The Last Chance Diner Romance on Lampshade Mountain
Truckers fuel at Sonya Carlson's Last Chance Diner as Nels Borden, a 22 ton Diesel driver, brings fire danger and a spark of romance. After a fire scare, their awkward clash of independence and longing hints at a future away from the road. Sonya rejects a life on the road and hints at a move into traffic management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonya Carlsen
Lampshade Mountain
Sonya
Sven Carlson
Trans-Rocky Transportation Company
Nels Borden
Nels
Last Chance Driveway Meeting Ends In Empty Proposal
Marty Summers leans on his truck and mocks a proposal as Nels Borden and Sonya Cars stand together in the driveway of the Last Chance. The scene unfolds with headlights revealing the linked pair and a tense street intersection of missed options.
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Marty Summers
Nels Borden
Sonya Carson
Britain Plans Five-Continent Trade Expeditions
Britain will launch road convoys of 50 to 60 mobile shop windows from autumn, a Trade Expeditions Ltd project to aid small manufacturers lacking overseas sales. Each caravan will employ 150 ex-servicemen to demonstrate samples as exhibitions and fairs run in major centers. The first caravans head to South Africa and South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
of Trade Expeditions Ltd
South Africa
South America
Pattern 4552 with new flare sleeves and ruffle skirt
Pattern 4552 features flirty design elements and an easy front button closure. It comes in multiple sizes from 12 to 42 with yardage specifics for size 16 and requires 20 cents in coins for ordering. Orders should be sent to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept at Winnipeg Newspaper Union, with a note including size name address and style number.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave
Man
Britain weighs making ARP a permanent peacetime body
Cabinet discusses postwar plans including conscription and ARP. No decision yet, but most government members are believed to favor continuing air raid precautions as a permanent institution.
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Britain
Mayor of Barcelonnette Receives Scots Dirk as Souvenir
Emile Aubert, mayor of Barcelonnette in an Alpine valley, led Maquis resistance and received a Scot dirk as a souvenir from a Highland officer parachuted near the town on June 7 1943. The officer known as Major Edgar fought with Maquis two months and contributed to the valley’s liberation.
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Emile Aubert
Barcelonette
Aubert
Maquis
Edgar
Ubaye
Larche
Only One Of Canada's Prime Ministers Died Under Seventy
The Manchester Guardian notes that among British prime ministers since 1783 only seven of twenty nine failed to reach seventy. Canadian premiers show a strong longevity record with living leaders King at seventy, Bennett at seventy four, Meighen at seventy nine. Of those who died, Sir John Thompson died at fifty nine. others such as Tupper, Bothwell, Borden, Laurier, Macdonald, Abbott and Mackenzie lived into their seventies or eighties. The Toronto Star mentions a Turkoman wife asking permission to go out and is divorced after his “go” reply.
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The
Manchester Guardian
Mr. King
Viscount Bennett
Mr. Meighen
John Thompson
England
Charles Tupper
Mackenzie Bothwell
Robert Borden
Wilfrid Laurier
Eek John A. Macdonald
J. J. Abbott
Alexander Mackenzie
Toronto Star
Ukrainian-Canadian CWAC Club in London supports wounded
The Ukrainian-Canadian Services Club in London owes much to Sgt Helen Kozicky C W A C stationed in London who organized a club for Ukrainian origin service people. The group grew to over 1700 members, with many on leave from hospitals, and Kozicky visits English hospitals to invite wounded to stay with the club in London.
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London
Helen Kozicky
C.W.A.C
Calgary
Alta
Manchester
Sgt. Kozicky
C.M.H.Q
England
Roosevelt’s plan to scrap holidays for a single Family Day
The Peterborough Examiner criticized President Roosevelt’s idea to abolish Mother’s Day Father’s Day and other holidays replacing them with one Family Day on December 25 arguing this would revive Christmas as a true family festival and curb perceived excesses.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Powerful T 26 tank touted as answer to German Tigers
Chrysler officials confirm production of a new tank designated T-26. War Undersecretary Patterson calls it the most powerful ever built, praising its wide tracks for flotation in mud and a 90 mm gun for superior firepower compared with prior American tanks.
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Chrysler Corporation
Patterson
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Vicks VapoRub
Lydia E
Steve
Canada
Jutsu Consols Fiy Pte Cigarette
Udem
L-Bdr
Carpon
Creelman, Sask
Red Cross
CBI
Overseas Club
CWAC
Saskatchewan
C.w.ac
Regina
Lillian Caron
Wakaw
Olive Tedrick
Vanguard
Eva Wagner
Markinch
Mary Lantz
Geneva Coleshaw
Anne Elizabeth Wheatley
Charles Wheatley
Lemans
Sask
Fort Osborne Barracks
Cpl
Wheatley
Helen Ruth DeMarsh
Valparaiso
Canadian Women's Army Corps
DeMarsh
Brandon College
Brandon
Historical Society
University of Toronto
Children’s Aid Society
Haarlem
United States
Buckley
W. K. Buckley Limited
Toronto
PAS Buckleys
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