Stories of airmen meet King George during France visits
Tales from front line airmen recount King George inspecting troops in France The stories mix courage mishaps and humor with pilots landing in Dutch territory a near miss with German shells and a cheeky exchange with the King Highlighted are pilots wounded but returning with crucial enemy position reports and a note on uniform wear and gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
France
Reed
Cory Thie
Knor
Low
Bamwell
Trence
Reeina
Holend
Holland
Lievwt
Hhis Station
Eic
Gray-Dort Motor Car Built For The Average Road
The Gray-Dort car is described as powerful enough for its load while remaining quiet smooth and reliable. The chassis is strong and safe with long service potential and simple trouble free operation.
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Gray- Dart
Chossia
Work of Mother Nature on Crystals and Metals
The piece discusses how salt crystals form perfect cubes, various minerals crystallize as octahedrons or dodecahedrons, and metals resemble cubes when crystallizing. It notes salt, copper, silver, and iron sulfide shapes, and compares water and ice crystallization with a casual, reflective tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Natur
Onnier
Shane
What the Boss Wants and the Ten Commandments
A humorous section on business ethics from a Houston Post excerpt. It sketches a Western Canada style employer stance with rules like work beyond the clock, exceed expectations, avoid debt, and honesty. The text wryly notes profits justify higher pay and cautions against vanity and wasted effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Canada
Houston Post
Bin
Tio Mandments
Ian
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Beaver Board
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Melfort
Star City
Tisdale
Pleasant Valley
Gray-Campbell Ltd
Moose Jaw
Gray-Dort Motors, Limited
United States
THE
Dort Motor Car Company
Flint
Mich
Ramsay’s Grocery Store
Shell Eye Glass
S. G. Moore
Melfort, Sask
Beaver Lumber Co’y Ltd. Co. W. Steel
F. T. Jameson & Son
General Blacksmiths
Union Bank
Pioneer Bank of Western Canada
S. D. Griffiths
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