Carmania inaugurates Canada Rotterdam service on Cunard
The Port of Montreal welcomed Cunard’s Carmania on its maiden arrival marking the first of two major reconstructions turning Saxonia and Ibernia into dual purpose Atlantic liners and cruise ships. The ship sails to St Lawrence ports and West Indies cruises, with extensive refurbishments including air conditioning and new Lido Deck facilities.
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Montreal
Cunard Lines
Cntise
Caronia
Cunard Line
New York
West Indies
Port Everglades
Florida
John Brown
Clydebank
North Atlantic
Carmania
Albany
Jean Munro
Micheal Inchbald
Evelyn Pinching
Paul Gell
Island Club
William James Law
Law
Saxonia
Carinthia
Sylvania
Liverpool
Captain Law
Blue Funnel Line
Silver Line
White Star Line
Dieppe
Normandy
D Day
Cunard
Edward Louis Anderson
Merseyside
John Douglas Horsford
Cunarders
Franconia
Mr. Horsford
Mauretania
Georgic
Parthia
Scythia
Winter testing on tundra for Queen's Own Rifles equipment
Calgary based A Company 2nd Battalion Queen's Own Rifles head to Fort Churchill for harsh winter trials of four parkas windpants a detachable hood sleeping bag two snap-on harnesses and toques. Designer A G Art Reid leads the tests with Major L E Sparks. Eleven days in snowy conditions with record low temps and two whiteouts. The group moves to Goose Creek and Stuggy Lake for another two weeks of trials ending in late April.
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Fort Churchill
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Calgary
A. G. ‘Art’ Reid
Directorate of Interservice Development
Ottawa
L. E. Sparks
Prince Rupert
B.C
Reid
Dave P. Montgomery
Queen’s Own
Ed. W. Tooker
Queen's Own Rifles
Barrens
Goose Creek
Stuggy Lake
Threepiece Misses Suit Pattern M118 Seeks Buyers
SIZES 10 18 This Gothe pattern creates an A line skirt casual open jacket with a sleeveless top The set uses textured cotton ottoman shanting linen or silk and worsted fabrics The pattern is available in Misses sizes 10 12 14 16 18 Send ONE DOLLAR for Printed Pattern M118 to Prairie Publishers Toronto Ontario Include name address and style number printed clearly.
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Gothe
Prairie Publishers
Front Street
Toronto
Ontario
Tallest Soldier In UN Force Stuns Windsor Origins
Windsor Ontario signalsman Fred M, 9, officially became the United Nations Emergis Force’s tallest member in the Middle East, standing six feet eleven inches. Col Rochester praised him as a basketball prospect, while Army workshops and Palestinian tailors adapted beds, sheets, and 37 inch sleeves to fit the lanky recruit. His mother is six feet, and his sister Marilyn is five feet ten.
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Sinai Desert
Fred M
Windsor
Ontario
United Nations
Middle East
D. H. Rochester
Toronto
Camp Rajah
Marilyn
Miner
Honorary Degrees Awarded at Saskatchewan Convocation
The University of Saskatchewan will confer honorary degrees on Louis S. St Laurent Jon Vickers Alfred Blalock J B Harrington Henri F Legare and C H Whiting at the spring Convocation in Saskatoon May 14 and 16. About 950 degrees also expected to be awarded to students.
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Canada
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Louis S. St. Laurent
Quebec City
Jon Vickers
Ripley
Ontario
Prince Albert
Alfred Blalock
Baltimore Maryland
John Hopkins University
J. B. Harrington
Toronto
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Henri F. Legare
O.M.I
Ottawa
University of Ottawa
C. H. Whiting
Pleasant Valley
Municipal population rules for Canadian cities
The rule set differs by province as a city status threshold. British Columbia requires 100 residents, Atlantic provinces have no minimum, and Ontario requires at least 15,000 people for incorporation as a city.
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British Columbia
Atlantic Provinces
Ontario
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Jean
Monro
Britain
Gordon G. Hum
Yukon
Thule
Greenland
Gordon C. Hum
The
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
Churchill
Mon
ED W. Tooker
Man
Manitoba
Allan Haskins
St. Catherines
Nat
Sig Fred Miner
UN Emergency Force
Egypt
George McDonald
Halifax
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