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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 26, 1946
Page
2
A brief from Dusseldorf reports Garth Pickell and the 53rd Division Team in a soccer match won by the German side. Spectators celebrated as a Tommy joked about having beaten Germany at their national game. Later items mock housing, farming rhymes, a pieced together cookery mishap, and odd divorce stories.
A CWAC veteran and widow who served in Canada and at the Canadian Embassy in Washington established a beauty shop after completing a beauty culture course. She earned a qualification certificate, runs her own parlor, teaches at night school, and has her rehabilitation file closed.
A large crowd attended Coronation Rebekah Lodge No. 51 Valentine Dance in Chateau Hall on February 15 despite heavy snow. The event featured a waltzing contest won by Irvine Kolesnick and Miss Arnott with judges and patrons applauding the performances.
Ross Halpin's curling squad leads with 12 points after 6 wins in 7 games and eyes playoffs. A Youth Service at United Church featured Cadet Lt J Mc Nair and readings by Pat Gohn and Ross Halpin. Grade ten French drama starred Leonard Romano and Dave Johnson. Grade eleven debate saw Barbara Aseltine, Adelaide Jackson top the negative side on voting penalties.
Most universities in Europe resume activity after occupation. Nijmegen Catholic University has resumed, Free University of Amsterdam begins enrolment, Prague and Brno mark a Czech Slovak student rally, and four Italian universities are set to reopen soon.
Scotland Yard and Cable and Wireless carried out a seven minute wireless fingerprint transmission from London to Melbourne. Melbourne police identified the criminal within 24 hours, marking a major advance in international policing. The method, tested since 1938, aims for global police cooperation and rapid suspect identification.
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