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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 14, 1946
Page
3
The New York Times notes a shift from familiar red barns to modern, fireproof, one story barns. Aluminum and steel products enable bulk storage, field baling grows, and insulations protect dairy and poultry outputs. Analysts foresee farm construction reaching up to two billion dollars annually for a decade as efficiency drives profits.
Norwegian sailor James Cush tells of the Nova wreck and the deaths of skipper Grant West and crewmen Frank Anderson and Frank Pulling after 119 days adrift. Cush, once 270 pounds, arrived in a US Army hospital in New Caledonia weighing about 120 pounds after surviving by scant rations and makeshift raft.
The Hudson's Bay Company's vessel, equipped with radar, reduced a five day voyage by ten thousand dollars last summer. The radar eye enabled continuous steaming with no sudden ice collision risk in Arctic fogs.
J Russell and his wife have bought a nearby cottage with full knowledge of Borley’s haunted reputation. The area’s scarce housing drives them to endure legends and odd sights. A 4 acre garden and salvaged bricks support their plan as a skull once found in cellars is noted in local lore.
Linda Vale from Chicago confronts her past as she meets Harry Shore's assistant Peggy in his private office. The encounter reveals Shore's glamorous work world and raises Linda’s doubts about his intentions, prompting a tense decision about leaving town to avoid his call.
The Channel Islands ship Pedigree Jersey cattle for stock farms in Canada. Precautions are heightened to safeguard what is described as the largest and most valuable cattle consignment ever to depart Jersey.
The text notes mint was known and used by Hippocrates, regarded as the father of medicine, dating to the fifth century BC, with an unrelated numeric sequence 2698 appended.
A woman lingered by a window at the reception reading a handwritten note to her father about a long-awaited moment. She hesitated, torn between propriety and curiosity, as an unseen girl’s presence lingered in the room.
Sewing pattern advertisement for Pattern 4911 with features like a diagonal button sweep modified folman sleeve and longer flared skirt. Includes illustrated instructions and sizes 12 through 20. Mail orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg, US MeDermot Ave, B Wienpes with 20 cents.
A student run newspaper appeared on London Ontario school blackboards. University of Western Ontario journalism students produced a complete issue under Professor G W Mc Cracken and John K Elliott of the London Free Press. Russian soldiers reportedly received two percent sunflowers daily as an iron ration.
Alaska's sale to the United States in 1867 for 7200000 gold dollars was viewed by many as folly yet proved strategic as Czarist ambitions faded. The piece notes Russians mapped the coast in the 16th century, but American defense concerns rose with Alaska's status. it asks what if the Soviet Union controlled the region, in a tone reflecting on history and future implications.
Washington reports that using 1941 as a yardstick the dollar has shrunk to about 69 cents. Inflation driven by living costs and housing shortages, plus high staple prices, distort purchasing power. Canada remains comparatively stronger for average consumers due to controls and subsidies on key goods.
Four years after the Krakatoa eruption between Java and Sumatra a massive dust cloud traveled around the world. The explosion hurled more than a cubic mile of ash into the atmosphere creating far reaching atmospheric effects documented in contemporary reports.
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