Manitoba Hydro's Early Years and Rural Electrification
Through The Years With Hydro recounts the Manitoba Power Commission's formation in 1919, a transmission line from Winnipeg to Portage la Prairie, and expansion to Carman Morden and Roland. It notes rate standardization, a 1931 reorganization, war delays, and goals to electrify 200 more communities with a survey across 32 municipalities.
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Winnipeg River
Manitoba Power Commission
Manitobe
Firs
Portage la Prairie
Portage
Winnipeg
Oakville
Morden
Carman
Roland
Winnipeg Hydro
Winnipeg Electric Company
Manitoba Goverrnment
Commission
Ontario Hydro
Manitoba
Hydro
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Wartime notes stress full officer ranks in next of kin records and address changes. War salvage urges waste paper collection for paper parachutes and vests. Weed and crop data show water use and yield losses, while weed control remains vital. Government staff rose to 163,548 in 1944, and cross border harvest programs continue into fall. Canada’s spruce budworm threat and insecticide trials loom large. Dairy orders push Ontario cheese sales to Britain. civilian postwar boons hinted.
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Atlantic
Channel
Navy
Merchant Marine
Endcliffe Red Cross Drive Acknowledges $12261 Proceeds
The Red Cross officers thank all who helped make the drive a success. Proceeds totaled 12261 and reflect widespread community support for relief efforts.
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Endcliffe
RED Cross
The World of Wheat by H G L Strange
Saskatoon seed growers honored the late Dr James W Robertson C M G who founded the Canadian Seed Growers Association. He spoke on the dignity of labor noting farming as a partnership with the Creator to improve Old Mother Earth and sustain body mind and spirit. He declared farming not sordid but refining and noble.
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Saskatoon
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Jas. W. Robertson
C.M.G
Dr. Robertson
Old Mother Earth
Earth
DDT Insecticide Gains Popularity Against Typhus
The war ends and DDT emerges as a widely used insecticide. A 5 percent solution in kerosene sprayed on walls of barns and stables acts as a long lasting fly killer and is fatal to mosquitoes in small amounts, helping counter typhus spread in liberated areas.
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Russell Banner
Russell
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Cecil Sanderson
Cena
Ian
Ary Corp
No Mater
Mpl
Cing
Gre _persam
Cory
Sve
Ling
Jain
Canada
United States Navy
Ottawa
National Weed Committee
House of Commons
United States
Ontario
United States Department of Agriculture
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dairy Products Board
Ministry of Food
Quebec
H. G. L. Strange
Riding Mountain National Park
Clear Lake
Minnedosa
ST. Regis
E. F. Steinshorn
Smith Street
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