War Decorations Awarded at Government House Ottawa
More than 60 serving and retired members of the Armed Forces and next of kin received decorations at an investiture in Ottawa. Over 80 awards were given including civilian and Boy Scout honors, with many Distinguished Flying Crosses to RCAF personnel and families. Western recipients include Flight Lieutenants Dunphy Fisher Jordan Massine Mellstrom Stewart Dobbyn Gregoire Platana Brittain Fernyhough Minnis and others for numerous sorties and feats against enemy targets. The ceremony highlighted courage and service across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia and Vancouver.
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Armed Forces
Government House
Ottawa
Boy Scouts
RCAF
Roderick James Dunphy
Kenneth A. Dunphy
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Charlies Harold Fisher
Estella G. Fisher
Watrous
Saskatchewan
Ned Jordan
A. Jordan
Frederick Wallace Massine
Marion £. Mossing
Regina
Meiborn Leslie Mellstrom
Irma J. Meilstrom
Calgary
Alberta
Edward Chester Stewart
Frank B. Stewart
Camrose
Joseph Lloyd Dobbyn
Frances G. Whetter
Dand
Berlin
Hanover
Leipzig
Stuttgart
Dobbyn
Leo Joseph R. Gregoire
Rose Gregoire
Vancouver
British Columbia
Captains Keep Roster as NHL Teams Start Season
With one exception the six NHL captains remain the same as last season. Doug Bentley replaces Gaye Stewart as Chicago Black Hawks captain. Other skippers are Buddy O’Connor for the Rangers Butch Bouchard for the Canadiens Sid Abel for the Red Wings Ted Kennedy for the Maple Leafs and Milt Schmidt for the Bruins.
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NHL
Chicago Black Hawks
Doug Bentley
Gaye Stewart
Black Hawk
Buddy O'Connor
New York Rangers
Butch Bouchard
Montreal Canadiens
Sid Abel
Detroit Red Wings
Ted Kennedy
Toronto Maple Leafs
Milt Schmidt
Boston Bruins
Three U.S. Born Players in the NHL This Season
Three United States born players dot the National Hockey League this season Frank Brimsek Chicago goalie Norm Dussault Montreal left winger and Pete Babando Detroit left wing. Brimsek was born in Eveleth Minnesota Dussault in Springfield Massachusetts and Babando in Braeburn Pennsylvania.
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National Hockey League
Frank Brimsek
Chicago
Norm Dussault
Montreal
Pete Babando
Detroit Red Wings
Brimsek
Eveleth
Minn
Dussault
Springfield
Mass
Babando
Braeburn
Youngest Line In League Leads Early NHL Spotlight
The NHLL notes Boston Bruins forward trio Ed Sandford center Dave Creighton left wing Zellio Toppazzini right wing form the youngest first line. Creighton and Toppazzini are 19 with Sandford at 21, nicknamed the High Line for their heights. The Detroit Red Wings fly high this season as the first NHL team to travel by air, routing Montreal and returning to Detroit for a second game with the Canadiens.
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Boston Bruins
Ed Sandford
Dave Creighton
Zellio Toppazzini
Creighton
Toppazzini
Sandford
Detroit Red Wings
Red Wings
N.H.L
Montreal
Chicago
Canadiens
Detroit
Habs
Snowmelting Machine Promises Ice Free Streets
Canadian officials hail a new snow melting device called the Snomelt. A large trailer sized unit uses a funnel elevator grinder and kerosene heat to melt snow into water, storing it in a 500 gallon tank and discharging it via valves or basins as needed. If successful it could greatly reduce municipal snow removal costs and lessen the need for snow shoveling and vehicle hauling.
Employment Service To Hire For Postal Rush
National Employment service will hire extra staff for the Christmas rush at post offices. Unemployed applicants only, with preference to veterans and Civil Service eligible lists. This marks a shift from postmasters hiring workers locally.
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Ottawa
National Employment Service
Labor Department
Civil Service Commission
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers Overview
A mixed list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues and partial entries. The text includes numbers and phrases such as Love it To taste Deflated To wander Shoshonean Indian and many others with some garbled OCR words. It presents as a puzzle catalog rather than a narrative item.
Wolves Eat Rubber Insulation At Northern Airfields
Edmonton report notes wolves and foxes in the far north are chewing rubber insulation around cables at runway lights. A A Haines of the department of transport warns the habit is sprouting at many landing fields. He says it is not yet a menace but requires extra vigilance from maintenance crews.
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Edmonton
A. A. Haines
Department of Transport
Haines
Transport Department
Who Says It's A Woman's World
Winnipeg reports Manitoba law allows a husband to repel in laws and only requires support for a wife living with him. H G Harvey Smith, executive member of the Manitoba Law Society, weighs in on domestic authority and independence.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
H. G. Harvey Smith
K.M.C
Manitoba Law Society
American Teachers as Ambassadors in UK Exchange
Ninety six American school teachers swapped jobs with British teachers and were hailed as good ambassadors by British Education Minister George Tomlinson. He noted British pupils hoped for six shooters from the Americans, but were amused to find only multiplication tables with an American accent.
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London
George Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Manitoba Share Of Unclaimed Tax Cheques Estimated
Ottawa notes about 1.5 million dollars in refundable income tax cheques from 1942 to 1944 unclaimed nationwide. Manitoba alone holds about 60 thousand dollars across 4,023 cheques, with Saskatchewan at 2,691. officials will not open envelopes to break down by province as totals fall, and Manitoba’s outstanding cheques dropped by nearly 900 in the last month.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Backing Up Top Cause of Truck and Commercial Vehicle Accidents
A survey of over 10 000 crashes across nine industries finds backing up improperly to be the leading cause of accidents. The note also observes the 1841 union of Upper and Lower Canada on February 10.
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Upper and Lower Canada
Manitoba to issue two black on silver licence plates
Manitoba licence branch announces 1950 plates will be black on silver and issued in pairs for front and rear use. A new numbering system begins with 1 A1 through 1 A199, then 1 B1, to reduce plate size.
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Manitoba
Butter sent overseas may include in parcels says Gardiner
Canadian butter could be sent in food parcels to overseas troops or aid recipients, Agriculture Minister Gardiner told Parliament. Alberta's Jim Winter dies at 108, reputed as the province's oldest resident. Kenya to host royal visit by Duke and Duchess of Gloucester next March. Aptitude tests introduced at the University of British Columbia to guide student course choices. Two American subs test 7-ton guided missiles off Hawaii to show long range targeting. Canada appoints Air Vice Marshal Campbell as permanent spokesman for Atlantic pact defence talks. Manitoba honey production falls 25 percent to 4,800,000 pounds. 1949 drop is 31 percent.
Great Slave River Linked to Athabaska Outlet in Canada
The Great Slave River in Alberta and the Northwest Territories serves as the outlet of Lake Athabaska into Great Slave Lake. It measures about 300 miles in length and forms a key waterway in the region.
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Great Slave River
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Lake Athabaska
Great Slave Lake
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