Veteran Admiral Wins Bar to DSO
London reports Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan known as Tich is awarded a bar to the DSO for gallantry with the Commandos in Italy and on Solta. At Mount Omaha he guided a wounded colonel to safety under fire and later urged troops during an assault, having previously been taken prisoner at Tobruk in 1943.
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London
Royal Navy
Commandos
Sir Walter H. Cowan
Tich
Nile
Britain
Cowan
Mount Ornito
Italy
Solta
Mount Ombo
Tobruk
Army private to chaplain in Canadian forces story
George Alastair Kemlo rose from gunner to captain in the chaplain services of Canada. A former RC A gunner and arts graduate from the University of Saskatchewan, he served in Herchel and Bethune Saskatchewan before volunteering to go overseas as a padre. He has cleaned weapons and barracks and even once went AWOL for a kitchen stop. His parents are Rev. and Mrs. Alexander Kemlo of Limerick Saskatchewan. He aims to reach the front as a padre and bring his faith to the troops.
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Winnipeg
George Alastair Kemila
Kemla
Herchel and Bethune
Sask
Army
Artillery
Chaplain Services of Canada
Royal Canadian Artillery
A.W.O.L
Kemlowaa
Kemilo
Alexander Kemlo
Limerick
Capt. Kemlo
University of Saskatchewan
St.Andrews College
St Francis Xavier Faculty Member to Leave for Ottawa
Sydney CP reports A. B. MacDonald a prominent member of the extension department at St. Francis Xavier Universality will depart shortly for Ottawa to collaborate with the Cooperative Union of Canada on new initiatives.
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Sydney
A. B. MacDonald
St. Francis Xavier ‘Universality
Ottawa
Co-operative Union of Canada
Flin Flon Mining Employee in Northern District Fire
An unclear CP wire report from Flin Flon Manitoba references a Serit Gordon Mines entity and a catalyst or related term, mentioning two Northwest locations. The exact details are garbled, but the piece centers on a mining employee incident in the northern district.
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Flin Flon
Man
Serit Gordon Mines
I Ane Ee Catalineran
Northwnest
Hobby Courses Draw Girls in Uniform at Vancouver School
Twenty eight air force and army students study three handicrafts at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver under CLES and UBC Extension. Instructors include A Rees and J E Ridley. The program aims to teach crafts like needlecraft leatherwork woodwork and plastics to benefit service members and later transfer skills to their posts.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Royal Canadian Air Force
Western Air Common
Force Blue
Canadian Women’s Army
University of British Columbia
Canadian Legion Educational Services
Extension Department
Hilda L. Cryderman
Iight
J. E. Ridley
Mies Cryderman
Irene Fairchild
Winnipeg
Colwood
Fruit Prices Rise in Wartime Britain Story Told
Tom Clarke recounts a London Cockney tale from Letter from London. A man buys three peaches at a West End shop for five shillings each and, after paying with a one pound note, is told to wait for change. He quips that he trod on a grape as he entered.
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Britain
Tom Clarke
London
Ewell Weat End
Roses last longer when cut in afternoon, Cornell finds
In Ithaca Cornell University horticultural research shows roses cut in the afternoon outlive those cut in the morning by up to ten hours because leaves build sugar with sunlight. Short stems with few leaves also keep well. sugar alone harms water quality without antibacterial treatment.
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Ithaca
Cornell University
Joseph FE. Howland
Howland
Corell
Beurling’s Father Arrives in Vancouver for Work
Gustav Beurling father of Canada’s ace pilot George Buzz Beurling has moved to Vancouver to work as a commercial artist. He plans to send for his family from Verdun Quebec once housing is arranged.
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Vancouver
Gustav Beuring
Canada
George
Buzz) Beurling
Beurling Sard
Verdun
Quebec
Forestry Work for Disabled Veterans
The U S Forest Service in cooperation with the Veterans Administration surveys job opportunities and training for disabled war veterans. Many tasks in fire protection, lookout work, radio dispatch, and equipment operation can be done by injured veterans while nursery work and clerical roles offer additional avenues within the 1600 national forests and 176 million acres under supervision and administration.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
U. S. Forest Service
What is Home In London Magazine Readers’ Replies
Eight hundred responses poured to a London magazine asking What is home Seven were chosen for publication Each offers a distinct view from different readers including families and writers Home is described as the father's kingdom the mother's world and the children's paradise It shelters grief and love provides meals and comfort and hides humanity's faults with charity
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Repliez
London
Claxsex
Twin Durham calves born at D. M. Davidson farm
For the third time this season twin calves have been born on D. M. Davidson’s farm near Newton Ontario. The dark redDurham stock calves with white forehead spots are named after movie stars.
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Kitchener
Ont
D. M. Davidson
Newton
Durham
Premier McMillan Promises Rural Electrification Support
Premier A S McMillan states the government will improve and develop rural electrification. To ensure lower rates for rural electrical users it will consider taking over power developments.
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Halifax
A. 8S. McMilan
Grasshoppers Devour Pasture Hit Okanagan Ranches
Ranchers report grasshopper plague across the Okanagan region in British Columbia reducing milk production by about 20 percent as cattle struggle to find forage on sparse pastures.
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Verdun
B. C
Okanagan
Infestation in Alberta and Saskatchewan threatens wheat yields
Dr S W Farhead of the Dominion government laboratory warns that sa wflies infestations in Alberta and Saskatchewan could cost millions of bushels of wheat. In Quebec the Department of Public Instruction projects 723000 children in primary and secondary schools this fall, up 8000 from last year.
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Lethbridge, Alta
Alberta
Quebec
Department of Public Instruction
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