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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1946
Page
1
The Canada Savings Bonds issue opens October 15 as part of a broad savings effort. There is no fixed dollar target, but the objective is to give every Canadian the chance to invest. Banks and dealers are organizing nationwide facilities to facilitate purchases.
Britain reports 25,223 diphtheria cases and 720 deaths the lowest on record. Deaths are a quarter of the prewar level and cases under half the 1935 figure. Immunization drives show 613,329 children vaccinated last year and a five year total of 5,979,284.
Britain’s Admiralty is trialing underwater wreck photography to aid salvage operations. The project aims to determine practical uses, noting light, mud, tides, and depth as limiting factors and hoping to save time and labor if successful.
Britain reports July exports at £91.9 million, a new yearly peak with a 1946 monthly volume index of 120 versus 100 in 1938. May previously held the best at 115, while a 175 target is set to sustain imports and living standards postwar.
In 1945 England and Wales had over 400 000 blood donors on panels excluding the South West Region. Total donations reached 393 677 with 250 149 collected by mobile units. Civilian patients and fighting services received large quantities of whole blood and plasma, and about 1 000 bottles of dried plasma were sent to Holland after liberation for starvation relief.
The United Kingdom's aviation industry showcased its strength at a September 12 event at Radlett Aerodrome near London. About 3,000 buyers and experts from nearly 50 countries viewed over 50 aircraft types and thousands of exhibits from around 200 UK companies.
Roblin leaders press for a new Legion Memorial Hall to serve as a versatile community hall. The plan envisions a venue for speakers, meetings, concerts, dances, and sports for all ages, plus a rallying point for local pride. Citizens will be asked to contribute money or materials as a fundraising campaign begins.
A remark by Horace Mann urging persistent effort toward deeper understanding and rejection of false ideas. The quote frames history as a progression shaped by education and moral development, seeking a more enlightened society through rigorous inquiry.
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