St Walburg Saskatchewan Our Western Towns Feature
St Walburg Saskatchewan renowned as a mixed farming district with a CN rail link 77 miles northwest of North Battleford. The town hosts diverse shops services lakes nearby for fishing and tourism plus a growing infrastructure including schools churches and a live board of trade. A note invites other small town papers to contribute to the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Walburg
Saskatchewan
Canadian National Railways
North Battleford
St Walburg
Northland
St. Walburg
Cold Lake
R.C.M.P
United
Board of Trade
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Scarth Street
Regia
Sask
Walburg
le Centre
Necklace Heist Foiled In Hotel Room Ruse
Marilyn Brandwynne tricks thief Hunch by offering him a portion of cash for the hot necklace then feigns compliance while a hotel detective, alerted by the switchboard, arrives. The robber is handcuffed and jailed, ending the plot without violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morano
Marilyn Brandwynne
Hunch
Marilyn
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Alberta oil tops 1947 value with record output
Alberta oil in 1947 valued at 17 million dollars from 6,809,283 barrels produced, down 329,249 barrels from 1946. Swift Current notes fair entertainment debate, Manitoba forest losses reach 74,000 acres in 1947, and Elie Pierre Major marks 106th birthday with angel cake. Whitehorse refinery dismantling moves ahead near Edmonton, with a 76 ton 74-foot tower lowered as the heaviest unit shipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Robson Black
Canadian Forestry Association
Whitehorse
Oil Company
Here
Singapore to serve as forward base for Australia
Darwin Australia reports Sir Hugh Lloyd asserts Singapore will resume its pre war role as a powerful forward base for Australia. The British air commander in chief in the Far East calls Singapore the most stable point in the East. He notes prewar trade linked to the British Empire and cites a Twentieth Century Fund finding that about 40 percent of US exports went to the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Australia
Singapore
Hugh Lloyd
Far East
Hugh
United States
British Empire
Twentieth Century Fund
Dairy champ Alice Bruce shown receiving cup
Miss Alice Bruce from Didsbury wins the dairy judging champion cup during Edmonton Dairy Convention Week as D H McCallum provincial dairy commissioner presents the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alice Bruce
Didsbury
D. H. McCallum
Postwar Trade Share: US and UK Buy Large Canada Exports
For the first half of 1947 the United States and United Kingdom together purchased over three-fifths of Canada’s exports. The report highlights a strong postwar trade recovery with major demand from North Atlantic markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
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Vinge
Paradise Hill
Spruce Lake
Frenchman Butte
Red Cross
Bright Sand
Minneapolis
Minn
St. Walberg
Canadian Legion
Colchester
England
Alec Vinge
The
St. Walburg Enterprise
Edward Earl Lee
Western Briefs
Swift Current
Swift Current Ministerial Association
Carman
Elie Pierre Major
Gladys Gilbuly
Fashion Beauty
Portage Ave
Winnipeg, Man
Regina
Calgary
Liia
Chases
Inder
Paw
Peggy
SYR
A ~E-Man
FAS
Les Carrol
Chuck Thurston
NY Mother
Uma Algled
Admiral Byrd
Ballroc
Dept
Richmond St. West
Toronto
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