New Gibraltar of the New World Gander Air Hub
Gander Newfoundland, the crossroads of global air travel, handles over 490 daily passengers en route to the Americas and Europe. Operated by Newfoundland Civil Aviation, with 2000 staff, it features four runways and extensive living facilities, making it a pivotal base for trans oceanic flights and wartime bomber ferrying.
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Cecil Hamilton
New York Herald Tribune
Nad
Gander
United States
Canada
Latin America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Mars
New York
London
Paris
Newfoundland
Civil Aviation Department
Newfoundland Railway
St. John's
North America
Caribou
Moone
Gander Lake
la Guardia
Grand Banks
Azores
Bermuda
Paris Fashion Icon Bolero Sought After by World Elite
The Paris haute couture scene showcases a Balenciaga Empire bolero in peacock green velvet embroidered with 213 diamonds over a white satin sheath. An evening gown valued at 25,000,000 francs highlights France’s fashion export strength amid material shortages and wartime strain.
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Paris
France
United States
Ottawa Journal
Street car stations eyed for Hamilton school use
Hamilton plans to convert old street cars into temporary classrooms due to a shortage of school space. The move would reuse retired street cars as portable stations for students while new facilities are prepared.
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Hamilton. Hamilton
Large Number Recross Border in 1846
Immigration officials in Ottawa report 11,469 Canadians who had gone to the United States returned to Canada in 1846. The figure implies about one in seven of the 71,719 new immigrants to Canada came from the U.S. The returns offer comfort amid concerns over migration to larger centers, contrasting with 12,469 former citizens who rejoined Canada after attempting life in both countries.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Bradley Proposes U S Build Two Luxury Liners
Rep Willis N Bradley announces a bill directing the Maritime Commission to build two new luxury liners within two years to exceed the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in speed and safety. He cites the John Ericsson fire and alleges the ship was too old and unsuitable for U S use.
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Washington
United States
Willis N. Bradley
Rep.Calif
John Ericcson
Bradley
House
Merchant Marine
Coast Guard
Maritime Commission
New York
Hamburg
If You Were Busy Being Kind and Right
A compact didactic verse urges kindness and gladness over fault finding. It contrasts personal virtue with criticizing others and notes the era when egret plumes fetched high prices before bird protection laws.
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Continent
Kenora council backs war memorial ski jump project
The Kenora Ontario town council approves fundraising to build a 1500 dollar memorial ski jump with most labor by club members. Other notes include Barbara Ann Scott's Ottawa recognition and plans for rink construction in Calgary and Minnedosa.
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Kenora, Ont
Kenora
Pole Britain
Fuel Ministry
Barbara Ann Scott
Miss Scott
Atlantic Leviathan Queen Elizabeth Largest Vessel Ever Constructed
The Cunard White Star liner Queen Elizabeth, 1031 feet long with about 85000 gross tons, launched September 27 1938 at Clydebank by Queen Elizabeth. It carries 1200 crew and 2300 passengers with vast amenities and advanced tech including twelve boilers four turbo generators gyro pilot auto steering and world wide radio telephone links.
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Cunard-White Star
Clydebank
Queen Elizabeth
London
Elizabeth
Waterloo Bridge
Trafalgar Square
Europe
America
Thrills of the Roarin' Game in 1938 Curling Final
AB Gowans recalls the 1938 Canadian curling championship run to the Brier title in Winnipeg Manitoba. He describes a tense final end against Vancouver BC skip Billy Finlay with Bing Cartmell and Cliff Manahan watching as Gowans executes a crucial in turn draw to the button. The shot preserved a lead and avoided a three way tie, thrilling four Manitobans including Cartmell and McKnight.
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Billy Finlay
Vancouver
B.C
Bing Cartmell
Billy
Cartmell
Cliff Manahan
Edmonton
Manahan
Finlay
Dominion of Canada
Tommy McKnight
All Vegetables Eaten With Fork Including Peas
A guideline states that all vegetables are eaten with a fork and peas fall under this rule.
Snow plow fights fire in Sault Ste. Marie blaze
Four alarm fire near Sault Ste. Marie Michigan hampered by deep snow and low water pressure. A Snogo rotary snowplow arrived, plowed through a drift and showered the building with snow as flames raged, marking an early instance of firefighting with snow.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Knit On 2 Needles Pattern 7314 for Bathroom Rug
Brighten your bathroom with a 31 inch rug knitted on 2 needles. Pattern 7314 provides directions for a gay rug stool cover and crocheted fringe using rug cotton or repurposed stockings. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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U.S
Alphonse
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Bevin
Gaston
Dunkirk
U.N
United Nations’ Commission
Pavlos Melas
Salonika
Calgary
the Elbow
Sask
Saskatchewan River
Roland Dykes
Regina
Murray Armstrong
Murray
Buffalo
Dallas
Minnedosa
Minnedosa and District
I de
Bert Lindsay
Kirkland Lake
Ont
Detroit Red Wings
Ted Lindsay
National Hockey League
Philadelphia
Santa Cruz
Guadalcanal
Fourth Naval District
Atlantic
Leviathan
Cacita
Alice Cagle
Twin Keys Bank
Florida
Dacita
Coastguard
AB Gowanlock
Dauphin
Alice Brooks
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