02 Aug 1945
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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1945
Page
1
A farmer recalls nights of distant fires in Ottawa and notes farm fire risks. Thirteen common rural causes are listed from chimneys to lightning. Advice includes roof ladders water buckets and an all purpose two and a half gallon soda acid extinguisher kept ready on site.
Montgomery County Maryland women formed a cooperative to sell home cooked foods at Bethesda market near Washington. From a $5 000 annual income 13 years ago they expanded to a $275 000 business, paid off a $50 000 mortgage, and invested profits in equipment education and community needs.
J A James warns readers to pause before buying new gadgets or joining little known ventures. He notes increased cash in circulation and human eagerness to accept new ideas can foster swindles, urging vigilance against hidden schemes and quick judgments.
T J Bartlett and R N Cook of Northwestern University arrived in Roblin Manitoba on July 5 to study the eclipse near the centerline of totality. R C Huffer of Beloit College joined on July 6 with a Burnham Society observer.
Rev T B McMillian on furlough from India will lead Knox United Church services for two Sundays August 5 and 12 with Tummel 11 am Roblin 7 pm. It is expected August 19 and 26 will also be supplied with an announcement later.
DDT production expands in Canada as wartime industry. At year end 1914 Canadian armed forces include 35 856 women. Canada supplies 70 percent of global asbestos. July payments of 20 million under the Family Allowance Act reach one and a quarter million mothers. The H M S Nabob torpedoed off Norway. over 20 ratings lost but ship reached port. Canada’s pulp wood area matches the combined areas of several European nations.
A reader urges the town to prohibit parking on Main Street to ease traffic and improve mobility. He recalls historic practice of tying teams to posts and argues pedestrians should walk, benefiting all ages.
Esther May daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Mathews Deepdale Manitoba married Arthur Leonard Staley of Tacoma Washington in a July wedding at 942 East 17th Street Vancouver British Columbia. Rev F M Wees officiated. The couple will live in South Tacoma Washington.
This column explains re establishment credit rehabilitation grant gratuities and the Veterans Land Act. It details how gratuities are calculated and paid, how rehabilitation grants function, and how re establishment credit assists veterans in business or home purchases. It notes VLA aims to help veterans settle on land with full or small holdings. It mentions the Citizens Committee volunteers and Wartime Information Board contact.
A column notes vast wartime uses for waste paper including packing time fuses medical parts and aircraft components. It explains how salvaged paper supports emergency gear from parachutes to life boat rations and plasma containers.
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