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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 03, 1951
Page
3
A Sports College study ranks hockey shots by speed. Pro players average 112 to 120 mph, with peak tests at 128 to 140 mph, giving goalkeepers about a tenth of a second to react from 20 feet. Comparisons place Bobby Feller’s fastball at 97.4 mph and Harold Larwood’s balls near 118 mph.
New birds face a housing shortage as nesting boxes become essential. The article urges readers to provide proper bird houses and offers a simple design, approved by birds, via the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa for full instructions.
A Reuters report notes Isvestia criticized a children’s arithmetic book by Russian authors for alleging 60 cows yield 2,520 litres of milk. The paper argues the problem misleads youths about production.
Letters to the editor protest the Rivers Legion applying for a license to sell alcohol. Arguments cite use of essential materials for armament, non essential expansion of the Legion Hall, and that existing facilities suffice. signed by Rev. Dr. Harry Dodd and T. W. Offen for the United Church session.
Fifty air cadets from Canada and the United States will arrive in Britain in July and 25 British cadets will leave for Canada on August 5 in a three way exchange between Britain Canada and the United States Each country has arranged a fortnight's program of instructional tours entertainment and participation in national systems of training.
gSSEEDTIMES urges farmers to avoid frost damaged or damp seed for planting in Western Canada. Do not treat frozen seed with formaldehyde, or damp seed with mercury disinfectants unless planted within 24 hours. Increase seeding rate to compensate for reduced germination and avoid deep sowing to protect the barley crop in 1951.
Ottawa Journal questions public shock over the death sentences for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg amid treason accusations. The paper emphasizes the seriousness of the treachery and warns such acts endanger millions, noting the judge’s remarks as linking to wartime peril.
Bank of Canada officials report British Columbia shows strong demand for $2 bills and 50 cent pieces while the prairies shun $2 bills due to superstition. In Vancouver they are widely used though Montreal vaults hold many dusty. The typical life of a $2 bill is about ten months.
In London the House of Commons heard Conservative MP Colonel L. Ropner explain that the label made in U S A applied only to the wrapper of a coin packet, not to its contents, clarifying the minting status of British coinage.
The Canadian National began with Canada’s first railway the Champlain and St. Lawrence opened in 1836 linking Montreal to New York. It later became part of the Grand Trunk chartered in 1852 and included the Intercolonial opened in 1876. After World War I the government merged Grand Trunk Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern into the Canadian National system.
During a storm in South Africa in 1874 hailstones weighing about one and a half pounds fell, reported as a remarkable weather event.
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