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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
2
The article discusses entering the postwar period with fears of unemployment and a dull economy but hopes for a new era driven by wartime scientific advances. It highlights the desire to make peace permanent and notes the atomic bomb’s impact on future warfare and global security.
The article warns the weapon's secret cannot stay confined to Britain and the United States for long. Churchill predicts others will obtain it within five years. Germany nearly split the atom. others may follow. A more abundant substance than uranium might emerge. The discovery holds peaceful promise but also the threat of war, underscoring the urgency of world peace.
The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan ended a war that might have lasted months or years and cost many more lives. General MacArthur warned survival requires keeping the spirit and flesh, urging nations to work together to prevent another unimaginable war.
The Ottawa Journal argues Britain’s liberal tradition of Hyde Park free speech yields real liberty. Allowing all voices including Communists, it notes two Communist MPs elected in a 645 member Parliament, proving light exposes falsehoods and sustains liberty. Canada could learn from this.
A 50 year old pupil admits only slightly more than half as much light as a 20 year old. The statement highlights the visual deficiency linked to aging and pupil response.
The article notes expected name changes as Japan yields territories. Keijo likely reverts to Seoul, Shonan to Singapore, and Hsin king to Changchun. Manchuria sees many shifts with Harbin, Hailar becoming Pinkiang and Hulun, Dairen and Ryo jun reverting to Talien and Port Arthur, and Shenyang replacing Mukden. Shihmen may replace Shihchiachurang.
Crowds in Downing Street hoped for notable relics but found only a London dust-cart. The Cockney dustman on the cart drew his hat and bowed with grace, winning cheers as he moved on through Whitehall.
A report notes the use of plastic in the production of milk bottles in England. The change aims to improve packaging efficiency and reduce breakage while discussing cost and industry adaptation.
Citizens learn that clerks may remove outdated coupons from ration books and new books reflect dates of application. Applications for new trucks go through the nearest Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Home Economists can request The Meat Folder from Ottawa. Charts will display meat coupon values in butcher shops.
A collage of light jokes and quips about love, pride, duty, and mistaken notions. Topics include hair loss remedies, old ads, a tattoo misread, a chef like exchange with Lord Bacon, club nights, weather jokes, busking pennies, movie money, a sailor and the coast, a Canadian toast, and Napoleon’s imagined pension.
A British official report explains two atomic explosions: a city destroying blast driven by fast neutrons and a milder power explosion from slow neutrons. Slow neutrons, though far safer for power, are far less usable for bombs, while fast neutrons trigger explosive chain reactions only in concentrated uranium 235 or plutonium. The Washington plant uses slow neutrons for transmutation, remaining controllable and nonexplosive.
The Canadian Legion announced that the stage show Home Again with ex servicemen and women will tour Canada this winter. High octane gasoline is a blend of base stock with synthetic hydro carbons and tetra ethyl lead rather than a single product.
A small mining camp on Great Slave Lake’s northeast shore yields tantalum, a rare metal in demand for its one directional conductivity and corrosion resistance. It forms hard tantalum carbide with carbon and strengthens alloys with nickel, chromium, molybdenum, and iron. Tantalum wire outperforms steel, and its biocompatibility supports medical uses from dental tools to skull implants.
The former S S Prince Charles once a CN Vancouver Queen Charlotte Islands liner was sold for the second time since leaving CN service. Union Steamships Vancouver operated her as Camosun and reports she was bought by Oriental Navigation Company of Tel Aviv Palestine. She will sail among Palestine and Mediterranean ports. Built Ayr Scotland 1913.
Sgt Mary Alix Parker former school teacher from Kamsack Sask served in the CWAC at the Director of Staff Duties Weapons in Ottawa. She recalls secrecy, meeting notable leaders, and missing lunch for engagements. She plans to return to teaching with the Legion welcoming ex service women into its ranks.
A fragment notes that Tia was known to ancient Phoenicians and Romans as part of a collection on virtue prudence compassion and justice reflecting historical awareness of classical sources and moral reflections.
A home treatment ad offers Hem-Roid from druggists for internal piles. The product claims to remove causes, relieve soreness, reduce swelling, and heal piles with Hem-Roid tablets and Hem-Roid pills. Sponsor noted as a reliable firm with over 20 years in Canada.
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