The Commission for Polish Relief (CPR), also known unofficially as Comporel [1] or the Hoover Commission, [2] was initiated in late 1939 by former US President Herbert Hoover, following the German and Soviet occupation of Poland. The Commission provided relief to Nazi occupied territories of Poland until December 1941.

Overseas bulk mail delivered by CPR steamships in Quebec, Montreal and/or Saint John NB was transferred across country to Vancouver, BC in No 5 for forwarding to Pacific destinations. One steamship line made a direct connection Vancouver to Australia which ended around 1952/53…..airplanes were starting to make their in roads.

2010年7月29日 · Among the 1941 eligible patients, approximately 70% had arrests with a cardiac cause, less than half the arrests were witnessed, and nearly a third had a shockable rhythm.

The Canadian Pacific Railway company (CPR) was incorporated in 1881. Its original purpose was the construction of a transcontinental railway, a promise to Briti...

2016年12月7日 · Donald Stratton of Colorado Springs was aboard the USS Arizona when it was bombed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It's been 75 years since Japanese planes streamed across the Hawaiian sky...

2020年2月17日 · Donald Stratton was a 19-year-old Seaman First Class in the Navy when his ship, the USS Arizona, was bombed with several other U.S. battleships in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on...

CPR originally referred to its passenger cars used by officials as Official Cars. Eventually, as Business Cars (BC for short) but never as "private cars". Too grandiose! Employees on the other hand always called them just that; private cars! Named business cars (circa 1950's) were assigned to General Manager and above.

2021年12月7日 · Stratton was one of the survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese aerial attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii that killed 1,100 Arizona crew members.

2010年11月12日 · In the primary meta-analysis, pooled data from three randomised trials showed that chest-compression-only CPR was associated with improved chance of survival compared with standard CPR (14% [211/1500] vs 12% [178/1531]; risk ratio 1·22, 95% CI 1·01–1·46).

In 1941 the CPR became involved in commercial Aviation by acquiring and amalgamating ten commercial aviation companies into Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPA). Today the CPR operates and maintains over 22,500 km of rail line in Canada, hauling grain, fertilizer, Automobiles and freight to numerous destinations throughout the country.