New Gibraltar Gander the Crossroads of the World
The Newfoundlander airport at Gander serves as a pivotal trans Atlantic hub. It handles 1000 passengers with 2000 staff, has four runways, and was built 1936 39 to support wartime experiments and ferry bombers to Britain. It remains central to commercial air travel.
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Mars
New York
London
Paris
Gander
Newfoundland
Civil Aviation Department
Newfoundland Railway
St. John's
North America
Repose
Gander Lake
la Guardia
Grand Banks
Europe
Azores
Bermuda
Ireland
Britain
Gibraltar
New World
Paris Fashion That Survives War and Wealth
The Ottawa Journal notes Paris fashion endures amid war and shortages. It highlights Balenciaga’s 25,000,000 franc evening ensemble a peacock green velvet bolero with 213 diamonds over white satin, worn with white kid gloves, as a symbol of France’s couture leadership and export value.
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Paris
France
United States
Ottawa Journal
Hamilton school to use stationary street cars as classrooms
Hamilton may convert old street cars into temporary classrooms due to scarce school space. The plan envisions stationary cars fitted with desks for pupil use as a short term measure while new room capacity is sought.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Schoolchidren
Large Number Recross Border
Immigration officials in Ottawa note 11,469 Canadians returned from the United States to live in Canada during 1946. One in seven of the 71,719 new immigrants came from the U.S., a sign of renewed home ties as debate about emigration grows.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Bradley seeks U S build two luxury liners to surpass Queen Mary
Rep Willis W Bradley of California proposes constructing two new luxury liners by the Maritime Commission. He says the ships would take two years to build and outperform the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in speed and safety. He cites the John Ericsson disaster as a warning and favors continued waivers of safety rules for U S flagged ships.
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Washington
United States
Willis W. Bradley
Rep.Calif
John Ericcson
Bradley
House
Merchant Marine
Coast Guard
Maritime Commission
New York
Hamburg
If You Were Busy Being Kind and Busy Being Right
Poem verses urge virtues of kindness cheer and forgiveness over resentment. It contrasts staying busy with good deeds and fairness with criticizing others. A separate note describes plumes of the snowy egret once sold for four times their weight in gold before bird protection laws.
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Continent
Sports items and notices from Canadian towns and clubs
Kenora council approves funds for a war memorial ski jump estimated at 1500 with labor by club members. Saskatchewan Elbow council pitches 500 for a riverbank swimming pool. Regina coach Murray Armstrong named MVP and coach of second all star team. Minnedosa aims to start rink construction and have it ready next fall. Bert Lindsay from Kirkland Lake invents a hockey net with safety device featuring breakable posts and universal jointed crossbar. Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa skating queen, to be recognized with license plate 47-0-1 in a forthcoming feature.
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Kenora, Ont
Kenora
Saskatchewan River
Roland Dykes
Ard
Regina
Murray Armstrong
Murray
Buffalo
Dallas
Heee
Bert Lindsay
Kirkland Lake
Ont
Red Wings
Ted Lindsay
National Hockey League
Atlantic Leviathan Queen Elizabeth Largest Vessel Ever Constructed
The Cunard-White Star liner Queen Elizabeth, 1081 feet long and about 85000 gross tons, launched September 27 1933 at Clydebank by Queen Elizabeth. She features two funnels, 1200 crew, 2300 passenger capacity, 12 boilers, vast power plants, and advanced navigation and communications gear marking a world record ocean liner.
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Cunard-White Star
Clydebank
Queen Elizabeth
London
Elizabeth
Waterloo Bridge
Trafalgar Square
Europe
America
Thrills of the Roarin' Game in 1938 Curling Classic
AB GOWANLOCK recalls Manitoba’s win at the 1938 Canadian championship, detailing a tense final end against Billy Finlay and Vancouver. With last rock, Gowanlock executed an in turn draw to edge the guards, Williams, Cartmell, and Manahan watching. victory sparked the biggest thrill of his curling career.
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Billy Finlay
Vancouver
B.C
Bing Cartmell
Billy
Cartmell
Chiff Manahan
Edmonton
Manahan
Finlay
Dominion of Canada
All vegetables eaten with a fork peas included
A note states that all vegetables are eaten with a fork and the rule applies to peas as well. This confirms consistent use of a fork for vegetables, including small items like peas.
Snow Plow Helps Fight Four Alarm Fire Near Sault Ste. Marie
A four alarm blaze near Sault Ste. Marie Michigan faced snow and low water pressure. A large rotary snowplow called a Snogo arrived and plowed through a drift spreading snow over the flames, likely the first recorded instance of using snow to fight a fire.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Knit On 2 Needles Bathroom Rug Pattern 7314
A brief instruction note describes knitting a bathroom rug and accessories on two needles. It promotes a 31 inch rug with a crochet fringe option and mentions using rug cotton or old stockings, directing readers to send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7314 with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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Cecile Hamilton
New York Herald Tribune
Ander
Latin America
Africa
Asia
Lasses
U.S
Alphonse
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Gaston
Dunkirk
U.N
United Nations’ Commission
Pavlos Melas
Salonika
Barbara Ann Scott
Miss Scott
Deene Calgary
Minnedosa
Minneacosa and District
Philadelphia
Naval Base
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
South Dakota
Santa Cruz
Guadalcanal
Fourth Naval District
Atlantic
Leviathan
Cacita
Alice Cagle
Twin Keys Bank
Florida
Dacita
Rescurd
Roarin
AB Gowanlock
Dauphin
Alice Brooks
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