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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1944
Page
4
The Empire Council notes that the British Empire remains united under pressure of modern warfare. Axis forces misread resolve, as distant possessions raise troops, supplies, and funds for Britain. The report highlights renewed cooperation within the Empire and with democracies for a postwar Commonwealth.
Prime Minister John Curtin outlined a plan for an Empire Council after the war to permit quick joint action in urgent matters. He stressed it would have no executive powers but operate as an effective consulting body, aimed at a united British Empire cooperating with other democracies.
The text notes widespread interest across the Empire in a proposed postwar council to unite Commonwealth nations. It highlights Canada Australia and New Zealand expanding influence and anticipates stronger world politics involvement after the war. Churchill expressed interest in closer empire ties to strengthen the united Commonwealth.
The text promotes using tomatoes daily for vitamin C, advises minimal air exposure after cutting, and warns against overcooking to preserve nutrients. It presents raw and cooked preparations including tomato cocktails, stuffed raw or baked tomatoes, and fillings like cabbage, carrot, beef, cottage cheese, or potato dressings. It includes a STUFFED TOMATOES recipe and various stuffing options.
Anthony Eden, preparing for the Quebec conference, reads American dispatches describing his graying hair and hears himself dubbed the youthful diplomat. Churchill counters, noting that in British politics youth begins at 50 and middle age at 70, referencing MacDonald Baldwin Chamberlain and himself.
Home Secretary Herbert Morrison warned businessmen that Britain will face another boom and bust if wartime controls are lifted too soon. He said a large measure of government control over social and economic life must be retained for a time after the war to avoid a national catastrophe.
An advertisement claims All Bran cereal by Kellogg's in London Canada helps relieve constipation without dosing. It urges drinking plenty of water and promotes two convenient sizes as a wartime assistance tip.
A collection of light anecdotes and quips ranging from a school excuse note about a river mishap to a policeman's strange depositions. Other vignettes include a forgetful professor, kitchen chat with Mistress Marie, a busy lunch counter, and a teacher explaining bigamy with a student offering monotony as a single wife.
The pika, a Rocky Mountain rodent, can throw its voice like a ventriloquist when alarmed. 2537
Our Boys And Girls On Active Service reports on Halifax harbor mine threats and minesweepers led by Petty Officer Bill Shead of Selkirk and Lieut. Raimeau Gravel of Gravelbourg. It notes Saskatchewan CWAC soldiers and a 29-woman military band led by Sgt Nadia Svarich, plus Royal Roads Naval College graduates bound for battleships. It mentions RCAF crews in the Aleutians, PX perks, and CWAC hairdos, including a Veronica Lake style debate.
Former Aircraftman Tom Brown of Healey Bar York shire receives a parcel and two letters after two years of travel and 50000 miles. He escaped internment at Singapore, and the mail had been trailing him.
Wartime emigration to Britain has eased Ireland's jobless issue. In 1942 about 52,000 travel permits were issued, up from 35,000 in 1941 and 26,000 in 1940. The text also notes the astronomical fact that the average Earth–Sun distance is 92.9 billion miles.
The Canadian Council on Boys and Girls' Club Work brings provincial winners to Toronto starting November 21 for a week of national contests. Livestock and seed judging occur with oral exams in six projects at the Royal York Hotel and Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph. Teams travel by train to Guelph due to late harvest and to avoid motor transport. Ottawa will be visited on November 26 after contests end.
Prairie dogs in eastern Montana are dying by the thousands from an undetermined disease. State veterinarian Dr. W. J. Butler reports he cannot find a live prairie dog to test and study the illness.
A Berne dispatch says a German general of the elite guard was captured by Polish guerrillas, tried by a popular court, and shot for responsibility for the execution of 100,000 Polish patriots. The piece argues it is better for victims to judge after the war than rely on sentimental Allies, warning against handing criminals to a "reformed" Germany as in the last war where few received real punishment.
Noel Baker, parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of War Transport, warns that within twenty years after the war the number of automobiles on British roads will be twenty times the 1939 level unless a constructive program is begun now to prevent increasing slaughter and mutilation on the roads.
A rough estimate suggests a beach tree may require about 80 quarts of water each day to sustain growth and health, indicating substantial irrigation needs in coastal environments.
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