Post War Canada Transport Surges Marked By Rail A Tca Gains
Post war era Canadians find railways and Trans-Canada Airlines reporting better 1940 results. Rail systems show combined revenue near 625 million with higher expenses leaving a slight deficit, while Trans-Canada Air Lines posts a half million surplus despite rising costs. War production drives freight and passenger growth. future postwar policy urged to preserve surpluses, curb expenses, and fund needed public works.
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Mmust
Canadian Railways
Dominioa Bureau of Statistica
Trans-Canada Air Lines
T.C.A
House of Commons
C. D. Howe
Canada
United States
Mr. Howe
Transcontinental Airlines
Danville Boys Tend Ill Neighbor’s Garden and Flora
A group of six Danville schoolboys traveled six miles to help Richard L. Hedge, who has been bedfast for 20 years, by tending most of his garden. Hedge earns income from selling bulbs and flowers from a small plot.
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Danville, Il
Richard L. Hedge
Canada plans training parachute troops this summer
Canada eyes training parachute troops this summer in Montreal with the army and RCAF cooperation. St Hubert airport is a likely site with Dorval handling civilian traffic, allowing room for army jumps. Training begins with tumbling and landing drills, then progression to equipment and full pack jumps.
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Canada
Montreal
R.C.A.F
St. Hubert
Dorval
Major-General Odlums Advice to Young Canadian Officers
Major-General Victor Odlum urged 41 young Canadian Army officers to lead with humanity. He stressed that their soldiers’ lives and spirits matter, and that leaders must be “a man yourself” and “white all through” to earn loyalty and produce fine fighting men.
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Victor Odlum
British paper jokes about Rome radio misfire
London paper notes Rome wireless wrongly claimed the Queen Mother and princesses sailed to America with crown jewels. In truth Churchill traveled in disguise with jewels, while a stuffed effigy spoke and Duff Cooper voiced it. Eden is in a concentration camp. Vic Oliver is in Ankara with convincing makeup.
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London
Rome
Mussolini
Queen Mother
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Margaret Rose
America
Lady Halfax
Churchill
Duff Cooper
Anthony Eden
Vic Oliver
Ankara
John Dill
Manchester Guardian
Royal Memories Story Told By Mark Twain Proves They Are Good
Mark Twain recalled a public dinner letter to Queen Victoria protesting a tax. He later met King Edward VII and shared a long talk. The King joked about a prior Strand procession moment and a bus ride, confirming royal memories.
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Mark Twain
Twain
Strand
Ancient Indian grinding stone found in Ontario mound
A worn young-stone nearly six inches long was found by a truck driver in an old earth mound at Fort Ene Ont. The artifact, about half a foot in length, appears to have been used by the Huron tribe to grind corn through ages of wear.
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Fort Ene
Ont
Parting advice and trivia from distant lands
A Scottish laird tells his son to cling to a tree rock as it grows while he sleeps. Verkhoyansk in Siberia is renowned as one of the coldest places with a temperature swing from 94 below to 102 above. An Orientalist notes Chinese use of revolving bookcases since the ninth century. Farmers can aid wildlife by planting forest trees and shrubs on the farm.
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Verkhoyansk
Siberia
Gattis Inn In The Strand A Clearing House For Forces
William Mundy profiles Gatti's in the Strand as a wartime hub for His Majesty's Fighting Forces. The Y M C A run guest rooms with bed and bath, a night porter James Gamble, and a call-book system guiding sailors, airmen, and soldiers to rest between duties.
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Gatti
Strand
Red Croes
William Mundy
Overseas Daily Mail
Y.mlc.a. Sailorz
Gatti's
Gattis
Y.M.C.A
James Gamble
Mister Gamble
Four Cornera
Empire
Gatti’s
PoW Says Canadian Parcels Reach German Prisoners
A British POW letter read to the Canadian Red Cross confirms that Canadian food parcels reach German camp inmates. Guardsman Arthur Hook, a Dunkirk survivor, writes of receiving three parcels and craving peanut butter. Red Cross reports 5,000 parcels to Marseilles via Mercy and ongoing weekly shipments of 10,000 parcels to British POWs in Germany.
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Germany
Canada
Central Council
Canadian Red Cross
Arthur Hook
Dunkirk
Miss Wynne Hook
Grand Boulevard
Montreal
Red Cross
Marseilles
Might Be Explanation for Polynesians Slow Speech
The French are the world's fastest talkers at about 350 syllables per minute, vs English speakers roughly 220. Polynesians speak about 50 syllables per minute, one seventh the French rate, with a playful note that perhaps they have little to say.
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New York Telephone Company
U S Bureau of Investigation on drowning water type
The U S Bureau of Investigation states that chemical tests can determine if a drowning involved salt water or fresh water, a method used to establish cause in drowning cases.
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U.S. Bureau of Investigation
Farmer Boosts Grain Yield With Organic Mercury Treatment
A farmer considers a preplanting approach to raise grain yield using one of the organic mercury compounds. The method aims to improve output at low added cost, reflecting historical agricultural practices and chemical usage.
Bran Waffles Ring the Breakfast Bell
Bran waffles quicken the morning rush as eggs milk and bran blend into a fluffy batter. The recipe uses all bran, baking powder, salt, sugar and shortening, then folds in beaten egg whites and bakes on a hot iron for seven waffles.
African Airman Rescued After Bush Chase in Kenya
Prescott Fagan, the sole American in the South African Air Force, was forced down in the Kamba country. He wirelessed his position. a white hunter’s scouts located him but misinterpreted orders, prompting a 15 mile chase through the bush until Fagan found Corporal Vandermere, guarding petrol cans.
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Prescott Fagan
Narobi
Kenya
Kamba
Fagan
Doctor Livingstone
Corporal Vandermere
Ice breakup at Dawson yields no winner this year
In the Yukon river on April 30 the ice broke up around 10 50 a m causing hundreds who had wagered on the exact minute to tear up their tickets. The official clock failed and $4000 pool money rolls over next year with smaller pools settled by draw. Nearby notes joke about cats and a pie quip.
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Dawson
Yukon River
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