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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
2
The piece argues that science and industry gain priority over arts, noting heavy progress in both fields yet scant support for painting and writing. It cites Canadian achievement across arts and calls for greater encouragement to elevate cultural standards and match international status in science and commerce.
The Canadian Arts Council discussed proposals to boost national culture. Ideas include a national library, a representative national theatre group, enhanced art teacher training, broader community centres for art, greater recognition of Canadian sculptors, and subsidizing Canadian musical composers to publish and promote their work.
Canada remains a young nation, yet its artists writers and musicians have earned international recognition. Western Canada shows strong cultural representation, and public and financial support has raised national cultural status, with the Canadian Arts Council seeking further backing to elevate arts recognition nationally and internationally.
Britain’s Atomic Research Station will heat some buildings using atomic energy as an experiment. Director Sir John Cockcroftarranges waste heat from the large atomic pile to be used for heating via pipes to the buildings after cooling and transfer.
Fish produce thousands of eggs yearly yet only one or two offspring reach full reproductive maturity, illustrating extreme mortality from egg to adult.
Toronto. Colin Campbell president of the Canadian Curling Association says bonspiels with high entry fees threaten the sport. He cites Roystown club plan for a $15 000 spiel next winter and notes members who curl for love reject paying $100 to enter. He recalls a two year old motion decrying big money events and predicts curlers will police the issue themselves.
The Palace Guard plans to hire women guards to replace the roughest police crew. The Imperial Household will add 20 to 30 women, aiming for more polite treatment of visitors. Westernized Japanese deride the idea as cheesecake around the palace.
The Victorian police have dropped the traditional Bobby uniform. Officers now wear lapelled jackets caps blue shirts and ties signaling a shift in style and formality for the city’s police force.
Oxford University crew members reportedly fuel their training with whale steak meals amid intense practice. The unusual diet highlights the endurance demands and rugged selection of athletes at the university rowing program.
Lloyd A. Blanchard of the Federal Safety Council told the Industrial Accident Prevention Associations annual meeting that the U S accidental death rate is 70.8 per 100 000 while Canada is 56.6. He said industrial fatalities declined but off the job injuries rose and homes and highways remain the most dangerous. Poor housekeeping was identified as a major cause of accidents in factories and homes.
Manitoba and the Federal Government renewed their National Physical Fitness Act agreement for another year. The federal share is up to 14,269 dollars annually, based on population, within a total 225,000 dollar national fund. Manitoba administers the program through its Health and Public Welfare Department, continuing participation since 1944 alongside six other provinces.
Saint John firemen refused to answer a call when a frantic woman asked for immediate help to remove a mouse perched on her dining room china cabinet. The story notes a snake cannot strike more than half its body length.
A collection of humorous exchanges and jokes featuring a pompous eyewitness in court, workers’ quips about hospital and ladders, a football student, a price raise during ice changes, a quarrelsome suitor, and a jealous husband. The anecdotes showcase light social scenes and wordplay.
Portland region census counts Canada Geese at Merrymeeting Bay and nearby Kennebec feeding grounds totaling at least 15 493 honkers in the fifth annual count. The tally marks a fourth straight rise and is 3 034 birds above last year as the birds wing north to Hudson Bay and Labrador nesting grounds.
Sir Malcolm Campbell plans a visit to Kelowna to test engines for a potential engine trial. Kelowna seeks 25,000 to finance the venture and must prove local financial arrangements before export permits. W T Buss provided a Lake Okanagan map with wind data to aid planning. T Greenwood, board of trade president, said fundraising is progressing.
The Lethbridge Herald notes a shift as 1947-48 is added to the season’s list of hard winners despite prior boasting of a winterless spell. The remark flags the paradox of expectations versus outcome in rural reports.
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