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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 29, 1947
Page
4
In Beausejour residents debate April 1 daylight saving time with Winnipeg provincewide change looming. The piece notes farmers oppose change but argues town travelers face missed trains and schedules, urging Beausejour to align to reduce confusion and attract summer visitors. It urges an end to complacency and support for necessary time changes.
A group of prominent Protestant churchmen urge Christians to act beyond a literal love thy neighbor command. They argue science unites Americans and foreigners and urge practical steps to fight ignorance, suspicion, fear and hate. The essay highlights Edgar Snow’s Soviet explainers and notes Bedell Smith’s call for cultural interchange, stressing peaceful neighborliness without appeasement.
Farmers lose profits from dirty eggs delivered to egg grading stations. Causes include soiling from hens with wet feet and dirty nests. Recommendations call for limiting nests per birds and keeping litter dry, with hens kept indoors on wet days. Cleaning eggs harms quality. avoid water and washing machines.
The Accident Prevention Branch of the Provincial Labor Department reports March shows 20 fatal accidents, down from 29 in February. Traffic deaths fell to two, both Winnipeg children. industrial fatalities rose to 293 with no deaths. home falls led with five of thirteen in homes and general accidents caused two of five deaths.
Wartime home front notes indicate the prices chief post was held by Mr. Gordon for nearly fifty years. Kenneth W. Taylor, former ...
A tribute to Miguel Cervantes and William Shakespeare, noting their deaths on the same day in 1616 and comparing their lifelong impact. The piece traces Cervantes life from Alcida baptism to Lepanto, slavery in Algiers, and the creation of Don Quixote, alongside Shakespeare’s enduring national voice and fame.
London County Council discussed and adopted three reconstruction schemes from the County of London Plan by Sir Patrick Abercrombie to coordinate building and development. The plans aim to regenerate bomb‑shattered areas into a unified, dignified capital landscape, starting with a river wall between Westminster and Waterloo Bridges and replanning the South Bank.
A proposal to redevelop about 49 acres at Elephant and Castle costs £4,000,000 to speed traffic flow over a London viaduct near Hammersmith.
A note advertises the 1947 Hansey Chicks calendar and catalogue with approved breeding stock. It references March through May availability for approved banded male matings and related listings.
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