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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1946
Page
2
The Russell Banner in Russell Manitoba lists weekly publication every Thursday. Editor and publisher E Cecil Sanderson is noted along with postal authorization as a second class mail publication in Ottawa and subscription details of $1.50 per year in advance.
Capital correspondent reports Premier Mackenzie King hesitates to take on the extra burdens of a separate external affairs department while Ottawa hints at possible shifts. The piece notes King’s close ties with Churchill and Roosevelt, the wartime daylight saving shift to local control, and Canada’s aid to Soviet Russia despite claims otherwise. It covers price controls, tax expectations, immigration figures, and a by election in Toronto Parkdale.
Imperial Oil reported higher net profits from Canadian sales in 1945 versus 1944. About 1.291 billion gallons sold at four-fifths of a cent per gallon, versus 1.397 billion gallons at three-quarters of a cent in 1944. Investment earnings totaled 6,264,299 dollars, lifting operating income to 10,352,287 dollars or 61.62 cents per share, with plans for refinery modernization and replacement of four war losses plus three new lake tankers.
A Canada Board of Transport Commissioners report details 378 railway crossing accidents in 1845 causing 129 deaths and 598 injuries. Automobiles caused about one third of crashes, often due to frost on windshields and windows in November and December. Emphasizes anti frost devices, cautious driving, railways education, and government support through Level Crossing fund. Also notes a fourth tanker added to a coastal fleet and that 93 percent of discharged wartime employees were back with the company by end of 1945.
The Rural Municipality of Russell council plans a by law to open a public road through parts of sections 22 27 34 township 21 range 29 west. The plan by George A Warrington dated 1945 46 is on file for inspection. A hearing is scheduled April 23 1946 at 10 a.m. in Russell to allow affected landowners to present their claims.
Mrs Muriel McLean sells household furniture in Russell on April 18 auctioneered by Shipley and Son. Menzie’s sale on April 15 at the old Clarence Honey Place. Staples and Braendle auctioneers. John Anglet’s livestock machinery and household effects sale at Shellmouth on Saturday April 20 by Shipley and Son. Community auction at Angusville on April 24 by Staples and Braendle E W Robertson and Mrs B L McLeod’s sale of household effects on April 27 by Shipley and Son.
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