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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1945
Page
3
The article lauds a cross province exchange scheme where Western farmers go to Ontario in July for about a month to assist with harvests and expect East growers to reciprocate. It notes labour shortages since 1939 due to the war reducing farm manpower and the loss of young men of military age.
The article argues for a labour exchange scheme linking East and West farmers to supply skilled harvest help, reducing shortages. It champions broader national cooperation to overcome geographic and sectional divisions and urges unity to sustain growth of the Dominion.
The article argues that Western and Eastern Canadian farmers should exchange labor to gain mutual understanding of problems and viewpoints. It suggests farm workers from Ontario and the Prairies spending weeks on each other’s farms fosters closer cooperation, helps align subsidies and bonuses, and supports national unity.
Lt. Robert Morgan and associates reveal a jet propelled auto design with a 12 foot diameter single wheel 23 feet long and 15 feet high. The craft would reach about 520 miles per hour with Morgan driving from a seat inside the wheel on oil bearings.
North Bay Ontario subscribers complained of covert listening on a party line. A quick check revealed an elderly woman in one home used the telephone receiver as a darning egg to mend stockings, creating the disturbance.
Major W I McFarlane from the Dominion Water and Power Bureau visited the Alpine Club of Canada in the Eremite Valley to consult with the glacier committee. For over two decades the club has recorded glacier movements at its annual camps providing values used by Ottawa authorities.
Field Marshal Montgomery cites three essentials for future world security spiritual values preparedness in case of war and a strong British Empire as core requirements for global stability.
Question and answer summary from Wartime Prices and Trade Board pamphlet. Addresses whether pork spare ribs are rationed, how to exchange leave cards, and permit requirements for moving into Winnipeg. Lists eight Emergency Shelter Areas including Victoria, Vancouver, New Westminster, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa and Hull.
A collection of light humor snippets and one liners. A grocery boy boasts two years delivering locally. A sergeant hosts a military ball snake dance mischief. A doctor and patient exchange quips about burying in work and concretes. A wife jokes about a book proving nature’s grandeur versus human smallness.
From the heart of darkest Africa missionaries describe Capt. Weekes of the British Army as the loveliest man, living in a lion skin hut on the Boma plateau. He hunts butterflies sending rare specimens to the British Museum and drinks gazelle beer from the Belgian Congo. Captain Edwards, the other white man in the region, plans to meet back home at Ferring-on-Sea, where Weekes also resides.
A BBC London Letter recalls VE Day humor in London. A bus in Piccadilly bore the chalked legend The Bus That Hitler Missed, while a Traffalgar Square newsboy posted There'll always be an England with a football score note.
Dr Robert B Black of Corpus Christi Texas describes a new drilling method using a fine pin point stream of compressed air with abrasive. The instrument has no moving parts and minimizes grinding sound heat vibration and pain according to the Journal of the American Dental Association. Patients treated report clear preference for the device.
A sequence of aphorisms and quotes on effort wisdom and living by Beecher Disraeli Young Story Eddy and Shelley. The lines urge earning success through activity and shrewdness while valuing experience and ripening health and enlightenment across life stages.
Disclosure describes a Soviet helicopter type with two propellers and two motors. It reportedly speeds at 100 miles per hour and lands at about Photographs show the craft hovering six feet above ground as the pilot leaves the ladder.
Britannica Year entry provides overview of parrots. It mentions species diversity and notable traits, focusing on behavior and classification.
Pte. Gladys I. Hannah of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan returns home after serving since 1942 with the CWAC. She trained in Regina and St Anne de Bellevue and served as a filing clerk in Regina and overseas in 1944. Belgian huts brightened by quilts and home pictures show the homey side of camp life. A Saskatoon wedding in England saw Sgt Margaret Glover wed CQMS John P Johnson in khaki uniforms with a reception at H Bates home. Glover enlisted in 1942 and has served overseas two and a half years as a superintending clerk in London.
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