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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
4
As war restrictions tighten in 1942 Britons endure stricter food clothes fuel and travel controls. Food rationing continues postwar with no quick relief and households must stretch limited supplies. The government outlines broad austerity measures including dog mobilization for guard and messaging roles to conserve manpower.
The Edmonton Journal argues that wasteful habits must not return after the war. It defines intelligent saving as the avoidance of labor and materials for nonwar purposes and urges enduring restraint to protect the nation’s future.
Pattern 7287 offers a 12 by 16 inch transfer image with the Psalm 23 motif and stitch illustrations. Includes color chart and materials list. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for purchase. Provide name address and pattern number clearly.
Spiders contribute to the war effort by producing webs used for gun sights. Their silk, noted for strength and fine texture, is harvested and split to create sight lines after spiders endure two days of starvation to thicken the web.
Charles Penrose of Southampton, age 59 by merchant marine count, is a veteran seaman who has survived three wars. He claims 51 years at sea and 16 Atlantic crossings in 1911 on the Mauretania, with a life afloat spanning the globe to待. He vows to die at sea and hopes to travel to Japan and the Pacific in future voyages.
Scutching Mill Managing Director Frank Brown of Canada Western Cordage Company told the Fraser Valley Fibre Flax Growers Association annual meeting the firm would build a spinning mill at an ultimate cost of $250 000 if Fraser valley flax production reaches adequate volume and if farmers and the provincial government fund a scotching mill. He said he has written to Agriculture Minister K C MacDonald and the post war rehabilitation commission about the project.
Equipment installed in Banff Jasper Prince Albert Riding Mountain and Cape Breton Highlands parks supports fire protection and park administration. Park headquarters house sets while portable units can be carried by wardens for use throughout the park area.
London shelters for public and domestic use now hold about 5.5 million occupants, a figure equal to a quarter of the nation’s total sleeping capacity. The development reflects wartime measures to protect civilians and maximize available shelter space nationwide.
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