Canadian statistics a weekly review highlights growth in 1956 Q1
Canada’s first quarter 1956 GNP reached an annual rate of 28.3 billion dollars, about 6 percent above last year’s average and 117 percent higher than the year before. Profits before tax rose to 728 million, taxes up 23 percent, with after tax profits up 31 percent. Construction starts and completions increased in early 1956, while manufacturing was largely steady. Labor income for April rose to 1.121 billion, four months total 4.381 billion, up over 400 million from 1955. Crude oil output rose 44 percent year over year, natural gas up 35 percent, and manufacturing shipments up near 13 percent in April. Railcar loadings gained 11 percent in mid-June as grain demand stayed strong, urban transit saw lower riders but higher revenue.
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Canada
Saskatchewan Road Toll Rising Despite Fewer Miles Driven
The highway traffic board reports May's motor vehicle accidents rose to 605 with 10 deaths and 269 injuries, and $225,142 in property damage, up from 1955. Through April 1956 motorists logged about 447 million miles versus 490 million in 1955, while fatalities lag slightly. Officials warn the worst driving months lie ahead and urge courteous driving, safe following distances, and adherence to traffic laws to reduce crashes.
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Saskatchewan
Highway Traffic Board
TV Detectives Watch Thieves At Major Department Store
A new television device with overhead cameras operated at a large department store. The system traps shoplifters by transmitting footage to a security office monitor and dispatching plainclothes detectives to the scene. A future two way radio link will link roaming detectives to the office.
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America
Bolivia Tops Tin Production Share Worldwide
A historical note states that more than 15 percent of the world’s tin output is produced in Bolivia. The statement highlights Bolivia’s significant role in global tin supply and underscores the country’s mining impact on the commodity market.
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Bolivia
Clothing labels should tell fibre content and care
Mary Humphries of the Canadian Association of Consumers urges detailed labels for garments to replace only seller names. She notes that with man-made fibres buyers must know fibre blends and care instructions, urging Canadian manufacturers to adopt a standard label system and consumers to demand clear information.
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Mary Humphries
Canadian Association of Consumers
Canada faces road growth vs vehicle surge in CGRA survey
The CGRA survey shows progress in Canadian roads but vehicle registrations outpace highway expansion. In 1954 there were 19 vehicles per mile of surfaced road, rising to four million registered vehicles by 1955. Total highways in 1944 reached 524,000 miles, with 193,000 paved or gravel. by 1946 only 25 percent were surfaced.
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CGRA
Progress in Cancer Research and Early Detection
Millions of dollars are spent on medical research to cure cancer. While a perfect cure is not yet available, diagnosis and treatment methods have advanced significantly. Early detection leads to many successful cures, so anyone with symptoms should seek medical examination promptly.
Monte Carlo Glamour and World War I Echoes
The piece recalls Monaco’s Monte Carlo elegance fading after World War I, noting Russian grand dukes as once the premier guests aboard the St. Petersburg-Vienna-Cannes express. It contrasts aristocratic past with modern shifts, while juxtaposing diverse curiosities from dentistry to jockey Eddie Arcaro, and a volley of miscellany on intelligence and women in leadership.
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Principality of Monaco
Monte Carlo
Monaco
St. Petersburg
Federal grants boost mental illness research at UBC
Ottawa announced nearly 30000 from the National Health program for two to three years of study in the University of British Columbia Department of Neurological Research. Dr. R Morrin Aches will lead work with Prof. Wm C Gibson directing, aiming to link physical factors to certain mental illnesses. The project, involving chemists physicians and lab scientists, seeks to isolate body fluid components and synthesize compounds for diagnosis and treatment improvements.
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Ottawa
Paul Martin
Martin
University of British Columbia
Department of Neurological Research
Wm. C. Gibson
U.B.C
British Columbia
R. Morrin Aches
Oxford University
England
Umbrella politics and milk from birds amuse readers
A witty burst of local color opens with politics and speech writer lines, then a punchline about two goldfish debating God and water. The ink shifts to an Iowa farmer tired of cow milk and trying bird milk, a quip on odd approaches to solving problems.
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Iowa
Pattern Shop No Tracing Iron On Jigsaw Patterns
Iron on jigsaw patterns let you transfer designs to wood with a warm iron. Life size birds including parrot owl crow blue jay woodpecker robin oriole bluebird goldfinch and Kentucky cardinal are shown. 25 color formulas are included. Pattern No 109 costs 75 cents plus name and address, with a free catalogue on request from Home Workshop Patterns Department P.P.L. 4433 West Lud Avenue Vancouver B G.
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Department P.P.L
West Lud Avenue
Vancouver
B.G
Health beyond the absence of illness in Canada
Health is more than not being sick says W W Goforth of Gilbert Jackson and Associates in Health Magazine. He argues a healthy nation is self reliant, productive, and bears costs for others, while progress against lethal diseases stems from public health education and automatic hygienic actions in a free society.
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W. W. Goforth
Gilbert Jackson
Health Magazine
The
Health League of Canada
Mr. Goforth
Canada
Summer dress pattern ad from Anne Adams Dept
Anne Adams Pattern Dept promotes pattern 4609 for misses sizes 10 through 18. Two main pattern parts plus facings, boat neckline, sheath lines, easy to sew with complete illustrated instructions. Send 35 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. 60 Front Street W Toronto with name address and size.
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Anne Adams
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Swan centerpiece crochet pattern from Alice Brooks book
Pattern for a graceful white swan crochet centerpiece about 13 by 7 inches. Uses heavy jiffy cotton-starch stiffening. Two free patterns printed in the 1956 Alice Brooks Needlecraft book with dozens more designs. Send 25 cents to Long Island, N.Y., for the book and pattern details.
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Alice Brooks
Lightning dominates forest fire outbreaks in western regions
Forest service officials in Canada and the United States report lightning as the primary spark for fires across Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the southwest. In New Mexico and Arizona a 2,500-strong force fought about 150 fires, with the largest 4,800 acres on Graham Mountain near Safford, Ariz. Wind gusts to 60 mph reactivated blazes as crews, including 506 additional Indian fire fighters and 100 Port Hua Chuca soldiers, battled expanding fires covering thousands of acres.
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Forest Service
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Arizona
Graham Mountain
Safford
Ariz
Davis
Sange de Cristo Mountains
Colorado Line
Costilla
Coronado National Forest
Douglas
Port Huachuca
Fifteen fined for failure to pay hospital tax
Regina reports 195 residents across Archerwill Bredenbury Chokeland Duval Elfros Foxford Garrick Kennedy Humboldt Northern Pine St Laurent Snowden and Yellow Creek faced 48 charges for nonpayment of the provincial hospitalization tax. Executive director G W Myers announced fines and court costs totaled 268.10 dollars.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
G .W. Myers
Saskatchewan Hospital Services Plan
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U.S
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