Baking Soda Douses Hot Flames In Air Force Tests
The RCAF tested baking soda as a firefighting agent aboard a Canadian crash truck at Uplands near Ottawa. Hundreds of gallons of gasoline were used to ignite a Hudson bomber fuselage. within five seconds the sodium bicarbonate system beat back flames and allowed a mock rescue. Crews will train in Aylmer Ontario and later operate across Canada, with international observers present.
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Air Force
Uplands
Ottawa
RCA
RCAF
Aylmer
Ont
Canada
Baking soda aids crash victim lifesaving efforts
Baking soda, commonly used to ease indigestion, is predicted to play a crucial role in sustaining crash victims by aiding resuscitation and medical treatment.
Look Backwards Five Years Ago in Rivers Notes
A retrospective item recounts events from five, ten, fifteen, twentyfive, thirty and forty years ago. It mentions newspaper walls being covered during renovations, E A Churcher retiring from CNR, named curtain designer, marriages in Winnipeg Brandon and Rivers, a post office break in at Rivers, a theft at The Gazette, a boat race on Riversview lake, and early local homestead travelers Charles Nowe and Harry Dennis returning from the west.
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O. W. Brown
E. A. Churcher
CNR
Wagar Hall
Trene M. Gabe
Robert H. Baker
Winnipeg
Ethel M. Ratz
William A. Clark
Brandon
Riversview Lake
C. Nowe
A. Wareham
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United States
Britain
Taxation Division
Department of National Revenue
Post Office
Income Tax Office
Flora W. Russell
Robert Hutton
Rivers
Charles Nowe
Harry Dennis
S. D. Thomas
Ford
Fordomatic
Marshall-Wells
Marshall- Wells Stores
Gazette
Beene
Canadian National
Esan M, Panogen and
Leytosan
Exchange Building
Shea’s .Winnipeg Brewery Ltd
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