Canadian Prices and Trade Rise in Mid 1950s Overview
The report shows August price highs with the consumer price index up 6.05 percent from July led by food while most other components rose. Wholesale prices for industrial materials climbed in the four weeks to August 24 after a prior drop. International trade records a $195 million net capital inflow in Q2 1950 due to Canadian securities. Rail and canal freight rise, urban transit passenger numbers fall but revenue up. Ontario and Northwest Territories drive half year gold output gains. July domestic coal up and imports up. motor vehicle shipments and US imports show declines and rises respectively. Coke production and imports rise sharply.
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Ontario
Northwest Territories
Canada
United States
Canadian troops win cup in Namur swimming meet
The 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade adds a gold plated cup on a marble stand to its trophies after entering the two best all round military teams at the 27th International Swimming Meet on the Meuse River in Namur Belgium.
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Canada
2Nd Canadian Infantry Brigade
Europe
Army
Meuse
Namur
Belgium
Last woman to win Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Ellen Glasgow was the first and only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for a novel with In This Our Life in 1942, marking a historic milestone in the award’s history.
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Ellen Glascow
New Provincial Boy Scout Commissioner Named
Gaston Eichel 45, farmer and Scouter from Indian Head, appointed Saskatchewan Provincial Boy Scout Commissioner to fill the post left vacant since November 1955. Eichel, a WW II veteran and Gas Ray Development Company president, credits scouting with broadening youth international understanding and practical life skills.
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Gaston Eichel
Indian Head
Saskatchewan
Eichel
J. W. Churchman
Saskatchewan Boy Scout Association
Etchel
C. R. Lennan
Mr. Etchel
Boy Scout Movement
Regina
Gilweil
Mgr. Eichel
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Mr. Eichel
Condie
Canada
Lake Athabaska
Sudbury
Chelan
Air Force
Gas Ray Development Company
Rose McLaughlin
Draining Sediment Clears High Hot Water Costs
A dated water heater may waste money as it fouls with sediment. Turn off hot water, let it cool, drain the tank to flush sediment, and repeat periodically to restore efficiency and reduce operating costs.
Saskatchewan Highway Traffic Volume Study Plans
Saskatchewan's highways department expands traffic data work this summer with 46 short period counters read daily and 17 hourly counters moved every two weeks. Permanent counters to record hourly volumes year round will be set at key locations to monitor monthly and seasonal changes. Origin and destination surveys supplement counts to reveal travel origins, destinations, and routes.
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Saskatchewan
David Bing-Wo
Highways Department
Cara
Greatest Power and the Perils of Religion
A concise reflection on religion as humanity’s strongest force capable of shaping lives and societies. It warns that when misused or corrupted, religion can cause more harm than any other influence. The excerpt underscores the need for vigilant, ethical engagement with faith’s power.
Crochet slippers and dress pattern offers from Toronto
Household Arts Department in Toronto promotes crochet slippers in two colors with pattern 7282 and soles from rug cotton. Also advertises two free patterns from Alice Brooks Needlecraft 1956 book, plus Misses dress pattern 4605 with size 16 requiring 31 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Orders to be sent with coins and address details.
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Alice Brooks
Holiday rain insurance and 11 sisters drive-in cafe taboos
A column explores quirky topics from holiday rain insurance payouts for rainy vacations and New Jersey slap rights to a 11 Sanzo Sisters Drive-In and a French baby bonus. It notes a Melvindale restaurant run by 11 sisters, a Paris Ritz lighting claim, and the French birth incentive shaping wages versus family allowances.
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Britain
Melvindale
Mich
Mme
Gabrielle Forgnot
Is-Sur-Tielle
France
Forgnots
Monsieur Forgnot
Paris
Hotel Ritz
Place Vendome
Charles Ritz
Miniature barn pattern for outdoor dog shelter
A 43 by 28 inch miniature barn designed for outdoor weatherproof panels with burn red paint and white trim. No framing needed. assemble from pattern pieces. includes a full size scallop tracing for finish. Pattern 242 costs 35c. Home Improvement Packet with BBQ signs stone features and canopy is $1.50 postpaid.
Credenza Pattern 270 for Center Shelves With Curved Ends
Pattern 270 provides an actual size cutting guide and illustrated directions for building three wall fitting sections from standard lumber. Part of the Complete Living Room Packet for $1.50, mail this pattern for 35 cents. Send orders to Home Workshop Patterns 44183 West 5th Avenue Vancouver BC.
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Department P.P.L
West 5Th Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Baseball Scout’s Humble Prospect Seals Tryout
A youngster impressed Bill Terry of the New York Giants with perfect self assessments on hitting and fielding. He admitted a small flaw in throwing due to a missed comma in a final exam from a correspondence course, explaining the ninety nine percent score.
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Bill Terry
New York Giants
Terry
Cormna
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