Barbados sergeant trains with RCMP 2500 miles
Sgt Fitzherbert Bancroft of the Barbados mounted police travels to Ottawa for a six month RCMP training at Rockcliffe barracks. He will learn horsemanship equitation and horse training methods to improve Barbados patrols on 23 mounted men across 17 stations. The Barbados force, armed only with baton and horse, is part of a 512 member police service likened to Little England.
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Set. Fitzherbert Bancroft
Barbados
RCMP
Rockcliffe Barracks
Canada
Commonwealth
Bancroft
Barbados Mounted Force
Bobby
Little England
Ancient Indian elder grave found near Saint John fort site
Archaeologist J Russell Harper of the New Brunswick Museum reports the discovery of a 300 year old Indian elder in Saint John at a site linked to a 1631 French fort by Charles La Tour. The grave, buried under rock and earth, yielded glass beads, knives, copper items, a bone pipe, and other artifacts, suggesting a nearby French settlement and a historical Haudenosaunee or local Indigenous encampment.
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Saint John
N.B
J. Russell Harper
New Brunswick
Charles LaTour
Harper
St. John River
New England Trading Company
Imonds, Hazen and White
Radiant Heating Panels Rise in Popular Homes
American Builder argues heat does not rise with hot air, promotes radiant ceiling panels as efficient as floor heat. Ceiling panels warm occupants by radiant heat from above, circulating hot water coils in floors walls or ceilings. The system heats people and objects rather than the air, needing lower air temperatures.
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American Builder Magazine
First Year Battle for Infants Health and Growth
An infant’s first year is a critical period requiring monthly health checks, weight tracking, and growth monitoring at a doctor or well baby clinic. Ensure daily vitamin D and complete immunizations per medical advice to protect against contagious diseases.
Drafting School Ad Promises Well Paid Careers
An advertisement from Free folder offers a home study diploma course in drafting at Low Fall feen Primary School of Drafting in Toronto Ontario. It promises well paid secure jobs and provides a mailing address and box details for enrollment.
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Low Fall Feen Primary School of Drafting
Dept. P
Box
Station Q
Toronto
Ontario
More cash from livestock products in Alberta 1954
Alberta farmers earned 39.3 percent of cash income from livestock products in 1954, up from 29.2 percent in 1953. Field crops declined to 45.2 percent from 58.3 percent, with total field crop value at 305,024,000 dollars versus 432,051,000 dollars in 1953. Only mixed grains, flaxseed, and sugar beet crops posted higher values.
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Alberta
Alberta Department of Agriculture
UNESCO launches direct aid program amid 1955 56 plans
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization begins direct aid for member states with 800000 earmarked for 69 experts 46 fellowships and 1000 in equipment. The total 1955 56 fund is 1100000 with requests exceeding 4000000 from 58 countries.
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Paris
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco General Conference
Montevide
Unesco
Diabetic child better off eat ing normally
A Swiss medical scientist reports that diabetic children do better on a normal diet rather than a light fruits and vegetables plan. Since 1946 they eat similar foods as peers if they avoid overeating while maintaining insulin needs and improving mood.
Fibreglass Cupolas Linked to New Forest Fire Towers
Edmont on Transit System helps pioneer fibreglass cupolas for Northern Alberta Fire Division towers. The lightweight durable units replace earlier spruce and steel designs, boosting visibility with larger window space and lower upkeep.
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Alberta Forest
Edmonton
Home Workshop Pattern for Small Living Room Furniture
Utility focused woodworking piece for a living room with limited space. Describes use of %-inch plywood and options to upgrade to solid stock cabinet woods. Includes pattern 439 mail order details and pricing for pattern 280 at 35 cents. Also notes meteors reaching earth are meteorites.
