This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1946
Page
7
The Christian Science Monitor notes Chinese Buddhist priests paid $10 a month plus board would refuse prayers until receiving $1.50 extra weekly for special meetings. The piece wryly muses on workers’ rights and self-reliance, suggesting a broader strike wave may be peaking.
The timber resources of the United States are declining with 40 percent less standing saw timber now than 30 years ago. Officials attribute the drop to insufficient conservation measures and lack of proper management.
The Detroit auto industry faces severe material shortages as lead, sheet steel, pig iron, copper, leather, and burlap tighten supply. GM and Ford cut plans for cheaper cars, raise prices, and expect limited output through 1947 with capacity not reaching 5 million annually until late 1947 or 1948.
Subsidies paid to farm producers over 1939 to 1945 totaled 410,512,000 with the wheat acreage reduction leading at 86,000,000 and butterfat subsidies at 70,000,000. Other major funds covered feed freight assistance and prairie farm aid, with dairy, livestock, seeds, fertilizer, and fruit programs making up the rest.
The piece notes basketball now attracts more paying fans than hockey at Madison Square Garden and cites a Peiping tournament record. It reports Toronto preparing its first International Basketball Association team at Maple Leaf Gardens with coach Sadowski, praising attitude over past Toronto teams. It also laments taller youth and rising heights among boys.
Newfoundland has acquired Gander Airport from Canada for 4.6 million dollars. Newfoundland Utilities Department spokesmen disclosed annual operating costs for the Airport, the Island's Great Atlantic Terminal, are estimated at 500 thousand dollars.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.