Dauphin Splits Double Header With Boissevain At Clear Lake
Dauphin takes the nightcap 13 8 after Boissevain edges in 11-8 in the afternoon. Ray Nash homered for Dauphin in the opener while Mealy led Boissevain with two hits in four. Stan McPhee started for Dauphin in the night game.
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Dauphin
Boissevain
Clear Lake
Sportsman's Park
Red Birds
Ryan
Dave Roux
Dasuphin
Roux
Rayner
Holeeevain
Cove
Dame
Douglas
Mealey King
Whitfield
Bourbonnais
Nash
McEwen
Stan McPhee
Louw Bourbonnais
Mealy
McPhee
Ray Nash
May Nash
Bill Smigelski
Alex Robertson
Tom Wilson
Hoissevain
Ernie Boushy
Keith Myles
Lou Bourbonnais
Kamsack
Bill Deveres
Stan Greene
Ken Mohr
Albert Cottenie
Joe Lopuck
Canadian stamps fetch big prices at London auction
Canadian stamps brought high bids at a London sale with multiple notable lots. A 7 percent 1852 stamp sold for £120, a 10 percent issue from 1852–57 brought £140, and a 1897 Jubilee set in blocks of four fetched £500. Also sold were a Newfoundland half stamp bisected Sd issue of 1857 for £165, a Newfoundland 1860 shilling for £190, and a 1866 two cent stamp for £175.
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London
Newfoundland
Saddle Tramp at Dauphin Theatre
Technicolor Western comedy starring McCrea as a saddle tramp who ends up escorting a widow and her four sons after a friend’s death on a horse. Wanda Hendrix plays a runaway teen. story centers on McCrea’s reluctant role as guardian. Also noting Pagan Love Song at the same venue with Esther Williams and Howard Keel.
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Dauphin Theatre
McCrea
California
Wanda Hendrix
Esther Williams
M-G-M
Howard Keel
Harry Warren
Arthur Freed
Keel
Miss Williams
Minna Gambell
Kate
Rita Moreno
New Orleans
Charles Mauu
Charles Freund
Diane Leilani
Philip Costa
Tahiti
Pacific
Kauai
Robert Alton
Dent Bros. dominate pee-wee league with three straight wins
Three games played last week saw Dent Bros. win twice more to extend their perfect run, with scores 16–6 against W. Cruise, 19–4 against Bumsteads, and Bumsteads 36–5 loss to W. Cruise. Standings show Dent Bros. 3-0, Dumsteads 2-0, W. Cruise 0-0 as top performers.
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Pee-Wee Baseball
Dent Bros
W. Cruise
Bumsteads
Team
Dumsteads
Heralds
Careys
Scotts
Travellers
Peoples Store
Scotts Pe
Stagecoach Juggler Recites Shakespeare in Western Romance
A vivid theater sketch features a performer juggling Indian clubs and driving a stagecoach while reciting Shakespeare and chiming Blue Bells of Scotland. He speeds across plains like a centaur, delivering a wistful portrait of young love in scenes with Miss Storm.
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Scotland
Miss Storm
Women taxi drivers surprise fares in city service
Eve Laws of Diamond Taxicab Association Ltd says she surprised customers by hiring women drivers who can handle diverse cars from Cadillacs to trucks. She speaks English French and German and enjoys the job for fresh air. Another owner, A Anderson, expects six more women drivers soon.
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Eve Laws
The
Diamond Taxicab Association Ltd
Eve
A. Anderson
Company
Canadian university enrolment peaks in 1947 48
The record high enrolment in Canada reached 85 000 students in 1947 48, later dropping to about 70 700. Quick Canadian Facts.
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Canada
Kamsack Beats Dauphin For Fourth Straight Win
Kamsack edges Dauphin 9 to 8 in a six hour game as Dauphin rallies with a late-inning push but falls short. McPhee pitched the win for Kamsack while Dauphin’s Stan McPhee took the loss despite a strong five inning burst.
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Solmevain
Ryan
Dauphin
Eisner
Kamsack
Joe Lopuck
Lopuck
Stan McPhee
Boughen
Nash
Smigelski
Bourbonnais
McPhee
Manitoba Highway Safety Council Formed With 75 Members
A Manitoba meeting of 75 people from 25 organizations, led by Premier Douglas Campbell, formed the Manitoba Highway Safety Council to reduce traffic tolls. R B Baillie noted rising Canadian accidents from 1946 to 1949 while U.S. figures fell. he cited 1946 onward highway safety gains. The council will create eight committees covering laws, motor vehicle administration, training, research, and public information.
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Douglas Campbell
R. B. Baillie
United States
Canada
Baillie
Truman
Manitoba
E. C. Gilliat
Manitoba Associated Chamber of Commerce
Yorkton parking angles marked for efficient curb space
Yorkton's business district gained a new look as a recently purchased traffic line stripper marked off pavement to guide motorists. Cars now park in uniform angle positions along both sides of avenues, improving space use and allowing more vehicles to park along the curb.
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Yorkton
Watering Restrictions Begin In Medicine Hat
Rationing rules start for summer with even numbered houses allowed to water on even days and odd numbered homes on odd days. Penalties are set for violations.
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Medicine Hat
Alta
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Gordon’s Radio
Merly Cammer’s Radio Service
Main St. North
Cxeby
Greyhoun
Vancouver
BANFF
Winnipeg
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Cactus Creek
Donald O'Connor
Hollywood
Gay Theatre
Gale Storm
Walter Brennan
Vincent Price
Eve Arden
O’connor
Catherine the Great
Bantam
Bantam All-Stars
Gilbert Plains
Bill Woit
Jim Armstrong
Elmer Chocan
L Pet
Buckwolds
THO Lions
Allard-Dicks
Rotary
Cyclones
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Cottenie
the Family Theatre
Raymond Walburn
Walter Catlett
Estellta Rodriguez
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Threy Cums Carter
Joel McCrea
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Williams Howard Keel
GM Records
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