Discovery of Banff Springs Springs Inspires Parks System
Banff Alberta’s hot mineral springs, first explored by William McCardell and partners in the 1830s, spurred the creation of Canada’s national parks. The springs attract visitors, including wartime military personnel, while legends and science explain their origin and glow.
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Banff Mineral Springs
William Henry McCardell
Banff
Alberta
McCardell
Commonwealth and
Empire
Banff National Park
Canada
Selkirk Mountains
British Columbia
Atlantic Seaboard
Nova Scotia
Rockies
Selkirks
Miette
Jasper National Park
Kootenay National Park
Mobile churches serve British Army on Western Front
Two wheeled mobile churches named St Paul and St George travel with the army. They have oak altars, silk curtains, and interior depictions of the saints. Amplifying units broadcast bells and hymns to soldiers in fields and orchards. Field Marshal Montgomery and other generals have attended. He asks for St George's church by signal when needed. The piece notes Silk fibre origins in China until 419 A.D.
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St. Paul
St. George
Montgomery
London Sunday Times
St. George's Mobile Church
Champion Cow Peg Tops World Holstein Title
Champion cow Doncrest Peg Top Burke, a pure bred Holstein, was crowned world champion. Capt Roy Brown, Allied ace, started Peg on her record breaking run before his death last March in Stouffville Ontario. His widow now supervises Lisnaclin farm where Peg yielded 31935 pounds milk and 1108 pounds butterfat in 365 days with 3.47 percent butterfat. Here Peg stands with Herdsman Adams as admirers present flowers.
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Doncrest
Peg Top Burke
Roy Brown
Peg
Stouffville
Ont
Lisnaclin Farm
Adams
Symbolic plea to erase Berlin from Germany after war
The St. Thomas Times-Journal argues Berlin should be cleared as a symbol of Nazi cruelty. It calls for converting the site to farmland recreation, abolishing the name Berlin, and rebuilding German cities with free materials and temporary housing to shelter the homeless and reuse labor for reconstruction.
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Berlin
Gestapo
Germany
Reich
St. Thomas
Burnley Voted Britain’s Wettest Town for Raincoat Coupons
The London Daily Mail notes Burnley in Lancashire as Britain’s wettest town with 272 wet days yearly and 42.8 inches of rainfall. Residents petition the board of trade for 18 extra clothing coupons per inhabitant to buy raincoats as their wear-out rate rises.
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London Daily Mail
Burnley
Lancashire
Britain
Board of Trade
Longest Canal in China Reaches Completion in 1350
The world’s longest canal, located in China, was completed in 1350 after about six centuries of work. It stretches roughly 2,100 miles.
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China
Trans-Canada Air Lines increases to three daily trips
Trans-Canada Air Lines expands transcontinental service to three daily flights using 14 passenger Lodestar aircraft. Mayor Garriet Coulter of Winnipeg greeted mayors of Regina Lethbridge Calgary Edmonton Vancouver Victoria at Stevenson Field noting the boost in passenger capacity and 42 weekly Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver seats. The extension relies on airforce personnel back from overseas and plans include a possible fourth transcontinental flight and more intercity trips after training.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
Western Canada
Garriet Coulter
Winnipeg
Regina
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Coulter
Stevenson Field
Montreal
Airforce
Has No Halo From a Briton in Switzerland
A cutting from a Nazi newspaper in Wuerttemberg questions Britain’s global role. The German writer argues England profits from a worldwide trade system and a historical halo over three centuries, contrasting Germany’s lack of such influence. The Montreal Star notes the truth will out.
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Switzerland
Wuerttemberg
Germany
Great Britain
England
British
Montreal Star
Spectacular Stainless Steel Hosiery Eyed After War
Walter Tower of the American Iron and Steel Institute says stainless steel hosiery could rival nylons after the war. The steel industry also aims to market colored steel to cut paint costs in auto factories. He spoke to the Association of Customers' Brokers at the New York Stock Exchange and noted stainless steel wire already rivals silk in some cases.
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Walter Tower
American Iron and Steel Institute
Tower
New York Stock Exchange
Castle Of The Sky Luxury Airliner For Australian Governor
The London Daily Mail reports a modern luxury airliner built for the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester as they prepare for the Duke’s role as Governor-General of Australia. The craft features a red leather office stateroom, ten hour flight communication, elaborate restrooms, sleeping quarters with red carpets, a blue tiled bathroom, and private salons for the Duke’s equerries and the Duchess’s ladies in waiting.
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Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Australia
London Daily Mail
Fortunes Await Soliders Freed in Luzon Captivity
U S War Department finance officers estimate hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay awaiting 500 officers and men freed from Japanese confinement in Luzon after nearly three years in enemy custody.
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Luzon
U.S. War Department
Clearing Lake Bed for Grand Coulee Dam Moves 12 Towns
Work to clear a lake bed for Grand Coulee dam required relocating twelve towns. The project affected numerous residents as engineers prepared the site and plans were outlined by the project’s authorities.
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Grand Coulee Dam
International co operation must work to keep peace and liberty
Canadian Ambassador to the United States L B Pearson urged in New York that strong international cooperation led by Anglo-Saxons is needed to avert a future world war. He argued Canada must be recognized as an independent nation within the Western Hemisphere and called for better U S Canada relations grounded in mutual respect and understanding.
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L. B. Pearson
United States
New York
Pearson
Solomon
Napoleon
Canada
London
Washington
Dominions
England
Dominion
Western Hemisphere
United Kingdom
Commonwealth
British inventors promise 25 demonstrators in US for $400 car
Two British engineers who now build aircraft cannon say they will bring 25 demonstrators to the United States. Their three cylinder car is claimed to achieve 50 miles per gallon at 60 miles per hour using exhaust turbine technology. The scheme envisions mass production in America under the name The Marvel.
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United States
Christian Science Monitor
Wears 1 Year Dress Pattern 7406 For Doll
A life sized baby doll wears real outgrown clothes and yarn curls. Pattern 7406 includes doll directions and tissue pattern. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Include name address and pattern number. Mail delays may extend delivery.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Wheat Stocks Reach 372 Million Bushels
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports total Canadian wheat in store or in transit in North America at midnight January 25 stood at 372,893,760 bushels. Of this, 335,294,865 bushels are in Canadian positions and 37,598,895 in United States positions. This compares with 345,830,958 bushels on the same date last year.
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North America
United States
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Smugglers Use Children in Ireland NI Contraband Runs
Smugglers use children to move contraband between Eire and Northern Ireland. Sir John Anderson, chancellor of the exchequer, told the House of Commons in London that the strongest possible measures are being applied to curb the traffic.
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Eire
Northern Ireland
John Anderson
Exchequer
House of Commons
London
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Lancashire Town
Castle of the Sky
Alice Brooks
Italy
Canadian Army
Len Kemp
Alexandria
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