Prairie Provinces see spike in safe breaking cases in 1943 report
RCMP Commissioner T. Wood notes 69 safebreaking cases across Canada in 1943, with 68 in the Prairie provinces Alberta 46 Saskatchewan 11 Manitoba 11. He says ongoing measures are in place and hopes levels will drop as prosperity shifts.
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Prairie Provinces
Praire
Canada
Nova Scotia
Prairies
Alterta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
T. Wood
RCMP
Old Lady at Art Gallery Echoes on Fame and Youth
In a city art gallery exhibiting Harvey J. Collinsons bequest, an elderly woman recalls a painted girl and a pact between art and wealth. A young couple overhears as she links the work to Collinsons fortune and a lifelong tension between fame and love.
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Harvey J. Collinson
M Cn
Bves
Vivian Gray
Harvey Collingan
Paris
Harvey Collinson
Harvey
Collinson
The Canadian Shield in Ancient Times
The Royal Ontario Museum geologists define the Canadian Shield as half of Canada beneath ancient rocks forming a low dome. It spans two billion to 500 million years, once a land of large volcanoes and earthquakes, now quieter but rich in indigenous metals and plant fossils, lacking coal and oil.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Canada
Shield
North America
Prairies
Ontario
St. Thomas
Britain bears burden as Java unrest tests empire
The Windyor Star laments Britain alone must quell Java turmoil as Dutch failure to control Indonesian Nationalists shifts clashes onto British troops. It notes repeated cycles of violence, colonial criticism, and calls for Britain to shoulder the hard work amid ongoing instability.
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Britain
Java
Great Britain
A. W. F. Mallaby
Windyor
No Place for Guns Says Defence Unwise in Public Spaces
The sunver of Defence argues no more guns should be provided to communities for display in public venues. The News-Chronicle notes the stance as appropriate and finds the display of firearms incongruous and unnecessary. Many object, and the paper suggests critics are not far off in their concerns.
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Sunsver of
Defence
Hur News-Chronicle
Relief meat sent to Europe under church label
The article notes weekly slaughter and government inspected meat packed in jars labeled Food for Relief in the Name of Christ and donated for relief to Europe. It credits the Yarrow Growers ferry plant workers, and mentions fishers, beets, sugar, and Victory Bonds in various communities.
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Europe
Christ
Fort Edmonton
Tom Yee
George Gustafson
Wildwood
Wilfred Schroeder
Oxenden
Ont
Stewartville
P. J. Lindsay
Victory
Manitoba
George Finnie
Homewood
Winnipeg
Ontario Crop Improvement Association
Rainy River
Ontario
J. Vanderhorst
Fort Frances
Midland Free Press
Yarmouth
The
Herald‘Telegram
Yarmouth County
Drumheller
Alta
Frade
Mint of Reconstruction
Ottaw
Germany
Alberta
Port of Bordeaux Aims to Surpass Prewar Traffic Levels
The Bordeaux Atlantic port, damaged during occupation, plans a full resumption of formal activity and expects to handle more traffic than in prewar days when monthly shipments totaled about 400 000 tons. German sabotage included scuttled ships and magnetic mines. channels were clogged but port facilities remained intact.
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Gironde
No Easy Speed Record Breaker Safe Across All Speeds
An English speed story explains the dangers of pursuit for record breaks on water, land, or air. The piece discusses the g factor, weight multiplying with velocity, pilots facing doubled or heavier loads, and even rare negative g effects. It notes pilots can endure extreme internal pressure and even eye displacement under high speeds.
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England
St. Catharines
Cycling minstrel’s long ride ends with plans for Hollywood
G Harrison Randall of Fredericton, aged 31, known as the Cycling Minstrel, traveled coast to coast on bicycles and harmonicas. He has performed 785 shows for servicemen since leaving Fredericton in May 1942 and now plans Hollywood appearances before visiting Miami and Charleston to see his fiancée.
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G. Harrison Randall
Fredericton
Vancouver
G. Harrison
Frederton
Atlantic
Pacific
U.S
Hollywood
Fader
Miami
Charleston
New Brunswick
Roquefort Cheese Origin Myths From Roquefort Caves
A tale traces Roquefort cheese to a shepherd boy who left barley bread and cheese in a Roquefort cave and found blue green mould when he returned. Monks in the region are credited with developing the cheese using mould from the cave. The piece also notes wartime German strategy and Gulf region population figures.
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Mary
Roquefort
France
Roquefort Caves
Conques
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Bazra
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