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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1945
Page
2
After five years of conflict Canadian troops, many overseas since 1939-40, come home and resume civilian work. Discharge terms are more favorable than in 1918, and a collective pledge to remember their sacrifices while peace endures is urged.
A British writer recalls Wellington’s remark that a battle hinges on the ordinary foot soldier and his colonial brothers. He notes British and Dominion civilians rapidly mobilized from peace to wartime, growing from lack of divisions in 1939 to over five million in service, with Canada and other Dominions quickly training into capable forces.
A British writer credits the toughness and bravery of ordinary soldiers for major Allied successes in Europe and Africa. Noting Norway 1940 where 24,000 British defended against 37,000 Germans, and North Africa where under 50,000 under General Wavell captured 183,000 prisoners. The piece praises troops from Normandy to the Rhine as decisive in victory and calls on Britain and its dominions to honor these ordinary soldiers as extraordinary in their own country.
An inspection of the Queen Mary after five years of war service reveals few scars on the liner. She arrived in New York with 14,500 American troops and was opened to the press for the first time since March 1941. Luxurious peacetime fittings were removed, pools repurposed, and spaces turned into sleeping quarters, while lounges and walls remain largely intact. The rails, however, bear the soldiers’ initials from their passage.
A report by the Education Committee of the Canadian Youth Commission estimates 500000 persons will need training or retraining as demobilization proceeds. It urges extended vocational guidance and education through secondary schools and continuation of the Dominion Provincial youth training program.
A geologist explains that the billowing clouds from volcanoes are not steam but a dry volcanic gas and mineral-rich plume. The remark clarifies common misperceptions about geothermal activity and atmospheric appearance.
A collection of short quips and jokes about family life work and school. The dialogue touches on aging marriages fights teenagers office humor and classroom banter with a light humorous tone through brief exchanges and punchlines.
In remarks praising General Patton the speaker notes armor and infantry teamwork, compares tanks to saber-toothed tigers as fear triggers, and emphasizes tanks breaking enemy lines. Patton recalls having a cavalry element in Tunisia and Italy, noting Americans’ ignorance about animals and saddle work.
Fort William Times-Journal notes fixed legal weights per bushel for diverse goods including Alfalfa seed 60 pounds barley 48 beans 60 bituminous coal 70 blue grass seed 18 and more. It contrasts oats 34 and wheat 60, highlighting contract clarity on weight standards to avoid disputes in sale and delivery.
The justice department tests a mechanical shooting apparatus that would fire a volley by pressing a button. Traitors are slated for upcoming trials and potential execution.
Citizens may obtain temporary ration cards for stays of five days or more by applying to a local ration board. Restrictions on deliveries by laundries and dry cleaners have been lifted though merchants may continue limited services. If a dress is unsuitable, return it or send with proof to Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Advertisements must disclose selling price and full vehicle details.
The Windsor Star argues rising heart failure stems from the speed and stress of modern life. It calls for slowing down social and business structures, adopting medical guidance, and personal adjustment to curb the trend across commerce, industry, government, and society.
Dr Vanner Bush of the Office of Scientific Research and Development in Boston predicts that people will memorize by machine rather than in their heads. In Atlantic Monthly he describes a Memex as a device storing an individual’s books records and communications for easy access.
Dr Henry Norris Russell, Princeton astronomer, says it is reasonable there is life like earth on distant parts of the universe outside the solar system. He bases this on discoveries made since the war began.
A Canadian firm promotes Hem-Roid as an internal tablet for piles. The ad claims the medicine reduces internal congestion, eases itching and soreness, improves lower bowel blood circulation, and speeds healing. A money back offer invites customers to try at home with no cost if not satisfied.
Sgt Josephine Pederson speaks of billeting in London and visits to the Tower of London and Edinburgh University while on overseas duty with the CWAC. The piece notes a wartime roster of CWAC graduates from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta, and highlights an error that almost placed Capt Donnell on a troop train.
A can of warm milk cools slowly in air at 19 C, taking about 12 hours to reach 50 F due to air’s low heat absorption. Water cools milk faster. larger water volume and lower temperature speed cooling, and stirring enhances rate but risks bacterial contamination unless water is stirred by a propeller-driven device.
A compact collection of moral maxims and lines from Josephus Daniels Mary Baker Eddy Francis Hutcheson William Hazlitt and Longfellow. The excerpts emphasize ideals over force universal good and divine providence guiding justice and peace. The tone mirrors a period newspaper quotation page.
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