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War against crime in Toronto has been waged by police armed with these weapons
War against crime in Toronto has been waged by police armed with these weapons

War against crime in Toronto has been waged by police armed with these weapons

Date11/22/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: War against crime in Toronto has been waged by police armed with these weapons. From foreground to background are shown:.32 calibre revolver; .303 Savage; Winchester pump gun; tear gas shell; gun and bomb. Bombs are used for riots
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0114204F
Tense police constables train their weapons on rear windows of house on Brunswick Ave
Tense police constables train their weapons on rear windows of house on Brunswick Ave
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Record firearm seizure. Detertive John Bassett gives 29 weapons seized last week by Metro police quick check. Firearms, taken in attempt to find gun t(...)
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Peel Regional Police Detective Harry Wiwczaryk holds a rocket launcher, one of 2,500 prohibited weapons seized in co-ordinated, coast-to-coast raids
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War assets corp. has a vast accumulation of war goods and weapons awaiting to be disposed of-if buyers can be found. Here Joe Dunkelman inspects a Fai(...)
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Crown resigns: Deputy Crown Attorney Bob McGee, who has resigned, says his quitting had nothing to do with the weapons case against Neil Cameron Proverbs
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HMCS Halifax: The Canadian armed forces' premier warship carries a range of sophisticated weapons
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Tests tell whether vital weapons and supplies are ready for release to the armed forces
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Weapons Haul
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'These kids have the willingness and desire to use weapons to solve their problems
'These kids have the willingness and desire to use weapons to solve their problems
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Canada's first ski school for training soldiers in the type of winter warfare waged so successfully by the Finns against the Russians has just opened (...)
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Critic: Rev. Kenneth Bagnell, managing editor of United Church Observer, has waged a cold war with Billy Graham for two years. He criticizes the evang(...)
Critic: Rev. Kenneth Bagnell, managing editor of United Church Observer, has waged a cold war with Billy Graham for two years. He criticizes the evang(...)
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