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Acton Free Press in Acton, Ontario

15 Jun 1939

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Acton Free Press

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Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jun 15, 1939

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3

Slim Howard Saves Ship On Mombazo Fire Mission

Clement Slim Howard, aboard the Avalon bound steamer Mombazo with classmates, volunteers to crawl into a forward hold fire to hose the flames. He threads a narrow passage as smoke and heat rise, then drags a hose through and flood extinguishes the blaze, earning the captain’s praise and promise of a future dinner.

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Clement Howard Mombazo Clement Slim Avalon Duncan Ross Ambrose Clark Stan Ambrose Joe Gibbs Luther Tuttle Duncan Ross Joe Sam Holmes Slim Howard Catain Depres Muchum Captain Holmes
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Royal Visit Reaches Across Towns and Cities

A detailed account covers Their Majesties royal tour from Red Deer to Watrous Melville and Winnipeg. Reports note crowds cheering in Sask Biggar and Sudbury, stops at Portage la Prairie Ottawa officials and CBC station at Watrous, engagement with soldiers and schoolchildren, and a mine visit in Sudbury.

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Biggar Sask Royal Train Watrous C.B.C CKB Jim McGowan Low McKendle Leon Garratt Watrous Press Touchwood Melville Yorkton Alameda Hudson Bay Junction Oxbow Estevan Royal Command United Church of Canada Portage Prairie Winnipeg Union Station Deer Lodge Hospital Ottawa Sudbury All R.C.M.P Kemp Canning Scotland Yard Walter Scott Thompson Press Walter Ronald Lindsay Washington Sein Man Cecelia Jeffrey Ontario Internationaal Nickel Frood Toronto Queen City Guelph Mackenzie King Gan Drew Kitchener Stratford Puattullo Parliament Buildings Victoria Menners Columbia
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