Rohan hires man with missing arm in postwar steel firm
Rod Cooper visits Joseph Rohan head of Inter-American Steel to seek work. Despite an apparent handicap and fears of rejection, Rohan offers a chance to report for work on Monday, hinting at a personal hiring approach. The interview reveals Rod’s past in the Pacific and at Grey Company and his struggle with acceptance.
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Oper
Amswer
Joseph Rohan
Inter-American Steel
Cooper
Rohan
Rod
Champ
Inter-American
Pacific
Grey Company
Pattern Dept at 60 Front Street in Toronto
The Helps Department contact for Anne Adams is listed as P P L at 60 Front Street West Toronto. This brief notice provides an address for inquiries or correspondence related to pattern services.
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P.P.L
Anne Adams
Front Street W
Toronto
Alberta Receives Federal Grants for Health Facilities and Programs
Federal funds totaling 63 500 dollars support Alberta health projects. Edmonton gains 10 700 dollars to equip a virus centre under Dr. C. R. Amies. Grants also back infant disease study, a Lethbridge Guidance Clinic, a rehabilitation unit at Galt Hospital, and bed and nursery expansions at Vermilion and Royal Alexandra hospitals. Jasper Place Health Unit receives 5 476 dollars to serve about 13 000 people.
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Edmonton
Laboratory of Hygiene
Ottawa
C. R. Amies
Alberta
Lethbridge
Guidance Clinic
Calgary Guidance Clinic
Galt Hospital
Municipal Hospital
Vermilion Municipal Hospital
Vermilion
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Jasper Place
Household Hints and Quick Kitchen Tricks
Practical tips for home care and cooking include easing sneezes with milk, lemon for sweeter stews, greasing potatoes for browning, peanut butter in gravy for a southern touch, and mice deterrents with gum camphor. Cleaning guidance uses ammonia and turpentine mixtures with gloves, air drying, and cooling hot foods in salted cold water.
Job Offer Echoes Past Chance Given By Industrialist
A grateful young man accepts a job offer from a generous industrialist who recalls his own first break twenty five years ago. The pair lead a dog named Champ to the door as they share warmth and pride in the moment.
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Champ
Rod
Sovriight Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Winnipeg safety program cuts fatal accidents in 1955
Manitoba’s safety measures in Winnipeg show early success. Since 1950 driver control and instruction programs increased vehicle numbers by 35 percent, yet fatal traffic accidents in Greater Winnipeg fell from eight six years ago to two in the January March period of 1955.
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Greater
Winnipeg
R. B. Baillie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan extends minnow ban to all waters north of 55th parallel
Saskatchewan Resources Minister J H Brockelbank announced expanded carp control regulations. Minnows and other small fish cannot be used as bait in central and southern Saskatchewan, stretching beyond the previous 25,000 square mile southeastern area. The rule aims to prevent carp spread, as fingerlings can be misidentified and moved between waters.
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Saskatchewan
Assiniboine
Round
Crooked
Qu'Appelle
Brockelbank
Thatched Bird Houses from Home Workshop Pattern 342
Pattern 342 demonstrates how to craft thatched nesting places for wrens bluebirds purple martins and other mid latitude brooders using round metal containers painted and thatched. The article notes the simple thatching steps shown by large diagrams readers may order for 35c from the address provided.
Large family dinner table pattern and lumber cuts
The notice describes a cutting table pattern for family dinners, games, crafts, and dressmaking. It explains storage options, use at bazaars and clubs, and provides a square-cut hand saw construction with stock lumber sizes. Order pattern 372 for 35 cents or the Sewing Corner Packet for $1.50 postpaid.
Metropolis of the Peace River fading from Alberta past
Fort Dunvegan in northern Alberta, once promoted as Dunvegan City a bustling metropolis, now only a decaying house and a child's grave mark its decline. Founded as a trading post in 1805 with earlier visits by MacKenzie and Thompson, it faded after 1918 when sold as farmland to Robert Peters.
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Edmonton
Peace River
Alberta
Fort Dunvegan
Alexander MacKenzie
David Thompson
Dunvegan City
Britain
United States
Robert Peters
Saskatchewan Inland Lake Lit tle Manitou Facts
The Saskatchewan region contains a salt water inland lake named Little Manitou noted for its unusually high density, even greater than the Dead Sea, highlighting unique geologic features in the province.
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Saskatchewan
Little Manitou
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MR. Rohan
Myron J. Bienstock
Dodd
Sceernik
Wnte
North America
Nadelle Wie
UAWA
Paul Martin
National Health and Welfare
Prince Albert
J. H Brockel
P.P.L. Home Workshop
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Partepn
Les Carroil
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Canada
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