Damaged District From Saturday Storm Report
Considerable damage occurred in the district as a result of Saturday night’s storm. Granaries and garages were levelled, trees uprooted, and flood crops and garden stuffs destroyed. Visitors included Donald McGregor and Grace, Kenton, and Mr. and Mrs William Ambeck, Virden, at the Senns home. Local reports note club rally awards at Hamleta and district civic events. Canada’s national park system began in 1885 at Banff with 10 square miles set aside. now 26 parks cover 29,660 square miles.
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Donald McGregor
Grace
Kenton
William Ambeick
Virden
T. H. Senns
National Parks of Canada
Banff
Alta
Thunder Lake Regatta Amid Sudden Storm Halts Dryden Boat Race
In Dryden the sole fish dealer is a taxidermist and visiting anglers mount large catches while meat is discarded. Thunder Lake earns its name from a sudden storm that echoed over Wabigoon during a regatta. electrical flashes and downpour chased spectators away, but the motors and race resumed once the skies cleared.
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Thunder Lake
Northwest Ontario Sportsman Photo Credits Noted
Photos used in this series courtesy of the Northwestern Ontario Sportsman, Dryden.
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Northwestern Ontario
Dryden
Free Food Attracts Households Near Wahigoon River
A fluttering cloth fronting a shop invites residents to take items free, attracting housewives seeking a diet change. The scene suggests widespread need as locals gather for the free offerings, reflecting hardship near Wahigoon, about a mile south of the town by a vast water body.
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Wahigoon Like
Pheasant Restocking Batch Arrives in Manitoba
A shipment of 120 ten week old Ring-Neck Pheasants arrived by air from British Columbia to restock the district south of Melita. Hon. J. S. McDiarmid, minister of mines and natural resources, notes this is the second shipment bringing total banded birds to 240. Citizens are asked to send any recovered bands to the Game and Fisheries Branch in Winnipeg with the location where found.
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Manitoba
Air Express
British Columbia
Melita
J. S. McDiarmid
Mines and Natural Resources
Game and Fisheries Branch
Winnipeg
Mildmay dances disrupt sleep for residents on Friday nights
The Mildmay Gazette notes frequent late night dances cause shouting and horn blowing, lasting up to two hours and extending to 3.30 a.m. Residents along the street suffer from sleeplessness and fatigue for Saturday work. The piece links Friday timing to increased tempers among neighbors. Marketing Toronto reports Canada’s first quarter 1948 wood exports rising to 32.4 percent of total exports, with a quarterly value of 278 million dollars.
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Mildmay
Toronto
Canada
Dominion
Lake
Gene Tierney cancels second honeymoon in England
Hollywood star Gene Tierney has scrapped plans for a second honeymoon with husband Oleg Cassini in England due to an expected baby. The article from the New York Mirror notes the timing makes a baby unsuitable for a honeymoon setting.
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Kingston
Immigrants Fly to Canada in 90 Hours Surprising Pace
Niagara Falls Review notes that more than 12,000 immigrants arrived in Canada by air last year, a rapid journey completed in about 90 hours, far shorter than the many days previously required. This shift highlights faster transcontinental travel opening new paths for newcomers.
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Niagara Falls
Canada
Anglo Czech league official ordered from Britain
London July Reuters an Anglo Czech friendship league official is deported after valuable British secrets allegedly reach a foreign power Col G Wiggs said Home Secretary Ede stated the charge links to passing a letter that led to extremely valuable information being exposed Hampl Franck secretary of the league returned from Prague to be expelled as authorities act on the allegation
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London
Reuters
Anglo-Czech Friendship League
Col
G. Elc
Wigs
Labor
Wigg
Home Secretary
Ede
Franck Hampl
League
Britain
New TB drug tested in large London trials
In July the Medical Research Council will conduct large scale clinical trials of a new tuberculosis drug named P S A para amino calicylic acid. It is related to aspirin compounds but not aspirin. Preliminary tests are described as hopeful. The drug is hard to manufacture and currently available only to tuberculosis specialists in London.
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London
Medical Research Council
P.S.A
Responsible Operation of Ferries in Manitoba
A Manitoba safety official says river ferry safety is managed by rural municipalities using the ferries. He commented after a Sunday accident east of Letellier that killed four, when a car struck a ferry, sending a light panel truck into the Red River. Precautionary measures are planned to prevent repeats.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Provincial Safety Department
Letellier
Man
Red River
Coyne Takes Command Of City of London No 420 Squadron
Sadn a brief reports Wing commander J P Coyne DFC of The Pas Manitoba assumed command of The City of London No 420 auxiliary squadron of the RCAF succeeding Sqn Ldr H C Forbell of St Jovite Quebec who heads to England for a staff course. A badly beaten young woman body found near Blind River Ontario police probe possible murder identified as May Payment about 20 with spectator Leonard Neil sent to Sault Ste Marie to join investigation.
