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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 22, 1946
Page
2
The Springfield Leader weekly newspaper announces district advertising rates per agate line at 37 cents and 14 lines per inch, lists district representatives for multiple communities, and notes publication date Tuesday January 22 1946 with staff details and postal classifications.
The piece urges Americans to support the United Nations and accept its evolving Charter. It emphasizes sacrifice, patience, and informed public pressure to balance Big Power unity with the needs of smaller nations. It argues UNO success depends on public knowledge, faith, and overcoming cynicism.
A hopeful verse urges perseverance in adversity. It contrasts courage with fate and suggests strength may come from weakness, advising the reader to hold fast and cheer the victor while pursuing their best effort and high hope for success.
Church notes list services at Fort Alexander and Pine Falls with Sunday morning and evening times, midweek prayer meetings, a weekly Thursday meeting, and a Ladies' Guild meeting on the third Tuesday led by Rev W H J Walter and L Th Dur Eng.
The Whitemouth United Church holds services every Sunday at 3 p.m and Sunday School at 2 p.m.
St Johns Church Lac du Bonnet holds services on the second and fourth Sundays each month with Sunday School every Sunday at 2 30 p.m. St Marys Church Pointe du Bois conducts services on the first and third Sundays with Sunday School each Sunday.
The Notre Dame parish announces services for Sunday January 27 1946 the third Sunday after Epiphany at Lac du Bonnet. High Mass catechism at 3 p m girls singing 345 p m benediction and evening prayer at 7 30 p m Religious instruction led by Rev Louis Lahaie weekdays 3 p m for Grades I to VI Mondays Wednesdays Fridays and Grades VII to IX on Tuesdays and Thursdays Weekday Mass typically at 7 30 a m.
A short excerpt compiling lines about ruin craft and self esteem from Crabbe Crowley and Beattie. The verses contrast mastery with disdain and urge renouncing impious self regard.
United Kingdom shipped dumpers to France to assist postwar reconstruction. Fifty units were sent on a special train from Grantham to Southampton for use in Caen Rouen and Calais as roads remain wrecked. British motorized dumpers address housing and infrastructure needs in war torn regions.
Dominion Experimental Farm at Brandon Manitoba test shows dividing strong spring colonies into two or three nuclei increases total honey output. Across races Caucasian Carniolan and Italian over 1935 1945, divided colonies produced up to 254 pounds per unit while parent colonies remained productive. Extra profits arise after accounting for queen and labor costs.
Researchers note a population peak within bee colonies where surplus nectar storage stops rising and may decline. The finding implies a balance between colony size and nectar reserves influencing foraging and survival. Further study is needed to quantify thresholds and ecological impacts.
H G L Strange discusses the barley price shift from 15 to 20 cents and its effect on farmers choosing malting seed. He urges continued malting barley efforts, recommends O A C 21 seed, and insists on Certified supplies to ensure variety accuracy. The piece also notes Brazil's 1945 corn at 200 million bushels, UK wheat seeding doubts, 1946 Argentine wheat at 100 million, and Europe rains boosting crops.
Pointe du Bois sent two rinks to Pinawa on January 13 for district curling matches, winning both games 9 to 11 and 13 to 11. Hosts welcomed visitors, provided supper and a power plant tour, with jovial club hospitality. A whist drive and dance January 14 aim to raise funds for a postwar welcome home for the boys.
Elma Hall hosted a January 12 retirement banquet for Thomas Nowicki a CN Yard and Extra-Gang Foreman with 35 years service. More than 200 friends and colleagues attended as wallet money and a bouquet were presented. Short speeches by Ralph Welch Charlie Olson Jack Jacobson and Nick Icton followed, then dancing.
WHITE ROCK British Columbia January 21 CP one of the largest turkey brooder houses in Canada nears completion in this town thirty eight miles south of Vancouver Kenneth Hall former manager of a turkey farm near Portage la Prairie Manitoba and his wife moved here a year ago and bought 80 acres for their venture they are under 30 years old the broader house will be 300 feet long 88 feet deep with a wire and flat porch it will have an air conditioning system and the incubator will hold 20000 turkey eggs it will produce 1000 turkeys weekly the birds will be reared off the ground on wire and slat porch to reduce disease costs.
A note from Ramloops in the Sentinel advocates a competitive tender driven, integrated country road improvement plan. The piece argues for prioritizing back road upkeep that has long been neglected and calls for action rather than delay. It parallels ideas from Low Financing and New Year's Aims sections. It mentions possible long term projects in Canada.
A Granby Leader-Mail report notes Quebec City leads among candidate sites for the United Nations headquarters amid city rivalry within the Allied nations. The piece highlights the competitive push and regional interest in hosting the global body.
A Lunenburg Nova Scotia Progress Enterprise note suggests the poor cavularis face hardship as the man in overalls heads to work is deemed lucky. The remark hints at broader economic strain and urges appeal to Europeans for assistance.
Summerside Journal argues the dignity of labor is valuable but danger arises when it becomes snobbish. Opinion piece critiques class bias and promotes practical respect for workers' contributions without sensational rhetoric.
The report notes blood transfusion bottles sealed with a dark green band that turns orange after sterilization. It also mentions U.S. Army developed goggles that are virtually dust proof.
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