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Lenore, unspoiled by her sudden eminence, will begin a course in home economics at the University of Manitoba this fall...
Winnipeg, Manitoba...
...victory clearly marked a national trend to the right. The old-line Tories, now streamlined and updated as Progressive Conservatives, increased their parliamentary strength sizably (and their national leader, John Bracken, entered the House of Commons for the first time by winning, easily, in his constituency of Neepawa. Manitoba). Even more significant: the election left socialistic CCF losers scattered all over the map. A few months ago many an astute political observer, even among the old-line parties, was willing to concede that the CCF had a good chance of running a reputable second. It ran a dismal third. Plainly...
...wartime restrictions have kept gasoline stations closed tight, after 7 p.m. every weekday and all day Sundays - a welcome relief to filling-station men who used to work 18-hour days and seven-day weeks. Their anguish, when the Government lifted the wartime curb last week, was enormous. Promptly, Manitoba's Automotive Trades Association, representing 90% of the gas stations in the province, bowed to the new fondness for restrictions, voted to stick to war time hours...
...camp in Alberta, 100 Europe-bound draftees were missing. In Manitoba, at least 350 had vanished. In Saskatchewan, 400 were overdue from one unit, 200 from another. In British Columbia, military authorities admitted that 250 draftees, plus 232 active service men (volunteers) from that province had deserted. Pacific Command officials announced that action would be taken against sweethearts and relatives who harbored missing soldiers-a violation of the Defense of Canada...