Change in Command at Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Stuart Taylor Wood retires after 38 years and is succeeded by Commissioner L H Nicholson. The House of Commons, led by Minister of Justice Hon. H Garson, pays tribute to the RCMP and its retiring chief with praise from all parties. George Drew says no police force ranks higher than the RCMP.
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Roys Canadien Mounted Police
Canada
Stuart Taylor Wood
L. H. Nicholson
Houe of Commons
Garson
RCMP
George Drew
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Former Commissioner Wood and the Mounted Police Legacy
Former Commissioner Wood, son of an assistant commissioner, joined the Mounted Police in 1912. He served in the far north and the west, witnessing the force’s growth from its early days to its present form and became commissioner in 1988 after Sir James MacBrien’s death. His career helped expand the service in numbers and scope.
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Wood
Mounted Police
Canada
James MacBrien
Fine Record of Service of Commissioner Nicholson
Commissioner L. H. Nicholson brings a long RCMP career to his new post. He directed the criminal investigation branch since 1946 after earlier duties in the Maritimes and the west. From 1941 to 1946 he served overseas with the Canadian army as a colonel. He joins a line of distinguished RCMP leaders and Canadians take pride in the force.
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L. H. Nicholson
R.cm.p
R.cmp
Martimes
West
Canadian Army
Nicholson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Variety Of Transportation Used By Children In Getting To School
Nine Dillabough district pupils in Weekes Saskatchewan travel to Hudson Bay school by many modes. They use car sleigh wagon tractor or railway speeder depending on season and road conditions. Jack Watt coordinates transport and can usually find a path despite blocked roads.
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Weekes
Sask
Dillabough
Jack Watt
Hudson Bay
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
19 To One Odds Against War
Lloyds of London places 19 to 1 against war delaying a June convention. Earlier 50 to 1 was quoted for a world war before September 1951. Dr. Frank Wood, Seattle, Pacific Coast Dental Conference president, says the group pays a $535 premium on a $10,000 policy to cover advance costs for the June 25-28 meeting.
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Seattle
Lloyds of London
Lloyds
Frank Wood
Pacific Coast Dental Conference
Winnipeg Horse Trough Sold as Historic Memento
A horse water trough from Winnipeg’s early days was sold by the Public Works committee to a private citizen for 10 dollars. The purchaser plans to place it in front of her home as a historical and aesthetic memento.
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Winnipeg
Public Works Committee
Lethbridge Renamed for William Lethbridge
The western Canadian town then called Coalbanks in 1885 received its new name Lethbridge in honor of William Lethbridge, reflecting a shift in identity and development.
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Lethbridge, Alta
Coalbanks
William Lethbridge
Sour Cream Buns From Quick Yeast Dough
A vintage recipe details a sour cream bun dough using milk sugar salt butter and potato mash with Fleischmanns dry yeast. The method covers mixing warming water sugar yeast rising twice shaping into rounds with jam centers, brushing with egg white and sugar, then baking about 15 minutes for a dozen buns.
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Fleischmann
Calgary Man Builds Bicycle For Four
Calgary resident Matt B. Wolthuis runs a bicycle shop and preserves a rare four rider bicycle eight feet long. He inherited the relic from a shop that closed long ago and notes its weight makes steering difficult. Wolthuis also showcases an 1880 penny-farthing outside his store. His assistant Fred Anderson is celebrated as the first man to cross Canada by bicycle, completing 4600 miles from Vancouver to Sydney, Nova Scotia, in 25 days in June 1946.
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Calgary
Matt B. Wolthuis
Matt
Holland
Fred Anderson
Canada
Vancouver
Sydney
N.S
Upkeep of Alaska Highway Probed by Public Accounts Committee
Ottawa report shows Alaska Highway maintenance cost just over 7 million dollars for 1,221 miles from Dawson Creek to the Alaska border. MPs questioned the high expense as Defence officials note American Army vehicles paid no tolls and most equipment for Alaska arrived by air.
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Ottawa
Public Accounts Committee
House of Commons
National Defence Department
Alaska
Dawson Creek
British Columbia
Defence Headquarters
Urges Return To Bible As Guide-Post
Calgary report on the Alberta Conference of the United Church of Canada where President Rev. Thomas Hart of Edmonton urges Christians to train the modern mind to accept the gospel and return to the Bible for guidance. He warns against undervaluing religion and calls it a device of the devil.
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Calgary
Thomas Hart
Edmonton
Alberta
United Church of Canada
Hart
Sugar Price Hike At Vancouver Refinery
British Columbia Sugar Refinery Ltd raises refined sugar wholesale price by 20 cents per hundredweight to 10.30 dollars across British Columbia Alberta and Saskatchewan effective immediately.
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Vancouver
British Columbia Sugar Refinery Ltd
B.C
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Funny and Otherwise: A Variety of Humorous Vignettes
A collection of light jokes and short anecdotes involving a schoolboy in a bookstore, a matron and President Coolidge, a prim lady at beer, two girls debating love, a smart-aleck Johnny, a life sentence, a prison guard exchange, a lamp incident with a singing husband, and a child asking about a train station. 2936
Grasshopper Battle In Canada Ramps Up With Poison Tonnage
Canadian farmers prepare to deploy large quantities of poison to combat grasshopper swarms across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Eggs survived winter better than expected and control efforts emphasize bait and spraying with sawdust stockpiled for mixing. Government shares costs with municipalities as hoppers threaten crops in Red River valley and areas near Calgary.
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Manitoba
Red River
Winnipeg
International Border Agriculture
Saskatchewan
I. C. Nollet
Alberta
Calgary
Medicine Hat
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