Royal Commission urges rail and roads for Alberta Northland
The commission urges a northern Alberta transport expansion including a railway from McMurray to Pine Point and new roads to Great Slave Lake. It recommends provincial subsidies for right of way and calls for reworking the Mackenzie Highway to higher standards. The report highlights vast northern development potential and projected growth in the 1956 population.
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Royal Commission
Alberta
Northland
Murray
Great Slave Lake
Alertans
MacGregor Royal
Canada
Commission
Cow Attacks Eight-Year-Old During Calf Search
Mary Anne Trueby, eight, was chased and knocked to the ground by a normally gentle cow while her father and sisters followed. He struck the animal with a board to drive it off. Mary Anne suffered a cut lip and bruises but was able to walk home safely with family. The Humboldt Journal reports the incident from St. Gregor.
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Mary Anne Trueby
Oscar Trueby
St. Gregor
Mr. Trueby
Mary Anne
Mrs. Trueby
Humboldt, Sask
Practice Road Courtesy Classified Offer
Classified ad for courses in bookkeeping salesmanship shorthand and typewriting offering lessons for 50 cents. Free circular No 35 requested from Canadian Correspondence Courses at 1290 Bay Street Toronto.
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Bay Street
Toronto
Misc items for sale include oil burner and boiler parts
MISC. ARTICLES FOR SALE Cleaver Brooks heavy oil burner and two 250 gallon tanks Burns No. 5 oil Suitable for small commercial building Price $400 00 Also steam boiler low water cut off and steam pressure control Apply 2265 Lorne St Regina Sask 94-98 BOAT KITS Or Complete Finished Units Here is the kit you can assemble with 24 hours labor All parts pre cut Screws glue and complete in structions supplied Models from cabin cruiser to flashing run ax You may select from kits as sel ed but not finished or com letely finished units See the world's best boating buy MORRROW'S SERVICE TD Dewdney & Albert-Ph 10 9-3030 Oil furnace used two years or less complete with tank and con trols $275.00 Contact Mahoney & Sons Ltd Regina Sask 96-00-OS Oil burner tank switches and thermostat $75.00 2328 Retallack Regina Phone LA 3-2316 $6
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Cleaver Brooks
Lorne St
Regina
Sask
Morrrow's
Dewdney & Albert
Contact Mahoney & Sons Ltd
Marking devices and dragline excavation offer
An advertisement notes marking devices rubber stamps and custom stencils with a dragline available for dugouts. It states a four or more dugouts option and a farmer's cost of 375 dollars per dugout. Contact Grant Macdonald in Regina and Marco in Silver Spring for quotations and a free catalogue.
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Marco
Silver Spring
Maryland
U.S.A
Farmer's
Grant Macdonald
Scarth and &Sth
Regina
Quick thinking rescues child from near drowning
David Paradee, 18, of Blackie, saved two year old Eric Egeland from drowning after hearing a scream near the old manse. He pulled the child from water, ensured breathing, and led him to the Eyeland home before a High River doctor treated him with warmth and rest.
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Reeds
David
Eric Egeland
Blackie
Eric
Eyeland
High River
St. John’s Ambulance
Blackie Home and School Association
Medicine Hat
the Times
Alta
Local LCW Demands Action To Tidy Swift Current Streets
The Local Council of Women in Swift Current instructs that steps be taken to clean up streets lanes and public places deemed a disgrace. Chair Mrs E G Stonehouse cites a 1954 bylaw penalizing littering up to 100 dollars or jail and urges enforcement at the next council meeting.
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Council of Women
Swift Current
E. G. Stonehouse
LCW
Stonehouse
the Sun
Sask
City buys street sweeper for Estevan
The City of Estevan purchases a new street sweeper and staff from the supplying company have been in Estevan this week to train the public works department on operation and maintenance. It will go into service Thursday night, April 17, as part of a plan to improve city cleanliness. Alderman Paul Grundeen notes the acquisition is the first in a series of steps toward a cleaner city and urges citizen cooperation.
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Estevan
The
Mercury, Tevan, Sask
Chimpanzees Declared Most Intelligent by Scientists
Scientists claim chimpanzees top the animal kingdom in intelligence while horses and dogs rank lowest. The report highlights cognitive abilities across species and contrasts problem solving with baseline instinct.
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Animal Kingdom
Two Mile Long Freight Trains Loom in Canada
The article notes a coming milestone in Canadian railroading as diesel power allows freights of 125 to 165 cars. With longer cars and stronger locomotives, trains nearing two miles in length may soon become common, surpassing the era of 100 to 110 car steam freights.
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CNR
Indoor Shutters Pattern Details and Ordering
Pattern 445 provides directions for sturdy shutter frames and adjustable slats to regulate light. It will be mailed for 40c as part of five patterns in Decorator Projects from Home Workshop. Price 1.75 dollars. send orders to Home Workshop Patterns Department P.P.L. Vancouver BC.
British delegation to visit Canada to boost UK Canada trade
A 11 member British delegation led by Sir William Rootes of the Dollar Exports Council will tour Canada from April 24 visiting Ottawa Montreal Halifax Quebec City Toronto Winnipeg Regina Edmonton Calgary Vancouver and Victoria. The visit aims to promote greater two way trade and discuss imports with Canadian and UK officials and trade bodies.
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Dollar Sterling Trade Council
Canada
Britain
United Kingdom
William Rootes
Dollar Exports Council
Gordon Churchill
High Commissioner
London
BOAC
Britannia
Ottawa
Montreal
Halifax
Quebec City
Toronto
Winnipeg
Regina
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Victoria
Tish Council—Development and Industry
Lord Riverdale
Association of British Chambers of Commerce
Vincent Tewson
Trade Union Congress
Henry Tiarks
J. V. Morrison
Northern Ireland Development Council
E. D. O'Brien
P. S. Young
James S Duncan
Gordon Bowen
John L. Bonus
Canadian Association of British Manufacturers and Agencies
W. Luke Lawson
Peter Sturshberg
Wheat Freight Rules Under Prairie Export Rates
Wheat normally accounts for one third of Canadian railway freight traffic and federal law requires all prairie export grain to be moved at freight rates that applied in 1999. This rule binds pricing for grain shipments headed to export destinations.
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Prairies
Vegreville Builds New Water Reservoir and Plant
The Vegreville project fills a new water reservoir drawing 4000 gallons per minute from Vermilion River. About 20 million gallons have been pumped, with 71 million expected this year. The basin covers 1500 by 250 feet, 200 feet deep, lined with asphalt fibre glass, and a treatment plant will filter chlorinate aerate and purify water. The system stores three years’ supply and costs 287000 dollars including land and piping.
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Vermilion
Maine Named From Ancient French Province Origin
Maine state name traces to the historical province of France with the same designation. The note links the US state to its European namesake and historical roots.
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Maine
The
France
Printed Pattern 4863 Childrens Sizes 2 4 6 8
Advertisement for a mother mades child clothing pattern, style 4863 for sizes 2 4 6 8. Includes shirt top and shorts with yardage 1 yard 35 inches for shirt and 1 yard for shorts, with printed directions and order to send 50 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. in Toronto.
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Anne Adams Pattern Dept
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
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McMourray
Mniles
Ste Anne Chronicle
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
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B.C
Charles Hambro
DEC
Edward Herbert
D.E.C
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