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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 31, 1956
Page
5
The Sports Clinic outlines slump management for athletes by revisiting fundamentals, avoiding tightness, and analyzing shot errors. It advises keeping loose, not panicking, and using a fixed target on the front rim to improve shooting accuracy with practical steps and mindset adjustments.
A Canadian study notes tomato fruit cracking is linked to water, shading, pruning, and fruit age. Uniform soil moisture reduces cracking, while heavy irrigation increases splitting. The Harrow variety shows resistance, and cracking often occurs just before color change.
Dr. H. A. Derby, born in Pendleton Ontario, approved by the Civil Service Commission to head the Dairy Division Marketing Service of the Canada Department of Agriculture in Ottawa. He has served since 1932 with roles in markets, cold storage, and marketing and merchandising, was Canadian delegate to the 1949 International Dairy Congress in Stockholm, and led the Dairy Products Board during wartime. He will oversee market support activities related to dairy products.
A weekly Bible reflection contrasts Jacob’s flaws with his later spiritual growth. It notes his deception of Esau, his cowardice, and then his meaningful experiences with God at Bethel and Peniel. The piece emphasizes that sincere prayer and starting to reform can change a person, even one once seen as mean.
A humorous collage notes Bacon on living rooms over showiness and comfort, a Copenhagen frog bet cruelty case, whisky factors, Dante line variants, a wife contest to phrase the line differently, a name change for luck, gendered death statistics, a hat praise quip, a Detroit investor’s Ford stake gain, the idea to announce divorces as engagements, and a Yankton divorce notice from April 70, 1896.
Parents should discuss discipline together in a loving, fair manner to avoid shifting blame between them. When disagreements arise, they should resolve them away from the children and learn from experience to improve future handling, including fathers engaging with their kids for stronger family bonds.
The Agriculture Minister announced that the Agricultural Prices Support Board will back a minimum average return of one cent per pound for Canada Fancy apples delivered to plant or local warehouse. Nova Scotia may extend such guarantees to other provinces if growers show interest. A starch diversion program will back one dollar per barrel of 165 pounds for Canada No 1 potatoes, with details to be worked out with New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to stabilize prices through the season.
A clay tablet dating about 4,500 years ago was unearthed in ruins about 200 miles north of Babylon and is now preserved in Harvard Library museum. The artifact shows early cartography on a clay tablet, highlighting ancient mapping practices.
The Chicago Black Hawks add two rookie centers from the O H A Junior League Hank Ciesla and Hec Lalonde at the start of the 1955 56 season. Ciesla stood 6 2 and 190 pounds after leading O H A Junior with 57 goals 49 assists 106 points while MVP in the league. Lalonde from Galt had 31 goals 48 assists 79 points in 49 games and appeared in three AHL games with the Buffalo Bisons.
The article lists reliable shrubs and trees for year round home surroundings, noting Altai and other shrub roses, Amur Maple, Barberry, Cherry Prinsepia, Dogwood, Dwarf Euonymus, Hawthorn, Highbush Cranberry, Nanking cherry, Peking and European Cotoneasters, and Rosybloom Crabapples. It highlights fall color, winter fruit, and ornamental bark, with attention to bird nesting benefits from plantings.
A University of Michigan Medical School and Institute of Industrial Health study of 500 executives undergoing physical exams found 41 percent showed ill health symptoms. Gastrointestinal issues appeared in 45 percent, cardiovascular disease 24 percent, and nose and throat ailments 18 percent, with four cancers and 27 cases of high blood pressure among other conditions.
A brief Canadian quiz asks which province is thinnest by area and what share of births occur in hospitals. It questions the tax dollar split for education, welfare, and social security, and notes a ship that voyaged from Pacific to Atlantic via the Northwest Passage. It cites current federal sales tax revenue at 225, 374, or 575 million dollars.
The item lists quiz answers: 575 million dollars and BC as a answer, education tax shares about 8 cents per dollar, social security and welfare around 25 to 30 cents, RCMP ship St Roch noted for 1940 to 1942, and material prepared by editors of Quick Canadian Facts pocket annual about Canada.
Bayou Lafourche fisherman touts his newborn twins as among the largest on record. Earl Lagus of Leesville reports twin girls born in New Orleans totaling 19 pounds 6 ounces. Dr. C W Lovell confirms they’re the third largest in medical history, noting the heaviest pair weighed 34 pounds 13 ounces in the 19th century.
The page lists a dense crosswords grid with numbered across and down clues covering animals, words, and phrases. Entries range from nocturnal mammals to archaic terms, with numerous abbreviations, foreign terms, and literary references woven into a challenging puzzle.
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