Acknowledgment of Red Cross house to house collection
The British Red Cross Society at Durrells Arm acknowledges numerous supporters across Durrells Arm and surrounding harbours for a house to house collection totaling 116.35 dollars. Names include Young Moreton Norma Randall Max Stuckless Twillin gue Pearce Jones Western Head Mrs Gladstone Roberts Wild Cove Harry Dortey Cyril Young Bridgeporte George Gillard Bluff Head Cove James Seeley Arm North Side South Side Durrel's Arm Jenkin s Cove Crow Head Little Harbour Purcell s Harbour Manuel Cave. The group expresses thanks to all contributors and helpers.
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Durrel
Gilesporte
Hart
Trench Beach
Bluff Head Cove
Jenkin
Crow Head
Little Harbour
Purcell
Pearce Canning
Eli Rideout
Baby
Francis Young
Tom Noel
Bridgeporte
Mia
Herbert Lugs & Baby
Carter's Cove
Mary Bath
Horse Is
Kimo Burt
Virgin Arm
Jonas Gillard
Isaac Greenham
Manuel's Cove
Douglas Roberts
Wild Cove
John Gillett
Lloyd Pellew
Piemon Bridger
Campbellton
Arthur Leyte
Boyd's Cov
Michael Ianes
Baby Herring Neck
Clarence Vatcher
Twillinute
Roland Keates
Joe Batts
Aro
Woman defies fit with shoes nine sizes off
A humorous exchange centers on belief and style as a woman insists she can wear a size five shoe on a seven foot. The joke highlights vanity and determination in a lighthearted domestic vignette.
How's Your Logic Egg Basket Riddle
The eggs double every minute and the basket is full at 12. The basket was half full one minute before 12.
Hospital Notes Chronicle Births Across Coastal Communities
A list of names across multiple towns records hospital notes from March to March 29 including births and patients. Entries mention Samuel Lacey Edgar Campbellton Mrs Geo Penney Seldom Cyril Preston and several families across Summerford, Western Head Cove Chesley Brown Garfield Hewitt and more with babies noted for several households.
Dictionary of Colours for Interior Decoration Led by British Colour Council
The British Colour Council announces a unique reference work with 378 colour standards shown on plain, matt, and pile fabric surfaces. Seven years of research underpin the dictionary, each colour given its own reference number. Also described is an English hospital technician’s blood recycling knife, a device that draws blood from a wound, purifies it, and returns it to the patient. A joint committee of churches is mentioned.
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Britain
British Colour Council
W. G Gregory
Exeter City Hospital
West England
Britain backs new modern English Bible translation
Britain sponsors a fresh translation of the Bible to be produced from original languages in modern English. The idea began with the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland two years ago and has been discussed at conferences with Oxford Cambridge University Press holding copyright. The project aims to complement existing Authorized and Revised Versions, not replace them, and will require many years of drafting and criticism.
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Britain
Church of Scot
Oxford Cambridge University Press
Newfoundland local government councils asked for populations
Mr. Parker asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations for the names and present population of the town council and rural district council areas in Newfoundland. He also sought the names and populations of townships with over 1000 residents that have not yet obtained any form of local government, requesting current figures.
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Parker
Secretary of State For Commonwealth Relations
Newfoundland
Local Place Names Echo Inquisitive Pwillingate Reference
Fragmentary OCR lists Newfoundland towns and numbers with a final question about Pwillingate. The text pairs multiple place names such as Botwood Buchan and Fals Great St Lawrence Norris Arm with numeric entries, ending in a prompt Where's Pwillingate.
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Botwood Ve Buchan
Burin Corner
Brook Deer Lake
Grand’ Fal’s Great, St. Lawrence
Norris Arm
No Pouch Cove
Spaniards Bay
Torbay
Taxi Stop Sparks Confusion In Street Dispute
A taxi halted in the middle of the street prompts a heated exchange as the back seat passenger challenges the driver after claiming a command came from a lady, while the driver insists the instruction was not intended for him.
Walter Johnson Recounts Facing Ty Cobb Pitching Rivalry
Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson recalled how he pitched Ty Cobb, saying he would mix his best stuff and then throw a risky pitch to challenge Cobb at the plate. Johnson described the tense battles and strategic adjustments during their era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Johnson
Jaly Cobb
Johnson
Red Cross Enquiry Bureau Aids Lost Relatives Across World
ConfedToronto March 24 More than 109 persons eight months remain separated by war says Lavina Johnson national director of the Canadian Red Cross Enquiry Bureau. In 1948 the bureau wrote 12 000 letters tracing long lost relatives and aiding war brides and foreign servicemen families across Canada and abroad. The net spans 66 national Red Cross Societies and other welfare groups including the International Refugee Organization with enquiries from Europe Japan the Dutch East Indies and South America.
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Toronto
Canadian Red Cross Enquiry
Lavina Johnson
National Enquiry Bureau
Manchuriy
Harbin
Red Cross
International Refugee Organization
Miss Johnson
Canda
R.C. M.P
Ontario
Europe
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Twillingate
Nila
Lin
Carpenters
O'Learys
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Superior
F. M. Cleary, Ltd
British Red Cross Society
Duriell
Bouce
Jones
St. John’s
Corner Brook
Port Aux Basques
St John's
Parker & Monroe
Etd
the Shoe Men
St John’s, NE
T. McMurdo & Co., Ltd
Samuel Lacey
Edgar Cultabat Campbellton
Geo Penney
Cyril Preston
Jame Seely
Bernice Boyd
Summerford
Pearce Jones
Western
Gladstone Roberts
Chesley Brown
Garfield Hewitt
Harry Dorsey
Cyril Young
George Penney
Hubert Curtis
George Boyd
Tizzard's
Witham Rideout
Fack
Ay Igns
Ellen
Boswell
Muir’s Marble Works, Ltd
Official
British House of Commons
P. Noel-Baker
Belleoram
Carbonear
Channel-Port Aux Basques
Corner Brook East
Curling
Englee Fogo
Fortune
Grand Bank
Harbour Grace
Lewisporte St. Anthony
Wesleyville Windsor
Badger Quay Valley Field Pool Island
Main Brook
Placentia
Springdale
South Brook
Stephenville
Bay Roberts
Bell Inland
Bishop Falls
Bonavista
Pwillingate
Gerald Spovle
Confederation Life
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