Arctic explorer Jenness plans Arctic work from Ottawa home
Diamond Jenness, aged Arcticologist and veteran scholar, has won the Guggenheim Fellowship and will write a new book from material gathered during the 1913 1918 Canadian Arctic Expedition. He recalls hunger from raw fish diets, recalls Stefansson and Wilkins, and will revisit his 1913 1914 diary while staying in Ottawa.
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Rio Grande
Diamond Jenness
Ottawa
Arctic
Dr. Jenness
New Zealand
Canada
Jenness
Oxford
Dr. Sapir
Stefansson
Explorer
Stefanston
Parliamentary
Wellington
Karluk
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Wrangel Island
Biberian
Wilkins
Ernest
Mr. Peeps) Harrold
The
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Walter Blue
Eileen Bleakney
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Civil Service
Geographical Bureau
National Defence
Mexico
Spain
France
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Rome
Germany
Volkswagen
Colville
Broadway Avenue
Humorous Vignettes From Army Life and Society
A batch of light humor unfolds from a soldier returning home in civvies to claim a surprise hat, a father questioning a son’s history, officers and recruits with wit about marching and leadership, a theatrical actor’s boast with a joke on bravery, ants and parrots in comical misreadings, and a diplomat’s immunities tale.
Outdoor Play Figures Pattern Pack From Home Workshop
The Lawn and Garden Figures Packet offers six patterns for 1.50, including two outdoor play pieces painted with blue red and black on white enamel. A separate clown pattern costs 35c, with water resistant options and tracing details for cutting blanks.
Eagles Dominate Waterton Winter Birds Survey
Waterton Lakes National Park officials reported during their annual skiing survey that eagles fattened on many small birds and a surprising number of ducks fell prey to the birds in Waterton Alberta last winter.
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Waterton
Alta
Waterton Lakes National Park
Alberta Cowboy Bachelor selects sweethearts on range
The Alberta Cowboy Bachelor association elected the sweetheart couples for a day on the range with Phyllis Holt, 18, winning the senior honor and her sister Joyce, 17, taking the junior prize. News notes also mention that most cigarette paper is manufactured from seed-flax straw in the United States.
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Ueen
Range Medicine Hat
Alberta Cowboy Bachelor Association
Phyllis Holt
Joyce
United States
Fisherman nets two jackfish in flooded Saskatchewan ditch
Saskatchewan farmer Cliff Gunderson fished from his flooded summerfallow near Melfort and landed two jackfish, one measuring 30 inches, in Thatch Creek. The catch marks an unusual event after 40 years without fish in the creek, which overflowed this spring.
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Thatch Creek
Sask
Cliff Gunderson
Melfort
Saskatchewan
Copper coin found in Cut Knife pocket on Napoleon inscription
In Cut Knife Saskatchewan a copper coin inscribed Napoleon 111 Empereur 1854 was found in C. H. Corney’s pocket. He nearly passed it off as an old penny, which it was not.
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Cutknife, Sask
C. H. Corney
Cutknife
High River airport mission faces uncertain future under crown assets
High River Alberta air base once pivotal in Canadian aviation history is now under the federal Crown Assets Disposal Corporation. Civic officials seek to keep it on the air map as a training base for southwestern Albertans. Notable alumni include G. M. Crosl J. H. Tudhope and George Howsam. The 1921 station launched Canada’s first parachute jump in 1925 and passed a fine safety record before closing in 1938 and reopening during the Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
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High River
Alta
Crown Assets Disposal Corporation
Canada
Calgary
Juke Box Record Estimate Sparks Debate
A community note estimates a single record on a juke box could be played up to 2000 times, highlighting wear concerns and economic implications for venue operators.
Swan and Lily Color Transfer Pattern 7207 Catalog
Alice Brookes offers iron on patterns for towels curtains and linens. Pattern 7207 features white swans outlined in blue and pink water lilies with green leaves. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Toronto for pattern 1142x4% inches four lilies 4x4 inches. Catalog includes embroidery crochet sewing and more.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
South African lured by Canadian stability
Roy Makepeace, a 28 year old South African industrial consultant and psychology professor, found Canada appealing for stability and an unlimited economic future. He left Port Elizabeth for Vancouver, saying you cannot “make good” in South Africa if a man cannot here, and noting South Africa’s racial tensions and economic woes. He contrasted Canada’s prospects with his homeland’s conditions.
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Vancouver
Roy Makepeace
South Africa
Canada
Makepeace
Port Elizabeth
NATO training in Canada fosters aircrew unity across nations
About 2,100 aircrew in Europe trained under Dominion program. Since 1949 NATO expanded from six to nine nations Portugal Denmark and Turkey joining. Over 1,900 pilots and navigators earned wings in Canada with 900 more in training. Training spans preflight orientation in London Ontario to Harvard and T-33 jets, with mixed flights and multi language cheering sections.
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Paris
NATO
Belgium
France
Italy
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Canada
Portugal
Denmark
Turkey
RCAF
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
London
Ont
Centralia
Claresholm
Alta
Penhold
Moose Jaw
Sask
Winnipeg
Man
Gimli
Portage la Prairie
Saskatoon
MacDonald
Merchandise returns cost billions to shoppers
A Hag Manufacturers Institute study estimates that careless buying and merchandise returns add to store overhead, raising prices by five to fifteen cents on every dollar spent. Homer McElroy notes returns range from 5.3 percent to 13.9 percent of department and specialty store sales, costing over 1 billion annually.
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Homer McElroy
Hag Manufacturers Institute
McElroy
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