Post War Canadian Army Plans and Prairie Command
Plans outlined for Canada’s post war army emphasize a small Active Force of 25 000 with a 5 000 to 6 000 brigade, and a large 180 000 strong Reserve Force of part time soldiers. Prairie Command includes Military Districts 10 and 12, with headquarters in Winnipeg and regional offices in Winnipeg and Regina.
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Ieer
Air Force
Canada
NPAM
Dieppe
British Empire
United Kingdom
Prairie Command
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Regina
Enduring Beauty Simple Cutwork Motifs Transfer Offer
Embroider lasting cutwork motifs with 14 designs in sizes from 2 by 2 inches to 4 by 15 inches. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union Man for Pattern T2T. Write name and address clearly.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Man
Paris to Lyons Rail Line Electrification Starts
Work begins on electrifying 320 miles of railroad from Paris to Lyons at a cost of 25.2 million dollars. The project aims to modernize rail traffic and improve service across the route.
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Paris
Lyons
Panther the cat travels from Britain to South Africa in a packing case
A black cat named Panther lived six weeks on the grease and tarred paper of a new aircraft engine shipped from Britain to a South African training school. The cat stayed beside the engine, surviving on the oily scent and tar for nourishment, becoming the mechanics' unlikely pet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
England
Britain
Royal New Zealand airman saves son with tiny magnet
J. E. Openshaw, an RNZAF radio technician, spent two days crafting a small electro magnet to pass down his son's throat after the boy swallowed a large nail. Doctors then retrieved the nail from the stomach, ending a race against time.
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Auckland
N.Z
J. E. Openshaw
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Dutch Bibles Sought From South Africa For Churches
Dusty shelves and cobwebbed at tics throughout South Africa are being searched for old Dutch Bibles. These old books, set aside by the modern Afrikaans Bible, are in demand again as churches in Holland seek to replace hundreds of thousands destroyed by the Nazis.
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South Africa
Holland
Lost Lemon Mine of Southern Alberta Myth and Tragic Pursuit
A sweeping Alberta folklore tale recalls the Lost Lemon Mine sought along the High River headwaters. Prospectors Blackjack and Lemon found rich gold, a murder, and a curse that kept the mine hidden as France and Bearpaw's descendants pursued its location for decades.
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D. E. Riley
High River
Alberta
Alberta Folklore Quarterly
McLeod
Tobacco Plains
John McDougall
Blackjack
McDougall
Fort Benton
Crow's Nest Lake
Fort Kipp
Lemon
Lafayette French
French
Emerson
Bar U Ranch
Old Man
Fort McLeod
Jet Engine Speedboat Aim Set by Campbell
Sir Malcolm Campbell said he will use a jet engine in an autumn attempt to break his world speedboat record of 141 miles per hour set in August 1939. He notes jet propulsion is untested on boats and that tests in a tank and wind tunnel are underway as aerodynamics play a big part in the speeds expected.
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London
Malcolm Campbell
Malcolm
Bob Fitch’s two catfish catch goes viral in splashy tale
In Tacoma Washington Bob Fitch recounts a fish tale of two catfish writhing in shallow water. He hooks one fish and as he jerks the line the second catfish emerges, snagged in the first fish’s mouth.
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Tacoma
Wash
Bob Fitch
Philadelphia to rejoin Hockey Majors in nine-team league
At the league annual meeting in New York Maurice Podoloff of New Haven was re elected president. Philadelphia will return to the American Hockey League next season expanding the circuit to nine teams.
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Philadelphia
New York
Maurice Podoloff
New Haven
Conn
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Marian
Virginia Hopkins
Cat
Africa
Boy
Buffalo
N.Y
James E. Clancy
Montana
North Saskatchewan
Caribou
British Columbia
la Nouse
William
Daniel Bendon
Stoney
Morley
Bearpaw
Texas
Mist Mountain
Highwood River
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