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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1947
Page
2
The article stresses Canada as a major wheat producer and notes the world food shortage heightens interest in this harvest. It highlights Britain’s strained food supply due to severe winter storms and the reliance on North American wheat to meet demand.
The article notes looming food scarcity in Europe, especially Germany, with many blaming German actions for their plight. It argues that political stability hinges on food availability and urges global solidarity, highlighting a hopeful wheat harvest in Britain and Canada’s potential role in averting a wider disaster in Europe next year.
Fashion notes from London describe summer garments featuring bell like skirts with stiff canvas petticoats, off the shoulder necklines, and cinched waists. Prototypes emphasize vivacity and supple line, with pale pink marcella dresses, navy and white checked dusters, white sharkskin tailoring, and a white marcella beach suit with knee shorts and a monkey jacket.
Ex Royal Indian Navy officers discharged in India before 8 May 1945 and later moving to the United Kingdom or outside India must submit their claims for War Gratuity and Other Terminal Emoluments to the Accountant General Indian Office London, not to the Commanding Officer HMIS Feroze Bombay.
A collage of jokes and sketches features widowed wives, doctors, a landlord, and a concert for charity. Exchanges touch on wealth, appearance, marriage, and mischief amid a lively audience atmosphere. The humor riffs on social pretensions and everyday foibles through quick, punchy banter.
Snow geese pause on Manitoba waters on spring migration northward for the first time since RCAF gunnery schools opened four years ago. After wartime activity, naturalists expect the birds to resume normal routes, though Ducks Unlimited's B W Cartwright cautions the geese remain restless and unpredictable.
The Canadian government owns a boxlike Dublin residence for the high commissioner W. F. A. Turgeon. Irish servants insist it is haunted and require three staff to avoid anyone being left alone. Turgeon says he has not yet seen a ghost.
A collection of maxims on honesty duty and steadfast conduct from Henry Van Dyke Longfellow Kingsley Mary Baker Eddy Tryon Edwards and Daniel Webster praising truth fidelity courage patience grace and enduring conscience.
A snow survey of the Himalayas has been undertaken to determine India's water resources by measuring snow accumulation at high altitudes.
In Whitfield England Lucy Wright 45 admitted tampering with a tractor driven by her husband Bert hoping he would be injured then rekindle their marriage. She told magistrates she loves him and imagines him loving her again. Wright commented that tampering with tractors makes things difficult.
The Evening Standard said Britain could forgo Canadian apple imports if the native crop meets expectations this year. A ban would save nearly £3,000,000 ($12,000,000). It noted 1946 crop arrangements were advanced last year, but none were taken for 1947.
Washington report notes Bertha L. Coggswell after sixty years in Sunday School teaching concludes parents require religious training equal to their children. She teaches at First Baptist Church each Sunday and visits parents on weekdays. She urges teachers to stress Scripture memorization for lifelong support.
Feathers replace flowers as the season’s top adornment at the Melbourne Town Hall mannequin parade previewing Australian autumn and winter fashion. Designers show diverse models in bold color clashes with off the face hats and feathers as the dominant accessory. Nailing remains a popular feature worn over the face under the chin or as a birdcage silhouette.
The phrase derives from a humorous parallel where a duck eats pond soup as a simple meal. It suggests a task requires no special effort, likening it to a puddle forming without human action due to rainfall.
A local feature notes that in Lima Peru most streets carry unique names per block creating a highly varied street map. The article highlights the urban naming pattern and its impact on navigation and addressing.
At Langley Field Virginia scientists unveiled a new "silent" aircraft. John F Victory of NACA said noise complaints threaten airports and property values. Engineer J A Shortal noted full silencing. a five blade propeller runs slower, cutting noise by about 90 percent. Ground listeners reported near glider silence at 300 feet.
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