Russell Banner details and publishing info
The Russell Banner from Russell Manitoba publishes weekly on Thursdays under editor and publisher Sanderson. Subscription costs are listed at 1.50 dollars per year in advance with CECI, and it is authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department in Ottawa.
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Russell
Manitoba
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Sanderson
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Canadian Arctic
Canada Faces War Trade Talks and Transport Plans
Our Capital Correspondent reports Ottawa expects rapid moves toward a Canada United Kingdom trade accord after Joon negotiations. War brides may soon travel home aboard hospital ships Lady Nelson Letitia and Lady Rodney, with free passage for servicemen dependents. The Civil Service Commission now oversees about 143000 personnel, making the government Canada’s largest employer. Rural mail carriers and the Postmaster-General Hon Ernest...
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Ming
Ashitain
Canada
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Lady Nelson
Letitia
Sen
Lady Rodney
Civil Service Commission
Wartime and postwar notes from Harrowby region
Local notes recount hospital returns and family visits during Christmas and New Year. Reports include Mrs Blane and others with health updates, wartime bonuses for rural mail carriers ending with War Measures Act, and Ottawa discussions on veterans means testing pensions and family allowances. Also details on Arctic Exercise Musk-Ox and related defense plans with Canada United States cooperation. The piece mentions a Sussex Street residence expropriation case and the retirement of Arthur Hudon after long service on Parliament Hill.
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Bertrand
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Parliament Hill
Canada-United States Defence Board
London
Downing Street
Canaa
Sussex Street
Exchequer Court
House of Commons
Arthur Hudon
Sir John A. MacDonald
Pension Commission
Shea
Winnipeg
ENDCLIFFE Pete Pitts Returns Home From Overseas
Pete Pitts arrived home last Saturday after serving overseas. Miss Evelyn Liske and Marlene Liske of Winnipeg are spending the holidays at their home there. H Berg of Winnipeg visited his family here and Mr. and Mrs Henderson. Eva Lambert left for her home Friday December 21. School will reopen at the start of next week. Mr. and Mrs. W P Stewart celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary December 31.
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Pete Pitts
Evelyn Liske
Marlene Liske
Winnipeg
H. Berg
Henderson
Eva Lambert
W. P. Stewart
Christmas Holiday Gatherings Across Communities
The text lists residents spending the Christmas holidays at various homes including Barbara Bradley-Hunt in Rapid City Alice Ferris Freda Pradley-Hunt Alvin Robb Ruslet L Cpt Jack Rawlings Winnipeg Dorothy Nichols Brendon Harold Smith Winnipeg. Visits by Capt and Mrs A Fryers to Mr and Mrs E Comfort and others to Calder and W Patterson homes. Walter's arrival on the Queen Elizabeth in New York is noted. Mrs B Keay visited H Munro and Thirza Sopp spent holidays in Souris. Mrs A Francis and Harold traveled to Winnipeg.
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Barbara Bradley-Hunt
Rapid City
Alice Ferris
Freda Pradley-Hunt
Alvin Robb
Ruslet
L Cpt
Jack Rawlings
Winnipeg
Dorothy Nichols
Brendon
Harold Smith
A. Fryers
E. Comfort
Parliament learns by prison visit and gifts honor wartime ties
The text notes R S Glass leaving Canada’s audit service after 43 years. MP John R MacNicol spent a day in Barlinnie Prison to study Horstal operations firsthand. Prime Minister Mackenzie King received an antique silver inkstand from Norway’s shipping and trade mission in Canada as thanks for wartime hospitality.
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Rison
Barlinnie
Glasgow
Horstal
Premer Mackenzie King
Canada
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