Pamela Rolston of Lima Builds Radio Following on La Hora Pamela
Peruvian radio listeners adore Pamela Rolston known as Pamela in Lima. The Vancouver-born, multilingual broadcaster started with XNEW Our British Buddies and later served in UNRRA and a DP camp. She married Louis Stumer, then stayed in Lima for radio work and now resides in San Isidro.
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Pamela
Lima
Pamela Rolston
John M. Rolston
Rolston
England
Vancouver
Crofton House
Strathcona Lodge
Vancouver Island
Switzerland
Germany
Sorbonne
London
Sue
Richard Bell- Irving
Imperial Censorship Office
Bermuda
Europe
New York
Brith Information Office
XNEW
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Association
Sir Frederick Morgan
Bavaria
Louis Stumer
Peru
San Isador
Popularity judged for Canadian Guards and Royal Dragoons
The Canadian Guards emerge as the most favored infantry regiment and the Royal Canadian Dragoons as the top armored unit based on a postwar popularity measure. The army directed officers to choose preferred regiments, with 186 officers allocating first to three options and ongoing insignia loyalties observed. Lt Col Jack Mahony VC, 42, of New Westminster, serves as liaison to the US Army in Washington after earning the Victoria Cross at the Melfa river in 1944 while leading the Westminster Regiment.
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Canadian Guards
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Canadian Army
Royal Canadian Armored Corps
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Army
Armored Corps
Infantry Corps
PPCLI
Jack Mahony
New Westminster
Department of the Army
Washington
Melfa River
Italy
Westminster Regiment
Prince Charles Receives Pony Juniper From Dartmoor Sisters
Three sisters Jennie Bullen and her younger siblings Jan and Sarah trained a pony for Prince Charles. Juniper, a four year old brown gelding with a white star, was presented at the Royal Agricultural Show Windsor. Queen Elizabeth II accepted the gift and praised the pony as a nice, tame mount.
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Prince Charles
Juniper
Dartmoor Pony Society
Jennie Bullen
Jan
Sarah
Prince
Windsor Great Park
Jane Bullen
World's largest dragline impresses at work site
The Rapier W1400 dragline in Corby Northamptonshire stands as the world's biggest walking crane. It measures a 282 foot neck and 178 foot head, moves at 100 yards per hour, and digs thirty tons per bite. Weighing 1650 tons with 3000 hp motors, it has torn 12 million tons of earth and ironstone into mile long heaps, making land suitable for forests after ore is removed.
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Corby
Northamptonshire
Policewoman leadership in Vancouver police division
Inspector Nancy Hewett heads the 13 member Vancouver police women unit. They perform duties from court work to undercover tasks without firearms or restraints. Hewett, a former army private who rose to captain after the war, mentors a probationer who later married and started a family.
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Vancouver
B.C
Vancouver Police Department
Nancy Hewett
Miss Hewett
Answers to Quick Quiz 5 Facts Revealed
Quick Canadian Facts presents answers: 1 between Canada and Alaska at 1540 miles and 3986 miles for a second measure, 2 Sask Alberta Midregion, 3 nearly 23 million dollars weekly, 4 over 37 000 manufacturing plants. Material prepared by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts.
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Canada
Alaska
U.S
Sask
Alta
Mid
Quick Canadian Facts
Pocket Annual
Condors Lay Eggs Only Once Every Four Years
A wildlife note states condors reproduce on a four year cycle with eggs laid only once per cycle. Researchers monitor breeding to protect the endangered species and support recovery efforts.
Quick Canadia Quiz Headlines Front
Boundary questions: Canada Alaska and Canada US borders. Which three provinces joined Confederation after 1900. Tax money to Ottawa: weekly payout options. Prewar Canada plants count vs today. 1949 53 period average annual immigrants. Frederick the Great reportedly used champagne in coffee.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canning Vegetables and Fruits Safe Processing Tips
Advice on using pressure canners for vegetables to kill bacteria, with exemptions for tomatoes. Notes on boiling water bath methods, oven use, and altitude adjustments. Includes sugar syrup ratios for cold and hot pack canning of various fruits and general safety cautions.
New Heart Operation Trialed at University of Washington
Dr Franklin R Smith at the University of Washington School of Medicine develops a method connecting part of the left lung to the heart wall to augment blood supply. Trials include 25 dogs and two humans with uncertain outcomes.
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University of Washington School of Medicine
Franklin R. Smith
Smith
Winnipeg girl enjoys new life in Kitimat camp
Billie Kenward, a Winnipeg-born mother of two, lives in Kemano near Kitimat as her husband Ken works for Aluminum Company of Canada. The family resides in a prefabricated two bedroom house with limited shopping and entertainment, long commutes to school, and a small social circle. She says the camp offers warmth, bats, and a planned base boat to Kitimat, but she misses conversations and real shopping trips outside.
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Kemano
B.C
Billie Kenward
Winnipeg
Ken
Boissevain
Man
The
Aluminum Company of Canada
Vancouver
Aluminum Company
Kitimat
Billie
Willa
Union
Canadian Pacific
Pacific Western Airlines
Queen Charlotte Airlines
Prince Rupert
Billy
Wash-Wash
Cleaning Tips For Hats And Home Useful Hints
A stiff magnesia paste cleans a white felt hat by applying, drying, then brushing. A 100 watt bulb yields more light than four 25 watt bulbs for the same electricity use. Paper towels absorb moisture at the fridge bottom to keep produce dry. A jelly-glass twine holder with a hole in the lid holds cord. Ammonia in rinse water freshens tea towels and removes soil.
Homer the professional beggar not a writer
A historical note describes Homer as earning a living through begging rather than writing, detailing his unconventional occupation and daily routine.
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Homer
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