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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
8
Minerva buys an unsigned gift basket for the Jordan children, risking her clock and baby-sitting career. Mrs. Jordan discovers the act, suspects charity, and fires Minerva while easing her own load, leaving Minerva proud of a hard earned, quiet victory.
A columnist argues for more summer warmth in winter and less winter cold in summer, urging readers to rethink the seasonal cycle to improve daily life and morale.
Pattern 4795 promotes a slim trim summer casual with no waist seam for easy fit. Includes illustrated instructions and comes in sizes 14 through 42 with size 16 needing 25% yards of fabric plus a contrast yardage. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union Manitoba.
Recipe uses Swans Down Cake Flour shortening cream cheese milk and jam to make 1 dozen turnovers. Sift flour and salt, cream shortening, blend with milk, roll to 4 4 inch, cut rounds, fill with jam, seal and bake at 375 F for 15 minutes.
A fragmented recipe outlines strawberry jam ice cream with gelatin and milks. It lists steps to dissolve gelatin, mix ingredients, partially freeze, beat for texture, and freeze until firm, yielding about one and a half quarts.
An explanation notes that the expression arises from wartime tactics where boats served as emergency bridges. As armies retreated, those bridges were burned to prevent enemy use, giving the figurative meaning of cutting off retreat and burning bridges.
Sir Frederick Bain visiting Vancouver amid Foreign Trade Week asserts Britain will buy lumber only from Canada in the near future. He rejects Russia as a supplier and notes UK housing shortages push demand, with aluminum dwellings under trial. He also suggests Canada could profit from an immigration program.
Japanese men and women seek taller mates after seeing six footers in the American army of occupation, says Mrs. Tokiyo Sato of the government marriage bureau. She has matched 160 applicants in four years, noting the average five foot five inch Japanese man feels uncomfortable around tall girlfriends and men desire tall wives for taller offspring.
OTTAWA government plans a second series of baby bonds following last year’s issue to replace victory loans. A return from Thomas Reid notes strong public response to Canada savings bonds and supports continuing the program. Details are not final and will be announced later.
Lewiston Idaho 15 year old John Olson waded the Clear Water River when a steelhead lunged from the ugly mouth. He struck with a rock and landed the 13 pound 36 inch trout. Six offers to buy the fish came as he walked home but he kept the catch since it was taken without pole and hook. Game warden Harry Palmer called it self defense. The item ends with a historical note about Turks and the death penalty for smoking in the 17th century.
The Dominion government plans federation aided development from British Columbia to Nova Scotia over up to five years. Projects may include dyke reclamation in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, flood control, drainage and irrigation in B C, and land clearing nationwide. Funding will require parliamentary approval via estimates. The PFRA area remains unchanged outside the prairie drought and soil-drifting regions. Diamond cutters gain trust after two years of service on potatoes.
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