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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
2
The article notes civilians act as front line in this war with strong public support across society. It highlights women’s major contribution alongside men in military service and industry, detailing how Canada coordinates war production and home front support for the United Nations.
In August 1949 census the 2 285 370 Canadian housewives are noted as a vast volunteer force. They sustain home life morale and support war services. Women's patriotic groups organize salvage, nutrition, health, evacuee placement, blood donor work, and fundraise millions yearly for war efforts.
The 1942 estimate shows 5500 men released and 75000 women in wartime plants and services. Women serve in official Wartime Prices and Trade Board roles and large industries, with nurses totaling 875 in the Army nursing sisters. Nursing also exists in Navy and Air Force. The text credits women with significant contribution to victory and global future.
A Canada Health League report shows sauce buttered whole wheat bread orange milk cod liver oil raw turnip sticks provide nearly all daily nutrients and calories for boys at under 16 cents per meal. The thirty club boys ate these foods voluntarily, proving a persuasive nutrition sales case. A postcard request to the Western Division Health League of Canada can yield a free Vitamin Chart.
The Nazis threaten to halt French fishing off Gibraltar due to many desertions to the British. British cutters use loudspeakers to invite sailors to join the Allies, with boats occasionally leaving crewless. Vichy escorts fire on deserters but fail to stop the exodus as gunners shoot over swimmers.
A collage of jokes and one liners follows, touching on marriage wills, school notes, hot dogs, sales pitches, driving exams, marital finance, rent, art shops, and a curious child asking about ocean fish. The humor relies on wordplay and everyday miscommunications.
The list details graduates from No. 4 Service Flying Training School in Saskatoon and related schools. It includes pilots and air navigators with names and hometowns across Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, and beyond, noting assignments to No. 5 and No. 7 Training Schools and wireless air gunners.
The piece notes wartime shifts on the home front with many women in munitions and defense roles reducing time for cooking. Soda crackers are highlighted for their nutrition, long shelf life, and ease of use, with Christie’s crackers praised for 109 calories per piece. The article ends by mentioning Nazi orders for Slovak farmers to grow rapeseed for oil.
A health note advises maintaining regularity during busy times by using Kellogg's All-Bran. It promotes dietary bulk, water intake, and natural relief over harsh laxatives, noting All-Bran is available in two sizes from grocers and made in London, Canada.
Guidance on planning a Victory Garden to supply a family with continuous fresh vegetables. Emphasizes staggered plantings for radishes carrots beans spinach kohlrabi and peas to avoid waste and extend supply. Advises estimating needs like a market gardener and notes charitable distribution.
A warning on transporting inflammable goods by sea cites danger of fires in hold spaces and possible ammunition explosions aboard ships. Postal authorities note laws prohibit sending matches lighter fluid or flammable substances by mail, to protect workers and wartime operations.
A collection of quotes stressing decisive action and firm character. Mencius Hazlitt Hawthorne and Mary Baker Eddy appear with emphasis on purpose and divine guidance. James 1 8 warns against double mindedness.
An enormous lathe, the largest machine tool in South Africa, has been installed at Iscor steel works in Pretoria to enable heavy ship repair work. It will handle turning large propeller shafts for ships and similar tasks requiring substantial machinery.
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