Rattlesnake Roundup Highlights Wisconsin Hobby
In Wisconsin rattlesnake hunting is a spring sport for members of Grotalus Horridus Hunters. President Thomas P. Wilson notes 146 members with 31 women, prizes for largest snake and most snakes, live snakes only counted, snakes sent to a zoo or Baraboo reptile farm, trips forbid firearms, equipment includes a forked stick or hook and a first aid kit.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Thomas P. Wilson
Wilson
Baraboo
Wis
Outdoor meals with frozen bread for family picnics
The piece suggests involving the whole family in lunch preparation with frozen bread slices. Frozen slices keep fillings fresh and lettuce crisp for hours and help keep other items cool in the lunch box. Thawing times: frozen loaves in 3 to 4 hours. individual slices thaw faster.
Strictly Fresh British firm auctioning atomic reactors
A British firm tells the International Atomic Conference in Geneva it will sell atomic reactors for about $210 000 each while an American firm predicts models will cost about $200 000 An Manila Philippines paper imagines space stations large enough to house all singers of the wait and weep school We await scientists shipping them on one way rockets Nine Chester White pigs at Chicago Brookfield Zoo were sunburned on a recent day.
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Geneva
Manila
Philippines
Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Modernistic Lampshade Provokes Husband Outburst
A Memphis housewife unveiled a new lampshade to her husband while he tried to read the paper. He warned that if she wears it to church on Sunday she will go alone. Des Moines officials announce dog tags shaped like fire plugs. No word yet on balr and chain patterned marriage licenses.
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Memphis
Tenn
Des Moines
Iowa
Mortality rate drops 92 percent for appendicitis
A Canadian survey reports the mortality rate from appendicitis fell by more than 92 percent in 15 years from 1939 to 1954, with deaths per 1000 cases dropping from 26 to 2. Even ruptured cases became 15 times less fatal due to surgical advances and antibiotics like streptomycin and panbiotic.
Irrigation farming demands soil balance and legumes
The article argues that irrigation success hinges on balancing soil fertility with moisture, emphasizing phosphorus and nitrogen. It highlights soil improvement crops, especially legumes, as key to sustaining yields and quality under irrigation, warning against sole reliance on chemical fertilizers or summerfallow. It notes limited irrigated land and advocates converting more acres to soil-building crops to raise productivity and living standards.
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W. L
Taber
Smile of the Week Quirky Neighborhood Exchange
A humorous exchange between neighbors opens with a puzzled question about a boy’s injury and a cheeky reply alleging a boy struck another with a brick. The item juxtaposes a prickly pear an eel and a large fish sharing the name tuna, delivering a light, local flavor.
Insect spray kills bats at Carlsbad Caverns
At Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico thousands of bats are dying as farmers spray crops with insecticides. Superintendent R Taylor Hoskins notes many die after feeding on poisoned insects though the colony of over 100000 may not be wiped out. Bats have long fueled Caverns' fame as a nightly flight attracts visitors and explorers since 1901.
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Carlsbad, N.M
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
R. Taylor Hoskins
Hoskins
Jim White
Mexico
Crow superstition scarecrow used to guard watermelon patch
In Winnsboro Louisiana Hub Dear reports crows fear an old superstition scarecrow. Stakes placed at intervals and connected by string deter the birds who think the line is a trap. Dear, who found this method in 1917, has used it since.
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Winnsboro
Hub Dear
Dear
Eight years for new pig breed at Lacombe farm
The Dominion Experimental Farm at Lacombe announced a new pig breed after eight years of work and study. Over 3,000 pigs were discarded as Lacombe scientists found unsuitable genetics and poor type, according to Alberta Livestock Supervisor Alex J. Charenski.
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Dominion
New Livestock Projects Aim to Boost Canadian Farm Income
Canadian farmers will gain millions as new breeding strains are released only after proven superiority. Pigs unsuitable for high quality meat are discarded, and farmers are urged to study market demand. Experts warn that without trained geneticists and huge investment a farmer cannot reliably create a new profitable breed and may mislead others.
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Charnetski
Mr. Charnetski
Gems of Thought from Notable Thinkers
A collection of aphorisms on thinking, doubt, faith, and reason from Max Wertheimer, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mary Baker Eddy, George Santayana, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Henry David Thoreau. The quotes explore self-doubt, principle, peace, consensus, labor of thinking, and daily vigor.
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Max Wertheimer
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mary Baker Eddy
George Santayana
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Henry David Thoreau
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