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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1945
Page
2
Warnings arise that Canada risks falling behind in science without more funding for training and research. Universities and the National Research Council boosted work during the war, though details remain partly secret. Dr. C J MacKenzie says current annual scientific expenditure is about $10 million and should be maintained and grown after the war.
A Federation of British Industries statement urges public and government backing for Canadian scientific research. It argues research fuels employment and new industries, while stagnation and bankruptcy follow neglect. After the war, markets shrink and science could help solve forthcoming problems.
Agricultural research has aided Western farmers with rust resistant wheats and new crops, boosting production and income. Dr. J. H. Craigie notes Eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba farmers gained 27,242,000 dollars since 1939, thirteen times Canada's spend on developing rust resistant wheat. More funding is urged to sustain wartime scientific momentum.
London Sunday Despatch reports a new British Empire Lecture in Aeronautics by the Royal Aeronautical Society. Biannual talks will alternate between Britain and the Empire, with £50 honorariums and £100 travel subsidies for overseas speakers, first delivery set for September 1945.
A Kitchener Ontario man paid $870 for a house using half-dollar coins weighing 45 pounds collected over 12 months. He gave each coin to his wife who later produced three pails filled with the coins. A cat’s cornea is curved more than a human’s allowing wider side vision.
The Dominion Experimental Station at Morden Man advises planting additional apple pear and hybrid plum trees at 3 to 5 year intervals. Fruits are not fully suited to local climate and need moisture and milder winters. Heavily bearing trees may lose vigor after harsh winters. young trees should replace aging ones.
An anonymous Calgary donor has given 200 dollars sporadically over the last three years, totaling eight hundred dollars to Alberta child welfare, puzzling provincial treasury officials.
Q and A on auction pricing and fair value rules for goods sold at auction. Guidance covers auctioneers as agents, limits on price above new goods, and avoiding excess charges. Includes handling ration books via grocers for home use and refund policies under store rules, with reference to wartime price boards.
The Post Office Department warns overseas parcels from Ottawa base receive frequent damage from glass jars, crushed cardboard, and leaky metal lids. About 40 to 50 parcels daily require repair due to faulty packing. Send jams syrups or honey in leak-proof soldered metal containers with absorbent padding, corrugated shockproof wrapping, and multiple paper layers.
Under Trans-Canada Air Lines plan of rehabilitation favoring veterans, the twelfth RCAF and army repatriated passenger agent class completed a Stevenson Field Winnipeg course in February, bringing total trained since March 1942 to 125. Eleven graduates, three from Winnipeg, received proficiency certificates at a gradation dinner at The Fort Garry Hotel hosted by D. R. McLaren.
Abraham Lincoln public school in the Boston South End functions as a miniature League of Nations with a student body representing no fewer than 31 nationalities.
A documented behavior notes that an octopus will attempt self cannibalism when confined. Researchers observed the animal twisting and biting its own arms as stress responses during capture. This behavior raises questions about instinctive self preservation under distress.
From Liberty Magazine an argument that postwar readjustment hinges on tapping small employers to absorb returning veterans and returning farmers. It cites Canada’s business distribution, urging little firms to hire more workers to enable full employment and peace.
The article reports extensive postwar destruction in Belgium with 2,205 of 2,629 communities damaged. Homes factories and public buildings suffer extensive losses totaling about 25 billion francs. From invasion through last December 350000 property damage claims were filed. Factories damaged include 3430 with 449 total losses and 1831 partially damaged.
The fourth district C.W.A.C. officers conference convened in Ottawa with Col. Margaret Eaton presiding. Western delegates included Lt. Kathleen Mc Convey M.D. 10 Winnipeg Major Madeleine Nation Pacific Command Vancouver Capt. Mabel Fearnley M.D. 12 Regina and Major Mary Barker M.D. 13 Calgary.
A document circulated two days after France fell among British officials, detailing grim British positions. The accompanying note urged ideas on how to proceed to win the war, asking for a week from today to collect answers.
In a string of light snippets a father anticipates his death, shoppers lament credit, and a Navy loving son reveals ship maintenance pride. A man in a tailor shop vents over a split coat while a boot repairer defends the wait. The prison visitor questions an inmate as a grim reply echoes resilience.
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