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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 01, 1947
Page
2
The article reflects on the wartime shift to scientific research, noting how weapon development drove decisive victory. It argues that wartime funding and large teams yielded monumental results, exemplified by the atom bomb and UN relevance, and urges continued peacetime investment in medical industrial and agricultural research to boost progress and prosperity.
The National Scientific Research Board urges spending 1 percent of national income on research totaling about $200 million. It frames research as vital to national survival and proposes 44 percent for non military work 14 percent for medical research and 22 percent for military. Canada’s ties to U S science may find the report relevant.
The piece argues that Canada should spend about one percent of national income on medical research as proposed by American scientists to accelerate progress against cancer polio and other costly diseases. It notes current work by the National Research Council universities and industry but calls for larger concentrated efforts akin to wartime programs.
An aging burglar known as Gentleman Fred Harding pleads guilty at Old Bailey to breaking into a Kensington flat and stealing 250 pounds worth of jewelry. Counsel argues deafness hindered his crime, while witnesses praise his kind streak and police show of respect. 123 keys found on him, and the judge notes worry over skeleton keys.
Gophers prized at the Calgary zoo exhibit likely named Night and Day featuring a coal black gopher and two albinos. The animals arrived from Craigmyle after summer trapping on farms of Ed Kittridge and another Craigmyle site. The text notes fanciful comparisons to feeding apples oranges and potatoes.
Calgary reports harvesting of the most valuable sugar beet crop yet in Southern Alberta. T. George Wood of Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd says the 29 200 acre crop could bring about 5 million dollars to 1 400 irrigated growers. Last year’s crop yielded about 4.7 million and 109 million pounds of sugar were extracted. Machinery will play a major role with 300 loaders and 15 combines in operation.
CHICAGO A meat authority says electronics could cook sirloin in 50 seconds. Redman B. Davis of the National Livestock and Meat Board told the annual meeting that husbands may not wait for meat again if cooking by electronics becomes universal. Lab tests showed grilled ham in 50 seconds hamburgers in 35 seconds and frozen meals thawed and served hot in two minutes. Practically all serpents swallow their victims head first.
The estate of the late James Turner of Carroll Manitoba will disperse about fifty head of pure bred Aberdeen Angus cattle on Saturday October 25 at 2.40 pm standard time. The herd descends from Karama 2nd of Glencarnock.
A collection of quirky exchanges and jokes shows graphic humor about daily life. Snappy lines involve a park without littering, weddings, a boot shop, and misfired compliments. The set includes quips about dinner plans, a brimming golf club, and a movie shoot with a witty comeback.
At Dominion experimental farm in Swift Current researchers led by Dr. J. L. Doughty test soil moisture and fallow practices to predict wheat yields. They aim to determine if soil moisture at seeding can overcome annual rainfall shortfalls and reduce seed wastage, with a decade or more of work anticipated.
In New York the Pennsylvania Railroad unveiled a giant semi automatic wash chamber to launder an electric locomotive in 15 minutes. The machine, 300 feet long and 15 feet high, will scrub rinse and polish about 100 engines daily replacing two hours 55 minutes of hand work per locomotive.
The Himalayas host Mount Everest at 29 141 feet, claiming the title of the world’s tallest mountain.
Dorothy Stumpf a 19 year old worker in a local industry faces trial in Kitchener Ontario on a motor manslaughter charge. She is also charged with unsafe operation failure to hold an operator permit dangerous driving and unlawful liquor possession in connection with the Aug 22 Knollwood camp death of seven year old Dennis Hartung. Her planned Oct 4 wedding to James Kennedy was postponed as she cited distress over the case.
Antwerp born Countess Ann De Mishaegen leads a 12-horse pack into Prophet River hinterland along the Alaska Highway seeking bear and moose in British Columbia. The cigar smoking hunter and briar pipe user travels with husband and is renowned for elephant and lion hunts in the Congo.
Lillooet British Columbia Al Young, the famous Cariboo stage driver now over 80, demonstrated enduring grit by shooting two bears raiding his orchard near the town. He does not use glasses.
Nutrition experts warn that relying on instinct for eating is unreliable due to individual food habits. They advocate a diet based on proven nutrition rules and evidence.
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