Long Awaited Rotary Carnival Comes to Dauphin Skating Arena
The Dauphin Rotary Carnival runs September 12 13 and 14 at the Dauphin Skating Arena with nightly prizes and games including electric bingo a live mouse game grocery wheel air guns and a kiddies fish pond. Proceeds go to help the less fortunate while attendees enjoy a free entry and a chance to win 5 00 each evening by presenting a door attendance slip.
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Plymouth
Rotarians
Dauphin Skating Arena
Dauphin
Pop
Gravel Truck Overturns After Collision On Highway
A gravel truck driven by John Kinaschuk of Fork River overturned after colliding with a car driven by Neil Birss of Dauphin on No. 10 highway one mile south of town. No injuries were reported. Birss and Kinaschuk describe conflicting signals prior to the crash. the truck was insured and the car uninsured.
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John Kimaschuk
Fork River
Neil Biiss
Dauphin
No. 10
Bliss
Serase Farm
Kinaschuk
Birss
Wm. Bestelechman
Fall moisture focus shifts to next crop year
With the harvest finished, attention turns to fall precipitation starting Aug 15. Rainfall tallies show 2.28 inches to date, 1939 period 1.13. Enrollment at the Collegiate totals 267 across grades XII to IX, with 19 in XII and 267 overall.
Hundreds of Men At Work on Dauphin Airfields
No. 14 service flying training school near Dauphin centers a growing wartime complex with P. W. Graham and Sons 250 workers Fraser Macdonald 300 Tomlinson 200 and 37 buildings planned. Foundations progress as crews hammer nails pour concrete and lay asphalt with an opening date set for March 31 1941.
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No. 14
Service Flying Training School
Dauphin
P. W. Graham and Sons, Ltd
Fraser Macdonal Construction Company
Tomlinson Construction Company
Fraser Macdonald Construction Company
Graham and Sons
K. C. Graham
Dominion
P. W. Graham and Sons
Service
Still Doing His Bit A Manitoba War Sock Hero
George W. Barker of Dauphin province aged 70 knits socks for active service. He uses his left hand with a sling while his right elbow is useless from an old accident. Five rib stitched pairs last summer were sent to the Salvation Army Red Shield service. His son Billy Barker, famed WWI ace, began shooting young and later joined the Royal Flying Corps and soon served as a gunner.
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Dauphin
Canada
W. G. Barker
V.C
George W. Barker
Barker
Salvation Army
Red Shield Service
Billy
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Camp Sewell
Royal Flying Corps
Smart satin blouses offer stylish options this season
With cooler weather, you’ll wear a suit again and need a new blouse. Fashioned from satin crepe or sheer fabrics, these blouses appear in a range of colors from high shades to white. Plain tailored or fancier styles with lace jabot fronts and frills. Sizes 32 to 40 priced at 1.98 to 2.98 each.
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Justin
School Supply Clearance Special Offer
Clearance prices on all school supplies feature a sale on 10 scribblers and quality ruled paper. Special price is 10 items for 19 cents.
Dainty Frocks and Millinery Sale Slated This Weekend
Dainty frocks for wee tots in crepe and voile with ribbons lace and stitchwork priced 89¢ to 1 69. Assorted family night gowns from 29¢ yd sale. Millinery in fall felt offers ribbons veils feathers and novelty ornaments with Luckies priced at 2 50.
Hunting Season Opens with Daily and Seasonal Limits
Hunting begins September 16 as enthusiasts head to fields and marshes for the first shoot of the year. The daily limit is 12 ducks and the season total may reach 100.
Crab Apple and Plum Thieves Active This Fall
James Anderson, chief of police, says crab apple and plum thieves are active again this fall. At least one gang was caught in the act Monday evening and others are being picked up periodically. Vandalism damages trees and gardens, with offenders to be dealt with severely.
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James Anderson
the Herald
Huge Aircraft Advertises Bond Issue in Dauphin
C A F headquarters at Winnipeg ships bought from American airlines for air observers' schools under the B C A T P. The Electra resembles Lockheed Hudson bombers used by the RAF coastal command. Leaflets urged buying bonds to aid Canada's war effort and warned of the danger to unprotected towns if invaded.
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C.A.F
Winnipeg
American Airlines
B.C.A.T.P
Electra
R.A.F. Coastal Command
Britain
Canada
Dauphin
America
Dauphin Expects Second Wheat Quota Soon
Dauphin is expected to receive its second wheat quota almost immediately along with about thirty Manitoba and Saskatchewan points. First quota deliveries are near complete as 95 percent of wheat and 90 percent of coarse grains are threshed. Harvest should finish by week’s end while a wheat embargo limits shipments from storage-rich areas.
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Dauphin
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Wheat Committee
Federal Cabinet
Prairie
McKinnnon
Federated Budget Requests Near Ten Thousand Dollars
The Dauphin Federated War Fund drive aims for about ten thousand dollars in late October or early November. At the Sept. 6 meeting in Town Hall, total budgets reached 8800 though not final and excluding the Y M C A or an emergency fund. A three member committee will review budgets with delegates from societies before final amounts are set.
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Dauphin Federated War Fund Association
Dauphin
Town Hall
Y.M.C.A
Y.m.lc. A
Brandon
F. D. Gambie
A. D. Youmans
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George Barker
Ace
Mr. Barker
Neigh
Russell
Kayser
Harvey-Woods
the Store OF Service
Dauphin Theatre
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
Claudette Colbert
Hedy Lamarr
Clark and Spencer
Claudette
Hedy
Dakota
Wallace Beery
John Howard
Dolores del Rio
Patro
Soldiers of the Snow
Men of Steel
Snow
Ray Milland
Patricia Morrison
Akim Tamiroff
NEW Gay Theatre
Main Street South
Cassidy
Richard Cromwell
Doris Day
Lulubelle
Scotty
Vera Vague
Don Wilson
Orchid
Edward G. Robinson
Ann Sothern
Humphrey Bogart
Ralph Bellamy
Bill Free
Military Academy
Stuart Gardner
Federated
The
Knights of Columbus
John Gardner
Ailor
United Stores Limited
British Columbia
Hall
Clarke
Redpath
Brookfield and
Manco Creamery
Libby
Ogilvie’s
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