Provincial Red Cross reports progress and wartime relief efforts
Reports from the Provincial Division of the Canadian Red Cross detail extensive work during the past year. Ex-service men in Vancouver and Victoria are employed in workshops, with government aid covering most deficits. The Society aided refugees, provided clothing and necessities, and extended nursing services and home instruction. The Junior Red Cross expands in British Columbia to train children in citizenship and charity, with funds aiding poorer children needing treatment.
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Canadian Red Cross
Red Cross
Vancouver
Victoria
Department of S.C.R
Pranquille
Rosendale
New Westminster
Melville and
Long Bay
Lang Bay
Dominion
Red Cross Society
Red Cross Public Health
Junior Red Cross
British Columbia
Jujular Red Cross
Local Merchants Face Catalog Habit Threat to Towns
A long discussion argues the catalog habit harms Canadian communities by draining local business and reducing real estate values and education progress. It urges two fixes: widespread local advertising and a strong sense of community pride to counter mail order rivals. It cites Sears Roebuck's advertising practices as evidence that mail order firms undermine local merchants.
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Canada
Leon
Wigeasa
Waty
United States
Seare-Foebuck
Chicago
Adversity of Day and Martin Highlighted by Victoria Colonist
The Victoria Colonist laments the 140 year old Day and Martin blacking firm about to be sold. It warns neglecting advertising in competitive markets and cites past praise from Dickens Hood Eliot and Carlyle as evidence that continued promotion could have kept the brand thriving.
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Victoria Colonist
Day and Martin
Will & Weld Mine
Burlton
Day
Martin
Dickens
Tom Hood
George Eliot
Carlyle
Canadian minister named among 12 U S Hall of Fame picks
Victoria February 21 Hon William Sloan Canada s minister of mines and fisheries for British Columbia is listed by the New York Times Current History as one of twelve representative Canadians in statesmanship industry and commerce. The others include Baron Shaughnessy W S Fielding Sir Lomer Gouin Mackenzie King and J J Morrison. The paper notes Sloan has lent dignity to public life and his report on mineral wealth and deep sea fisheries are recorded in state papers archives.
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Victoria
William Sloan
British Columbia
New York Times
United States
New York
Kittom
Baron Shaughnessy
W. S. Fielding
Lomer Gouin
Mackenzie King
C. Larkin
J. J. Morrison
Unita! Farmer
Ontario
Pat Burn
John R. Booth
Ottawa Lumber and Paper King
Hugh John Macdonald
Winnipeg
Charles Hibbert Tupper
Vancouver
Frederick Haultain
Saskatchewan
Mr. Sionn
Canada
Most Logical Route on Trans-Provincial Highway
The Princeton Star reports the survey engineer says the Hope Princeton trail work progresses satisfactorily with about three feet of snow. A mail from Princeton to Hope took five days in the last week of January, while the Cascade-Roxsiani section shows over eight feet of snow this winter. The Hope Princeton trail is described as the shortest cheapest and most logical of the suggested routes for the transprovincial highway.
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Princeton “Star
Toper Princeton
Princeton
Hope
Cascade-Roxsiani
Potatoes Experiments At Invermpre B C
Three methods guide Alberta and BC potato work including improving existing stock and preserving pure varieties. Firet leading to roguing and selection to maintain vigor, followed by mutation screening and seed-derived variety development. Early trials began after hill selection showed limited gains.
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Dominion
Hill
Gatic Factory
Secretaries Needed to Handle Papal Correspondence
A scrambled item notes that thirty five secretarins are required to deal with the Pope's correspondence, suggesting the need for a dedicated staff to manage papal communications.
Banff Windermere road opens in June
Ottawa Ont The Minister of the Interior fixed June 30 for the opening of the Banff Windermere motor highway through the Cane Wah Reeling for traffic. A noon ceremony is planned at Vermilion Crossing midway between Banff Alberta and Windermere British Columbia. The highway forms a 6000 mile hub in the Grand Chela Tour through Western Canada and the United States. The route traverses rugged scenery in the Rockies with two mountain passes and gentle grades suitable for summer traffic.
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Ottawa
Minister of the Interior
Banff-Windermere
Noga
Vermilion Crosaling
Bantf
Albarta
Windermere
British Columbia
Bantt
Canada
United States
Rockies
Rocky Mountains
Ube
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U. S
Invermpre, B.C
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Stuart Motors
Chevrolet and Nash
Mission City, B. C
Baneef-Winders RE
Alex. S. Duncan
Notary Public
Catherwood Bathiting
P. O
Mission City
J. H. Jones
Agent Tor
Wm. Atkinson
Fraser Valley
Chilliwack
B. Ct
Arthur States
Monroe County
Ohio
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