Banff Hot Springs Origin and Wartime Use
The Banff hot mineral springs traced to early explorers and Indigenous legends with McCardell’s 1883 visit linked to development. Wartime airmen used the baths, while visitor numbers rose at Upper and Cave and Basin springs. The springs helped inspire Canada’s national parks system alongside Miette and Radium springs.
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William Henry McCardell
Banff Alberta
McCardell Gret
Banff
McCardell
Commonwealth
Alberta
Banff National Park
Canada
Selkirk Mountains
British Columbia
Atlantic Seaboard
Nova Scotia
Rockies
Selkirks
Miette
Jasper National Park
Kootenay National Park
Appointments at Canadian National System Named
R C Vaughan announces T Harold Cooper as vice president and comptroller and Charles D Cowie as vice president and treasurer. Both bring 30 years of service with CNR and hold multiple senior posts in related ventures. Norway's WWI losses noted.
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T. Harold Cooper
Charles D Cowie
Canadian National System
R. C. Vaughan
CNRT
Harold Cooper
England
Canada
Grand Trunk Railway
Cooper
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Canadian National (West Indies) Steamships
National Railways Munitions, Ltd
Canadian Government
Merchant Marine
C.N. Pension Fund Board
Scotland
Charles Dunne Cowie
Canadian Northern
Toronto
Compay
Mr. Cowie
Canadian National
West Indies
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
National Railways Munitions Limited
Pocket poem for a child’s many pockets
A short verse by Susan Adger Williams extols a child’s need for many pockets. It imagines pockets in waistcoats to hold beetles lizards toads money cake cookies and hop roads during playful roadside adventures.
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Susan Adger Willams
Indian Troops’ Pivotal Role in World War II
A London Ottawa Journal report praises Indian Army sacrifices in World War II. It notes Indian soldiers fought Germans Italians Japanese Arabs and North West Frontier tribesmen across the United Kingdom France Italy Tunisia North Africa Egypt Syria Iraq Iran and Ceylon. Field Marshal Wavell credited India's troops and materiel as key to holding the Middle East.
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France
Allenby
Middle East
North-West Frontier
United Kingdom
Italy
Tunisia
North Africa
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Iran
North West Frontier
India
Ceylon
Field
Wavell
London
Ottawa Journal
Japanese bid for Norden bombsight plans revealed
Theodore H. Barth, Norden Company president, discloses a 1932 attempt by Mitsubishi to obtain plans for the Norden bombsight. Fewer than 100 Americans knew of the device, and Carl L Norden Inc faced an inquiry after the New York Mitsubishi office asked for four copies. Navy intelligence had not been informed of the sight or its makers. The request was postponed after the navy was alerted.
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Norden
America
Theodore H. Barth
Norden Company
Barth
New York
Mitsubishi Company
Carl L. Norden, Inc
U.S. Navy
Navy
Hope for Handicapped Workers Rise at Ford Plant
The Ford company found that 670 operations could be done by legless workers, 2,637 by one leg, two by armless, 715 by one armed, and 10 by blind employees. The piece argues disabled people can become self supporting workers with proper training and placement, urging expanded rehabilitation programs to benefit the nation.
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Ford Company
New York Times
Piccadilly’s Name Tied to Higgins Tailor and Piccadillies
London’s Piccadilly derives its name from Piccadilly Hall home of tailor Higgins in the early 17th century. The hall was named for piccadillies Higgins sold, a term for ruffs lace edgings or stiff supports.
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London
Piccadilly
Piccadilly Hall
Higgins
Necessity For Expansion Of Agricultural Research
Dr Joe Swaine argues that tomorrow’s agriculture hinges on expanded and improved research to tackle vital problems. He notes good but imperfect current Canada-wide coordination through the Dominion Department of Agriculture and National Research Council, with extensive interdepartmental and interprovincial committees driving collaboration.
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Joe Swaine
Science Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
The
Chemical Institute of Canada
Quebec City
Canada
Swaine
National Research Council
Experimental Farms Service
Marketing Service
Departments of Agriculture and Lands and Forests
Agricultural Colleges
Ontario Research Foundation
CWACs Relax Complete at Regina Beach Cottage Opening
The Regina Beach CWACs opened a four room cottage rented from the Lions Club for weekend use by up to twenty army girls. Captain Mabel Fearnley led the opening with CWAC auxiliary and local donations furnishing the space. Beach days include sun, swimming, boating and moonlit hikes, with evenings spent cooking army rations and relaxing at the cottage. The unit has yet to settle on a name for the house.
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W.4.c
Regina Beach
L-Cpl
W. Bentley
Regina
E. M. Allen
Pennant
M. L. McIivenn
O.C
Depot Coy
Cwa.c. Regina
L. I. Markell
Secretan Boating Enthusiasts
Bentley
Cpl. Allen
M. M. Booth
E. A. Allen
M. E. Curran
Kerrobert
Cwacs
Mabel Fearnley
Duckville
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Norway
T. H. Cooper
D. Cowle
Australia
United States
Okinawa
Lee Ferguson
American Red Cross
Waco
Tex
Hope
C.w.a.c.s
Relax
China
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