New M26 Grenade Replacing Canadian 36 Device
Ottawa announces replacing the Number 36 Grenade with the U S developed M26 after trials at Camp Borden and Fort Churchill. The M26 is lighter more lethal and easier to handle with improved accuracy and range about 35 yards. It uses a pre sealed fuse reduces handling and can be discharged from a rifle.
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Ottawa
Army
U.S
Royal Canadian School of Infantry
Camp Borden
Ont
Fort Churchill
Man
Canadians Lead World in Telephones per Person in 1954
Canada averaged 417 calls per person in 1954, keeping a world lead since 1952. The report ranks Canada third in total telephones and per capita density, with 3,857,400 sets, behind the United States and United Kingdom. New York tops cities in telephone counts, while Montreal outruns Toronto 491,873 to 434,304.
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Canada
Iceland
United States
United Kingdom
Sweden
Netherlands
New York
London
Montreal
Toronto
Beetle Shaped Stone Ornaments Favored by Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptians used beetle shaped stone carvings as good luck charms. These small ritual objects reflected beliefs in protective talismans and daily luck in village life and temple worship. The beetle motif appears across tomb offerings and ceremonial items.
St Andrew Named Patron Saint of Scotland
The patron saint of Scotland is St Andrew, widely honored as the nation’s spiritual figure. A note confirms his status and historic role in Scottish history.
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Scotland
Andrew
Windhaven: Mannie Finds Escape From Relentless Wind
Mannie endures days of wind on the prairie and climbs into a canyon to escape. She discovers Windhaven, a hidden refuge with a rope and a comb from the past, then returns to Joel vowing never to leave him again.
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Joel
Mannie
Ellie
Dead Man's Canyon
Roanie
Windhaven
Joel Oel
Commemorate hockey with new stamp
Canada publishes a commemorative blue 5c postage stamp for hockey designed by James Simpkins and issued January 23 1956. Lionel Conacher helped sponsor the project with support from Ottawa. stamps available at principal post offices and via Philadelphia Section orders.
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Canada
Lionel Conacher
M.P
James Simpkins
Ottawa
Canadian Bank Note Company
Philatelic Section
Financial Branch
Post Office Department
Ontario
Lemming Uses Teeth to Dig Instead of Claws
A male lemming demonstrates unusually long front teeth that function as digging tools rather than claws, revealing an adaptive behavior. The observation notes the animal’s dental strength and how it facilitates burrowing and foraging activities in its environment.
University of Houston Track Scholarship Boosts Canadian Runner
Don Loadman from Regina describes a four year track scholarship at the University of Houston beginning September 1955. He details training, cross country races in Austin and Houston, a fourth place in the AAU meet with 103 runners, and a goal to reach the Canadian Olympic team in 1956 while noting superior competition and year round practice compared with Saskatchewan.
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University of Houston
Texus
Don Loadman
Regina
Texas
Austin
A.A.U
Saskatchewan
Raspberry bolero costume by Adele Simpson design
This spring a dress may be a dress or an ensemble. A raspberry wool three piece bolero costume by Adele Simpson features an untrimmed cutaway bolero with a short blouse in raspberry pink and white dotted sisurrah.
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Adele Simpson
National health insurance talks resume Jan. 23
Ottawa officials announce federal provincial discussions on national health insurance will resume in Ottawa on Monday January 23 after correspondence with all ten provinces. Agenda covers health services components projected costs financing administration and service priorities. Prime Minister linked federal action to provincial backing.
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Ottawa
Paul Martin
National Health and Welfare
Martin
Three dollars bought groceries in 1891 in Dane County
City inspector Don Jones found a slip dated March 30, 1891, showing a $3 purchase charged to the Dane County Poor Fund at the time. The list details items: flour, sugar, coffee, tea, bacon, soap, crackers, candy, tobacco and more.
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Don Jones
Madison
Wisconsin
Charles Hinrichs
Superintendent of Poor
Dane County Poor Fund
Supplement roughage with ground grain for winter feed
Saskatchewan cattlemen face dwindling roughage as early snow and cold snap. Livestock specialist W Erle Roger advises gradual shift to ground grain mixed with oats and barley or wheat, using six pounds of grain per energy equal to eight to ten pounds hay. For mature cows and bred heifers, half hay plus five to six quarts grain daily. include vitamin rich protein if hay quality is poor and ensure mineral intake with a farm made mix of bone meal limestone and cobalt iodized salt.
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W. Erle Roger
Department of Agriculture
Rogers
Dr. Bell
University of Saskatchewan
Roger
Sisters Share Identical Falls in Separate Cities
The Swift Current Sun reports a remarkable case where Mrs. Catherine Early in Swift Current slipped on ice and broke her wrist. While under anesthesia for setting, she heard her sister’s voice. Nurse confirmed both sisters, Mrs. Fred Bulbeck of Neidpath and Mrs. Early, were in separate rooms having wrists set, with identical breaks revealed by X rays. Neither sister knew the other was in hospital.
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Ripley
Swift Current
Catherine Early
Union Hospital
A. D. Beattie
Mrs. Early
Funny and Otherwise Quips From A Kid To Texan Buyers
A collection of old time jokes and dialogue pithy lines about a boy learning to write not read two Texas oilmen at a showroom and a wife shopping all day without buying. The humor hinges on misunderstandings and punchy one liners.
Heliborne Soundings Aid Labrador Patrol Operations
Three helicopters aboard the Arctic patrol vessel Labrador supported northern duties during a five month voyage. They took depth readings in uncharted waters showing a five fathom shoal where charts listed fifty three fathoms. They performed ice reconnaissance and landed equipment and personnel at navigational aids. The doctor provided medical care to whites and Eskimos in remote settlements. They found a lost US soldier in the Barren Lands and spotted a warehouse fire near DEW line contractors, preventing a major loss. An unrelated note mentions the accordion producing high volume for its size.
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Labrador
Navy
United States
DEW
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