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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
8
The author discusses why lunar craters appear vast and rays radiate from central points. A mix of volcanic activity and meteor impacts could form the surface features, with atomic-energy processes near the crust driving eruptions. Key craters Tycho Copernicus and Kepler anchor the ray systems on the Moon.
The Bank of the Manhattan Company Building at 40 Wall Street, once planned to be the world’s tallest at 937 feet and 71 floors, did not exceed the Woolworth Building. A last minute Chrysler Building spire gave 1,048 feet, and within five years 40 Wall Street fell to fourth. The Empire State Building later surpassed all records.
The first group of British teachers will depart London later this year for Canada under a postwar exchange plan. In return, 28 Ontario teachers will come to England while 10 London teachers travel to Canada as part of London County Council education committee plans.
An intensive hunt continues for Lidice children taken by the Germans after the village was destroyed in June 1942. Ninety three of one hundred seventeen are still unaccounted as Czechs scour Germany and Holland for the youngsters. One baby died and the others were found in German foundling homes. Only twelve of the one hundred ten older children have been located so far.
Marine biologist A Laurence Wells warned businessmen that the Thames estuary will froth and bubble due to disturbances caused by forthcoming atom bomb experiments in the Pacific. He cited seawater uranium content as the cause.
The piece notes Mr. Churchill's return home and his plan to delegate Opposition leadership to Mr. Anthony Eden. It highlights his likely not drafting his WWII memoir yet, while many look forward to his wartime reflections. The article stresses Churchill's unique qualifications to tell the war story and public eagerness for his narrative.
Lancelot Cayley Shadwell of Wiltshire England laments the Silver Lady and the Old Sea Mother. He recalls Britain's wartime endurance and invites twelve million souls to stand with Canada in unity and mutual sacrifice in a formal, lyrical patriotic address.
Dr E S Archibald outlined Canada’s 60 years of experimental farms progress at an Ottawa Rotary luncheon. He traced growth from 1886 land use and wheat output to today’s vast acreage and yields, noting innovations in wheat varieties, oats, flax, and crops, plus ongoing disease resistance and agricultural engineering aims. Ottawa Journal filed.
The Ottawa Citizen suggests painting bee hives in colors to help bees find their own homes. The column humorously contemplates what happens if a bee locates the door but not the keyhole, noting bees cannot climb stairs. It ends with a playful remark about a queen bee at the top of stairs being a tough baby.
In London Air Commodore Frank Whittle, hailed as the father of the British jet, recalled test flying the Meteor. His young son asked his speed and, after hearing "a little over 400," quipped "What, only 400?" noting how children grow up with faster expectations.
The Victoria Times argues the new citizenship definitions require commitment and responsibility. It condemns granting rights to outsiders who merely pass through, urging prospective immigrants to earn citizenship through contribution and staying to build Canada.
A Georgia school teacher known as Miss Martha confronted male students who claimed washing clothes was women’s work. She declared she would handle the laundry herself, then demonstrated at zinc tubs on a wooden bench. One by one the boys joined her, asking to learn and scrub.
Heirloom crochet pattern 7094 offers scarf length variations and a lace stitch set. Instructions include chart directions and a plea for twenty cents to obtain the pattern from the Winnipeg newspaper union. Also advertised is a 1946 Needlework Book with 104 illustrations and five free potholder patterns.
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