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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 07, 1947
Page
3
Crowds fill London’s entertainment districts on Saturdays with locals and visitors from all regions. Theatre crowds depart as pubs close, then roam the streets into dance halls and cafes. Sporting-event crowds arrive by night, rosettes adorn celebrants, and families in kilts join the revelry.
Publication of captured German documents reveals Hitler dropped plans to invade Britain in 1942 due to fear Norway would be an Allied invasion springboard. He pivoted to using Japan's occupation of Ceylon to raid Indian Ocean shipping and support Mediterranean bases.
Bermuda relies entirely on rainfall for its water supply as it has no springs wells rivers or lakes. A hymn book contains compositions from diverse religious pews including Roman Quaker Presbyterian and Moravian. Scotland nears Ireland by about 100 inches annually. Attar of rose requires 875 pounds of rose petals per ounce. The Valley of Maritza spans about 40 miles. Venetian law mandates gondolas be painted black. India ink originates from China.
Maxium Aras, 22, of Minneapolis, filed for an automobile driver’s license. When asked about a physical handicap he answered yes and described it as being a fast driver.
Bisbee Arizona resident Henry A. Smith enjoys rattlesnake hunting between February and mid May. He notes a 6 feet 10 inch record length snake, carries a snake bite kit, hunts in pairs, warns rattlers may strike from angles, and advises caution to avoid bites.
Mary Austin runs Britain’s only clock shop and consults for film studios on period pieces. Surrounded by grandfather clocks and cathedral replicas, she buys and repairs hundreds of clocks weekly, most over a century old, with prices around 100 dollars and up to 1200. A hidden drawer yielded a long lost letter.
Suda Bay on Crete’s north coast is among the Mediterranean’s most spacious natural harbors. Its sheltered waters offer expansive navigation, docking, and trading potential for regional maritime activity and historical naval significance.
London’s Billingsgate Market, dating back to 976 in records, sits beside the Thames near London Bridge. It remains a principal fish market for the city and southeast England with weekly stall rents and long held porter traditions including leather hats and overhead telephones.
In Atlantic City a solid brick of oxygen weighing up to three pounds could be sold at corner drug stores. Dr. John R. Pappenheimer of Harvard Medical School reported at the Aero Medical Association meeting that Americans have developed solid oxygen mass for on demand release, inspired by a Japanese idea.
Passengers at Moscow subway stations reach platform level via photo electrically controlled escalators. This system uses light beams to manage escalator movement, improving safety and efficiency for riders entering and leaving trains.
A versatile old recipe shows how to make a single yeast dough then split into three treats. Bran caramel muffins prune bran tea ring and bran bean loaf yield multiple meals with decorative steps, temperatures, and instructions for baking.
In Lowell Massachusetts the 360 year old Parker homestead sits amid apartments and shops. The white farmhouse and red barn still run a dairy with cattle loaded onto trucks to fields outside the city. Horses, chickens, and antique furnishings remain as urban growth surrounds this old New England farm.
Arnold Henskes a Dutch advertising man claims invulnerability and runs with a long needle like spear through his liver and kidney before Prof Brunner and staff at Zurich University Clinic. X rays confirm organ damage but doctors call it not a miracle and see no danger beyond minor blood loss.
Frank W. Bennet of Wapato won the liars contest at the 12th annual dinner of the Yakima Valley anglers and hunters club. His tale told of Dan MacDonald hunting in Canada with a 12 point deer that leaped a cliff and froze in mid air as the cold froze gravity.
The venom amount from a poisonous snake varies with the snake’s size the time the venom accumulates the depth of the fang bite and its location.
Miss Margeret E Smith of the Health League argues that today a person cannot obtain the cheapest adequate diet for less than 55 to 60 cents a day. She notes a pensioner living on 10.25 a month for food and offers buying hints, Canada’s Food Rules, and sample menus emphasizing bulk cereals, skimmed milk, fresh vegetables, and weekly fresh meat.
In Alliance Nebraska a dog census shows old names like Fido Rover and Towser fading. New names such as Butch and similar monikers appear among 13 of 500 dogs surveyed.
A Stockholm radio report says Sweden will begin mass production of a "people's automobile" in 1949 with costs ranging from 1280 to 1340 dollars. The plan aims to provide affordable private transport and boost domestic industry.
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