Canada at War: ALBERTA: Oilman

Last week a crew of oilmen prepared to drill the first well on a ranch far down in the southwest corner of Alberta. Aware of oil deposits elsewhere in the neighborhood, the owner had hired geologists to examine his land. They reported: it's worth trying. Last week the owner, who had not visited the ranch in nearly three years, reached the U.S. Said the owner (the Duke of Windsor) to reporters in Miami (see PEOPLE) : he and the Duchess would visit Washington and Manhattan, and just possibly might stop off at his ranch in Alberta.

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