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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1946
Page
5
The King addressed U.N. delegates at St James Palace urging a world united in service to all nations. He warned progress requires effort and sacrifice, and emphasized patience, tolerance, and cooperation to harness atomic energy for mankind.
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear a test case on the validity of orders in council deporting Japanese in Canada on January 24. An order directing the court to hear the matter was passed after a Toronto committee petitioned for action. The hearing will occur in the new Supreme Court building recently occupied after wartime delays. The orders were tabled in Parliament on December 17 by Prime Minister Mackenzie King.
London based Canadian military headquarters says the 85,000 ton liner Queen Elizabeth will keep transporting Canadian troops until further notice. A London Evening Standard report had claimed the ship’s last voyage as a troop carrier.
In Edmundston New Brunswick Leo Char est 40 died when a tire exploded while he was inflating a truck tire. The locking rim detached causing the tire to strike his head. A similar incident at the same scene killed Herve Couturier about a year earlier.
Veterans who used motor vehicles before enlistment gain top priority ratings for new vehicle purchases. Double ammunition cases are also eligible for top priority under certain qualifications.
Scientists at Riverview observatory in New South Wales predict that a group of southwest Pacific islands missing for about 130 years may reappear following a violent Antarctic circle earthquake on December 29. The islands were first charted in 1814 but vanished years later.
The American Cancer Society called for new information from wartime atomic and chemical warfare research to aid cancer studies. Dr. Frank E. Adair warned cancer could kill 17 million Americans alive today if unaddressed, as negotiations with the War Department aim to release data while protecting security. The National Research Council has enlisted 90 leading scientists to organize a nationwide cancer research program.
London reports Britain and the United States converge on protecting atomic energy secrets under UN control. Byrnes and Bevin express confidence the safeguards will be satisfactory and note concerns over a rush to study all aspects. Byrnes plans talks with Senator Vandenberg on the issue.
Ottawa reports butter consumption fell to 10,566,600 pounds in December, down from 12,361,000 a year earlier, as rationing shrank from seven to six ounces per week. Concentrated milk production also declined by 24 percent versus December 1944.
The Vancouver school board will extend a program that releases hundreds of children from stuttering each year. Introduced in 1939 the service cured 500 of 1,206 child stammerers last year, with boys affected more than girls. Mrs Elfreda Webb oversaw the course.
A prehistoric population estimate places Earth’s inhabitants around 7 million, roughly equal to today’s New York City population level. The figure is presented as a rough historical calculation for 7000 BC.
Greek laborers refuse wage readjustments and insist on compensation in foodstuffs or other goods. Public confidence in the drachma declines as the gold sovereign value rises to 4.47 dollars, now quoted at 175000 drachmas.
The London Evening Standard lauds Canada's wartime support with food and currency gifts, highlighting 741.3 million in agricultural exports and 1.8 billion in interest-free loans. Saskatoon convention stresses purity and high quality barley to retain markets, noting price dynamics and malting barley prospects.
A Canadian military mission has been established in Berlin to protect Canadian interests apart from the occupation force. Lt.-Gen. Maurice Pope leads the mission, which functions like an embassy with two staff officers and a small core of ranks limited to ten for winter.
Ottawa reports government sources cite hog production decline in Canada and confirm the country shipped all bacon possible to Britain. Prof. A H Ewan warned the 450 million pound quota was missed last year and Danish produce already competes in Britain.
The British Columbia population, as shown by ration books, reached a new all time high of 930,297, up 63,381 in the last year, according to the prices board report.
Ottawa reports a Brazilian Canadian trade study by J C Ribero Campos outlines two way exchange options. Sugar shipments to relieve Canada’s shortage may begin within six to eight weeks as Brazil harvests a bumper 18 million bag crop.
Maj. W. E. Sheppard reports in Labor Daily Herald that Britain may establish a training area in Canada for future armies. No decision has been reached. Canada could benefit financially and host British troops, as Britain lacks space for large scale mechanized and airborne exercises. North Africa was once considered but political issues blocked that option.
London reports the foreign office stated no one in responsible position in this country initiated negotiations with Germany at any time during the war. The claim followed Nürnberg disclosures of a document said to have been presented to Hitler by Dr. Albrecht Haushofer claiming English circles sent a peace offer to Hess a month before his May 1941 trip to Britain.
A plane from the Eastern Air Command composite squadron dropped supplies 400 miles southeast of Halifax within 100 yards of the troop transport John M. Moorehead. The supplies were used immediately and a soldier aboard the steamship who was stricken with peritonitis responded well to treatment.
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