National Parks Of Canada Draw Army Of Tourists
Canada’s national parks rebound as roads boats and trails fill with visitors. Parks expand from 10 to 29 000 square miles, with attendance rising from 166 000 to over a million between World Wars I and II and expected to exceed that in 1946. Government campsites with modern facilities cater to a growing crowd seeking Banff Jasper Yoho Kootenay Waterton Lakes Elk Island Wood Buffalo Prince Albert Riding Mountain and Cape Breton Highland parks across provinces.
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Canorist
Angie
National Parks
Canada
Rockies
Banff
Jasper
Selkirks
Yoho
Kootenay
Mount Revelstoke
Glacier National Parks
Alberta
Waterton Lakes National Park
Elk Island National Park
Edmonton
Buffalo National Park
Wainwright
Wood Buffalo National Park
Northwest Territories
Prairie
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prince Albert National Park
Riding Mountain
Prince Albert
Ontario
St. Lawrence Island
Georgian Bay Island
Point Pelee
Lake Erie
Maritime Provinces
Prince Edward Island National Park
Island
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Cape Breton Highland
National Park
National Parks of
Odd World Facts From Antiquity and Trade
A collection of curious notes describes climate diversity in Ethiopia, Linnaeus’s flower clock, ancient Egyptian checkers, early coinmaking in England, Marco Polo and Chinese spaghetti in Europe, Elizabethan fish-eating laws, and a Guatemalan marriage trade. It mentions silkworms losing flight and becoming dependent on humans.
Godfrey Tearle to play Roosevelt in The Beginning of the End
Sam Marx announces Godfrey Tearle will portray Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the film The Beginning of the End after viewing Tearle’s tests upon his arrival from England. The casting draws on Tearle’s fifty years on stage and screen in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Godfrey Tearle
Sam Marx
Tearle
England
Millions Of Aliens Entering The U S In Record Numbers
In Miami a government official cites 60,000 illegal entrants in a month with 36,000 arrested by the border patrol. The southeastern border patrol has grown from 50 to 110 agents, patrolling 60,000 miles monthly between Louisiana and South Carolina. Deserting seamen and Mexican entrants form large groups, while agricultural workers deserting jobs also enter illegally. Thunder accompanies every flash of lightning.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Tom Clark
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Border Patrol
Louisiana
South Carolina
Mexico
War Manpower Commission
New Town to Rise in Snow Lake Northern Manitoba
A planned model community is planned near Snow Lake about 100 miles from the Hudson Bay Railway line and 50 miles from the Sherritt Gordon Mine. Survey lines show a school, homes and a business centre with bulldozers soon shaping the town. By July 1948 a 50 mile power line from Sherritt Garden must be completed, a sinking shaft and mine opened, and a mill erected as part of Northern Miner reporting.
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Manitoba
Snow Lake
Hudson Bay Railway
Sherritt Gordon
Main
Sherritt Garden
Nothern
Turtle Catches 200 Year Old Snap Ping Turtle at Lamoka
In Watkins Glen New York Albert Smith fishing on Lake Lamoka hauled in a 30 pound snap ping turtle estimated to be over 200 years old. The notice notes higher summer electric shock deaths due to damp skin leading to increased risks.
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Watkins Glen
N.Y
Lake Lamoka
Throne
Albert Smith
Research Aims to Avert Whale Extinction Threat
Dr F D Ommanney discusses whaling research started in 1924 at South Georgia. The Discovery vessel and 4,000 whales measured shed light on whale ages, reproduction, and migration. Findings support regulated hunting to prevent stock depletion and industry collapse.
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Antarctic
South Georgia
Falklands
South America
Dependencies
Falkland Islands
British Colonial Office
Colonial Office
South Africa
Lord Inchcape Describes Uncommon Ambassador Persona
Britain's new Ambassador to Washington Lord Inchcape tells the National Press Club he lacks the typical ambassador image. He carries a small satchel with papers of international importance and jokes that it also holds pipes and his extra set of teeth after losing his wardrobe years ago.
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Lord Inchcape
Britain
Washington
National Press Club
Paul Wooten
New York Post
Story Book Style Embroidery Pattern 7318 Offered
Lovely embroidery to decorate dirnd for tats and wear. Quick stitchery tips with a bodice transfer. Pattern 7318 available in sizes 2 4 6. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermott Avenue E Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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National Parks of Canada
Ethiopia
Linnaeus
China
Europe
Italy
Marco Polo
Guatemala
Banff National Park
National Film Board
Turtle
U.S
Larry Hightower
Ellensburg
Wash
F. D. Ommanney
London
Scott
Discovery
Hudson Bay Company
South
Southern Ocean
Whitehall
Alice Brooks
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