Recruiting Update For Dauphin Area Soldiers
In Dauphin district during the last two weeks 171 men were mobilized for the Canadian Active Service Force. Of these 128 joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, 27 the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and 16 the Home Guard. A large number hailed from Winnipegosis and James R. Young of Dauphin joined the Home Guard.
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Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Home Guard
R. E. Dicks
M.D
Dauphin
P.P.C.L.L
Canadian Active Service Force
The
Rifles
Princess Pats
Winnipegosis
James R. Young
P.P.C. Ld
William Jacobson
Eric R. Cooper
Jack Laing
James Jacobs
Franklin G. A. Fraser
Wilfred G. Coulthard
George R. Clarke
Robert M. Whyte
Gordon W. Bedford
William G. Evans
Joachim J. Grant
Ernest Cottick
Michael Petrow
Joseph Senderovitch
George W. Ayers
James A. Danfield
Victor C. Alguire
Charles R. Grieves
John Holowka
Arthur J. Fidler
Walter J. Guibis
Ernest F. Hafenbrak
Wiliam P. Donaldson
Henry Young
Dauphin Agricultur al Society Directors Hear Fair Preview
At a Saturday meeting the Dauphin Agricultural Society heard enthusiastic notices from other B class fairs about grandstand features and promised racing delights at Brandon Fair Friday. D D McDonald praised Dauphin district livestock judging champs and a new mil king contest was announced with finalists to perform before the grandstand.
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Dauphin Agricultural Society
Brandon
D. D. McDonald
Dauphin
Dauphin Declares Civic Half Holiday for Fair Day
Mayor J E Ramsden issues a proclamation declaring Friday afternoon July 12 a civic half holiday. Citizens may attend the Dauphin Agricultural Society summer fair and livestock show. the usual Thursday half holiday is not observed this week.
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J. E. Ramsden
Dauphin
Dauphin Agricultural Society
Rainfall Totals Reported by Searle Grain Co Ltd
Last week rainfall totals reach 5.87 inches with the same period since April 1 1940 also 5.87 inches. The 1939 comparison shows 4.48 inches and a long time average of 5.87 inches. Searle Grain Co. Ltd Dauphin reports these figures.
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Searle Grain Co. Ltd
Dauphin
Rifles Attestation List Names McNichol Taylor Scott
Stewart W McNichol Raymond W Taylor and David H Scott are named as attested for the Rifles. The list includes James F McConnell John H Arkison ald W LaFleur Michael Wally Vital LaFreniere Cyprian C Porter John Chrupowich Welcome F Mor ris Kenneth W Mark Ernest J Burr William C Robb Gordon J Rose Wilson T Johnston William A Fiett and George Taylor.
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Stewart W. McNichol
Raymond W. Taylor
David H. Scott
Rifles
James F. McConnell
John H. Arkison
Ald W. LaFleur
Michael Wally
Vital LaFreniere
Cyprian C. Porter
John Chrupowich
Welcome F. Morris
Kenneth W. Mark
Ernest J. Burr
William C. Robb
Gordon J. Rose
Wilson T. Johnston
William A. Fiett
George Taylor
Service Flying School to Open in Dauphin
Radio news reported Dauphin will host a service flying training school under the Commonwealth Air Training plan. The facility will offer advanced pilot instruction in combat ships, complementing the previously planned bombing and gunnery school, though details were not confirmed.
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Dauphin
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Middleton Receives Word From Son Missing in War Camp
Mrs. F C Middleton learns her son Donald, listed missing April 25, has sent a card from a German prisoner of war camp. He states he survived a April 12 crash near Kristiansand Norway after a fire aboard the plane. He is now in Germany and reports good health and treatment, having endured two months without fresh clothes.
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Kristiansand
Norway
Donald
Oslo
Germany
Don
Middleton
Former Dauphin Boy Joined Dunkirk Evacuation
Sergt. L. Maunders of the Military Police, son of Mrs. E. A. Watson, took part in the Dunkirk evacuation. He previously served with the Rifle Brigade before transferring to MPs. In a June 2 letter from Wales he recalls a three week ordeal on the sands, a fragment of shrapnel and relief at returning to England.
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Dauphin
Dunkirk
L. Maunders
Military Police
E. A. Watson
Old
Dauphin District
Sergt. Maunders
Rifle Brigade
Wales
England
Free War Savings Stamp Show At Dauphin Theatres
A July 15 gala at the Dauphin and Gay Theatres promotes war savings stamps for a free evening of entertainment. Each 25 cent stamp buys a free pass, with stamps remaining the purchaser’s property. The event features a feature film, shorts, and local talent, plus opportunities to start or boost savings toward a five dollar certificate. Fred T. Wright leads ticket sales with Mrs. D D Moe assisting, as the war savings committee plans house to house canvassing for advance sales.
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Dauphin and District
Dauphin and Gay Theatres
Canada
War Chest
War Savings Committee
Fred T. Wright
D. D. Moe
Theatre Owners of
Hitler
Dauphin Fair Opens With Death Dodgers Feature
The Dauphin Agricultural Society opens a three day fair today with livestock entries above expectations and Death Dodgers as headlining acts. Friday is Citizens Day with a half holiday in Dauphin Gilbert Plains and Ochre River, likely boosting harness race attendance.
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Dauphin Fair
Beaphin Agricultural Society
George Mason
Gransland
Jimmy Lynch
Dauphin
Gilbert Plains
Ochre River
Brandon Fair
Saskatoon Girls
Death Dodgers
Sat
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Printella
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Louis Goddy
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Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Mortimer Snerd
Robert Cummings
Constance Moore
Charlie
Mortimer
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Lucille Ball
James Ellison
Bill
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Neew
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Wain Street South
Zane Grey
Russell Hayden
Victor Jory
Jean Parker
J. Farrell McDonald
America
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Warner Baxter
Geneva
Charles Winninger
Keye Luke
Arthur Treacher
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Gene Autry i
Rancho Grande
Fair Grounds
Wallace Brothers
John Gardner
United Stores Limited
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Spillett
B.C
Rinso
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Cameo Pure Coffee
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