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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
4
A New Theory suggests lunar craters arose from volcanic activity and meteor impacts. Tycho Copernicus and Kepler dominate ray systems. rays may trace from a buried atomic energy process beneath the surface.
The Bank of the Manhattan Company Building at 40 Wall Street was designed to be the world’s tallest, but the Chrysler Building's spire and the subsequent Empire State Building surpassed it. The skyscraper fell from first to fourth height within five years as newer towers surpassed every record.
The first group of British teachers will depart London later this year under a post-war exchange plan. Canadian teachers will arrive to teach in schools around London. Under London County Council education committee plans, 10 London teachers will go to Canada and 28 Ontario teachers will come to England.
Intensive search by Czech groups extends across Germany and Holland for the 98 missing Lidice children from the 117 taken when the village was razed in June 1942 in reprisal for Reinhard Heydrichs assassination. Of seven infants, one died and the others were placed in German foundling homes. 12 of 110 older children have been located so far.
Marine biologist A Laurence Wells told businessmen the Thames estuary waters will froth and bubble due to disturbances from forthcoming Pacific atom bomb experiments. He cited the uranium content of seawater as the cause.
The Ottawa Journal reports Mr. Churchill shows strong resilience after an American rest cure and will let Anthony Eden handle much of the Opposition leadership in Commons. He has not yet begun writing his war memoir, a narrative many anticipate as historically vital.
Dr E S Archibald, head of the Dominion Experimental Farms, spoke at a Rotary luncheon in Ottawa marking the 60th anniversary of Canada’s farm experiment system. He traced growth from 45 million acres in 1886 to 174 million today, and noted wheat advances including Marquis and Redmond, with vast gains in exports, research in disease resistance, and farmers’ shift to hardy fruits and crops like field corn and soybeans. He warned new diseases appear, urging continued breeding and lower production costs to sustain rural prosperity.
A wartime tribute from Lancelot Cayley Shadwell of Wiltshire England to Canada, praising the Dominion as the Old Sea Mother and calling for steadfast unity. It recalls past battles with the German threat and appeals for mutual support, gratitude, and enduring bond between nations.
The Victoria Times argues citizenship carries duties, not a casual cloak. It condemns supporters who fear immigration hurdles and says those who settle and contribute deserve full Canadians rights.
Georgia schoolteacher Martha Berry answered boys who said washing clothes was women’s work by washing them herself. She showed them with quiet humor how tasks are shared, as the students watched and then joined in.
In New Jersey color coded hives help bees find their way home and avoid entering the wrong hive. The suggestion extends to humans, noting bees cannot use stairs and a queen bee at the top of stairs would be problematic.
Air Commodore Frank Whittle, famed father of the British jet, pilots the Meteor and shares a joke about his son asking the speed. The boy questions a little over 400 indicating a child’s blunt view of performance and progress.
Crochet pattern 7094 offers a filet lace scarf and mats with chart directions. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, for pattern 7094 and include name address and pattern number. The 1946 Needlework Book offers 1104 illustrations and a free potholder pattern for twenty cents more.
Hotels and restaurants in New York are complying with Mayor William O'Dyer's plea to omit wheat and cereal products from evening meals every Tuesday and Thursday. The measure aims to reduce wheat use across city dining in alignment with wartime conservation efforts.
Dr Selman A Wakeman who discovered Streptomycin predicts science will soon shackle the common cold as a major disease pest. The statement points to a potential breakthrough in antiviral and antibacterial research and suggests optimism for future cures.
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