Exercise Musk-Ox aims to draw world attention to Canadian Arctic outposts
From Churchill Manitoba a 3100 mile Arctic trek tests new winter travel tech for musk ox exercise. It will evaluate long range snowmobiles air resupply radar and astro navigation. Route to Edmonton by early May traces Baker Lake Cambridge Bay Coppermine and Port Radium with emphasis on Arctic exploration potential.
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Churchill
Manitoba
Arctic
Canadian Geographical Society
Edmonton
G. M. Dallyn
Canada
J. T. Wilson
N.D.H.Q
Ottawa
Wilson
The
Geographical Society
Magnetic Pole
Arctic Barrens
Arctic Islands
Baker Lake
Arctic Ocean
Back River
Back
Hudson’s Bay Company
Perry River
Cambridge Bay
R.cm.p
St. Roch
Victoria Island
Port Radium
Alaska Highway
Fort Nelson
Radar in World War II shaping modern air defense
Sqdn. Ldr. C. B. Limberick told the Kinsmen Club in Ottawa that ground controlled radar and radio enabled vast air fleets to operate at great heights and speeds. He cited British radar tracking of German aircraft within 200 miles, 1935 station builds, and 15 more under construction by war’s end. He described radar’s range and altitude reads, submarine detection, gun directing, blind bombing, and coast guard guidance to 15 feet above runways, plus future civilian uses in ships, railways, and weather forecasting. First no hit baseball game noted as July 15 1876.
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Sqdn. Ldr
C. B. Limberick
R.C.A.F
Kinsmen Club
Ottawa
England
Sqdn
Ldr
Limberick
Britain
Ottawa Citizen
Public Benefactor Jack Miner Voted Greatest Naturalist
The late Jack Miner of Kingsville Ontario was named greatest naturalist on a national radio quiz. The report notes his sanctuary work, quotes Irvin S. Cobb and Alfred E. Smith, and cites Dr Ira Gabrielson praising refuges. Miner’s son Manly defends sanctuary impact and Canada US refuge system. The sanctuary dates to 1904 and will be featured at the Provincial Museum of Saskatchewan with Miner writings and two books.
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Jack Miner
Kingsville
Ontario
Irvin S. Cobb
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Billy Sunday
Tyrus R. Cobb Jr
Dublin
Georgia
Ira Gabrielson
Wild Life Service
U S. House Committee
Gabrielson
Manly F. Miner
Canada
United States
Provincial Museum of
Saskatchewan
Fred G. Bard
Regina
Provincial Museum
Long-serving Battle of Britain pilot demobilized
The oldest Battle of Britain pilot Sqdn. Lt. Ernest Tubby Mayne A F C aged 44 has left the service after 28 years with the Royal Flying Corps and the RAF. He will work with a Kent automobile arro.
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Battle of Britain
Ernest
Tubby) Mayne
A.F.C
Royal Flying Corps
RAF
Kent Automobile Arro
Canadian Welcome From S S Andes to 4300 Airmen
On August 11 the S S Andes arrived in the St Lawrence bound for Quebec City with 4300 airmen aboard. The ship greeted a passing Canadian train as its engineer blasted a threefold whistle, drawing cheers from the sailors and a reciprocal salute from the locomotive.
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S.S
Andes
England
Canada
St. Lawrence
Quebec City
Fellows
F. Scherer
Early British ads Help Find Relatives in North America
Early advertising used to seek information on relatives and friends who migrated to North America and lost touch, reflecting a practice to reconnect missing connections across the Atlantic.
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North America
Good for One Laugh and Hats of 1946
A psychologist predicts people in a century will lack laughter, a notion the Ottawa Citizen questions. It notes future archives will hold old photo albums showing ladies hats from 1946, preserving fashion memory.
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The
Ottawa Citizen
Canadian glass eye maker touts wartime veteran story
Dr. Clifford Taylor of Christie Street Hospital Toronto says he has produced 75,000 artificial eyes in 26 years and cites a veteran with one glass eye who served overseas in a combat battalion. The man reportedly evaded the eye test by memorizing the chart and continued to enlist until overseas service.
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Clifford Taylor
Canada
Taylor
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Christie Street Hospital
Toronto
Lasting Craft Patterns and Major Allied Bridge Works
A pattern description for Lasting and Lovely Cutwork Pattern 7278 offers transfer motifs and ordering details. A lengthy report describes Allied Royal Engineers building bridges across the Rhine at Wesel and Deventer, detailing design, construction, spans, materials, and rapid completion within months of operations.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Deventer Bridge
Royal Engineers
Netherland Railways
Deventer
Ijssel
Europe
British Army Engineers
Rhine
Wesel
Germany
Newspaper Allows Easy Side By Side Comparison Across Pages
The piece argues newspapers let readers compare statements from President Truman and Foreign Minister Bevin with other sources across different pages. It notes the printed page enables direct juxtaposition of ads and products, unlike radio.
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Truman
Bevin
Iran
Blank
Company
New Spring
Ne Plus Ultra
New York Times
Spartan soldiers drank goat milk soup for shock trooper edge
Ancient accounts describe Spartan warriors consuming goat milk soup to gain strength and courage for battle, a belief tied to increased fighting prowess and headlong charges.
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Frederick E. Morgan
UNRRA
Washington
Herbert Lehman
Glass Eye
Alice Brooks
Galt
Ont
Galt, Ont
Walter Norman
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