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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1946
Page
5
The Ottawa Citizen recounts global efforts and costs in pursuing perpetual motion patents. Officials require a working model to deter such inventions, noting many projects never overcome friction or yield usable energy.
Cpl. Eunice Chuck Marshall of Borden, recently discharged from the Canadian Women’s Army Corps at Regina, reports one minor accident in about 50 000 miles of driving. She trained at Vermilion and Red Deer and drove jeeps, trucks, station wagons and other vehicles for CWAC units.
In a small Western town a live wire stretched across the main street halting traffic. Fearing a shock, bystanders kept away as the editor sent two reporters to handle the danger and chronicle the incident.
Montreal Star reports botanist Dr. Nicholas Polunin arriving at McGill to study Viking presence on North America. He claims plant evidence from Greenland areas shows Vikings established colonies along the St Lawrence mouth, aided by Arctic Institute fellowship.
In Adegem Belgium a crowd of over 3 000 gathered at the Canadian army cemetery to honor 800 fallen soldiers of the 3rd 4th divisions and 2nd armored brigade who fought along the Leopold canal in 1944. Canadian ambassador Mr Justice W F A Turgeon attended with staff as a guard of honor from the London victory parade unit. Belgian welfare leaders organized the ceremony as girls in white dresses placed wreaths on each grave and earth from the graves was sent to Canada for next of kin.
Publishers add King George to the Who's Who in America volume marking the first appearance of an English king in the publication. The entry is among 8919 new names since 1899, part of a policy to sketch foreigners well known in the U S. Nine year old actress Margaret OBrien becomes the youngest entry since Shirley Temple.
A machine eats away a sandbank at the roadside and another mixes builders materials while a third cuts a trench or sinks a shaft. Modern industry requires fewer laborers yet offers more varied work and its dependence on mechanism is creating a nation of engineers.
The passage explains that lungs normally contain about six pints of air. Each breath moves roughly one pint in and out, highlighting the regular air exchange during breathing.
Dr A Leahey notes that precise estimates of Canada’s arable soils are only approximate until all areas with farming potential are surveyed. Surveys show most arable land lies in sheltered regions. vast bare rock, Precambrian Shield and Cordillera areas restrict farming. In 1941, 175 million acres were farmed with 89 million cultivated and 53 million in pasture. five percent of cultivated land may retire to grass or woodland, while remaining land could become arable with proper management.
Miss Ethel Kinley, Winnipeg music director, told the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Associations in Toronto that a shift among adolescents toward jive and swing threatens intellectual progress. She faulted Hollywood and New York promoters for fostering excitement and primitive amusement while urging young wage earners to buy masterworks and music lessons.
Minister Lewis Silkin announced future government control of outdoor ads in Britain. He said legislation would balance curb and administration without hindering advertising, urging advertisers to limit unsightly signs while amenities in towns and countryside are protected.
London writer W Somerset Maugham has contributed the manuscript of his novel Of Human Bondage to a U.S. institution, marking a rare cultural exchange and highlighting the author’s generosity to readers.
Eight young Canadians representing youth groups travel to Britain under the Empire Youth Movement and National Council of Education of Canada. They include Kathleen Deacon Marian Charters Elizabeth Holmes John Allen David Stubley Jack Spalding Joyce Chown and Philip Ashton. They reached Southampton May 19, met Princess Elizabeth and Lord Beaverbrook, and watched the Victory Parade in London on June 8.
Crochet a decorative pineapple design with identical halves for chairs and vanities. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7305 with your name address and pattern number.
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