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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 22, 1948
Page
3
The merchant fleet expanded from 35 regular ocean-going ships totaling 241,880 gross tons at war start to 386 ships and 1,667,724 gross tons by April 1, 1947. Canadian seamen earned wide praise for bravery and devotion aiding vital war logistics.
A historical note explains Canada’s postwar merchant fleet growth. Canada formed Crown companies to accelerate shipbuilding and reduce costs, aiding Allied shipping in the war. Some ships were sold to the United States early in the conflict under lend-lease terms, and after the war remaining vessels were sold to Canadian firms for operation under Canadian registry, creating a large equipped fleet.
The report to parliament by Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe projects a net deficit under 190 million dollars for wartime merchant fleet costs, including enemy losses. Halifax is now the home port of one of the world's largest merchant fleets, with the Canadian merchant navy praised for its fine wartime record and hoped to sustain its future industry role.
An old advertisement urges mothers to rub Vicks VapoRub on a child's throat chest and back at bedtime to ease cold misery. The product promises immediate relief that lasts through the night and notes most misery subsides by morning.
Emil Olson, a grain buyer in Plenty Saskatchewan, notices car No 172772 on a loaded grain car and recalls shipping the same car east to him a month earlier. He wonders about the odds of reusing a car within one season.
In Boston a diner asked a dining car waiter for the recipe of a cake she enjoyed on the train. The chef sent the recipe with a $25 bill. Her lawyer advised paying the charge.
A series of light gags and quips unfolds from a policeman and drivers to lovers and a desert scene. Jokes cover traffic, marriage, mistletoe, opera, and a joke about a jet plane and buzzing birds. A chemistry professor lampshades a riddle and Indian sects on animal killing are briefly noted.
The Hon. Brooke Claxton announces 110 officers promoted in the RCAF New Year list. Ninety seven Regular Force and 13 Auxiliary officers named include Wing Commanders H. R. Foottit Vancouver and M. Davies Winnipeg. Flight Lieutenants W. G. Harvey Vancouver and R. O. Stabler Winnipeg. Flying Officers C. E. W. Pierce Vancouver and W. Harris Vancouver among others.
Reverend Norman Vincent Peale of Marble Collegiate Church visits the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary in Kingsville Ontario. He observes Canada Geese banding conducted by Manly F. Miner and shares the idea of using birds as missionaries by inscribing scripture on bands as part of Jack Miner’s historic refuge.
A compilation of renowned sayings on safety truth religion and virtue attributed to figures like Tacitus Lincoln Whately Cecil Parker and Mary Baker Eddy. The lines explore moral steadfastness fear faith and the power of love in guiding conduct.
In Kirkland Lake Ontario the gold squad reports weak business as mine output drops and currency parity hits demand. Smugglers once moved ore to Montreal and Windsor, with a pilot profiting $80 000 by shipping gold to Africa, but tighter controls and lower demand have curbed the racket.
The signal corps has developed a method to shoot telephone wire over rivers ravines and cliffs using rockets. This army development aims to improve fortification communications and reduce line lay efforts in difficult terrain.
Montreal reports Canada joins the United States and Russia in cosmic ray research. Professor Pierre Demers of the University of Montreal conducts high altitude experiments with a self made apparatus aboard balloons. Cosmic rays possess immense penetrating power and may aid atomic energy research and matter separation.
Ottawa reports Canada's coal reserves total 98,815,962 tons with 62,125,098 tons probable and 36,690,864 tons possible. Government expert Dr. B R MacKay notes reserves could sustain production for about 2,000 years, citing Ontario's 150,000 tons included in prior royal commission figures.
Georgia farmers report the fourth lowest per capita income in the United States with an average annual income of 306 dollars, only about one third of the national farm income per person.
Professor Demers conducts experiments on cosmic rays using a special apparatus at altitudes averaging 80 000 to 90 000 feet. The research examines how the atmosphere partially absorbs high energy radiation as it approaches Earth from space.
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