Dundurn Camp Fades as Wartime Roles End at Saskatchewan Base
Dundurn Military Camp, once a bustling wartime hub in Saskatchewan, has dwindled to about 250 personnel. The center trained Reconnaissance troops and built basic training operations from 1940 to 1944, then shifted to peacetime reserve duties as demobilization progresses.
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Dundurn
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Maple Creek
Canada
Recce
No-Man's Land
Canadian Infantry Training Centre
Camrose
Alta
No. 151
Harry Bryce
Winnipeg
No. 10
No. 12
Jim Duncan
Regina
Bill Reid
Chut
Saskatoon
Awakening Amid Rain and A Hospital Delivery
A stranded couple returns to a farmhouse during a storm. Jane aids a mother in labor while Jim confronts emotional distances and past wartime memories. Jane delivers a boy, and the pair share a quiet kiss as hope and renewed feeling rise.
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Jane
Jimmie
Trade cooperation urged by Isley at Nova Scotia dinner
Halifax Finance Minister J. L. Isley warned that the United States Canada and the United Kingdom are pursuing a liberal system of international trade. He said strong measures are needed to restore the UK to its pre war position in world trade when addressing the Nova Scotia Barristers Society annual dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
J. L. Isley
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Nova Scotia
Jobs in Scotland Rise Says Secretary Westwood at Edinburgh Meeting
Secretary of State for Scotland J Westwood told the Royal Burghs of Scotland convention in Edinburgh that Scotland will have many jobs ahead. He asserted Britain’s strongest preparation for the future lies in Scotland and noted developments will provide work for about 85 000 people after the war.
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J. Westwood
Scotland
Royal Burghs of
Edinburgh
Britain
Westwood
Mr. Westwood
Edinburgh Scotsman
Longest Milk Route Established on Alaska Highway
A 1200 mile milk route operates along the Alaska highway delivering from farms near Tupper Creek BC to Yukon residents. Milk sells for 25 cents a quart and trucks also haul meat and vegetables. Deliveries run day and night, though punctuality varies.
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Alaska Highway
Tupper Creek
B.c
Yukon
Ocean Coverage: Three Quarters of Earth's Surface
A concise note states that about 75 percent of Earth's surface is covered by ocean. The figure is rounded but presented as a global fact, highlighting the vastness of marine areas compared with land.
Royal Geographic Society Names 1945 46 Award Winners
The Royal Geographic Society announced nine awards for 1945 46 including Dr Charles Camsell for debunking a Yukon tropical valley myth and mapping parts of Canada. Sub-inspector Henry Larsen won the Patrons Medal for Northwest Passage expeditions. Brigadier Glennie received the 1946 Founders Medal, Hart earned the 1946 Murchison grant for radar mapping, and Wing Commander McKiley got the Gill Memorial for a round-the-world RAF expedition establishing the North Magnetic Pole position.
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London
Royal Geographic Society
British Columbia
Alaska
Charles Camsell
Mines and Resources
Canada
Yukon
Dr. Camsell
Henry A. Larsen
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Northwest Passage
Edward A. Glennie
India
C. A. Hart
Murchison
D. C. McKiley
Gill
R.A.F
North Magnetic Pole
Wrap And Tie It Cleverest Anne Adams Pattern
Pattern 4614 offers a flat blouse that wraps to the front and ties in a bow at the waist with a separate dirndl skirt. Available misses sizes 12 through 20, size 16 frock requires 2% yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Newspaper Selling as Stepping Stone to Success
The article notes many eminent men boast of past newspaper selling or delivery, crediting the work with teaching the value of money and launching them toward financial independence. It highlights how early earners learned discipline, time management, and entrepreneurial habits.
Humorous exchanges about fishing, farming and social quirks
A string of light jokes and puns from a rural and social life scene. It features a fisherman’s tally, farmer humor about cows and rain, a sign joke about paint, miscommunications at a social event, and a stage show gag about bowing and ducking.
Cream supply possibility from milk board noted in Romsey
R A Pepperall chief regional marketing officer of the milk marketing board in Romsey said it may be possible to supply cream in a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romsey
England
R. A. Pepperall
The
Milk Marketing Board Here
Indian Act Change Calls For Senate Commons Study
Resources Minister Glen urged a joint 22 member Senate Commons committee to study the Indian Act and propose reforms to improve the red man's lot. He warned Canada faces a choice between buying more land and hunting rights for 128,000 Indians or pursuing an education and welfare plan to prepare Indians for participation in agriculture and industry.
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Glen
Commons
Senate Commons
Canada
Insecticide Bomb by Ex-Service Officers
Three former air force officers and civilian producers develop a hand operated bug blitzer from surplus shell casings and a mix of aerosol DDT pyrethrum and freon liquid gas. Recipients include RE. J. Black Harry Clappison and Dr J H Baillie.
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Air Force
RE. J. Black
Harry Clappison
J. H. Baillie
Branburgers: A Spring Picnic Recipe Variation
A nostalgic picnic preview describes a season first with family scenes and a new meat saving patty called Branburgers. The recipe details include egg parsley salt pepper milk All bran onion bacon and ground beef yielding ten patties and gravy from pan drippings.
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Royal Yeast
Tas
Dawn
Matthew F. Christopher
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Jim
Pacific
Banat Baking
AANA
United
Hollywood
Edmund Cloutier
King's
Pat
Mike
Mrs. Mike
Battalion
Quebec
Branburgers
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