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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
2
The months after the war differed from hopeful expectations with famine, strikes, and international misunderstanding. The postwar world now shows little resemblance to the peace many awaited, causing cynicism and pessimism about the future amid ongoing global tensions.
The piece urges continued hope and support for forces striving for a better world. It argues that despite mismanagement on matters of importance, sincere leaders exist globally who are working to solve wartime and postwar challenges and preserve peace won through courage and determination.
The article argues citizens should engage in public affairs to influence famine, strikes, and global tensions. It notes Canadians may know few MPs and MLAs, but urges people to express opinions through representatives on food crises and labor issues to shape national policy and honor wartime aims.
High officials said the Mexican Embassy asked Cuba's help to stop gold smugglers based in Havana. Customs seized 1.712 million dollars in gold from June 6 1945 to February 6. Since February smugglers using small boats between Mexican and Cuban ports pushed imports to over 5 million dollars. Much of the gold likely for European black markets with some intended for Argentina.
Nearly 250000 servicemen and women killed in the Second World War will be repatriated to the United States for burial with military honors on home soil. American Legion Grave Registration Program chairman Mancel Talcott announced that this covers about 80 percent of those buried overseas.
Sydney G. Dobson, born in Sydney Nova Scotia, elected president of the Royal Bank of Canada succeeding Morris W. Wilson who died suddenly, after 46 years from junior clerk to top executive. Their careers intertwined from Truro to Montreal with collaboration at Vancouver and head office. Dobson, active in welfare work in Montreal, led the 1940 Welfare Federation campaign and is viewed as affable and decisive.
An uncut unbound copy of Thomas Gray’s Elegy in a Country Churchyard, the issue of the first edition, was bought by a London dealer for 1050 pounds, about 4672 dollars.
Answers explain why discharged servicemen’s ration coupons start at application date and that those coupons before application are removed. Canadians abroad for two weeks must carry ration books. hotel stays lead to coupon deductions, while American guests are exempt. No ceiling price on dental work. request pamphlets from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
The National Film Board spotlights Canada as a leading exporter in Canada World Trader. It emphasizes the Canada Approved mark as a badge of quality and notes future industrial growth awaiting release to aid global recovery and peaceful progress.
Health Minister Hon. B Claxton told the Parliamentary committee on Indian affairs that the Health Department seeks to expand staff and salaries, boost hospital facilities, and increase nursing stations while intensifying tuberculosis case finding and immunization. The plan includes medical exams for northern entrants, treatment for infectious risks, better government transport for medical personnel and patients, expanded dental care, improved first aid, and more research. It also calls for departmental nurses at residential schools and training for Indian doctors and nurses.
William Arthur Deacon, literary editor of the Toronto Globe and Mail, has been elected president of the Canadian Authors' Association. Mrs. Kathleen Strange of Winnipeg was elected vice-president for Saskatche wan and Manitoba.
Crossword puzzle clues with horizontal and vertical entries including devoured to stop portico pagoda exchange premium and other terms. The list mixes definitions like macaw elicit and chemical sodium chloride with personal names and places, presenting a partial clue set missing some answers.
A pair of officers discuss the benefits of Post Grape-Nuts Flakes in a lighthearted exchange. They praise the cereal for its two grains wheat and malted barley and its golden crispness. They plan to finish a giant economy package.
A collage of joke snippets and q&a between characters including a burglar, professor, co ed, sergeant and various couples. The humor centers on miscommunication secrets bottleneck and awkward social situations with punchlines about fame fortune and domestic life. The piece offers light humor without a single strong narrative arc.
Philip Wright a 35 year old tuberculous patient in Epping Essex wrote to the London Daily Mirror asking for a few beads to pass time making jewelry. He has received 1,000,000 beads along with money cigarettes candy and even one proposal of marriage as replies continue to arrive.
Government projections expect war to peace production to finish this year. Within three months industries and utilities will use the same workforce as before the war and by December 31 they will add 800000 workers beyond prewar levels.
Major R. K. Magee of No. 20 Canadian General Hospital reports in the Canadian Medical Journal that German surgeons lag behind Allied medicine. He notes German results and methods lack outside medical influences, a deficiency corroborated by Netherlands surgeons.
Hon. Colin Gibson the Air Minister announced that more than 1,500 have enlisted since the peace-time terms were unveiled last April 15. Vacancies remain for 10,000 air men in ground trades. Between VJ-Day and May 25 a total of 6,296 officers and airmen had enrolled, majority from serving personnel. More recruits are expected from young men in civilian life who were too young to serve during the war.
A collection of quotations on freedom, liberty, and moral order from Bowles Burke Eddy Prichard Cowper and Southey. The selections emphasize liberty linked to virtue, the danger of law without spirit, and the idea that truth frees while oppression binds.
The Ottawa Journal notes the amateur gardener should plant seeds and wait, while watching for drought pests and social distractions. It emphasizes patience and vigilance against weeds, pests, and disease as the crop grows.
Nylon has invaded the wild west with nylon lines attracting cowboys and city dudes in Gallup New Mexico. Buyers are paying about 12 dollars for a 30 foot nylon lariat described as strong enough to hang an elephant.
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