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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
6
The article emphasizes scientific research as a driver of history and wartime capability, highlighting Canada’s National Research Council in Ottawa. It notes peacetime benefits to civilian life and urges encouragement of research, farm crop utilization, and waste-product development to advance national growth and industry potential.
At a Canadian Institute of Public Relations meeting, R W Boyle of the National Research Council said Canada spends far less on scientific research than Russia, Britain, or the United States. He cited per capita outlays of about 240 dollars in Russia, 1.80 dollars in the United States, 80 cents in Britain, and 20 cents in Canada. He praised Canadian universities and stressed the need to improve funding for postwar development.
The text states that the smallest owl is the elf owl at six inches long while the largest is the horned owl at two feet. This contrasts tiny and large species in a concise size comparison.
National Research Council workshop in Ottawa supplies RAF with photo graphic lenses up to six inches diameter. Lenses for 20 000 to 30 000 feet require extreme precision from rough glass to finished item accurate to one hundred thousandth of an inch. Grinding polishing and calibrating achieve curves within a millionth of an inch to prevent blurring in high altitude reconnaissance photography.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board guidance explains essentiality certificates for new homes with construction permits, rent approval notices via maximum rentals decisions, honey purchase vouchers using coupons, and continued small arms ammunition permits through Septem ber 30. Inquiries or requests for pamphlets should go to the local board.
A humorous montage of one liners and quips. A Dutchman counters a German chant by tying it to Rembrandt. A waitress teases a groom with lettuce and a father eyed suitor creates tension. Adam and Eve meet a rhinoceros and a jokes about love at first sight conclude the slice of light humor.
A CWAC unit in Italy faced a comic setback when CWAC tropical dresses were shrunk by Army laundry staff, leaving garments unable to meet dress regulations. The piece notes morale and order changes permitting civilian clothing on 48 hour passes, causing further social blunders and fashion confusions.
Pvt. Thorunn Ella Norton, Icelandic Canadian born in Winnipeg, works as a visual radio inspector with WAACs at the Rapid City army air base in South Dakota. She has eight years of prior radio tech experience at Thorndars on Transformer Co and Zenith Radio in Chicago. Norton seeks Icelandic posting as an interpreter.
Private Sue Lemky from Edenbridge Sask works in Prince Albert Sask and keeps time with a clock showing a kneeling girl and a boot black that brushes the shoes with every tick. The clock bears Toronto name meaning a place of meeting.
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