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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
2
Queen Mery Busy trims boughs with a special saw to assist the undertaken thinning of trees on the royal estate and to stack wood for village transport. She limits gasoline to war work and notes travel remains restricted, wishing for London’s museums shops theatres and hospitals.
The piece outlines Germanys wartime plunder of occupied Europe and Goerings claim that starving others would not hurt Germans. It notes stripped countries, indemnities enriching Germany, and the Allied blockade’s impact on innocent nations. It asserts Britain and the United States will deliver supplies to liberated peoples with advancing Allied forces.
After Allied landings a North African Economic Board formed with British and American advisors to assess needs and reestablish industry. Recommendations went to London and decisions followed on material shipments. Eighteen days post landing the British Food Ministry sent three hundred tons sugar two hundred tons canned milk two hundred tons soap and ten tons coffee. Additional shipments followed to bolster liberated territories.
Supplies sent to North Africa and planned for Europe aim to build a sound future economic structure rather than temporary relief. The United Nations pledge food and aid to recover nations after Nazi conquest, with North Africa developments showing promises will be fulfilled without delay.
The Washington Merry Go Round notes a chuckle from the Prime Minister as he dodges where a Roosevelt Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek conference might be held. He says he is ready to go anywhere, joking that he has traveled the world and will be there when the roll is called up yonder.
The lute derived its form and name from Arab origins, reflecting cross cultural influence in early stringed instruments. A historical note highlights the instrument's classification and lineage in ancient music traditions.
Firestone officials led by Harvey S. Firestone Jr. inspect a landmark grain to synthetic rubber tractor tire. The first tires use 600 pounds of shelled corn to produce butadiene through fermentation and chemical conversion, forming a complete grain based tire at Firestone farms.
A reference notes there are more than 7,500 varieties of North American apples. The figure highlights the extraordinary diversity in cultivated and wild apple types across the continent.
Wing Commander Arthur Hay Donaldson reveals how an enemy shell ripped past his helmet during a raid on an airfield. The blast knocked him unconscious, but he regained consciousness and completed the mission before returning to base.
Calcium must come from limestone as oyster shell becomes scarce in Canada. High calcium limestone, cheap and abundant, can substitute for oyster shell if properly graded. Not all deposits suit poultry feeding, as some are low in calcium and high in magnesium. Start pullets on limestone to avoid reduced intake and egg production dips when switching.
The poultry industry eyes its biggest year as export needs alone rise to at least 100 million dozen eggs. Military demand has doubled since the war began, and civilian consumption grows alongside.
Reports describe tiny white ants in Australia constructing ant hills that reach three times the height of a man, a remarkable example of insect engineering and collective building behavior observed in the region.
Nine Canadians earning air bomber wings include seven from the prairies plus one from British Columbia and one from Ontario. At No 1 Central Navigation School Rivers Manitoba Group Captain W A Murray awarded the badges to a mixed class of Australians Britons and Canadians. Graduates from Manitoba and nearby areas include Walter Daniel Rivers Noel Gillespie Vernon John Scully Grande Prairie and William Taylor Nottingham.
A leading US nutrition authority says higher riboflavin intake improves general health and life span. Riboflavin, part of Vitamin B, is found in milk eggs meat and greens and is also vital in animal feed. Excess intake boosts well being while deficiency can cause ariboflavinosis with eye weakness dry skin and digestive issues. The daily adult requirement is about 2.2 mg.
A collage of light humor from wartime life. Jokes about paratroopers, cooks, and shoppers play on suspense, vitamins, and civilian strain. A nursemaid, a minister, and a soldier surface in brisk one liners reflecting daily morale and social foibles.
The speech highlights Churchill’s logic that defeating Germany first would collapse Japan. He argued Japan’s defeat hinges on Germany’s fate, and concentrating on Europe would hasten victory in the Pacific.
Red Star, the official Russian Army newspaper, ridicules rumors from Swedish and other foreign sources that Russia seeks peace with Germany. It states only a complete rout of Hitler's army and unconditional capitulation of Hitlerite Germany can bring peace to Europe.
Mrs F J Kitson at Gledhow Grange showed guests a clock driven by copper and zinc plates sunk in a rose bed. The device, an early electric clock, kept good time but needed watering or liquid manure to restore action. The piece references a Voltaic pile and a similar Oxford laboratory bell.
Collier's Weekly notes a modern range finder on a large battleship with 160 lenses prisms and optics plus 1 500 mechanical parts. It weighs five tons costs 35 000 dollars and needs a year and a half to construct. This time equals half the ship's overall building period.
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