No Happy Ending For An Older ’Wenn’
Mary Cody, losing her job at a lunchroom, faces age discrimination and the burden of caring for a sick mother. She finds work again after pleading with Miss Simpson and is warmly reinstated at the Wheeler Syndicate office, revealing the precarious path of a middle aged woman.
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Ahappy
Wenn
Jeanne O. Wennenkamp
Mary Coty
Stone
Sophie
Mary
Miss Cody
Mary Cody
Miss Simpson
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Farm wages dip in January reports
Ottawa bureau of statistics notes a downward trend in farm wages. Average with board fell to 3.63 a day in January from 4.04 last year, a 41 cent drop. Without board the daily average was 4.52, down 45 cents from 4.97.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Western briefs and notices from prairie papers
A mixed batch of short items from Western Canada includes pattern sales guidance for a 1940s sewing pattern, provincial health funding debate in Saskatchewan, Alberta politics revival, crop damage from frost in British Columbia, Saskatchewan fish sales data, a Fort Saskatchewan turkey banquet, and Western Senior league All-Star selections with coach and players named.
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Calgary
Frank McCool
Calgary Albertan
Russ Dertell
Edmonton
Pug Young
Julian Sawchuk
Stamps
Tom Burlington
Quakers
Ab McDougall
Caps
Colin Kilburn
Frank Currie
Fivers
Kilburn
Hugh Coffin
Contract to Build Oil Refinery Awarded
EDMONTON. The contract for the construction of a 2,060,009 barrel per year refinery on Edmonton's eastern outskirts for British American Oil company limited has been awarded to Canadian Kellogg company limited of Toronto. The plant cost is not announced but believed to exceed $8,000,000. Construction starts in April and will take one year employing 400 to 500 men.
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Edmonton
British American Oil Company, Limited
Kellogg Company Limited
Toronto
Winnipeg Cabs Log Record Mileage in 1940
Winnipeg's 400 taxi cabs and drivers covered more than 15 million miles in 1940. Despite a city total of 26 traffic fatalities, the taxi fleet was not involved in any of the deaths.
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Winnipeg
Veterans' Administration Home Loans Default Rate Tiny
Only about three in a thousand veterans have defaulted on VA home loans. The statistic highlights the low default rate among veterans and the perceived stability of VA financing.
Scenic beauty urged Manitobans to tour province
Judge SH Fahrni urged Lion’s Club dinner listeners to tour Manitoba to learn its geographic and geophysical features. He said exposure would turn residents into lovers and guardians of the province, stressing the community's responsibility for Manitoba’s future.
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Portage LA Prairie
Manitoba
SH. Fahrni
The
Lion's Club
Regular medical and dental checkups promote health
Regular medical and dental checkups can detect early disease and support long term health maintenance. Regular screenings help identify incipient conditions before symptoms appear, guiding preventive care and timely treatment.
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Carter
Uffer
Arthri
British Commonwealth
Valigtee
Dolcin Limited
Ontario
Dolcin
Bert Earis
Bay Trail
Sask
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Front Street W
Western Briefs
Regina
Saskatchewan Hospital Services
Provincial Health Survey Committee
Alberta Progressive Conservative Association
Alberta
Independent Party Movement
B.C
Vancouver
Okanagan
Similkameen
Saskatchewan
Women's
Fort Saskatchewan
Alta
Red Cross
Fleischmann
Nead
Iny
L.A
Peggy
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