Trans Atlantic Mail Plane Sets Westbound Record
Trans Canada Air Lines operated a big transport plane in the government trans Atlantic service to Britain and Montreal carving a 14 minute faster time. From take-off in Britain to landing in Montreal the clock showed 13 hours 16 minutes lowering the previous 13 hours 30 minutes record. The aircraft carried 3291 pounds of army and diplomatic mail and 368 pounds of military parts with seven official passengers aboard. Captain A Rankin led the flight with crew Second Pilot M B Barley navigation officer squadron leader J A Gilmore and radio officer Fred Dixon. Trans Canada pilots now hold both west and east bound trans Atlantic records to and from Montreal and Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Montreal
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Trans- Atlantic
T.C.A
British Overseas Airways Corporation
A. Rankin
M. B. Barclay
J. A. Gilmore
Fred Dixon
Great Britain
Fungicide Safety For Farms By Doctors Simmonds Mead
Dr. P M Simmonds and Dr BR Mead caution on handling farm fungicides Mercury dusts and formalin require ventilation and masks Avoid inhalation wash hands after use and store poisons securely Leftover grain with dust should not feed livestock Read container directions note antidote and skull warnings Call a doctor if accidents occur Ensure all toxic materials kept locked and away from children Master basic rules apply common sense and safety on the farm
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Neatby
Bievetore
Fivestock
P.M. Simmonds
BR. W. Mead
Dominion Ratory
Pinnt
Rivers Town Council Adopts Several Resolutions
Regular meeting in Municipal Chamber on March 6 with Mayor Grant presiding. Resolutions include a $573.35 aid allotment, continuing Dr. C M Thomas on a month to month contract, adopting the Bridge Engineer report and seeking 50 50 funding for reconditioning the traffic bridge, and appointing Grant and Taylor to pursue provincial takeover of Forrest Harding road. Taylor and Frame to join Daly Council for June Union of Manitoba Municipalities convention. Meeting adjourned to April 3 or on mayoral call.
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Rivers Town Council
E.£. Grant
Sec.Treas
Department of Public Works
Grant
F. D. Taylor
Jas. Frame
Daly Council
Union of Manitoba
Town of
Rivers
Wedderburns and locals attend events across Manitoba
Mrs J Wedderburn returned from Vancouver visit with friends. T Seens and A Lowe attended the Brandon bonspiel. Fred Harvey visited Hartney residents. Miss Carlyn Wedderburn of Brandon spent weekend at home. A Whist Drive and Dance in Spring Valley raised funds for Cigarette and Parcel. Red Cross talk by J Wedderburn highlighted the Blood Donor Clinic. Whist prizes went to Mrs F Madder, Mrs O Brown, EB Ratz, and S Cochrane.
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Carlyn Wedderburn
Brandon
Spring Valley
J. Wedderburn
Red Cross
Women's Institute Plans Entry in May Drama Festival
Ten years ago in 1934 the Women's Institute decided to enter the upcoming Drama Festival to be held in May. A.H. Wicks took over the Bijou Theatre while "Nothing But the Truth" was staged by St. James Amateur Dramatic Club. The CN R curlers enjoyed their bonspiel with cigar prizes. Fire Water and Light Committee favored brick veneering of the Town Hall and located a 40 000 gallon reservoir there and two 30 000 gallon reservoirs elsewhere.
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Women’s Institute
The
St. James
Amateur Dramatic Club
Weekly Editor Looks at Ottawa Scent and War Efforts
A Ottawa moments roundup covers low Mediterranean death rates among Canadian soldiers due to Mepacrine with over two million doses issued, wartime coal and metal restrictions easing for western provinces, and farming notes. It cites piglet iron dosing, sheep shearing timing, seed sowing guidance, and central control of potato shipments. It highlights labor shifts, apprenticeship funding, James Report insights on reconstruction, tariff and trade views, and postwar planning including the National Development board concept.
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Ottawa
Mediterranean
Ontario
Agricultural College
Prices and Trade Board
Central Experimental Farm
Wartime
Food Corporation
Carroad
House of Commons
Dominion Forest Act
National Development Board
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Bracken
George Renout
Del.a. Joe Swan River
John Lawrie
C. M. Thomas
Tarbolton
Vancouver
B.C
Mr. T. Seens
Mr. A. Lowe
Fred Harvey
Mrs. A. Richardson
Hartney
F. Madder
Brown
EB. Ratz
5. Cochrane
Wm. Baily
A.H. Wicks
Bijou
C.N.R
Thei R Mises
Canada
United States
Kiska
National Selective Service
Department of Labor
Dominion
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