Postwar era Canada boosts transport profits amid war gains
The 1949 to 1940 figures show railways reaching top revenues since 1930 while Trans-Canada Air Lines reports a new peak and a surplus. War production drives higher freight and passenger traffic, with air mail costs reduced and a shift toward prudent postwar fiscal policy to preserve surpluses for public works and jobs.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
TCA
House of Commons
C. D. Howe
Canada
United States
Mr. Howe
Transcontinental Airlines
Canada plans parachute troop training in Montreal
Plans by the army and RCAF call for summer parachute training at St Hubert and Dorval airports in Montreal. A small group of junior officers and some NCOs would start instruction and pass skills to larger units. Training covers tumbling, landing safety, and progressing to jumps without and with full gear.
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Canada
Montreal
Army
RCAF
St Hubert
N.c.o’s
St. Hubert
London paper corrects Rome radio report on royal voyage
The London press mocks the Rome wireless for misreporting that the Queen Mother and princesses left for America on a battleship. In fact Churchill traveled in disguise with the crown jewels, while a ventriloquist effigy and Vic Oliver in Ankara are cited as further misdirections.
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London
Rome
Mussolini
Queen Mother
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Margaret Rose
America
Lord
Lady Halifax
Mr. Churchill
Duff Ct
Antholen
Vic Oliver
Ankara
John Dill
Manchester Guardian
Record Ice Breakup at Dawson No Winner This Year
Ice on Yur ma river broke up around 10 50 am on April 30. An electric timing device failed to stop the clock, spoiling the guessing pool that offered 1000 dollars to the nearest minute. The prize rolls over to next year with possible draws for smaller pools. Farmers are urged to plant forest trees and shrubs to aid wildlife on the farm.
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Dawson
Yurma
Parcels From Canadian Red Cross Bring Hope to POWs
A British prisoner of war in Germany wrote home confirming Red Cross parcels from Canada reached camps. Arthur Hook, a Guardsman captured at Dunkirk, described “real butter honey and good things” in the parcels. The Canadian Red Cross ships 10,000 food parcels weekly for British POWs, while US tests help distinguish drowning waters. Verkhoyansk Siberia records extreme cold from 94 below to 100 above.
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Germany
Canada
Red Cross
Arthur Hook
Dunkirk
Miss Wynne Hook
Grand Bouvard
Montreal
Mars
American Red Cross
Canadian
Brits Cross
Waffle Recipe From Anticipated Origin
A vintage recipe details batter with two eggs and one cup flour, all bran, sugar, and milk. It instructs soaking bran, folding in stiffly beaten egg whites, and baking on a hot waffle iron until steam subsides. Yield seven waffles.
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Canadian Railways
Ountry
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Incom
Ogden’s
Ogden's
Ogden
Cate
Lydia K Pinesam
Red Crome
Bureau of Investigation
Verkhoyansk
Siberia
Loz
Al-Bn
Mrs. Brown
Carrie
Cppleford Paper Products
Milton
Toronto
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoo
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
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