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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1948
Page
2
An editorial urges broad conservation of Canada’s natural resources highlighting soil and moisture protection in the West, forest preservation to replace wasteful lumbering and fires, and improved mining practices to reclaim abandoned coal and utilize lower grade ores for long term resource security.
Canadians must recognize this is a national issue affecting farming lumbering and mining, with many livelihoods tied to our lands forests and mines. The message urges planning and resource conservation through public cooperation to avoid future impoverishment from selfish development.
Roy Brown swallowed a wood chip at age 16 while chopping wood. A Syracuse surgeon removed a petrified wood fragment from the upper lobe of his right lung after it had curved into the lobe. Brown, 51, is recovering at home.
Trade Minister MacKinnon told the Commons a substantial increase in advance payments to farmers by the Canadian Wheat Board is forecast for this year. Some expect the price to rise twenty cents to as high as one dollar fifty five a bushel.
Canada sees stable employment in the latest quarterly survey with 4,847,000 employed and 87,000 unemployed among those seeking work on November 8. Unemployment remains around one to two percent while the large force totals 4,069,000. Seasonal factors explain a recent drop of 160,000 in employed and a rise of about 15,000 in unemployed.
The article notes pollenization as bees main duty, citing the World Book Encyclopedia that without bee pollination many plants could not form seeds and would die out. It adds a fact about earthquakes occurring worldwide at about 8 000 annually.
Ruth and Phillip McCheane of Borden, Sask., won first prize with a 408-lb Hereford carcass sold at 51 cents a pound. The Western Canada Dressed Meat Show and the allied poultry display drew many entries at the Saskatoon Industrial Exhibition. Judging was led by Jack Pawley for meat and by A Zoortan and W Walker for poultry.
A collage of light hearted gags about marriage and family life. A little old country lady checks into a city hotel asking for an inside room to avoid rain while a henpecked husband faces trouble at home. Other lines joke on medicine candies, poison shelves, and awkward family conversations.
A butter based frosting recipe uses 24 cups butter and 14 cups confectioners sugar with peanut butter for a rich mix. An egg white frosting combines whites sugar water and corn syrup heated to form light peaks. Both yield generous coverage for layered cakes or large sheet pans and can be tinted with color.
The will of Gen Sir Ian Hamilton leaves a seated cross legged Buddha to Winston Churchill. It was brought from a deserted temple near Mandalay to ease stress in politics and help him keep smiling.
A quotation framing people as three types those who create good results those who cause trouble and those who offer excuses. The line emphasizes personal accountability and varied outcomes in behavior.
A short quirky note states that elephants enjoy onions as much as peanuts, illustrating the animal’s taste for varied fare. The item presents a light, domestic tone with no additional context or sources.
The British public queues for emigration to the Dominions amid wartime postwar hardships. By year end about 60,000 have left for Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa. Government figures show tens of thousands queued for Canada New Zealand and South Africa with Australia inquiries around 107000.
Papuan workers urge Mr Woodward to raise pay to 14 pounds a week due to no rations. They claim to work hard and threaten consequences if wages are not increased, signaling mounting labor discontent in Canberra.
The famed bell of St Peter's in Rome reportedly weighs about 18600 pounds, making it one of the largest church bells ever noted. The massive casting underscores the historical scale of Rome's sacred architecture and its centuries old bell casting traditions.
Scientists at the University of California Los Angeles report spending nearly 15 minutes in a 250 degree Fahrenheit heat chamber with no ill effects. Dr. Craig Taylor said the Air Corps funds the test to see if jet pilots can acclimate to extreme heat during supersonic flight at about 1,000 miles per hour.
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