James Duncan shaped Massey Harris Ferguson to world prominence
The Regina Post profiles James Stuart Duncan born in Paris to Scottish parents who rose from Berlin office boy to chairman and president of Massey Harris Ferguson Co Ltd. He led WWII air defence efforts, promoted British Canada trade, and pushed European expansion and self propelled combines shaping global farming.
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Regina
Paris
James Stuart Duncan
Massey - Harris- Ferguson Co Ltd
Sir Lyman Melvyn Jones
Massey-Harris Organization
James Duncan
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
UMRA
Britain
Canada
Massey-Harris-Ferguson Co., Ltd
Massey- Harris-Ferguson
Duncan
Beautiful Virden Inspires Gardening Yet Faces Litter Issue
Virden residents, aided by nature and homemakers, enjoy a lush gardening season with new lawns trees and vibrant flowers. Rain and sun bolster growth though a hail storm earlier damaged some plots. The town’s beauty is marred by litter and overgrown boulevards. residents urged to curb littering and maintain streets.
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Virden
Manitoba
Griffin Poplar tree tribute honors irrigation pioneer
Augustus Griffin, longtime irrigation engineer and plant pioneer in Alberta, helped seed tree planting across Brooks and the Eastern Irrigation District. The Provincial Horticultural Station honors him with a new fast growing Griffin poplar, noted for its pyramidal form and dense dark leaves. Price listed is $210.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Augustus Griffin
Alberta
Modesto
California
Griffin
Cadets complete Camp Dundurn graduation awards dominance
More than 800 cadets from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Ontario attended Camp Dundurn Sask for a seven week training. Neil Donald Laird of Winnipeg was named best cadet and Nicholas Prokopchuk best cadet instructor. Saskatchewan officials presented prizes as Lt Gov W J took the salute.
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Camp Dundurn
Sask
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Norman Bourassa
North Battleford
Bob Clements
Killarney
Man
Gord Russell
Wadena
Charlie Murchildon
Saskatoon
David Waters
St. Boniface
Manitoba Army
Neil Donald Laird
Winnipeg
Nicholas Prokopchuk
Re Aes
Bpranaon
W. J
W. J. Megill
Prairie Patterson
H. W. Love
Cadet Services of Canada Officers Training Company
J. T. H. Todd
Fort William
Saskatchewan Provincial Rifle Association
P. D. Guillemin
J. F E. Eaton
Port Arthur
A. W. Stewart
Nine-Point Check For Oil Burners Warned By Official
Saskatchewan Fire Commissioner Switzer urges residents to use a licensed serviceman for oil burner servicing. The nine steps cover cleaning filters and electrodes, nozzle and pump checks, bearing oiling, filter replacement, control inspection, combustion chamber replacement if burnt out, and flame adjustment for efficiency.
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Saskatchewan
Switzer
Mr. Switzer
Rights of men to grow beards in modern times
The article notes men may choose to grow beards despite disadvantages, asserting a man’s right to grow one as a demonstration of capability. It reflects a social view from Truro Weekly News in Nova Scotia.
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Truro
Bennett Cerf’s TRY AND STOP ME! humorous anecdotes
A collage of witty vignettes on gender poker myths vacations and insurance irony features a misattributed author Alice as A Howard Cady a Gypsy fortune teller joke and Abel Green Variety anecdote about an insured Havana cigars case ending with an arson arrest while a sharpie laughs at the irony.
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Jerry D. Lewis
A. Howard Cady
Abel Green
Variety
Wisacre
Sharpie
Common Cold Patterns Revealed By Met Life Release
A Met Life release shows women and children suffer more colds, with higher incidence in families with young children. Five year data from 1951 to 1955 for the U S navy and marine corps indicate a winter peak and spring decline. Researchers hope lab advances will lead to vaccines and better therapies.
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Sry
Metropolitan Life Insu
Absolute Mary
Little Angels
U.S. Navy
Marine Corps
Ism
Menzies Warns on Smiling Cold War and Anglo American Ties
Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies, speaking in New York, warned that Soviet diplomacy aims to drive a wedge between the United States and its Western allies. He framed Anglo American unity as essential to maintain Western cohesion and cautioned against misread signals in the post Stalin era.
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Commonwealth of Nations
Britain
United States
Robert G. Menzies
New York
Menzies
Grave digging duties once led by New England teachers in 1661
A historical note recalls that in 1661 New England schools assigned teachers grave digging tasks as part of their community duties, reflecting early colonial education and civic responsibilities.
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New England
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the Bulletin
Brooks
Dundurn
Bennett Cerf
Venice
Calif
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
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