Exercise Musk-Ox to Route Canada Arctic Frontiers
From Churchill Manitoba a Canadian army team begins a 3100 mile Arctic trek to test winter travel tech for musk ox exercise. Route runs Baker Lake to Perry River Cambridge Bay Coppermine Port Radium Fort Nelson and Edmonton with May completion and Geographical Society reports to aid future northern development.
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Churchill
Manitoba
Arctic
Canadian Geographical Society
Edmonton
G. M. Dallyn
Canada
J. T. Wilson
N.D.H.Q. Ottawa
Wilson
The
Geographical Society
Magnetic Pole
Arctic Barrens
Arctic Islands
Baker Lake
Arctic Ocean
Back River
Back
Hudson's Bay Company
Perry River
Cambridge Bay
RCMP
St. Roch
Victoria Island
Coppermine
Port Radium
Alaska Highway
Fort Nelson
Radar's reach explained by RCAC pilot at Ottawa talk
Sqdn. Ldr. C. B. Limberick described vast air armadas crossing the country at high speed under ground control via radar. He noted Britain’s radar could plot German planes within 200 miles, outlined wartime and peacetime radar uses from submarine detection to rescue operations and weather forecasting.
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Sqdn. Ldr
C. B. Limberick
R.C.A.F
Kinsmen Club
Ottawa
England
Sqdn
Ldr
Limberick
Britain
Ottawa Citizen
Veteran RAF pilot Ernest Mayne demobilized after 28 years
The oldest Battle of Britain pilot Sqdn. Ldr. Ernest Tubby Mayne AF.C aged 44 has been demobilized after 28 years with the Royal Flying Corps and the RAF. He will take a position with a Kent automobile firm.
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Ernest
Tubby) Mayne
Af.c
Royal Flying Corps
RAF
Kent Automobile
First no hit baseball game played on July fifteenth
A historic baseball record notes a no hit game achieved on July 15, 1876. The feat marked a notable pitching performance in early professional play, highlighting the pitcher and team involved in this early milestone.
Timeless praise for Jack Miner and bird refuges across North America
A retrospective on Jack Miner the Kingsville founder praised as the greatest practical naturalist by Irvin S Cobb and others. References to refuges across the continent and the refuge system’s role in saving waterfowl, plus Miner family contributions to Saskatchewan's Provincial Museum.
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Jack Miner
Kingsville
Ontario
Irvin S. Cobb
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Billy Sunday
Tyrus R. Cobb Jr
Dublin
Georgia
Ira Gabrielson
Wild Life Service
House
Gabrielson
Manly F. Miner
Canada
United States
Jak Miner
Provincial Museum of
Saskatchewan
Fred G. Bard
Regina
Itwo
Welcome Engineer Salutes Returning Men From Train Whistle
Aboard the S S Andes bound for Quebec City with 4300 homing airmen, an engineer on a passing Canadian train saluted the ship with a triple blast from his steam whistle. The boys on deck cheered as the two trains exchanged blasts in a rare, heartwarming greeting.
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England
Canada
St. Lawrence
Quebec City
Fellows
S.S
Andes
F. Scherer
Early British Ads Help Seek Lost Relatives in America
An early newspaper practice used advertisements to locate relatives and friends who had migrated to North America and lost touch, showing the role of adverts in reconnecting communities across oceanic distances.
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North America
Good for one laugh from a puzzled remark
A psychologist predicts in 100 years people will have nothing to hate. The Ottawa Citizen notes confusion over the line. The piece jokes about old albums containing photographs of 1946 ladies and fashion moments.
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The
Ottawa Citizen
Formidable Task Of Restoring Railway Bridges Across Europe
The second report of the European Control of Inland Transport organization, issued January 28, notes progress in restoring railway communications across Europe. By year end, reconstruction of bridges and buildings should be far advanced, highlighting the new Deventer Holland bridge across the IJssel opened last November enabling resumed service between North Germany and Western Holland, a key Western Europe mil route.
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European Control of Inland Transport Organization
Europe
Tjssel
Deventer
Holland
Germany
Lasting Cutwork and Bridge Projects Describe Postwar Craft and Rail Links
The note describes Lasting and Lovely Cutwork pattern 7278 with a 20 cent mail request to Winnipeg arts department for motifs and sizes. It then details British Army Royal Engineers rebuilding the Deventer Bridge and the Wesel Crossing across the Rhine, highlighting design spans, temporary Bailey bridges, rapid construction, and the bridge as a Western Europe trade link.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Deventer
Royal Engineers
Netherland Railways
Ijssel
Europe
Rhine
Wesel Crossing
Wesel
Germany
Artificial Eyes Help Man Serve Overseas in War
Dr. Clifford Taylor, Canada's only artificial eye maker, notes a veteran who served in a combat battalion with one glass eye. The man reportedly escaped detection by memorizing the eye test chart. Taylor works for the Department of Veterans' Affairs in the ophthalmic department at Christie Street Hospital in Toronto.
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Clifford Taylor
Canada
Taylor
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Christie Street Hospital
Toronto
Newspapers Allow Quick Side by Side Comparison
The New York Times notes the newspaper enables readers to compare public statements across pages and compare product lines from different firms, contrasting it with radio’s linear flow and noting how readers can check Truman Bevin and Iranian coverage side by side.
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Truman
Bevin
Iran
Blank
New Spring
Ne Plus Ultra
New York Times
Spartan Diet Myth Foams Up About Goat Milk Power
Ancient sources imply Spartan soldiers drank goat milk soup to boost strength and combat prowess. The claim links diet to battlefield value, though evidence remains folkloric and contested by historians.
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Frederick E. Morgan
UNRRA
Washington
Herbert Lehman
Western
Alice Brooks
Glass Eye
Galt
Ont
Galt, Ont
Walter Norman
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