Army Week aims to boost Canada's Volunteer Army and recruit drive
Canada-wide Army Week promotes public support for the active and reserve forces. The South Alberta Regiment in Medicine Hat plans nightly shows and a Friday dance, with a postponed Calgary armored display rescheduled for June. Recruiting booths open at Second Street and South Railway, and First Street Armories.
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29Th Armoured Regiment
Europe
Dan Currie
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Falaise Gap
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Riverside Park
Drill Hall
20 More Arrests In Asbestos Strike Violence
Quebec police report 20 more arrests linked to last week’s clashes between striking asbestos workers and police in Montreal. Rodolphe Hamel of the Federation of Asbestos Workers and about 19 others face conspiracy charges as police raid strikers’ homes. Armand Larivee and Rene Roch, leading union figures, are named among those detained.
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Rodolphe Hamel
Federation of Asbestos Workers
Canadian Catholic Conference of Labor
Quebec
Montreal
Hilaire Beauregard
Asbes
Armand Larivee
Asbestos, Workers Syndicate
Rene Roch
Aly Khan Heads to Switzerland as Hayworth Remains Behind
Prince Aly Khan left for Switzerland to visit his two children while actress Rita Hayworth, slated to marry him on May 27, did not accompany him. The move marks a pause in wedding plans as Hayworth stays in the U.S.
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Prince Aly Khan
Switzerland
Rita Hayworth
Three-Way Fight in the Nova Scotia Election
Halifax report says the CCF and Progressive Conservative parties issued platforms for the June 9 Nova Scotia general election. Liberals defend 16 years in government and seek another term. All 37 seats will be contested with 83 candidates nominated and campaigning underway. Premier Angus L. Macdonald delivered a keynote speech.
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Nova Scotia
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Liberals
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Angus L. Macdonald
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Sun Shrinking Is Minor Matter Says Winnipeg Astronomer
W C Jones of the Winnipeg branch of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada told members the sun is shrinking but poses little worry. He asserted the sun weighs about six octodecillion tons and noted a nuclear core mass of two octillion tons. Jones predicted Venus may offer habitable climate in a few million years while Earth cools.
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Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
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Prolonged Party Drive Aims at Farm to Industry Growth
The party seeks to complete its program to stimulate primary and secondary industry extend rural electrification and pave heavily traveled highways and other key roads.
Army Week Display to Tour City with Military Sets
The Army Week program presents a traveling display of modern equipment and wireless sets under Capt. W Jans. Public may ask questions on usage. shows run 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each evening in a different district from May 16 to May 21 at listed locations.
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Wainwright
W Jans
Europe
Jans
Corner South Railway
Second Streets
Iisland
Hill
Cambridge
6Th
Bassett Reserve
6Th St
Division Ave
Scout Hall
Riverside
National Fruit and Dominion Fruit Area
Safeway Store
Filed and Forgotten Insecticide and Ancient Glass Eyes
DDT was first compounded in 1847 but its practical value was found in 1939. Romans and Egyptians used glass eyes.
Silent Spartans and the origin of the word laconic
The Spartans of ancient Laconia were famed for taciturnity and their terse speech gave rise to the adjective laconic in English.
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