Halfway House characters clash over missing man
Anne obsesses over Erich Kruger as Blake’s sudden departure rattles trust at Halfway House. Jud, with a tobacco stained grin, hints Rhea Marshall’s gossip links to a supposed escaped prisoner and a kept secret in town.
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Anne
Burke
Erich
Sand Flats
Halfway House
Mexico
Erich Kruger
Jud
Mr. Blake
Miss Marshall
Rhea Marshall
Rhea
Blake
Mystery Fire Suspect John Blake Targeted by Steve Hayes
Steve Hayes pursues John Blake now missing after a forest fire at Indian Lake watershed. Anne lends help while Bill McRae questions Blake’s alibi and a German prisoner theory surfaces. Rhea reappears as Steve weighs love, loyalty, and a dangerous pursuit.
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Anne
Bill McRae
Steve
Bill
Halfway House
John Blake
Lowry
Sand Flats
Indian Lake
Canada
Mr. Blake
Bill MacRae
F.B.L
Blake
Reno
Squaw Creek
Rhea
Wickedly witty interlude sketches in vaudeville style
The passage presents a string of humorous exchanges among a wife and husband, a tramp, a jeweller, a prospective bridegroom, a seaman and others. The jokes hinge on miscommunication money matters and social pretensions, delivered in brisk dialogue suitable for a light stage sketch.
Exemption Granted for Students in War Research
The National Defence Headquarters announced that Canadian university students conducting war research under National Research Council projects will not be required to take military training. About 128 students nationwide are involved in this work.
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National Defence Headquarters
National Research Council
Canada
Party games for a lively Winnipeg gathering
A Home Service notice promotes party games for gatherings. It outlines ideas like On Safari with toy guns and hidden animal cutouts, Who Am I, Magic Writing, Card Toss Fortunes, and other stunts from a 32 page booklet. Readers are invited to send 15c for the booklet to Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Alberta Sugar Beet Harvest Powers 345000 Tons For 1942
The 1942 southern Alberta beet crop yields 345000 tons from 27000 acres. Plant runs through January will produce about 110000000 pounds of sugar. Farmers get about 3100000 dollars, with nearly 1 million dollar for beet labor. Sugar sales approach 10000000 dollars. excise taxes total roughly 1650000 dollars.
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Lethbridge Herald
World’s largest bookstore locations noted
Report states the world’s largest bookstore is in London while a second‑largest is described as located in Helsingfors Finland. The item emphasizes scale and geographic spread of major bookshops.
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London
Helsingfors
Finland
Night Blooming Cereus Breaks Long Record at Daylight Bloom
After 42 years of a midnight bloom, the long blooming cereus owned by Ed ward Volk of Cleveland opened in broad daylight in 1942. The annual flower, which opens once a year around midnight and closes at sunrise, surprised observers by blooming during the day this year.
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Cereus
Old Faithful
Edward Volk
Cleveland
All Fighting Machines Rally to Farm Field Readiness
A farmer urges all equipment to be in fighting trim for next year noting that a tank breaks down a battle is lost and a binder being repaired risks crop loss. The focus is on preparedness and dependable machinery.
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Crossword puzzle clues and answers including numbers letters and words covering verbs prepositions and nouns from a mixed themed grid with references to languages islands rivers and mythic terms yielding a broad vocabulary set. The puzzle presents a dense array of cryptic style hints and matching solutions in a compact reference format.
Fibre flax products include line fibre and flax tow
The item notes line fibre flax and upholstery flax tow as the main products of fibre flax, listing them as principal outputs in a concise description.
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Steve Hayes
Nora
Nora Shure
O.K
McDonald
Laurie Maurice Stevenson
Wifflebotham
Toronto
Canadian Rockies
Home Service
Jolly Games
International Red Cross
MacDonald
Daily Mail
Posto
WAR Department
W. C. MacDonald Inc
P. O. Box
Place d'Armes
Montreal
Alberta
England
Mieid
French River
Islands
Pacific
Craggey Hill
Odin
Fis
Beast of Borden
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