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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
4
The author proposes an atomic energy volcanic process forming moon craters and ray systems. He weighs volcanic action versus meteor impacts, noting rays near Tycho Copernicus and Kepler craters and suggests a rare combination could create the observed lunar surface features.
The Bank of the Manhattan Company Building once aimed to be the world’s tallest at 937 feet 71 floors and competed with the Woolworth Building. A last minute spire on the Chrysler Building surpassed it, lifting to 1048 feet and reshaping rankings. Within five years 40 Wall Street fell to fourth, before the Empire State Building surpassed all.
The first British teachers will depart London this year for Canada while Canadian teachers arrive to teach in London area schools. Under London County Council education committee plans ten London teachers will go to Canada and twenty eight Ontario teachers will visit England.
Intensive search continues for 98 of 117 Lidice children not yet found. After the village was razed in June 1942 in reprisal for Reinhard Heydrich's assassination, the Germans placed many in German foundling homes. 12 of 110 older children have been located.
Marine biologist A Laurence Wells told businessmen that Thames estuary waters would froth and bubble from disturbances caused by forthcoming atom bomb experiments in the Pacific due to uranium in sea water.
A London-based Ottawa Journal correspondent notes Sir Winston Churchill’s return from a rest cure in the United States. He appears rejuvenated and will largely delegate Opposition leadership to Anthony Eden while he contemplates leisure. Churchill has yet to begin writing his Second World War memoir. The public expects revelations from the war’s chief architect.
A tribute poem styled as a historical letter from Wiltshire England to Canada the Silver Lady. It lauds Britain as a steadfast Old Sea Mother defending unity courage and shared sacrifice during wartime with a vow of mutual support from twelve million souls.
Dr E S Archibald reflected on 60 years of the Canadian Experimental Farm system at a Rotary Club luncheon in Ottawa. He cited Marquis wheat and plant breeding advances, dramatic land expansion from 45 to 174 million acres, wheat exports rising from 3.5 million to 2.9 billion bushels, and ongoing challenges from diseases necessitating new resistant strains and forage crops.
A Ottawa Citizen note suggests painting beehives in distinctive colors so returning bees can find their own home. It jokes about bees not needing stairs and a queen bee waiting at the head of the stairs, then quips on human keys and stairs.
Air Commodore Frank Whittle in London recounts a joke about his Meteor test flight. His young son asked the speed and laughed at a figure of a little over 400, misunderstanding it as 4007. The remark highlights how children interpret numbers and scale.
New York hotels and restaurants comply with wheatless meal directives during the rationing period. Menus show reduced wheat usage and substitutions in the city dining scene as officials monitor compliance and public sentiment remains mixed.
The Victoria Times argues that Canadian citizenship carries responsibilities beyond rights. It condemns views that immigrants need only a citizenship apprenticeship and insists newcomers must contribute to nationhood to earn full rights.
A Georgia teacher, Martha Berry, asserts she will wash the boys' clothes herself when they refuse. She demonstrates by gathering at zinc tubs on a wooden bench, and the boys gradually join to learn scrubbing, affirming her method.
Heirloom crochet patterns offer a filet crochet scarf and mats set in lace stitch with adjustable scarf lengths. Pattern 7004 includes chart directions and costs twenty cents to obtain by mail from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union. The 1946 Needlework Book offers 104 illustrations and a free potholder pattern for twenty cents more.
An early report hints at a potential breakthrough against the common cold as researchers explore new cures and vaccines. The article notes ongoing efforts by medical scientists and institutions to curb a pervasive illness affecting millions annually.
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