River of Skulls Mystery Frames Alan's Farewell at Fort George
In July at Fort George, Alan hides money and prepares for departure as he faces rivals, madam Rivard and Berthe. Gabriel Dessane discusses Rivard's influence, while talk of a River of Skulls deep in the Koksoak region surfaces as the drama around Berthe and Mrs Hanbury intensifies.
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Fort George
Hudson's Straits
Fox Channel
Bay of God's Mercy
Mrs. Hanbury
Revillon Freres
Rivard
Alan
Berthe
Gabriel Dessane
Pierre
Arsene Rivard
Cameron
Dessane
McQueen
Madame Dessane
Madame Hanbury
Wiens
Gabriel Des Sane
McCord
Fort Chimo
Naskapi
Manitou Gorge
Chimo
Caribou
Berthe confronts Alan over truth and longing
Berthe accuses Alan of secret meetings with another woman and a coast trip he hid from her. Alan pleads, confessing concern for their strained bond as Berthe declares loss of faith and bids him goodbye. Berthe weeps and flees the room.
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Madame Martin
Berthe
Neil Campbell
Alan
Long trek upriver to headwaters in cold northern country
Alan and Noel depart Hudson’s Bay Company post in two police canoes joined by Montagnais guides. As police gossip and shifts unfold, they press north along the Big River across falls and chutes toward a hunting camp near Mad River with a distant cabin awaiting in Talking.
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Alan
Noel
Hudson's Bay Company
Revillon Freres
Trudeau
Goyette McQueen
Montagnais
Dessane
Rivard
McQueen
Slade
Mrs. Hanbury
Begain
Great River
Mad River
Great Lakes
Nichicun
Patemisk
Willing To Serve Helen Harrison Trains Aviators For War
Vancouver born aviator Helen Harrison, licensed instructor with 1200 flying hours, trained 1000 men for the South African air force reserves and may assist in Royal Canadian Air Force training. She previously performed stunts at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto in a yellow Moth plane.
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Helen Harrison
Toronto
England
Royal Canadian Air Force
Harrison
Father of the Poultry Industry Sir Edward Brown
The St Thomas Times Journal notes the death of Sir Edward Brown age 87, titled Father of the poultry industry. He founded the British Poultry Club in 1877, established a poultry research institute, and started the World Poultry Science Association and World Poultry Congresses. He promoted international cooperation among breeders and wrote influential poultry works.
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Sir Edward Brown
Sir Edward
Edward Brown
British Poultry Club
Agricultural Colleges
World Poultry Science Association
The
Hague
Ottawa
Edward
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Protection For Docks In Wartime Britain Plans proposed to safeguard ports
Plans by dock and harbor officials for the Board of Trade to keep ports operating in war emergency are outlined. Draft schemes for each dock include protecting docks and warehouses, improving rail and road links, adding berths and warehouses, and installing new plant. Some routes may divert shipping to the West, Swansea suggests an additional dock entrance, Lambton weighs camouflage options, and the Tyne Improvements Commission outlines air raid shelters and trenches.
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Britain
Board of Trade
Swansea
Port of Lambton
Tyne Improvements Commission
Danish restaurant keeper loses crown bet after oversleeping
A Bogense restaurant keeper who bet 5000 crowns that he could walk around Denmark in three months while pulling the nation’s oldest car nearly won. He slept through a pre victory feast near the end and missed the final hour, costing him the wager as war news crowded the Copenhagen front.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Madrid Art Treasures Return to National Regime
Art treasures from the Prado, taken to Geneva and moved by special train across France during the civil war, have been returned to the National regime. The piece notes the USA built thousands of planes in World War I but few saw service after hostilities ended. A Philadelphia baby elephant from Burma is believed the smallest in America.
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Madrid
Prado Museum
Spain
Cvil
Geneva
France
United States
Philadelphia
Burma
America
Pitt on the War Aim A One Word Security
The article recalls Pitt the younger's 18th century reply to Tierney about why Britain fought Napoleon. Pitt declared the war’s object in one word security, a universal danger that threatened all nations and was resisted by Britain with unmatched unity and energy.
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Pitt
Europe
Gliding Skill Highlighted From Warsaw Air Fight
The report lauds Second Lieut Palusinski who tackled twelve German bombers over Warsaw. He shot down one raider, his plane was disabled, yet he regained control with gliding expertise and landed despite injuries. Gliding praised as valuable for long distance flying and saving lives.
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Poland
Warsaw
Palusinski
Winnipeg Free Press
Quebec and England in manufacturing and labor quips
A fragmented clipping contrasts Quebec as a perceived primitive province with its role as Canada’s second largest manufacturing region, accounting for 29 percent of Dominion output in 1987. It also includes a joke about a boss and secretary and notes England’s beer trade shrinking versus prewar levels but with tripled current business.
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Quebec
Canada
Dominion
Yugoslavia's Boy King Peter to Study for War Leader Role
King Peter II of Yugoslavia, 15, enrolled as a private and to train at home for two years to prepare for his future as commander in chief. Regent Prince Paul will crown him on September 6, 1941, as Belgrade prepares his elite military education at his marble palace.
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Peter
Yugoslavia
Petrushka
Monach
Marie
Romania
Prince Paul
Belgrade
Food shipments from Italy bound for England through Basel reports
Swiss agents say goods exiting Italy via the St Gothard Pass are largely destined for Britain through French ports. Italian firms with blocked credits in Germany prefer cash for foodstuffs over coal barter. In Nova Scotia Gaelic instruction begins while English language lessons persist elsewhere.
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Basel
Switzerland
Italy
St. Gothard Pass
England
French
Germany
Britain
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Penn Publishing Co
W.N.A Service
River OF Skulls
George Marsh
Py Ecu WU
Vancouver
Aviatrix
Ona
Coleman
Martware
Cirman
Stove CO
Tierney
Nova Scotia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eos
Pinkham
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