Dundurn Camp’s World War II Training Legacy
The Dundurn camp began in 1840 and surged during the war as a major training hub. It housed the Machine Gun Training Centre and Recce units, later hosting infantry battalions Nos. 10 and 12 and No. 131 Canadian Infantry Training Centre led by Major Harry Bryce. By war end it was three times its outbreak size, winterized with upgraded water and sewage, as it prepared to return to peacetime reserve training.
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Prince Albert
Maple Creek
Dundurn
Recce
No-Man’s Land
No. 131
Camrose
Alta
Harry Bryce
Winnipeg
No. 10
No. 12
Jim Duncan
Regina
Bill Reid
C. Hut
Saskatoon
Awakening in Rain Lit Farmhouse Love Story
In a rain soaked drive a stranded couple, Jim and Jane, confront past war scars and future life as Jane helps deliver a baby at a farmhouse. The act rekindles warmth, dissolving their distance and hinting at a new start for Jim.
Trade liberal system aim raised by Isley in Halifax
Finance Minister J N Isley warned at the Nova Scotia Barristers Society dinner that the United States Canada and the United Kingdom are making a tremen dous bid to implement a liberal system of international trade He urged strong measures to restore the United Kingdom to its pre war standing in world trade.
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Halifax
J. N. Isley
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Nova Scotia
Work In Scotland Westwood Sees Jobs Rise
Secretary of State for Scotland J Westwood told the Royal Burghs of Scotland convention in Edinburgh that Scotland would offer many jobs. He said Britain had no more thorough preparation for the future and that developments would provide work for about 85,000 people.
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J. Westwood
Scotland
Royal Burghs of
Edinburgh
Britain
Westwood
Mr. Westwood
Edinburgh Scotsman
Longest Milk Route Shaves 1200 Miles From Tupper Creek
The longest milk route likely in the world runs 1200 miles from Tupper Creek B C to Yukon residents, delivering milk at 25 cents a quart. Day and night hauls bring the dairy into the district though trips are not as rapid as city routes. The trucks also carry meat and vegetables.
Awards Recipients Highlight Geology Mapping and Polar Missions
Founders Medal 1945 goes to Dr Charles Camsell for geology work and mapping 25 000 square miles of Canada including a tropical valley misnomer. Sub-inspector Henry A Larsen wins Patrons Medal for Northwest Passage schooner expeditions. 1946 honours go to Brigadier Edward A Glennie and Lieut Col C A Hart for radar mapping and geographic surveys. Wings Commander D C McKiley receives Gill Memorial for RAF polar expedition tracking North Magnetic Pole.
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Cheeuartn
Mun
En Etter
Magnetic North Pote
Charles Camsell
Mines and Resources
Canada
Yukon
British Columbia
Camsell
Henry A. Larsen
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Northwest Passage
Edward A. Glennie
India
C. A. Hart
Murchison
D. C. McKiley
Gill
Wrap And Tie It Cleverest Pattern 4614 Dress
Pattern 4614 offers a blouse that becomes a full single piece by pulling over the head and tying a bow at the waist, paired with a separate dirndl skirt. Sizes 12 through 20 for misses. size 16 frock uses 2 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 20 cents with order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Rise of Eminence Tied to Early Experience
A concise excerpt notes that many men who achieve prominence later in life owe their success to gained experience. It highlights the link between early effort and later achievement, suggesting persistence and practical learning shape notable careers.
Smile Awhile Lightly Skits and Quips Across Daily Life
A collage of humorous exchanges and one liners sketches a breezy era humor. Jests range from fishing brag to stagecraft gags and social quips about perception, work, and everyday surprises.
May Bring Cream Supply From Romsey Chief Says
May be possible to supply cream in a year, said R A Pepperall, chief regional marketing officer of the milk marketing board at Romsey England.
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Romsey
England
R. A. Pepperall
The
Milk Marketing Board Here
Indian Act reforms eyed by Commons committee
Resources Minister Glen urged a joint Senate Commons panel to study the Indian Act and propose changes to improve the red man s lot. The 22 member committee would map options as Canada faces two paths economic land and rights purchases for 128 000 Indians or an educational welfare plan to prepare natives for farming and industrial life.
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Glen
Commons
Senate,Commons
Gien
Canada
Insecticide Bomb Militants Turn Civilians Create Bug Blitzer
Three former air force officers RE. J. Black Harry Clappison and Dr J H Baillie convert surplus shell casings into a hand operated insecticide bomb described as fool proof by its inventors. The device uses a mix of aerosol DDT pyrethrum and freon liquid gas as a portable pest killer.
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Air Force
RE. J. Black
Harry Clappison
J. H. Baillie
Branburgers Recipe For Picnics And Meat Savings
A spring picnic feature shares a Branburgers recipe as a meat saving variation of hamburgers. It yields 5 servings from 1 pound ground beef, using All Bran, parsley, onion, bacon, milk, and seasonings baked about 20 to 30 minutes with gravy.
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Senkatoweons
Royal Yeast Res
Royal Yeast
Dawn
Matthew F. Christopher
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Jim
Jane
Jimmie
Pacific
Sugarlees
Renana A
Tupper Creek
B.C
Aneitams
Meeere
Rosa
Ceeograpike
Hollywood
Edmund Cloutier
Cloutier
Ottawa
Suzanne Cloutier
Uplands
Warner Brothers
Naam
Pat
Mike
Mrs. Mike
Battalion
Quebec
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