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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 22, 1948
Page
8
In a Wheeler Syndicate tale, Agnes Trumbull seeks a loan on a family locket. Silas, owner of the pawnshop, discovers Agnes still loves Henry, who deceived her years ago. He honors her request while concealing the truth, intending she never redeem the costly locket.
Walter Gurney collects items since childhood and turned a Havana trip into a museum that draws over forty thousand visitors in two years. Exhibits include 350 mounted animals and birds, 640 eggs, unique freaks, a baby pig with elephant body, an albino mouse and kitten, war badges from a German POW camp, carved wooden battleships, Indian relics, global seashells, and currency dating to 146 A D including two handmade coins from 238 and 244 A D and a rare Canadian four dollar bill. The display requires four hours to tour and reflects his long effort.
Moorhead Minn Bill Wher zog found a $21 can of tomato soup at Wherzog's restaurant. A crumpled paper inside announced Savings Plan National Bank and related details.
Anne Adams presents Pattern 4991 for larger sizes 34 through 48 with no ride or twist. Instructions are illustrated and tested for fit. fabric needs vary by size with 25 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36. Send 25 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg to order. note camel fact appears as a non-sequitur.
Calgary handled 60,253 head in November plus 5,135 truck loads and 601 railcar loads, excluding direct shipments to local plants. Carman Manitoba saw a destructive fire gutting the pool elevator damaging the building at an estimated 50 thousand dollars. Regina reports Saskatchewan Resources Minister Phelps promising a vigorous program to assess and foster provincial development. Winnipeg notes the Manitoba Power Commission will extend power lines to 5,000 new farm homes next year. Morris reports a pet dog credited with saving a family by waking them during a house fire that destroyed the home. West Vancouver plans a World War II memorial library building and service. Nipawin Saskatchewan notes a mature lemon growing in a postmaster’s pot weighs 12 1/4 pounds and is 11 inches in circumference. Calgary reports Bloss Rutter and Buster Harle sighting the Whooping Crane, one of the West’s rare birds, near Cochrane and east of Edmonton respectively.
Allied officials report Japan’s population at 78,220,840, a peak linked to war impact and postwar conditions. The figure shows an in-base increase of 5,851,698 since V J Day, reflecting shifts in demographics and displaced residents across the islands.
William Gilbert in 1600 proposed the Earth as a great magnet with poles and a surrounding field, laying groundwork for later ideas about radio and electromagnetic force.
Dr Leversen of the Geological Society predicts hundreds of undiscovered oil fields in western Canada and eastern Mexico. He notes Athabaska oil sands and Golden Lane Poza Rica regions as indicators of large future supplies, urging test wells to determine continental resources and possible need for alternative fuels.
Scientists report the global ocean average depth below sea level at 12 450 feet based on recent measurements. Researchers note this figure reflects overall seabed topography across major basins and terrains.
Ottawa reports Canada has opened a legation in Belgrade and exchanged diplomatic representatives with Yugoslavia during World War II. Vaillancourt presented credentials to Cuba on May 8 1945, as Canada expands its international posts and nominates Mato Jaksic as Yugoslav minister to Ottawa.
The moon wanders from its predicted path by up to about 20 miles causing small errors in eclipse timing and schedule predictions. The variation is minor but noted for precision in astronomical calculations.
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