Japanese death toll and home loss rising in Pacific raids
Reports from Tokyo describe heavy Allied raids destroying 60 000 houses leaving 250 000 homeless and isolating Yokohama and much of Japan. Other dispatches say Damascus cites Syrian President Kuwady and British Foreign Secretary Eden signaling shifts as Russian troops move. Okinawa battles edge toward a possible final phase with coastal city Naha captured and 35 000 Japanese fighters breaking up. MacKenzie King local note referenced in London Ontario.
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Anglo-Amerisources
Vende Oite Garvin
Dalmas Ea
Damascus
Kuwady
Syria
Okin
Siuri
Naha
Okinawa
Hostess Club to Close in June Amid War Service Support
The Hostess club at the G W V A hall will cease operations at the end of June due to airport closure and shifting patronage. War Services association will continue aiding air force hospitality and inviting town girls to dances while maintaining other duties. The club opened May 13 1942 under Mayor J E Ramisden with Mrs W D King then Mrs R Fagen in charge and relied on volunteers from local women’s groups and airmen families. It posted a 1943 surplus of 461.21 and a cash balance of 1150.03 after a year and a half, funded by the lunch counter wurlitzer and dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fagen
War Services Association
Air Force
G.w.va
Armed Services
J. E. Ramisden
Dauphin
W. D. King
R. Fagen
G. Greig
A. Mc
Airmen’s and Officers’ Wives
Hostess Club
Major Saunderson Transferred to Winnipeg
Major B Saunderson leaves Dauphin after eighteen years as field supervisor of the Soldiers Settlement board. D A Grant succeeds him as regional supervisor, arriving in Dauphin last week. Saunderson, a four year WWI veteran, led the Veterans Guard of Canada’s 103rd reserve company before retirement as a major last October. A banquet at the Grange cafe honored him and a presentation was made.
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Soldiers’ Settlement Board
Major Saunderson
D. A. Grant
Brandon
Grant
Dauphin
103Rd Reserve
Veterans’ Guard of Canada
Winnipeg
Saunderson
Grange
Women urged to restrict buying to curb inflation
Mrs. John Allen of Winnipeg told Dauphin women that they do 85 percent of Canada’s retail buying and must self-impose restraint during the post de-control period. She warned that balancing the money and goods streams over the next year and a half depends on women avoiding the market until returning soldiers are demobilized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dauphin
John Allen
Winnipeg
Council of Women
Allen
WPTB
Consumers’ Branch
Employment Bureau Set Up For Dauphin Youth
The Dauphin Youth Services announces a program to place teenage boys and girls in part time work. A survey counts 90 boys and 103 girls ages nine to ten as interested. lists are at the Employment and Selective Service office. Citizens are asked to list odd jobs to help place youths in suitable employment. Girls seek work and child care, while boys offer grass cutting and wood piling services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Dauphin Youth Services
Wii
Sted
Selective Service Office
Two Years On Theft Conviction For Employed Clerk
Rudolph A. Schramm pleaded guilty to stealing 1662.88 from his employer J. J. Crowe Co. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Magistrate Thos. Little after arrest on May 18. The theft covered a three year period with numerous unaccounted payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph A. Schramm
Thos. Little
Schramm
J. J. Crowe Company
Blood Donor Clinic Draws Forty-One Volunteers
Forty-one volunteers attended the weekly clinic last Tuesday morning including twelve air force personnel from No. 7 B and G S, one woman donor from Ashville and twenty eight donors from Dauphin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
No. 7 B.&gs
Ashville
Dauphin
Safety Week Sets Tone for Yearlong Practice
May 27 to June 2 marks Safety Week with emphasis on practicing safe habits this week and continuing daily. The message urges consistent attention to safety in all activities and locations.
Brown Named Sports Director at B and GS
R E Brown takes on sports director duties at No 7 B and GS. He plans summer physical training classes in schools and a boys group with PT and tumbling in Town Hall Mondays, plus a mixed PT class Wednesdays at Eighth Avenue Hall. A softball program expands with a new Mackenzie grounds diamond and moves the west subdivision diamond to Whitmore school.
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No. 7
B.&gs
Brown
P.T
Town Hall
Eighth Avenue Hall
Mackenzie School
Whitmore
Mackenzie Grounds
Smith-Jackson
Vics
Dauphin Country Club Names Joint Managers
The Dauphin Country Club appoints Mr and Mrs C Mac ee as joint managers of the course. Committees by the directorate include finance W G White and Dr C S Robertson. grounds J J Crowe J L Bowman Dr R E Dicks. membership W Monson R W Dicks Dr A S Little. draw and tournaments E W Hawkins R Fagen Joe Johannesson.
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The
Dauphin Country Club
Bumstead Brothers Return from War Prison Camps
George A Bumstead reportedly safe in England after liberation from a German prisoner of war camp. He had nearly completed his second air operations tour when captured last October as a navigator with a night bomber squadron. Mrs Bumstead of Regina learned the news. Also, FO William Cram has safely returned to England after being a POW in Germany since August 1944. He served as a bombardier and traveled to overseas duty in 1943.
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F. W. Bumstead
Fit
George A. Bumstead
England
Regina
Bumstead
Canada
Lions Squadron
W. H. Cram
Ottawa
William Cram
FO. Cram
Germany
W. J. Cram
Morden
Liberated War Hero Tony Hubert Listed Among Returned Soldiers
Ottawa issues this week include Rin. Anthony R. Hubert among liberated soldiers. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hubert of Ripon district, he was POW in Germany after being reported missing on June 8, 1944. Aged twenty two, he enlisted in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles in March 1941 and served overseas about two and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rin
Anthony R
Tony) Hubert
Ottawa
Rfn
Hubert
Louis Hubert
Ripon
Germany
Royal Winnipeg Riffles
Fire Brigade Answers Four Calls in Past Week
The Lovering fire brigade responded to four calls in the past week. Incidents included a truck engine fire on No 10 highway near the Highway store and a stove short circuit blaze on Third avenue Northwest with no serious damage. Further alarms from Neill residence and wc B C Andrew on Fifth avenue SW involved chimney and ashes fires with only minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neill
Third Avenue
S.W
Wc. B. C. Andrew
Fifth Avenue
Three Dauphin Delegates Attend Air Conference
Dauphin sent three representatives to the Mid Canada Air conference in Winnipeg held at the Royal Alexandra hotel under the Winnipeg Board of Trade. Over 400 delegates from municipalities between the Lakehead and Alberta discussed civil and commercial postwar aviation prospects. The Dauphin group included Alex Katz K C J N McFadden KC and Councillor Thos Hutchison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin
Mid Canada Air Conference
Royal Alexandra Hotel
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Lakehead
Alberta
Daupin
Alex Katz
K.C
J. N. McFadden
K. C
Dauphin Board of Trade
Thos. Hutchison
Council Seeks Engineer For Filtration Plant
Town council agreed to hire a consulting engineer to assess water filtration needs and plan a purification plant in Dauphin. A Gore & Storrie engineer will visit to study the silted reservoir and future prevention. By-laws cover bowling alleys, minor access rules, Child Welfare Act compliance, and sewer debentures of 1628 and 5792 dollars.
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Gore & Storrie
Toronto
Dauphin
Fifth Avenue
Main
First Street
Seventh
Eighth Avenue
Main Street
Third Street
Wm. F. Gurr
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