Homecoming deer hunter follows old trail to Windy Ridge
Ex corporal Loren LaFond returns to mountains after war injuries and faces new kind of deer hunting. He limps but hopes to bag a buck from a natural crossing near Windy Ridge as distant rifle shots echo above Wolf Rock. He reflects on years of opening days and plans for supper with his expected meat.
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Loren LaFond
Loren
Wolf Rock
Windy Ridge
Cat Mountain
Old Tobie
The Silent Hunter and the Surly Buck
Loren tracks a wounded buck coming up a ridge as a hunter while memories of a wartime chase haunt him. A red coated hunter passes near the buck without noticing it, then the shot ends the moment as the quarry and the scene fade into print.
Was Surprising Author Found Out What Stalin Likes
Rosita Forbes, visiting Stalin before the war, asked what he liked best in life. He named dogs, children, his people, and Georgia workers, then murmured his dislikes, joking that large mountainous females full of words were tiresome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josef Stalin
Rosita Forbes
Ife
Nad
Georgia
Miss Forbes
Seageter Plant to Convert for DDT Production at Cape Town
A Seageter facility at Cape Town is to be converted for producing the insecticide DDT for use by South Africa's armed forces in emergencies. The powder will be cased to combat disease pests and plagues in the Union of South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seageter Poe
Cape Town
South Africa
Unica
Rust Laboratory in Winnipeg Advances Plant Disease Work
The Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology in Winnipeg oversees investigations on smut rust and fungal diseases of cereals and flax. It handles seed examinations for Manitoba Ontario Quebec and Maritime provinces and collaborates with Ottawa and Western universities on disease resistance testing. Elsa Maxwell defines a lady as one who values others as much as herself, urging cultural changes for women.
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Pant
Winnipeg
Dominion Laboratory of
Poplarty
Fast
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Dominion Cereal Breeding Laboratory
Cereal
Experimental Farms Service
Ottawa
Dominion Experimental Farms
Canada
Elsa Maxwell
New York
Omar
Cosmic Rays Said to Yield More Energy Than Uranium
Dr. Arthur H. Compton of Washington University told the St Louis Academy of Science that cosmic rays may release vastly more energy than spitting uranium atoms. He noted processes in cosmic ray studies that transform mass into energy, highlighting a link to atomic bomb development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Compton
Washington University
Compton
St Louis Academy of Science
Battleford museum RCMP memorial progresses in Sask
A provincial report by Natural Resources Minister J L Pheton notes good progress on the Battleford RCMP memorial and Indian museum project. Buildings are dismantled for lumber revenue. the Commanding Officer's house nears completion to serve as the memorial base. The grounds will be beautified and more land provided for a community park, with donations sought via Campbell Innes MLA North Battleford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Battleford
Sask
Natural Resources
J. L. Pheton
Saskatchewan
Campbell Innes
Mla
North Battleford
Air Sea Rescue Service saves thousands of personnel
The Air Sea Rescue Service rescued 5 721 alien personnel in waters around the United Kingdom, 32 000 aircrew in overseas waters and 4 663 sailors soldiers and civilians in areas other than the seas around Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newev Sea Rescue Service
United Kingdom
Britain
Macdonald Brier Curling Renewals Stir Strong Olympic Spirit
The article tracks the renewal of Canada's premier curling competition the Macdonald Brier after wartime cancellation in 1942 and outlines its history from 1927 through 1942. It notes Manitoba dominance Alberta and Ontario near rivals and lists key figures boards and venues Saskatoon 1947 will mark first western hold.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Crusada
United States
Imi Ag
Danny Howard Wood
George Sherwood
Sherwood
Quebec
Toronto
Granite Club
Nova Scotia
Brunswick
Montreal
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Halifax Curling Club
Murray Macneil
Nova
John T. Haig
Thane A. Campbell
Supreme Court of Pei Re
Haig
Campbell
Peter D. Lyall
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Saskatoon
Sask
Algberta
Gordon Hudson
Howard Wood
Clif Manahan
Edmonton
Ken Watson
Thomas Rennie
Ard
P.el
Thirteen Returnees From Woottay War Return Home
In a Somerset village near Bath, thirteen young men went to fight in the First World War and all returned alive. Twenty-two years later, thirteen more from Woolley served in World War II and likewise came back safely. A village celebration marks this remarkable double return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Woolley Wer
Safe and Sound
Halifax Herald
Wide Size Range Pattern 4866 Details and Order Info
Pattern 4866 features a front buttoned bodice with ruffles on the collar and sleeves for all day comfort. Available in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 92 through 48 with 25 inch yard length and 20 cent coin or stamp payments not accepted. Send orders listing size name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 173 McDermot Ave Winniper Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Diners Wore Hats at Table in XIV Century Etiquette
In medieval France etiquette required nobles to keep hats on while dining and remove them only briefly to pass meat or spear bread, a formal custom reflecting courtly conduct of the era.
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Aesin XIV
France
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Baby
Rust Laboratory
MacDonald
Battleford Museum
Wil Reatore
OM Police
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Tor John T. Haig, KC
Man
Chines
Somerset
Woattay
SLOAN
Liniment
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