What Oil Means to Canada
A detailed overview of Canadian oil fields led by Leduc and Golden Spike. Explains gas cap dynamics and solution gas drive, D-2 and D-3 reefs, Blairmore, pump costs, field sizes near Edmonton, and rising exploration. Notes vast investment, growing production, and Canada moving toward oil self sufficiency with substantial government and industry financial impacts.
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Golden Spike
Leduc
Canada
Blairmore
Saskatchewan
Lloydminister
Leduc-Woodbend
Edmonton
Golden
U.S
Alberta
Western
United States
Western Canada
Develo
Home Workshop Pattern for Garden Ducks and Flamingos
A Home Workshop pattern describes making wood and plywood lawn figures of ducks and flamingos. It lists materials, cutting dimensions, and painting guides with patterns priced 35c each or $1.50 per pattern packet. Patterns are offered by Department P.P.L. at 44383 West Fifth Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
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P.P.L
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Humorous Navy Camp Gags and Pub Banter
A collection of light war era vignettes features recruits marching on a dusty road past a cozy pub where humor about route marching is traded. Jokes cover marriage, boxing telegrams, and a recruit who cannot eat due to losing his knife and fork while a doctor extols fruit skin.
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M.O
Swans Knock Out Power Line Service in Alberta District
A pair of swans collided with power lines in southern Alberta near Wrong Beam Woolford disrupting service. Utility crews worked to restore electricity after the electrocution cut power to the district.
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Woolford
Alta
Alberta
Holly shipment from Vancouver Island rises to 13 tons
Reports indicate 13 tons of holly were shipped from Vancouver Island to eastern Canadian points last Christmas season, marking an 86 percent increase over the previous year.
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Vancouver Island
Dodd's Kidney Pills Advertised for Tired People
The advertisement urges readers tired all the time to take Dodd's Kidney Pills to stimulate kidneys and remove excess acids and wastes. It claims improved sleep and work performance after use and directs readers to look for a blue box with a red band.
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Dodd
Alberta Premier calls for highway safety drive
Premier E C Manning warns that auto crashes maim far more Canadians than diseases noting Alberta fatalities from highway accidents dwarf polio figures. He urges an all out war on the problem, credits communities and law enforcement, and stresses a life-line to save lives and reduce maiming this year.
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Alberta
Canada
E. C. Manning
Lom
Manning
ICE FREE HIGHWAY TESTS LAUNCHED IN NEW BRUNSWICK
Encouraging results from a test road strip show an ice free highway by mixing a German compound with asphalt. A Cremona memorial tablet marks where Antonio Stradivarius made his violins.
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New Brunswick
Cremona
Italy
Antonio Stradivarius
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A. W. Hanks
John
Mary
Peggy
By Chuck Thurston
Mink
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