Railroading In Rockies Shifts From Steam To Diesel
CPR switches its mountain division from steam to diesel operation 19 months ago. McQuarrie and Carroll discuss comfort and performance, noting diesel fuel efficiency and longer trains while recalling steam’s rough ride.
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Mr. McQuarrie
C.P.R
Mountain Division
Kamloops
B.C
Calgary
McQuarrie
Mr. Carroll
Vincent Segar
CCF
British Columbia
Revelstoke
Carroll
Embroidery Transfers Pattern 7096 From Prairie Publishers
Embroidery transfers set pattern 7096 includes seven transfers each Tigx61 inches. Send twenty five cents in coins to Household Arts Department Prairie Publishers Limited 60 Front Street W Toronto for access.
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Prairie Publishers Limited
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Jail cooks to learn fish preparation at Vancouver jail
Vancouver police say jail cooks doubt fish can be served economically to prisoners. A provincial government expert will teach the jail cooks how to cook fish without wastage, the Police Commissioner Oscar Orr said.
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Vancouver
Oscar Orr
Safe at Home Atlanta Soldier Slips in Tricycle Collision
SAFE AT HOME ATLANTA Ga Jack Beuishop returned from overseas duty but lay in bed after a tricycle collision with his three year old son Michael. He sustained injuries described as a foot in a ceiling sling. The incident occurred shortly after his arrival home.
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Atlanta
Jack Beuishop
Michael
Winnipeg parents urged to respect school and staff
Dr Andrew Moore inspector of Winnipeg high schools told the Manitoba Education Association that parents must avoid criticizing the school and the teacher in front of their children to preserve dignity and support for education.
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Winnipeg
Andrew Moore
Manitoba Education Association
Youths fined for lighting firecrackers in Regina
Two youths pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in Regina court after admitting they threw lighted firecrackers at motorists. Each was fined five dollars in the proceedings.
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Regina
Peter Pond Lake Named for Explorer In Sas katchewan
The lake in northern Saskatchewan covers about 302 square miles and honors explorer Peter Pond who wintered there in 1778.
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Peter
Saskatchewan
Laughing at Fools and Films on a Studio Set
A humor filled page recalls a film studio love scene nearing censor limits and quips about old fashioned manners. Jokes cover inherited hooliganism, a famed Doctor of Laws lecturing on fools, and a camera enthusiast fleeing a lion in Africa.
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O.K
Africa
Golfers sight two women with a couple on the hill
A camera man intervenes as a chasing figure, pursued by a man and a companion. Two golfers cross the green observe a couple of women approaching from the hill with remarks about a wife and another woman, revealing tension and curiosity on the course.
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Mife
Mystery Musk Ox Population Grows in Canadian North
Survey by the resources department suggests several large musk ox herds totalling over a thousand animals in the Northwest Territories and near Great Bear Lake and Ellesmere Island. Officials caution population estimates are uncertain as sightings extend across Arctic Canada. The shaggy herd is slow to mature and endures harsh climates, with calves born in spring and bulls defending harems through the seasonal rut.
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C.P.R
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Mt. MacDonald
Hector
Field
Great Divide
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Vancouver
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Thompson Rivers
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Albert
Northwest Territories
Resources Department
United States
Alaska
Canadian Wildlife Service
Arctic
Thelon Game Sanctuary
Great Slave Lake
Great Bear Lake
Ellesmere Island
North Pole
Europe
Asia
North America
Iowa
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Kansas
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