Burns Address Highlights River Kiwanis Meet in town
At the Rivers Kiwanis Club meeting held January 24 at the Alexandra Hotel, Fred Grant of Brandon spoke on Burns. Alex Matheson introduced the speaker. A trip by six local Kiwanis members to Souris and remarks on the Souris club’s Keen-Teeners were shared. Jack Gilchrist’s Brandon bonspiel game drew local interest via radio.
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the Rivers Kiwanis Club
Alexandra Hotel
Burns
Fred Grant
Brandon
Alex. Matheson
Kiwanis Club
Souris
Harley Shaw
Chester Forman
Bob Twigge
Earl Borrowman
Tom Wright
Jack Gilchrist
Jim Frame
Jim Stratford
Blair McLeod
Jack
Canada empire games team may visit Britain en route home
Reports from New Zealand said Canada’s Empire games team may see action in Britain on their way home from the games in April. They plan to return via the Suez canal and London and would like to compete with British athletes during a five day stay in Britain.
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London
New Zealand
Canada
Britain
Suez Canal
Man Burns From Rubbing Alcohol Rubdown
Winnipeg report says Henry Lunec is hospitalized with first and second degree burns after he rubbed alcohol on his body to do a rubdown and the substance caught fire while he stoked a heater. He rolled in a blanket to smother the flames and was taken to hospital by police car.
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Winnipeg
Henry Lunec
Lunec
Apples Thrive When Kept Cool to Prevent Spoilage
The article explains apples breathe like humans, using sugar reserves. Higher temperatures speed breathing and accelerate deterioration. The best storage is the coolest place in the house that stays just above freezing.
Housing Peril to National Life in Dominion
Ottawa reports the Canadian Congress of Labor declares the housing shortage an extraordinary peril to national life. It has filed a legal argument with the Supreme Court of Canada and will advocate rent-control validity in Monday’s federal hearing. The congress supports the federal and Ontario governments, while Quebec and owners’ counsel oppose the controls.
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Canada
Canadian Congress of Labor
Congress
Supreme Court of Canada
Government of
Ontario
Tenants
Canadian Legion
Quebec
Deported Russian Spy Allegedly Free in British Zone
Winnipeg dispatch reports lawyer K Magera says Dimitry Leschenko, deported to Canada last September for false pretences, is now living freely in the British zone of occupied Germany. He was investigated and cleared of spy charges and classified a political refugee escapee. Leschenko was arrested by the RCMP and army authorities in Calgary.
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Winnipeg
K. Magera
Dimitry Leschenko
Canada
Germany
Magera
Leschenko
R.C.M.P
Calgary
Builders Expect Billion Dollar Year for 1950
The Oshawa Times Gazette predicts 1950 will reach a billion dollars in activity for the building industry. It is hoped a large portion of that total will fund housing construction, with homes receiving a substantial share.
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Oshawa Times-Gazette
Prison terms and lashes for assault and robbery trio
William Douglas Anderson and Patrick Michael Miller received three year sentences and lashes in territorial court for assault and robbery. Harold Winton drew a two year suspended sentence in the $800 New Year's Day robbery of John Sewell, a Whitehorse merchant.
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Territorial Court
Ataitehorse
William Douglas Anderson
Patrick Michael Miller
Harold Winton
John Sewell
Whitehorse
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Minnedosa Tribune
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T. Suthers
Gravenhurst, Ont
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Chester
Harvey Forman
Marshall-Wells
T. E. Wright
the Rivers Drug Store
Neohetramine
G. M. Setter
Nyal Drugs
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Prince Rupert
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Labor Congress
British Zone
Rex
Theatre News
Stratton
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Frank
Gene Autry
James Edwards
Douglas Dick
Lloyd Bridges
Richard Widmark In
Slattery
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fraser Canyon
Toronto
Abraham Werzberg
Priva Neiman
Phillips Garments Company
Manitoba
J. S. McDiarmid
Eroyal
Rivers
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Joint Air Training Centre
James A. Cady
Sanford
Manitoba School Trustees’ Association
Bert McLeod
Shoal Lake
Harold E. Battera
Portage la Prairie
Charles Thompson
James Thomson
British Columbia Supreme Court
W. B. Farris
Gilbert Campbell
Thomson
Claxton
Peter Bentley Westman
Albert Karenseo
Sault Ste. Marie
Robert Horne
Douglas Foster
Barrie
Ont
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Paul Schulze
Rivers, Man
Mickenzie’s United Store News
Kroy
Shurfine
the Rivers Arena
Cowan’s
Haddie
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