Rescue Tug Trail Blazer Captain Saves Couple
Captain Christopher Stevenson of the Trail Blazer rescues a man and woman from a sinking Moth near Lake Ontario amid a snow squall. The rescued couple praise the ship and captain, while a letter later condemns the Trail Blazer as unseaworthy and orders pier 27 as its temporary berth.
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Charles Chastopier Stevenson
Pier No
Chris Pieid
Pier 27
Chris
Christopher Stevenson
Johnson
Harbor Commission
William H. Johnson
Department of Marine Transport
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Hunting Dates Set for Saskatchewan Open Season Details
Saskatchewan announces open seasons for waterfowl upland game across regions north and south of highway five. Oct 2 opening for ducks geese Hungarian partridge ruffed grouse and sharp tailed grouse with region based bag limits. North zone Sept 25 to Nov 18. south Oct 2 to Oct 23 for most games. Shotgun plug rule Sept 1 to Nov 30. Licences: residents 2 Canadians 10 aliens 25.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Bureau of Publications
E. L. Paynter
Department of Natural Resources
Kamsack
Lloydminster
Highway Five
Region Seven
Prince Albert
C.N.R
Manitoba
Tisdale
White Fox
Alberta
Raymore
Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Anne Adams Pattern Dept based in Winnipeg with operations tied to the Newspaper Union at 60 Front Street West Toronto.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Front Street W
Toronto
New Lieut Governorships Named for Three Provinces
Prime Minister St Laurent announced October 1 as the effective date for new lieutenant-governors of Prince Edward Island Quebec and British Columbia. T W L Prowse will govern PEI in Charlottetown Gaspard Fauteux former speaker of the house of commons becomes Quebec’s lieutenant-governor Clarence Wallace of Vancouver is named for British Columbia.
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Ottawa
St. Laurent
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
British Columbia
T. W. L. Prowse
Charlottetown
Gaspard Fauteux
House of Commons
Clarence Wallace
Vancouver
Soldier Commended For Brave Conduct
Edmonton report says 26 year old Cpl. T. E. White of Verdun Quebec received the King's commendation for brave conduct after saving H. Purvis from drowning in a whirlpool at Lake Athabasca. White located the unconscious swimmer after dives and revived him with 10 minutes of artificial respiration on shore.
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Edmonton
Western Army Command
Cpl
T. E. White
Verdun
Que
Cpl. White
H. Purvis
Lake Athabasca
Alberta
Man Wins Court Order to Take Possession of Home
Elmer Burrows finally earns permission to move into his own house after four years. He had lived with his wife and two children in two rooms while another family occupied the six room home. A court order awarded him possession and eviction of the occupants.
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Toronto
Elmer Burrows
Burrows
Housing Conference Opens In Ottawa October 6
Alan Armstrong of the Community Planning Association of Canada announced a national two day conference in Ottawa starting October 6. The event will cover housing laws and how to maximize their use for better planning and development.
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Ottawa
Alan Armstrong
Community Planning Association of Canada
Sask Building 400000 Brick Plant At Estevan
The Saskatchewan Government plans a new brick plant in Estevan costing 400000 to operate year round using a closed in tunnel kiln. Regina reports rural radio licence sales declined from last year with city and town gains offsetting the rural drop. Sedley council authorized a 5000 loan repayable over ten years at three percent to finish a community memorial rink.
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Estevan
Regina
District Superintendent of Radio
Sedley
Sask
Coach Named for Prince Albert Mintos in NIHL
Jimmy Wilson, a noted Saskatoon hockey star, was appointed coach of the Prince Albert Mintos in the Northern Junior Hockey League. He follows Don McCullough of Moose Jaw who led the Mintos to the Saskatchewan final against Regina Pats last spring. In separate notes, Alain Piche and Paul Piche announced vows and entry into religious novitiates in Manitoba and Kelowna respectively.
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Saskatoon
Jimmy Wilson
Prince Albert Mintos
Wilson
Don McCullough
Moose Jaw
Mintos
Saskatchewan
Regina Pats
Grade And Yield Down In Manitoba Grain
Frost damage to Manitoba grain will reduce both grade and yield in many areas, the weekly crop report from Manitoba pool elevators said. Full extent may not be known until representative samples from affected areas are available.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Pool Elevators
New Plant To Handle Manitoba's Wild Rice Crop
Winnipeg Resources Minister J S McDiarmid announces Canada's first wild rice processing and packaging plant under construction at Lac du Bonnet Manitoba. The private $25 000 investment will process about 200 000 pounds of rice per season and aims to boost exports to the United States.
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Winnipeg
J. S. McDiarmid
Canada
Lac du Bonnet
Man
Manitoba
United States
Production falls as ice cream output dips in seven months
The Bureau of Statistics reports ice cream production slid from 15,438,000 pounds in 1949 to 14,097,000 in the first seven months, signaling waning popularity. It also notes that the average lifetime earnings of a college educated man exceed those of a non college man by 93,000 dollars.
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Bureau of Statistics
Brook Trout Stocked in Saskatchewan Streams From Alberta
Saskatchewan fisheries officials announce eastern brook trout fingerlings were stocked in 12 streams across the province from Alberta. Two lots totaling 25 000 to 30 000 fingerlings were shipped from Calgary to the Fort Qu Appelle hatchery, with the first lot transferred June 22 and the second in July. Streams listed include Maple Creek Dr Hart s Lake Greenbush River Overflow River Prairie River Battle Creek Swift Current Creek Connell Creek Caribou Creek White Gull Creek Steward River and Cold River.
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A. H. MacDonald
Alberta
Calgary
Fort Qu'Appelle
Fisheries
Fort Qu’Appelle Hatchery
Greenbush
Norwegian Housewives Get Two-Week Mountain Vacations
About 1,500 Norwegian housewives were granted two-week vacations at mountain resorts funded by the Norwegian Trade Union Holiday Association.
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Trade Union Holiday Association
Royalite Buys Big Share in Alberta Oil Lease Sale
In Edmonton Royalite Oil Company of Calgary purchased four quarters in the Redwater field and led bidding with over 5 million dollars. Across Redwater and Leduc fields thirteen parcels totaling about 1700 acres brought the government 8.37 million. Royalite paid 1.727 million for parcel 101, the largest single company bid in Alberta history. Other bids ranged from 225 thousand to 1.628 million for various parcels including Texaco Exploration and Dome Exploration. Texaco also bought two quarters in the southeastern Leduc area for 226 thousand each.
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Edmonton
Royalite Oil Company of
Calgary
Redwater
Alberta
Leduc
Royalite
Rovyalite
Red Water
Texaco Exploration Co
Dome Exploration (Western) Ltd
Pacific Petroleums Ltd
Royalite Oil Company Ltd
Leduc Field
Texaco Exploration
Gold Value In Ocean Water Reveals Vast Potential
A cubic mile of sea water contains about 20 million dollars in gold, with extraction projected to cost roughly five times that amount making the venture economically questionable.
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