Last Straws in Ma Perkins Homestead Visit
Ma Perkins awaits news as Phil and his wife arrive home from the country for a possible job and a move back to the town. Pa reads back numbers as Ma reveals a hidden love for family plans while the milkman interrupts and the letter pages are finally discovered.
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Ma Perkins
Betty
Bill
Jane
Eddie
Phil
Wheeler
Tom Wheeler
Phils
Mexico
Tong
Dogs For Canada Sixteen Pet Dogs Ship From England
Sixteen pet dogs of various breeds arrived at Halifax from Liverpool described as the largest shipment of its kind in years. The animals were cared for by the ship’s butcher and crew and are bound for homes across Canada and the United States. Two Welsh Terriers head to Stamford Connecticut and a cross breed to Brooklyn New York. A retriever goes to Hamilton Ontario and a dachshund to Kitchener Ontario. A spaniel to Sault Ste Marie Ontario, an Alsatian and two spaniels to Toronto. A Welsh corgi to Vancouver, a retriever to Winnipeg, a fox terrier to Sexsmith Alberta, and an army setter to Chapleau Ontario. A retriever and a spaniel are bound for Westmount Quebec.
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Halifax
Liverpool
Canada
Stamford
Conn
Brooklyn
N.Y
United States
Express Department
Canadian National Railways
Hamilton
Ont
Kitchener
Sault Ste. Marie
Toronto
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Sexsmith
Alta
Chapleau
Westmount
Que
Prague Newspapers Run On Small Sheets Amid Import Block
Ten Prague papers began publishing as single small sheets due to a newsprint import ban. No paper is privately owned. all are linked to political parties or nationwide organizations. Four titles represent political parties.
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Prague
Glasgow firm to sell long lasting glass lighter wicks
A Glasgow manufacturer plans to put on sale after the war a spun glass lighter wick that will last forever. Production is underway but all supplies are currently delivered to troops in the Far East and the navy.
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Glasgow
Far East
Navy
Three Canadian wartime honors awarded to Wing Commander Geoffrey Northcott
In a singular tribute, Wing Commander Geoffrey Northcott of Minnedosa Man earned the Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Flying Cross with bar, plus a third award, the DFC already earned in 1943 for 55 Spitfire missions. The 25-year-old pilot, famed for assault operations on Normandy beaches, is celebrated for his wartime heroism and ship attacks.
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George
Buzz) Buerling
Verdun Que
Geoffrey Northcott
Minnedosa
Com
Northcott
D.F.C
D.S.C
Normandy
France
Air Force
Air-Sea Lifeboat Saves Six Off Newfoundland
Six RCAF airmen were saved after their aircraft ditched while searching for the RAF Liberator carrying British officials home from the San Francisco conference. A lifeboat dropped by an RCAF Hudson reached them. they were taken aboard a RAF Canso and flown to Newfoundland, with a Royal Canadian naval ship recovering the lifeboat.
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Canada
North American
R.C.A.F
Newfoundland
Gander Nflid
R.A.F. Transport Command
Liberator
San Francisco
Royal Canadian Naval
Wheat Exports Seen Moderate Carry-Over Rise in 1945 and 1946
Canada and the United States lead world exports as carry-over stock in Canada is projected to total 285 to 300 million bushels by July 1945. US stocks are expected at 350 to 375 million bushels, with a continued heavy export program shaping the 1946 carry-over amid large harvests and domestic use.
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Canada
United States
Europe
Juno Texas Town Origin Tied To Bartender Joke
In 1885 the town of Juno Texas earned its name from the sole bartender who served near beer and answered You know when asked for a drink. Locals pronounced ju know and the nickname became the post office name Ju know later spelled Juno in 2630.
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Juno
Texas
Canadians in Britain: Over Twenty Thousand Staying Behind
The Globe and Mail notes that more than 20 000 Canadian service members plan to stay in Britain, seven times the post World War I number. The Ottawa Citizen suggests many stay for love of Britain, with years spent in England forming a strong attachment among young veterans and likely many with partners in the background.
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Canada
Britain
F. C. Phipps
British Legion
London
Globe and Mail
England
Ottawa Citizen
Anne Adams Pattern 4529 Shirtwaist Dress for Sizes 14–42
Pattern 4529 features a shirtwaist dress with extended yoke forming cap sleeves. Sizes 14 16 18 20 32 34 36 38 40 42 require 2% yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg with name address and style number. mail delay may occur. Great lava caverns in Hawaii reveal underwater water-filled caverns with eyeless fish.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
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Gormley
Dean Dempster
Drumheller
Holland
Michigan
Port Alberni
B.C
Cabri
Sask
Board of Trade
Tashme
Japan
Rockies
Chilliwack Progress
Wolfville
N.S
Brenner Pass
The
Alps
Quaker Oats Company OF Canada Limited
MacDonald
Hawaii
Wilson
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