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J. P. Coyne
D.F.C
Pas
Man
City of
Blind River
Ont
Toronto
Leonard Neil
Sault Ste. Marie
Four-year-old Diane Ford Arrives in Vancouver Today
A smiling four year old girl named Diane Ford, carrying a small doll, is due to disembark today from a Trans-Canada Airlines plane in Vancouver.
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Diane Ford
Trans- Canada Airlines
Vancouver
Child Adopted By Kingshott Family After War Loss
Diane, whose parents were killed by a buzz bomb in Diss Norfolk during World War II when she was 18 months old, will be adopted by relatives in the Kingshott family. She has lived with her great-grandmother since.
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Kingshott
Diane
Diss
Norfolk
Whisky bottle clues sought in coast guard search
A barnacle crusted whisky bottle found on the beach near Halandale Florida contains five notes signed Al S. The coast guard will check them as potential clues to the fate of Canadian jockey Al Snider who disappeared at sea with two fishing companions last March. Premier Costello of Eire plans a three week Canada visit in late summer, confirmed by Ottawa. He is due in New York August 28 and will address the Canadian Bar Association in Montreal September 1.
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al S
Halandale
Florida
al Snider
Costello
Eire
Canada
Ottawa
New York
Canadian Bar Association
Montreal
Western defense talks open at The Hague
The Foreign Office in London said Canadian and United States military experts have arrived to take part in defence consultations with the five western European union states at The Hague Netherlands.
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Foreign Office
London
United States
the Hague
Netherlands
Gandhi case witness links eight to Nehru end plot
Digambar Ramchandra Badge, state witness in the Gandhi assassination case, testified that the eight defendants planned to finish off Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and H. B. Suhra wardy, a prominent Muslim leader.
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Digambar Ramchandra Badge
Gandhi
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
H. 8. Suhrawardy
Canada Sees Sharp Rise in Tourist Traffic From U S
The report notes a substantial rise in U S visitors to Canada with a 24 percent increase in American cars and trucks crossing the border. The surge signals higher travel and tourism activity, reflecting stronger cross border movement and regional demand.
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Canada
Border in May Higher Than 1947 Level
A May report shows border figures higher than the same month in 1947, reaching 674,200. The data compares May figures to prior year levels, highlighting a significant increase in activity or volume for the period.
Alberta official warns against phony Toronto stock promoters
G M Blackstock chairman of the Alberta board of public utility commissioners warned Albertans about stock promoters from Toronto. He said promoters have been bombarding the province with circulars and follow up phone calls by smooth talking salesmen in recent weeks.
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G. M. Blackstock
Alberta Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Toronto
Dominion secret flyers plan for Jewish force in Palestine
Vancouver reports a Dominion wide movement of flyers involving 20 Vancouver ex alt force officers. They were briefed to ferry Flying Fortresses bombers from the United States to Palestine for the Jewish force, aiming to support operations in the region.
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Vancouver
Palestine
United States
US Carrier Sicily to Land 75 Shooting Star Jets in Scotland
The deputy United States consul in Glasgow said on Tuesday that the USS Sicily will land 75 jet propelled Shooting Star fighters in Scotland on August 4 to bolster American fighter strength in Germany.
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United States
Glasgow
Sicily
Scotland
Germany
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CPR
Tarbolton
Bradwardine
Hamleta
James Thomson
Cli Thomson
Bradwardine Club
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Eastword Heigh
Aecuse
Gathing & Supply
AN Limber CO. Ltd
Albert Yule
White
A. R. Readey
Rawleigh Dealer
Rivers and District
Imperial Life Assurance Company
Stratford
Insurance Agency
Rivers Corner Second & Main
Cathe
P. Charkas
M. Kowalchuk
CNR
B. R. Coleman
Ll.b
Riverseat
Second Avenue
Weet Wareham’s Shop
Brandon
Rosser Ave
Esor Bic
Er's Jewelry Store
Jack Hain
Rivers, Man
Rivers Insurance Agency
Albert, Wareham
Reesor’s Jewelry Store
T.B
T. E. Wright
the Rivers Cafe
Mrs
Gordon Smyth
Main Street Rivers
Rosenman's Furniture Exchange
Hipwell's
KiSery
Rivers Sports
Civic
J. W. Hanlon
National Rendering Company
Brandon, Manitoba
George E. Jelliff
International Harvester Agent
General Blacksmith and Welding
Third Avenue
Enat
Rivers
Charles A. 'Campbell
Optometrist
George KE. Dunkin
Crawford
Robert Taylor
B.A. Service Station
Quick Oil and
H. R. Dunn
Mitchell
Main Street
Harry L. Trump
Clement Block
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