffield Foundation, the project aims to translate simple texts first, with eventual goals of 3,000 words per hour and broad idiom handling.
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London
Birkbeck College
Nuffield Foundation
Lord Nuffield
Foundation
Booth
Florida Citrus Cites Alarm Over Dye Ban Impact
Florida citrus interests warn that the FDA order banning artificial dyes used to color oranges could harm consumer appeal. They note cool weather often needed to color fruit is absent, leading the public to wrongly equate color with ripeness.
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Florida
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Final 21 Whooping Cranes Remain Worldwide
Conservationists report only 21 wild and captive white cranes exist globally and cite ongoing habitat loss and threats from hunting as factors. Researchers urge breeding programs and protected sanctuaries to prevent extinction of the species.
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Bloomington
Ill
District of Columbia
the Pattern Shop
P.P.L
Front Street W
Brees
Household Arts Department
Barber Alphonse Seciaro
Iron Mountain
Mich
Lorna
Lei Carrol
Cid
Northern Electric Company
Montreal
W. A Craker
Omena
Craker
Upper Michigan
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