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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 22, 1956
Page
5
Betty, guarding a gas station, battles a masked robber wielding her pistol. Pat returns to rescue her, and in a tense confrontation he is routed, leaving Betty to knock him unconscious with a skillet and decide to attend the dance with renewed resolve.
At Fort Dix New Jersey a joint team led by Dr Harry Rose and Lt Col Joseph Cooch continues a five year effort to produce an effective flu vaccine. The study uses 600 recruits from the 69th Infantry Division undergoing eight week basic training to test short and long acting vaccines against saline controls with periodic serology tests and follow up when influenza cases arise.
Business and Professional Women have devoted health programs to happy feet. Good feet mean calm, not just a good boss. Proper shoe fit matters, chiropodists say, and daily foot care like toe stretching and relaxing can improve outlook and comfort.
National highway safety leaders will gather in Winnipeg May 8 and 9 for the Canadian Highway Safety Conference second annual meeting. Western delegates include Manitoba officials, with Hon. R. W. Bonner of British Columbia chairing the Enforcement Committee and Saskatchewan’s C. M. Fines attending. The program aims to standardize driver education, tests, and suspension procedures, and to honor cities with no traffic fatalities while promoting local safety councils to reduce about 3000 annual deaths.
Saskatchewan retains the pure bred foal policy to preserve seed stock for draught and light horses. Nominations for mares must reach the Animal Industry Branch by June 15, 1956. A $20 premium is paid for mares producing 8 live foals with an approved stallion. Stallion purchase assistance offers 25 percent of the price up to $200 to groups, syndicates, co operatives, or rural municipalities.
A light exchange about golf attire backdrops a Smile Of The Week feature. He asks about the round while she describes a coordinated sweater skirt and blouse set.
Embroider symbolic flowers for every season with patterns and transfers included. Quilt measures 72 by 102 inches and pattern costs 35 cents. Send size name address style number to Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue. Include requests for the catalogue book at 25 cents.
A set of home craft patterns for a five position roped chaise chair and a matching table and chair. Includes rope foundation, weather resistant cushions, ready made pad 76 by 26 inches in various colors, natural wood or painted finish, step by step sawing and assembly directions. Pattern 315 and 316 priced 35c each, Lawn and Garden Furniture Packet $1.50 postpaid.
Pattern 4852 offers two cute summer pieces a sundress and a coordinating overblouse in sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10. The design provides mix and match options prize quality for children and grownup styling. Send twenty five cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Toronto with name address and pattern number.
Regina report from R. E. McKenzie director of the provincial plant industry branch indicates Saskatchewan livestock producers will seed a record acreage of hay and pasture crops this spring. With 1,500 orders to sow about 25,000 acres, imports may triple as rural roads improve.
This column mixes notes on racing greats Needles and The Tetrarch with portraits of wealth in Texas led by H L Hunt and Nizam’s fortune. It also threads literary quotes on charm and beauty, recalling Gertrude Lawrence May Irwin funeral anecdotes and a playful Vogue of funeral songs.
Queen Salote of Tongaa approves a new three class Tongan Star honor for services to the kingdom under British protection. The order will recognize contributions across the realm, with distinctions to be announced by the crown.
Aubrey H. Osborne Jr. and his father appear in Fort Lauderdale court after a four year old was found operating a Model T roadster on Northwest Ninth Street. The elder Osborne pleads guilty to allowing the child to drive. A $25 fine was imposed with the father present to possibly take over if needed. Patrolman Edward MacNeil said the boy drove with toes as the parent assisted nearby. The boy reportedly has been driving for two years.
In 1885 the first Atlantic cable was laid connecting Cape Breton Nova Scotia and Newfoundland marking a historic telecommunication milestone.
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