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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1954
Page
5
The Safety Council warns drivers to watch for schoolchildren returning to streets and highways as schools reopen. It promotes curb drill for beginners and urges parents to guide novices to safer routes, stressing patrols and steady habits to prevent accidents.
In Johannesburg a factory reports over 200 workers have remained free from influenza and chest infections for five years. Management cites exposure to formaldehyde formalin treated rayon cloth imported from Italy as the reason for apparent immunity to common respiratory illnesses.
In Cleveland and at St Vincent's, physicians study hypothermia to extend safe operation windows on heart defects. Dr Leighninger of Western Reserve University and Dr Kay at the charity hospital report successful use of cold protection to reduce bleeding, aiming to apply the technique to valve openings, leaks, and possibly heart tumors in the future. A British team also unveils a flash lamp exceeding sun brightness for ophthalmoscopy and other medical research including cancer.
After four years of tests New Zealand engineers report ample underground steam from 29 bores in the North Island thermal region. Some bores reach 3000 feet with pressure and heat stable or increasing, enabling a trial power station expected to produce about 90 000 kilowatts. Foundations underway as a broader program looms.
British Columbia family data show households averaging two children, up from a prior high of 1.9. The report highlights growing family sizes in Victoria and mentions helium as the lightest gas after hydrogen.
In Steveston British Columbia the one crop is salmon with dock workers, cannery workers, and a 2000 strong female workforce. The town sits between the Fraser River and the Gulf of Georgia as Adams River runs peak. Fishermen report border catch valued over 10.5 million dollars.
An Ontario plant nearing completion will produce Terylene, a polyester fibre popular in the United Kingdom. It offers fabrics from silk-like to wool-soft with washability of cotton, resists shrinking, holds pleats, dries quickly, and requires little ironing. Developed after 13 years of chemist work since discovery.
The article argues children should learn safe match use under supervision to curb risky behavior. It stresses keeping matches lighters and lighter fuel out of reach for smaller kids and suggests supervised activities to foster responsibility. It notes Niagara Falls water flow rate as context.
The North Star ice wagon, a four motor flying lab used by the RCAF and NRC, ends icing studies. Equipment removed, plane reassigned to test navigation instruments, with data to be analyzed by NRC cold weather lab.
Halifax harbor pilot E. K. Hartling directed the shift of the freighter Fort Avalon from a floating drydock to the dockyard machine shop pier with engines dead. He signaled without the ship’s whistle, using arm movements and a police whistle while tug captains watched for wind gusts and precise timing.
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