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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
3
Ottawa reports deliberate emphasis on civilian as well as military aspects of Operation Muskox. Officials confirm large scale invasion routes through undefended Arctic terrain. Final report due August will cover discipline mechanical developments and winter clothing improvements.
Payments totaling 6 106 932 94 are being made to barley producers for deliveries in the 1944-45 crop year. About 155 000 cheques cover 80 435 781 bushels at 7.59 cents per bushel. Cheques go to elevator companies for country deliveries and by mail for farm-to-farm transfers.
The Daily Telegraph reports a British motor manufacturer teamed with an electrical engineering firm is perfecting an electrically driven car capable of 50 miles an hour. Weight issues from lead plates in storage batteries are mitigated by using magnesium plates to reduce weight.
Ancient gold coins valued at about £1 250 000 tied to Nazi looting during World War II. Experts say the hoard, said to have been taken by Hitler from Austrian monasteries, could finance a final stand.
A delegation will attend the Boston conference on distribution in October as the first step in a coordinated effort to address distribution problems in Canada. Daniel Bloomfield and Dr. Raymond W. Miller outlined the conference aims to align industry experts in improving distribution facilities and cutting costs. They noted wartime production gains but lag in moving goods to consumers and urged Canada to establish a similar annual conference to synchronize with Boston and later London meetings.
One thousand four hundred children from poor east end homes joined the sons and daughters of ambassadors at the Mansion House for the first lord mayor's postwar children's party.
The agriculture department announced that bakers nationwide must cut the weight of bread and rolls by 10 percent to conserve wheat supplies.
Morris W. Wilson president and managing director of the Royal Bank of Canada died in Montreal after a short illness. Born in Lunenburg Nova Scotia he was chancellor of McGill University and held many directorships. He joined the Royal Bank in 1897 and served in Halifax Charlottetown Montreal Truro and Vancouver before becoming general manager in 1929 and vice president in 1931.
At Montreal the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization three hours unity backed delaying a multilateral air commerce convention for a year. The American delegation won passage of a resolution calling for exhaustive discussion now while assuming no convention would be signed at the current assembly. Dr Goedhuis pressed an amendment to remove that assumption.
Victoria and the Dominion government set aside 95 acres of foreshore near Nanaimo for a large scale lobster farming experiment on the British Columbia coast. A previous Sooke effort faded after release, with officials noting time and breeding studies were insufficient.
Lawyers for Hideki Tojo and 25 other major Japanese war crimes suspects seek more time to prepare. They filed a motion to delay the trial beyond its scheduled start date of June 3.
Information tabled in the Commons shows companies operating wartime elementary flying training schools have turned over 6,091,035 to the government. John Diefenbaker’s PC note records the total as part of postwar accounting.
Ottawa reports relaxations in Canada's immigration policy to admit certain relatives of residents under a short term measure. The plan allows parents, unmarried children over 18, unmarried siblings, and orphans under 16 of admitted residents to enter if they can be housed and supported by relatives. Separately, Agriculture Minister Gardiner says Canada will import men of high type to replace POW workers in sugar beet fields, with details to follow on origin and arrival.
Sgt Reginald P Howard Australian air gunner famed for wartime medical recovery arrives in Canada seeking an instructor role with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He flew to Tobruk base Sept 17 1942 after a raid against Italian ships and survived years of illness and injuries before discharge in 1943.
Bearded 64-year-old Abdullah Ibn Al Hussein accepted kingship over 300000 subjects in Amman. He urged Arab unity and federation of states as he ascended the throne by treaty ending Britain's mandate. Trans Jordan's British protectorate status ends with Abdullah as Emir under a constitutional government.
Air Minister Gibson announced September 30 as the demobilization deadline for the RCAF. A release plan shows monthly discharge points for Canadian service members and outlines how personnel overseas are released on return to Canada. The overseas force strength is about 5,000.
In Croydon south London an unexploded bomb, long puzzled by the Royal Engineers bomb disposal unit, was located 12 feet from an existing shaft. The bomb size remains unknown and another shaft will be dug above the site to pinpoint its position.
A historic note highlights the 56 mile sea gap between Alaska and Russia. This distance underscores strategic and geographic proximity across the Bering Strait and raises implications for navigation and potential cross border considerations.
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