Need for Expanded Medical Service in Remote Prairie Areas
The piece argues for federal backed air ambulance networks to serve isolated North West districts. It cites Saskatchewan bases Regina and Prince Albert and compares to Australia where seven medical bases with on site hospitals exist to attract settlers. Expanded service could spur settlement and development in sparsely populated lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provinces
North West Terriories
RCAF
Saskatchewan
Regina
Prince Albert
Australia
Flying doctors urged to serve isolated northern districts
Dr Mary in northern Johnstone and Alberta calls for air medical service to reach critical cases in isolated western districts. She argues flying doctors would save lives, attract settlers, and improve humanitarian aid where no established medical service exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mary
Johnstone
Mb.e
Alberta
Recipes Plain Muffins and Salmon Croquettes
Plain muffins mix flour sugar fat baking powder and salt with egg and milk then bake in hot oven. Salmon croquettes combine salmon milk bread crumbs salt butter onion juice lemon juice and egg whites then bake in a moderately hot oven.
Is Proving Short Sighted Policy
The Winnipeg Free Press argues Canada cannot afford this fetish about young employees. Signs it is being abandoned in farseeing industries and businesses. The proposition cannot be justified even on selfish grounds. We need to increase total production and should not turn away skilled workers who are past forty.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Canada
Varied Uses for Salt Highlight Diverse Industries
Salt serves many roles across industries from plastics and nylon to dyes drugs and synthetic rubber. It also underpins photographic materials and other chemical processes.
Humorous Exchanges and Village Quips In Passing
A collage of lighthearted conversations and small town anecdotes include engaged Edith, jealous Julia, a radio newscaster, a fishbowl moment, a village schoolteacher gifted a clock and purse, and humorous exchanges about courting and family life. The bits mix romance, wit, and domestic humor with a playful tone.
Baby Diane Raven Baptized Across Four Generations
Baby Diane Heather Raven was baptized with attendance from her parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raven. Also present were her maternal grandfather Mr. R. F. Howe and grandmother Mrs. Howe of Vancouver and her maternal great grandmother and grandfather Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lysak of Winnipeg, continuing a direct four generation line.
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Flinflon, Man
Diane Heather Raven
Richard Raven
R. F. Howe
Vancouver
Dan Lysak
Winnipeg
Prefers Police Duty to Reporter’s Job
Edmonton journalist Jack Wilce left the Edmonton Bulletin to join the police force. He values the 40 hour week and works a graveyard shift from 11 pm to 7 am, saying in his sleep he only sees doors and more doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Jack Wilce
Edmonton Bulletin
Force
Story Of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Bands Is Most Interesting
Manitoba audiences enjoyed RCMP band concerts as they wrapped up the Manitoba leg of a dominion tour. The article recalls the force’s seven bands, including tales from early groups such as the Swan River barracks band of 1876 and the Fort Walsh debacle when drunken discord led to a major instrument brawl and the band’s disbandment.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Winnipeg
Manitoba
R.C.M.P
Force
R.C.M.P. Quarterly
Swan River Barracks
Queen Victoria
Satan
Fort Walsh
Lord Roberts
Africa
Fiery Itching Toes and Feet Relief Advertised
An ad touts a topical remedy claiming to quickly stop itching and relieve conditions like barber's itch salt rheum and eczema. The product promises powerful penetration, safety, and rare failures, urging readers to purchase from a modern drug store.
How Grain Can Be Stored Safely
Ottawa warns farmers to keep grain dry to prevent spoilage and insect attack. Repair roofs brush walls sweep floors and remove debris. Ventilate bins avoid moisture and inspect for heating or insects. If found fumigate with expert guidance from the Dominion Agriculture Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Division of Entomology
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion Public Building
Winnipeg
Man
Import Ban On Vegetables Will Not Be Lifted
Ottawa reports debunk rumors of lifting the U S fruit and vegetable import ban. Growers argue for a modified ban to protect Canadian markets, citing higher domestic planting and price ceilings set by W P T E after the ban began last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
U.S
Price Board
W.P.T.E
Ottawa acts to boost steel wire nails supply
The government says the steel controller will redirect steel rod to nail makers to ease a shortage delaying home construction. Central Mortgage and Housing Corp notes the small increase is an emergency measure not meant to cover all needs, distributed via CMHC branch offices to non priority builders unable to source nails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
C.M.H.C
Cm.h.c
Parliament by Leg Rules Draw Mocked Debate
The London Free Press notes a Canadian law clerk’s joke that limiting speeches to while standing on one leg would force concise talks. The columnist asks what happens if a speech lacks a leg to stand on.
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London Free Press
Flour Mills Output Falls in June Report Ottawa
Output of Canadian flour mills in June declined from June 1947, with wheat flour production down 22 percent to 1,911,800 barrels from 2,448,800. Cumulative output for the first 11 months of the current crop year stood at 22,429,400 barrels, a 14 percent drop. Wheat used for flour totaled 8,747,400 bushels in June versus 10,981,000 last year, and flour milled in the 11 months reached 101,869,000 bushels against 117,665,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Hope Subsidy Aims to Stabilize Bread Prices in Canada
A Canada prices board official said a 45 cent subsidy to millers covering domestic flour consumption of about 65 million bushels would cost taxpayers roughly 29.25 million dollars yearly. Removal of fats and oils subsidies could save 1.5 to 2 million monthly, offsetting flour subsidy. The plan targets wheat cost rises to 2.00 a bushel, notes shortening costs may rise. The government may still cap bread prices if needed.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Game bird increase seen in Alberta
Prof. J. E. Moore of the University of Alberta reports after a month of research that game birds and rabbits are increasing in the Rocky Mountain House Saunders and Bordegg districts in western Alberta while timber wolves decline and the field mouse has almost disappeared.
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Rocky Mountain House
Saunders and
Bordegg
Alberta
J. E. Moore
University of Alberta
Vancouver woman aims for truck and home on shine stand
An energetic 25 year old blonde named Jackie Bothwell is believed to be the first woman to work a Vancouver shoe shine stand. Her goal is to earn enough to buy a truck and later use it to fund a home. Morse perfected his electric telegraph in 1832.
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Vancouver
Jackie Bothwell
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Carter
Carver
Mae
Harry
Sam
Edith
Julia
Junior
Ted Sandal
Taber
Alta
W. D. Smith
Olds
Ivanhoe
Saskatoon
Chas. Hariton & Sons
Belle Plaine
Sask
T. G. Short
Stoney Beach
Morse
Les Carrol
Golly
Maw
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