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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
3
Internationally known preacher Victoria Booth Demarest will conduct a preaching mission at Elm Street Church in Toronto from September 15 to October 6. The Booth family lineage, including founders William and Catherine Booth, underscores her platform eloquence and spiritual power.
The piece highlights John Moody of the Montreal Alouettes and Jackie Robinson of the Montreal Royals, examining racial tensions in baseball and football. It reflects on Robinsons potential Big League impact, the vs. Newfoundland interference rule, and the hostile crowds, while noting Moody’s skill and concerns about rule changes.
Professor Auguste Piccard and Belgian scientist Max Cosyns prepare a two person submarine for a deep sea dive early in 1947 in the Gulf of Guinea. The 40 metric ton craft will descend to the ocean floor and return, with dives lasting about 12 hours and extending up to 15 miles from the mother ship.
Britain's Cierva W-9 helicopter performed its first public demonstration at a Southampton air pageant. The single rotor craft lifts vertically moves sideways and backwards as easily as forwards, enabling vertical takeoffs and versatile flight.
Moscow Radio reports a meteorite seen far in the Khabarovsk district of Siberia. The largest known meteorite to strike Earth was the 1908 Siberia impact, which devastated a vast area.
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