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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
5
In Bareilly, India, wives of soldiers at the Jat regimental centre establish a Women's Institute to meet social needs. Mothers attend while children play in a creche, with a four-bed nursing home and a child welfare centre run by an Indian woman doctor. Sewing classes and literacy are offered alongside a purdah school for reading and religious subjects.
London press notes doctors used penicillin to treat mastoid infection in the United Kingdom with early administration yielding good results. The therapy avoids a dangerous operation once the only remedy and uses normal bloodstream injections. A nine month old baby was cured with 66 injections over three weeks, shortening wound dressings from six to nine months.
Dr. Wilton Krogman of the University of Chicago declares Miss Average America resembles a hay stack not a beauty queen and critiques her figure. The report notes his travel plans were not stated.
Ten cases of rare Chinese books dating back to the Sung dynasty have been recovered and designated as property of the National Central Library of Nanking. The books will be transported by plane to China for reshipment.
Peter Watson plots to kill his wife Isabelle with help from his sister Lola. He plans to stage an accidental drowning near the lake, plant the body, and marry Beatrice. Isabelle’s death is later deemed a river plunge, but the misdirection hints at a deeper crime.
After years of quiet, Peter Watson plans marriage to Beatrice but faces unease as Beatrice's fortune changes nothing. News of Léla’s ski accident shadows the wedding as two strangers visit. They reveal the gardener dug up daffodils from pockets in Beatrice’s burial jacket.
In a parade celebrating motor vehicles, police on horseback kept crowds from blocking the route, showcasing a limit of modern science. The mounted officer and horse proved superior to machines in crowd control, as motorcycles and cars failed to match their judgment. The Windsor Star notes the bond between rider and horse remains irreplaceable.
Pattern 4772 offers a one piece wrap blouse with no side seams and a simple dirndl skirt. Available sizes 12 through 20. size 16 uses 3 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 20 cents in coins with name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 MacDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man.
Historical records place coffee cultivation in Arabia around 575 A.D. This dating supports early spread of the beverage from Yemen to surrounding regions, shaping coffee culture during the early Islamic era.
The Dominion Government Food Information Committee asks Canadians to save three slices of bread a day and skip desserts to free up wheat for overseas relief. It cites the potential to send 75000 bushels of wheat in three months and stresses household and restaurant savings as critical to famine relief in Europe and the Far East.
The Governor lacked a proper royal seal for appointing the chief justice as acting Governor. Viscount Alexander, newly ennobled, used a barrister stamp with two blank rings. Once his coat of arms is approved, a special seal will bear the arms for future royal assent ceremonies.
The Manitoba department of mines and natural resources will deploy two geological survey parties this summer to Lynn Lake and Knee Lake territories. The Lynn Lake team led by J D Allen of Edmonton will map at one inch to one mile. the Knee Lake party under G D Springer will map at one inch to four miles. The Lynn Lake area has hosted Sherritt Gordon nickel copper discoveries near Granville Lake. The Lynn party departs Winnipeg for Lake Kississing then flies to Granville Lake. The Knee Lake party sails to Norway House and will reach Knee Lake north of God's Lake in northeast Manitoba.
Oakland Guides in New Zealand honor Lady Baden-Powell on Thinking Day with a dawn bicycle ride. The ceremony links to the global Girl Guide tradition and the joint birthday of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell as Guides worldwide think of each other.
The Yellowstone Park geyser erupts about every 70 minutes, shooting 250000 gallons of steaming water into the air. The report notes the remarkable display from the famous Old Faithful feature.
Aletha Orr former stage and screen star and Mrs A R Healey has written a memoir recounting three years entertaining troops in Britain and battle zones. The narrative follows a performer’s day by day experiences with other celebrities noted and details her Manitoba origins and family arrangements during the war.
The industry predicts a competitive era as frozen foods push past 1950 sales to three billion dollars. Printers Ink notes that food packers distributors and equipment makers align frozen foods with dispensing gear and home and farm lockers in stores. Fruits vegetables meats fish poultry and eggs dominate current sales. The focus shifts to specialty products in future developments.
Royston vicar Rev J G Seebold urges stripping glamour from war celebrations in his parish magazine. He argues for displaying the grim costs of conflict with crutches and spinal carriages, wrecked tanks and coffins to honor the fallen and spare future generations.
About 120 monkeys of various species aboard the freighter Santa Leonor arrive in New York with 120 other animals including boa constrictors, Colombian deer, a turtle, an ocelot and 60 anteaters. The consignment is bound for New York firms and then 38 U.S. zoos.
Prime Minister Attlee told the house of commons that the king approves two new medals for Second Great War servicemen. A war medal honors full or non operational service while an India medal applies to years of non-operational service with Indian forces.
A historical recipe outlines making bran muffins with shortening sugar egg bran milk and flour baked at 400 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes yields nine muffins. Variations include sugar omission and substitutions using corn syrup sour milk or buttermilk with adjusted leavening.
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