Halfway House intrigue deepens around Blake mystery
Anne juggles daily duties at Halfway House while whispers swirl about John Blake. Bill McRae presses Anne for answers as Steve Hayes hunts a forest arsonist, uncovering a coat and necktie linked to Blake. Tension rises between love, loyalty, and suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
Erich
Sand Flats
Burke
Halfway House
Mexico
Erich Kruger
Jud
Miss Marshall
Rhea Marshall
Rhea
Prisor
Blake
Bill McRae
Steve
Bill
John Blake
Indian Lake
Canada
Bill MacRae
Reno
Sheriff Hardy
Steve Hayes
Squaw Creek
Humor Bits and Vignettes From a Busy Parlour Card
A collage of quips and sketches features jests on marriage money travel and flirtation. Lines about a model husband a car desire a detector of fashion advice and a diamond sale showcase midcentury humor with playful misunderstandings and social foibles.
Canada grants exemption for students in war research
National defence headquarters announced that university students engaged in war research under National Research Council projects will be exempt from military training. About 128 students across Canadian universities participate in this program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defence Headquarters
National Research Council
Canada
crossword puzzle fill in mixed clues legacy page
A scanned crossword puzzle with numbered clues and partial answers listed, including across and down hints with archaic terms, place names, and common words. Some entries appear truncated or misspelled, suggesting OCR garbling from a historical newspaper puzzle page.
Jolly party games for lively Winnipeg gatherings
Home Service promotes “On Safari” party games with toy guns and animal scavenger play. Players score points for lions elephants and mice and hunt hidden pictures. other activities include Who Am I and Magic Writing with a 32 page booklet offered for 15 cents from Winnipeg News paper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MacDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Sugar Beets Harvested In Southern Alberta 1942
The 1942 Alberta sugar beet crop yielded 345000 tons from 27000 acres. By January the plants will have produced 110000000 pounds of sugar. Farmers receive about 3100000 dollars, with nearly a million to beet labor. Sugar retail sales approach 10000000 dollars, taxed around 1650000 by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Lethbridge Herald
World's largest and second largest bookstores named
The article notes London houses the world's largest bookstore while Helsingfors Finland is claimed to host the second largest. It discusses scale and regional prominence of major bookshops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Helsingfors
Finland
Night Blooming Cereus Opens in Daylight in 1942
The 42 year old cereus owned by Edward Volk of Cleveland normally blooms at midnight and closes by sunrise each year. In 1942 the bloom appeared in broad daylight, a break from the plant’s long nightly routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cereus
Old Faithful
Edward Volk
Cleveland
All Fighting Machines On Farm Gear For Next Year
Farmers are urged to prepare every tractor binder and mower as battle ready tools. The piece stresses that a breakdown in equipment could cost a crop and victory, making field machines essential for next year.
Line fibre flax products drive industry note
Line fibre, tossed flax and upholsterer’s tow emerge as the principal products of fibre flax in the latest industry update. The report highlights the processing paths and potential markets for these flax by products.
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Mr. Blake
Nora
Shure
O.K
McDonald
Laurie Maurice Stevenson
Wifflebotham
Monetary Times
Toronto
Canadian Rockies
England
Siz
Pyalx
Shuggies
Southwerterrer
French River
Islands
Pacific
Craggey Hill
Odin
Fis
Home Service
International Red Cross
Legion
MacDonald
Daily Mail
W. C. MacDonald Inc
P. O. Box
Place d'Armes
Montreal
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