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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1945
Page
6
The article discusses anticipated postwar changes in daily life and focuses on medicine. It notes divergent views on sweeping societal shifts while urging optimism that wartime medical progress can raise national health standards once applied to the population.
Article notes the health crisis in Canada with emphasis on preventative medicine. It cites March 1944 statistics showing only 468,303 of 1,064,888 examined fit for service, while over 596,585 were rejected and about 300,000 deemed unfit for any military duty.
Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, urged during a Canada visit that medical science should aim not only to prevent disease but to promote living with vim and vitality. He noted concerns about health among young men of military age and suggested a broader hope for national well being.
A montage of light vignettes shows couples waiting for money grants and quarrels over corn and teeth. Dentists jokes collide with home economics and dating pitfalls as neighbors discuss hypocrisy and village life. A geologic aside notes ancient days were four hours long.
The article explains emergency shelter regulations for Victoria and other cities, how to live in a designated area, and details about rationing coupons for preserves and canning sugar. It also covers deactivation of coupons for discharged service members and notes fur coat pricing not controlled by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board.
Sir Datar Singh of the Indian trade delegation says Buy Machinery India will acquire all heavy machinery Australia can produce after the war. He adds India will replace Japan in buying Australian wool, noting 4 000 000 pounds were bought last year and more will be needed for postwar industrial plans.
Canaries cannot hear sounds lower than the highest C on a human soprano scale. This finding notes birds’ auditory range is restricted above lower frequencies, implying limited perception of deeper pitches in their environment. The study highlights species-specific hearing thresholds and implications for sonic communication.
A Canadian Red Cross welfare officer in France reports a Primus stove provided by the Red Cross saved lives at a French military hospital. In one afternoon and evening 29 operations were performed using sterilized instruments heated by the stove. Miss Cobbett notes the nursing staff believed it would have been impossible without the stove. She is among 500 Canadian Red Cross Corps volunteers overseas aiding Army Medical activities from Newfoundland to Italy.
A sweeping claim list credits Canada with leading in wheat exports and per capita electrical distribution, rural telephones, hydro power, and many "world's largest" facilities. It also notes premier railway mileage, wildlife sanctuaries, buffalo herds, and historic firsts in transport and science, including insulin, the telephone, helium, and paper from pulp.
A Canadian Nation of Canadian furs study shows prewar exports mainly to London, but now the United States buys most of Canada’s fur. In 1942 un dressed fur exports totalled 17.977 million dollars with 16.869 million to the US and 157 thousand to Great Britain. New York City reportedly has more Russians than Kiev.
The Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary in Nangaville Ontario thrives under sons Jasper Ted and Manly who carry on the family effort. For over forty years the sanctuary has saved bird life and attracted visitors, earning Jack Miner OBE recognition as Canada’s best known private citizen. The site preserves living birds for observers rather than extinct specimens in museums.
No. 3 CWAC class at TCC Kitchener Ontario lists numerous graduates from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Calgary including M F Pawlinsky E J Annand Mossbank and L J Irvin MacDowall plus C E Edwards Taber and T G Nickason. Enlistee Miss Helen Ruth Swift Winnipeg daughter of James Swift joins CWAC at Fort Osborne Barracks after 50 years as a Winnipeg nurse. Capt Marial Mosher, Nova Scotian CWAC officer, formerly a ballet dancer, is cited for varied postings and a possible postwar return to ballet choreography and Canadian cultural development.
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