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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
3
Authorities announced that the 38 000 ton battleship Washington was commissioned six months ahead of schedule after 20 days compulsory training under the old short term program. The ship, completed in three years at a cost of 70 million dollars, boosts the United States dreadnought strength to 17.
The Carry on Club met at Mrs Geo Greensides to quilt a Red Cross quilt and plan a bazaar and dance. Harrowby Millwood Woodstock and Craigie form a softball league with a May June schedule and Millwood holds the cup. Harrowby beat Millwood 42 to 0 in their first game. Margaret Petz and Johnnie Ireland placed in spoken poetry at a Binscarth festival.
The Canadian census will start June 11, aiming to collect data across departments including population, agriculture, trade, housing and industry. Proponents say it strengthens war effort planning while critics question timing. authorities urge cooperation and courteous responses to enumerators. The issue also notes social items about visitors and local events.
In junior boys spoken poetry, the team took first place while the Scholars won the chorus shield against Millwood school. Pte Alec Smyth returned to Winnipeg after a 48 hour leave, and Mrs Herman Clark with her infant daughter left for Birtle to convalesce after a severe flu attack.
The World of Wheat traces ancient fertile Mesopotamia where wheat and past empires thrived. It notes the region’s modern oil-driven price shifts, cited by parity loan policy, seeding delays, prairie acreage cuts, and wholesale price indexes hinting at market pressures.
A Singapore report says several thousand British soldiers sailors airmen and officers disembarked from a transport on Thursday while freighters unload heavy U S war supplies.
The North-West Elevators Association reports about 2 500 farmers requested field germination tests and varietal purity checks. About 2 000 wheat seed samples will be planted at the University of Manitoba for purity tests while barley tests are deem to be less urgent. Farmers volunteering their seeds will see identical plots with their crops. Winnipeg visitors are invited to tour the association office and lab and to visit Dominion Grain Inspection and the Grain Research Laboratory.
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