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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 25, 1947
Page
2
The text notes unprecedented wartime funding and staffing boosted scientific work, leading to the atom bomb and decisive results. It argues these gains should continue in peacetime to advance medical, industrial, and agricultural fields, benefiting society and the economy.
The National Scientific Research Board in the United States urged spending one percent of national income on research amounting to about 200 million dollars. It called research vital to national survival and proposed 44 percent for non military work 14 percent for medical research and 22 percent for military use. Canada’s ties to US research make the report relevant to Canadians.
The piece argues Canada should boost medical and scientific research to tackle cancer polio and other diseases. It notes current efforts by the National Research Council universities and private industry but calls for large concentrated programs akin to wartime teams. It urges funding to meet urgent health and economic needs and cites US views on research as vital to national survival.
Aging London burglar known as Gentleman Fred Harding pleads guilty to breaking into a Kensington flat and stealing 250 pounds worth of jewelry. Defense notes he has become deaf and past his crime years. witnesses praise his kind nature and skill with keys. The judge contemplates a two year sentence for skeleton keys.
The Calgary zoo houses special gophers in an exhibit possibly named Night and Day. A coal black gopher arrived from Craigmyle after a summer farm capture on Ed Kiicridge's property. One white gopher was also captured in Craigmyle.
A note states that the fattening qualities of a large apple a big orange and a medium baked potato are the same signaling parallel dietary observations.
Harvesting of Alberta’s most valuable sugar beet crop is underway on 29 200 acres. T. George Wood of Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd reports 1947 beets will likely fetch over 12 to 13 dollars per ton with growers receiving about 11 10 per ton for 1946 beets.
CHICAGO A meat authority says electronics could cook sirloin in 50 seconds. Redman B. Davis of the National Livestock and Meat Board told the annual meeting that husbands may never wait for a meat dish again if cooking by electronics becomes universal. Tests show grilled ham steak in 50 seconds, hamburgers in 35 seconds, and complete frozen meals thawed and served hot in two minutes.
The article notes that most snakes ingest their prey head first, a method that aids swallowing and constriction. It emphasizes this common reptilian behavior as a widespread feeding strategy observed across species.
The estate of the late James Turner in Carroll Manitoba will disperse the herd of about fifty head of pure bred Aberdeen Angus cattle on Saturday October 25 at 1 00 PM standard time. The cattle descend from Karama 2nd of Glencarnock.
A collage of light jokes and brief comic lines. Ironies about park littering wedding plans farm humor and social scenes unfold with quick punches. The punchlines feature people like a bootshop manager, a cook named Mary and a judge asking for excuses.
Experiments under Dr. J. L. Doughty at the Dominion experimental farm in Swift Current aim to forecast prairie wheat yields by measuring soil moisture and rainfall. The study seeks to determine if enough moisture exists at seeding to produce a harvest, reducing seed waste and guiding long term fallow practices to counter drought in Saskatchewan’s brown soil belt.
New York report says the Pennsylvania Railroad completed a giant semi automatic washing machine to launder an electric locomotive in 15 minutes. The device, about 300 feet long and 15 feet high, will scrub rinse and polish about 100 engines per day, replacing a manual process that took nearly three hours per locomotive.
Mount Everest rises in the Himalayas as the world’s tallest mountain with a summit altitude of 29141 feet. The landmark dominates regional geography and is renowned for its challenging ascent and historic climbing milestones.
Countess Ann De Mishae gen of Antwerp travels into the Prophet River region along the Alaska Highway with a 12-horse pack train. The hunter, famous for lion and elephant hunts in the Congo, seeks bears and moose in British Columbia using a double-barrel .45 rifle.
Lilooet BC resident Al Young, once famed Cariboo stage driver, now over 80, proved his old spark by shooting two bears raiding his small orchard near the centre. He does not use glasses.
Nutrition experts warn that relying on instinct for diet is unreliable due to individual food habits. They argue a safe diet rests on proven nutritional rules and evidence-based guidance.
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