Future May Have Greater Role For Welland Canal System
Canadian engineers expanded the Welland Ship canal to shuttle Great Lakes traffic between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The article traces four welland canals, their locks and capacity, and notes the canal could gain strategic importance if the St Lawrence Seaway project advances and U S usage grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welland Canal
H. D. Crawford
Central Press
Great Lakes
Welland Ship Canal
Niagara Falls
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Welland Canal Company
Welland
Niagara Peninsula
Atlantic Ocean
R. H. Boughton
Youngstown
Anne and
Jane
York
Upper Canada
Toronto
Rideau
Kingston
Ottawa
United States
North America
Great Lakes- Atlantic
North Atlantic
Lake Superior
Labrador
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Helpful Hints For Home Maintenance And Décor
Tips cover practical plumbing advice about lye and grease in drains. A height cue warns tall individuals to avoid very short haircuts. Home decor suggests scalloped valances with a glass shelf and potted plants for kitchen window styling.
Two Year Bike Ride Continues Across North America
Robert Scott McArthur, a 23 year old Scot known for an appetite like a horse and legs of steel, has pedalled from Vancouver in 1947 and shows no hurry to stop. He has ridden across North America reaching Montreal and western Canada and the United States, with only three mishaps marring the journey. He funds the trip by working a few days here and there and hopes to return to the States or continue onward.
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Edmonton
Robert Scott McArthur
Scot
Vancouver
Scottie
States
Montreal
Canada
United States
London
Moose Jaw
Lovable Dress Your Little Lovebug Pattern 7252
Vintage advertising copy markets a spring dress pattern for children. It promotes a Lovebird Pinafore with sizes 2, 4, 6 and claims easy sewing, embroidery, and ironing open features. Instructions include transfer and cutting charts with photos. Request pattern by sending five cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Smile of the Week cartoon riffs on farm loans and politics
A humor caption questions the farming borrower’s financial ties, joking that government loans force reliance on political influence to run the dairy. The quip hints at economists’ concerns about farm debt and political leverage in rural areas.
England's highest mountain Seafell Scawfell crowned
England's tallest peak is Seafell or Scawfell in Cumberland, a double summit rising to 3 210 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Seafell
Scawfell
Cumberland
Youthful drive and opportunity in business mindset
The piece urges youth to seize daily opportunity through action vision and initiative. It cites quotes from Ultman and Scott to motivate courage and energy. It contrasts enterprise with comfort and warns against settling for security without growth, urging seeds of oak over Virginia creepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ramsay Ultman
Walter Scott
Virginia
When You Are On Your Own Graduating into Canada’s future
A Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter urges 1949 graduates to seize opportunities in a growing Canada. It stresses ambition initiative and concrete objectives, notes capital investment in 1948 and the coming spread of new industries, and argues success depends on people not conditions. It cites Henry Ford and Sir Walter Scott to warn against complacency and encourage decisive, focused effort.
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Canada
Geopol.s
Douglas Jerrold
Walter Scott
Elizabeth
Raleigh
Henry Ford
Henry Drummond
Bogg
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Robert Nichol
William Hamilton Merritt
Niagara Area
Lachine Rapids
Lake
Freigi
Big Ditch
Niagara
Scotland
Royal Bank of Canada
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