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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1946
Page
2
Since the first atomic bomb fell on Japan the world has focused on atomic energy and its future. The discovery marks a milestone in history and signals a new era. Used as a weapon it could erase civilization, intensifying the drive for world peace and elimination of differences between nations. The prospect of peace has never faced a more terrifying alternative.
Dr Leopold Infeld professor at the University of Toronto discusses a pamphlet by the Canadian Institute of International Affairs on atomic energy. He argues atomic energy will dominate technical social and economic problems for years and may revolutionize current practices benefiting mankind.
Dr. Infeld warns that atomic energy could trigger a revolution surpassing the electric era with factories run by control machinery and reduced labor. He says use for industry is remote, but wartime applications loom, and international relations may determine life or death for the planet.
The 1944 average life expectancy at birth in the United States rose to 65 years, a ~16 year gain since 1900. White females average 68.95 years. those aged 1 may reach 71, and 49th birthdays imply about 75 more years. White males reach 63.55 years, slight dip from 1942 due to military accident mortality.
A royal commission will determine awards for wartime inventions designs drawings or processes used by British and Allied governments. It will later set the claims submission process. Government employees are eligible and judged equally with outsiders. American royalty rights on inventions will be considered too.
The Dominion drama festival will be revived with regional contests early in 1947 to select companies for the national finals in London. Submissions may be either one-act or three-act plays. The Ottawa Journal cheers amateur theatre and cites local Little Theatre contributions to culture and entertainment.
The Canadian Meat Board reports overseas canned meat shipments for the first five months of 1946 total 52,637,244 pounds, nearly double the 1945 figure. Of this amount 5,000,148 pounds went to France and Belgium, while 42,246,050 pounds were sent to famine-relief authorities abroad.
The text urges patient UN progress and stresses that freedom and cooperation require setbacks. It notes institutions grow from aspirational bonds and calls for continued Commonwealth vigilance while Britain remains the leading force guiding global civilization through valor and skill.
Three Leander class cruisers that defeated Graf Spee in 1939 will join the Royal Indian Navy with government approval. Indian personnel will be trained in the United Kingdom for manning the ships.
Eight million gallons of water were required to restore St James Park lake after it was emptied during the war. The fact highlights the scale of the park’s wartime disruption and subsequent restoration efforts.
Questions and answers outline sugar coupon dates for canning on July 4 S17 to S21, registration rules for beekeepers selling honey, how to obtain ration books while traveling in Eastern Canada, and price controls for fresh cherries. Includes guidance to request pamphlets and the Blue Book from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
Winter wheat commands a premium due to scarce farm labor and earlier ripening. Kharkov and Marquis perform strongly at Lethbridge trials since 1907, with Kharkov yielding 27.3 bu/ac over 28 years and Marquis 25 bu/ac. Jones Fife is less winter hardy. Best seeding time in Southern Alberta is the first week of September to balance erosion protection and root-rot risk.
In Detroit the Assistant Secretary of War for Air W. Stuart Symington reveals the B 36 bomber and scoth, capable of dropping atomic bombs from U S airspace to any industrial center. He cites polar routes as key and stresses postwar Air Force will include guided missiles and rockets for atomic strikes. He warns against cutting the air arm’s funding.
Viscount Alexander Governor General of Canada told the annual Canadian General Council meeting that the Boy Scout movement is needed more than ever to foster good feeling between all races.
British Overseas Airways Corporation awards the title mileage millionaire to 52 pilots who have flown more than one million miles. The designation honors long service and exceptional flight experience across routes and eras.
John R. MacNicol spoke in the Commons during health estimates urging real change. He welcomed an increase to the appropriation for medical services and called for more small hospitals near reservations and teacher first aid training during summer holidays for Indian schools.
Rear Admiral Arthur D. Strubble classifies an estimated 30 000 Japanese mines adrift as a continual shipping threat in the Pacific. The Star-Bulletin notes six ships damaged by mines since V J Day, five of them American, with stray mines seen in Hawaiian waters and one about 600 miles off San Francisco.
A collection of aphorisms by Hazlitt Lincoln Eddy and Whittier about right versus might, divine guidance, and moral expediency. The quotes encourage steadfast virtue and the belief that truth and righteousness wield true power in conflict with unholy forces.
N M Bentley of the Alberta school of agriculture Ver million was elected president of the Western Canadian Society of Agronomy at the closing session of a two day conference.
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