Change In Command Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Brigadier-General Stuart Taylor Wood retires after 38 years with the RCMP. He is succeeded by Commissioner L. H. Nicholson. The House of Commons was told by Justice Minister S. Garson, with tributes from all parties, honoring the RCMP’s work and the retiring head, and praising the new commander. Opposition Leader George Drew lauds the RCMP as the world’s most respected police force.
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Roysl Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
Stuart Taylor Wood
L. H. Nicholson
House of Commons
S. Garson
RCMP
George Drew
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Wood Led Mounted Police From Frontier Roots To Commissioner
Former Commissioner Wood, son of an assistant commissioner, joined the Mounted Police in 1912 and served in the far north and west. He witnessed the force’s expansion and, as commissioner from 1938 after Sir James MacBrien’s death, played a key role in building the present force. His retirement recalls his significant contributions.
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Wood
Mounted Police
Canada
James MacBrien
Fine Record of Service Commissioner Nicholson Joins Post
Commissioner L. H. Nicholson brings a long RCMP record to his new post. He led the criminal investigation branch since 1946 after duties in the Maritimes and the West. From 1941 to 1946 he served overseas with the Canadian Army as a colonel. He joins a line of distinguished leaders of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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L. H. Nicholson
R.C.M.P
RCMP
Martimes
West
Canadian Army
Nicholson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Variety Of Transportation Used By Children In Getting To School
Nine youngsters from the Dillabough district in Weekes Saskatchewan rely on diverse transport to reach school. They use car sleigh wagon tractor or even a railway speeder depending on season. Jack Watt supervises the routes and adapts as winter blocks roads turn to lumbering trails and spring roads become quagmires.
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Weekes
Sask
Dillabough
Jack Watt
Hudson Bay
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
19 To One Odds Against War
SEATTLE Lloyds of London sets 19 to 1 against war developments halting a June convention. Last December 50 to 1 against a world war before September 1951 were quoted. Dr Frank Wood of Seattle president of the Pacific Coast Dental Conference says the group is paying a $535 premium on a $10 000 policy to cover advance costs and commitments for the June 25 28 conference.
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Seattle
Lloyds of London
Lloyds
Frank Wood
Pacific Coast Dental Conference
Winnipeg horse trough sold for ten dollars
Public Works committee sold a horse water trough from Winnipeg’s earlier era to a private citizen for 10 dollars. The buyer plans to install it in front of her home as a historical and aesthetic memento.
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Winnipeg
Public Works Committee
Lethbridge Renamed From Coalbanks in 1885
Lethbridge Alberta, originally called Coalbanks, was renamed in 1885 to honor William Lethbridge, reflecting a civic rebranding by the community. The change marks a key moment in the city's early history and its ties to influential local figures.
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Lethbridge, Alta
Coalbanks
William Lethbridge
Sour Cream Buns Recipe With Rasberry Jam Filling
A baking card describes making sour cream buns with yeast dough, mashed potato, egg, sour cream and milk, then shaping into rounds, rising twice, scoring centers, filling with raspberry jam, and baking for about 15 minutes yields three dozen buns.
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Fleischmann
Calgary Man Builds Bicycle For Four Novelist The Four Wheel Riddle
Calgary shopkeeper Matt B. Wolthuis, a lifelong bicycle craftsman, preserves a rare eight foot long bicycle built for four once owned by an old shop. He also displays an 1880 penny-farthing front of his store to attract customers. His assistant Fred Anderson is noted as the first person to cycle across Canada in 1946, covering 4600 miles in 25 days.
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Calgary
Matt B. Wolthuis
Matt
Holland
Fred Anderson
Canada
Vancouver
Sydney
N.S
Upkeep of Alaska Highway Draws High Maintenance Costs
Ottawa reports the Public Accounts Committee questioned National Defence over 1949 50 Alaska Highway spending. The 1 221 mile route from Dawson Creek BC to the Alaska border cost just over 7 million dollars to maintain while few American vehicles used it and most equipment came in by air.
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Ottawa
Public Accounts Committee
House of Commons
National Defence Department
Alaska
Dawson Creek
British Columbia
Defence Headquarters
Urges Return To Bible As Guide-Post
CALGARY The Christian church should train the modern mind to receive the gospel, not make it acceptable to it. President Rev. Thomas Hart of Edmonton urged the Alberta Conference of the United Church of Canada to return to the Bible as guide-posts in life and resist trends undervaluing faith.
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Calgary
Thomas Hart
Edmonton
Alberta
United Church of Canada
Hart
Sugar Price Rise In British Columbia Refinery
The British Columbia Sugar Refinery Ltd. announced a 20 cent per hundredweight increase on refined sugar. The new wholesale price is set at 19 dollars and 30 cents per hundredweight for B C Alberta and Saskatchewan markets.
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Vancouver
British Columbia Sugar Refinery Ltd
B.C
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Jokes and anecdotes from a district bookstore visit
A schoolboy browses a district bookstore and buys Advice To Young Mothers to study moths and butterflies. A matron tries to make President Coolidge say three words, then drinks beer and muses it tastes like her husband’s medicine. Several light quips follow about teachers, prisoners, a lamp, and a girl on a train.
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Coolidge
President
Grasshoppers Face Massive Poison Battle Across Canadian Provinces
Farmers in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta prepare for large scale grasshopper control using poison and bait. Eggs survived winter better than expected. Nollet predicts lower 1951 infestation than last year. Sawdust mixed with poison stockpiled. government shares bait costs with municipalities. Birds lack external ears.
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Manitoba
Red River
Winnipeg
International Border Agriculture
Saskatchewan
I. C. Nollet
Alberta
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