Snowy Canadian Winter Draws Tourists to Parks and Slopes
A sweeping Canadian scene shows snow covering from Atlantic to Pacific as Americans visit winter spots. Ski centers rise with sleighs and joy, while Canada’s national parks expand winter attractions in Banff Jasper Revelstoke and beyond offering chalets, ski runs, and world record jumps amid alpine scenery.
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Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Dominion
United States
King Winter
Rocky and Selkirk Mountains
Banff National Park
Alhberta
Mount Norquay
Skeki Valley
Sunshine Valley
Mount Assiniboine
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Whistlers Mountain
Tonquin Valley
Maligne Lake
Mount Revelstoke National Park
Revelstoke Hill
Unexpected Talent Reveals Civilian Figures Turned Generals
The Toronto Globe and Mail notes that war reveals talent in civilians who became senior military leaders. It cites Australia's Tobruk defender Major-General Leslie James Morshead once a dapper schoolmaster and Canada’s Sir Arthur Currie who rose from business to Commander of the Canadian forces in the Great War.
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Australia
Tobruk
Leslie James Morshead
Canada
Arthur Currie
Toronto Globe and Mail
Rare Toucan Fact Pack
A tropical toucan in the western hemisphere has a long red blue orange and white beak and feeds mainly on fruit. The Fish and Wildlife Service notes some birds live 17 years. The text also mentions 16 000 new American hats worn in Brazil last year.
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Hemisphere
Mexico
Fish and Wildlife Service
Brazil
Winter Care Of Work Horses On Prairie Wool Feed
Expert from Dominion Experimental Station Saskatoon outlines winter feeding for work horses. When prairie wool is available horses tolerate snow without salt or water, but otherwise require shelter, salt with water access, and possible grain or tame hay. If straw is sole roughage, add salt and water and consider grain or molasses for palatability while avoiding digestive issues.
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Praire
E. van Nice
Dominion Experimental Station
Scott
Drifting in Spring Soil Management Techniques
The article outlines methods to prevent spring soil drifting after fall and winter drift exposure. Techniques include deep loFilling mulching, lifting strips, duckfoot cultivation, furrow drills, windproofing soil, and targeted harrowing or straw mulching. When drift surpasses control, ploughing and reseeding or strip farming are remedies.
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A E. Palmer
Dominion Experimental Station
Lethbridge
Alberta
Fighting Keen Family Kindness From Canada Helps Britain
The London Call highlights the Keen family with ten sons in Britain's armed forces. It notes captures, escapes, wounds, and service across navy, army, and air force roles. It also recalls a Canadian couple offering to adopt evacuated British children, forming a cross Atlantic friendship and prompting thanks to Canada.
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Keens
David Keens
Britain
David
St. Valery
France
Albert
Lewis
Nelson
Henry
William
Belfast
Richard
Hampshire Regiment
Dunkerque
Charlie
England
George
Egypt
Stan
R.A.F
Walter
Canada
London
Atlantic
Fragmentary OCR Note On Alphabet Quirk
A scrambled OCR fragment notes that the Greek or Roman alphabets lack a letter similar to y and mentions a distorted term Uv taking its saeo with a date 2443 implied. The text is incomplete and reads as a linguistic curiosity.
Nicknames in England Reflect Local Distinctions
English nicknames show unique local usage with Clark becoming Nobby for a well known man, and all Millers termed Dusty. People with red hair are called Ginger, not Red, in English slang.
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Clark
England
Nobby
Invasion of England at Bulverhithe Sussex Coast
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Norman invasion fleet led by William, Duke of Burgundy, assembling at Bulverhithe on the Sussex coast with about 900 boats in September 1066.
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Asion
England
William
Bulverhithe
Burgundy
Sussex
British Army bans boot polishing with battle dress
An army order forbids soldiers from polishing boots worn with battle dress and prescribes dubbin for a dull finish and better gas protection. Bombers carry carrier pigeons for use if wireless is destroyed. Home made jellies and jams were luxurious in early 18th century Britain.
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Great Britain
Poland's Little Poland in Britain remembers Kizik and Niko
In Britain a Polish colony named Little Poland embodies liberation ideals amid war memories. Kizik and Niko, once childhood friends, trained to fly together.Both fought Nazi pilots. Kizik earned the DFC DSO and Polish VC while Niko is missing.
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Poland
Britain
Kizik
Niko
England
D.F.C
D.S.O
V.C
Two Czech children win Wentworth public school speaking contest
In three years in the country both children learned English and captured the annual Wentworth County public school speaking contest. The victory marks two fine young Canadians emerging from immigrant roots.
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Wentworth County
Dominion
Ancient Custom Olive Branch Signals Truce
Historic practice among early barbarians involved sending olive trees after defeat to signify peace. Later periods shifted to merely offering an olive branch as a symbol of truce and reconciliation.
No Cranes Needed as Tanks Ride Train Across England
A London Sunday Express correspondent reports tank trains moving through England with infantry tanks and Bren carriers loading directly from wagon to wagon. Tanks travel on the same rail line as troops and supplies, ready for action, with no crane unloading required. The train, including ammunition and officers, weighed about 550 tons and departed at 18% hours, reaching the destination after detrainment.
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London Sunday Express
England
A&a
Royal Tank Corps
S.N.E.R
First Known Pipe Smoking Found In New Mexico Ruins
Field Museum archaeologists uncover an ancient Mogollo site in New Mexico dating to the 5th century A.D. where pipes are found suggesting smoking may date back 1,000 years before Europeans. Evidence indicates possible tobacco or other fuels and shows signs of malnutrition in remains.
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Field Museum
Southwest
Paul S. Martin
Field Museum of Natural History
New Mexico
America
Great Lakes
Argentina
Dr. Martin
Mogollo
Tin
Not Now For British
A historical dispatch from 1588 highlights urgent demand for weapons and supplies for the Grand Fleet amid ongoing battles. Lord High Admiral Effingham pleads for swift provision of large shot and equipment as shortages threaten military effort.
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London
Lord Gort
Financial Post
Notable Ears and the Space They Enclose
A reflective note compares ears to a window between person and inner life. It suggests what matters is what lies between the outer boundary and the heart, not the outer shape or length. The speaker hints at familiarity with such observations.
Railway Cats Run Free in Winnipeg Mix Up
Railway officials found a cat among a camload of cats at Winnipeg and before returning it to Moose Jaw the animal ran away.
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Winnipeg
Moos Jaw
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the Dominion
Ting
A.T.S
Little Poland
Europe
U.S
Air Corps
Maxwell Field
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