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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
4
It is estimated that in the three years since the war ended about 200 000 immigrants from Europe and other lands have settled in Canada. Many sought better conditions and new opportunities, often learning of Canada through service members and wartime contacts. Some came seeking a fresh home with less prior knowledge of local conditions.
The Canadian Citizenship Committee urges public effort to welcome newcomers and help them adapt. Proposes pairing each immigrant with an older Canadian to explain voting laws, customs, and religious and social connections, benefiting both new citizens and volunteers.
The article discusses past neglect in assimilating immigrants into Canadian life. It notes children of immigrants are now full Canadians and have aided progress. It argues first generation citizens of foreign origin should fully enjoy their new citizenship and outlines improving methods to help newcomers embrace rights and duties.
The Special Products Board raises Grade A egg prices by five cents per dozen for Britain under the British contract with a further two cent hike to take effect September 1 1948. July and August gains came from efficiencies in administering the contract, without changing the overall contract price to Britain. The September rise aligns paying prices with the regular fall premium under the British contract.
Advertises Pattern 4707 for Jr Miss sizes 11 13 15 17 with a waist hip flattering skirt and peplum. Claims easy to sew tested for fit and includes illustrated instructions. Send 25 cents to the Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba with size name address and the style number.
A digest of western Canadian briefs notes expected price declines for autos, furniture, and appliances due to buyer resistance and steep taxes. Other items include 1947-48 crop data from the Okanagan, city prize booths in Vancouver, a 13.5 million highway program in Alberta, a bridal tractor honeymoon in Endeavour, and post office fee fines in Kamsack. Ontario requests 2500 western farm workers for harvest with return travel incentives.
The method uses damp cotton to collect fine glass particles, reducing the risk of tiny cuts to fingers during cleanup.
Heating antiseptic Moone's Emerald promotes rapid healing of open sores wounds and ulcers. It soothes eczema itching and pimples skin eruptions peel away quickly. The product claims relief from rheum itching toes and feet and other inflammatory skin disorders. Available in original bottle at modern drug stores with satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
Mrs. Georgie Booker of Georgia reported her rocking chair was bumpy. The next morning she discovered the chair had crushed a six foot rattlesnake to death before her eyes.
Searchers recovered the body of 14 year old Norman Henry Locke beside his pony, which stood by the water all night after the boy fell into a flooding creek at the scene.
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips including a passport mix up about hair color, a marriage notice with a doctor’s congratulations, a confession about a red and blue heart, jokes from students and lovers, and a trout measuring tale. The pieces capture light hearted miscommunications and cheeky dialogue.
Ottawa reports a 60 percent rise in Canadian doctors' earnings from 1939 to 1945. The Bureau of Statistics survey shows average pay moved from 3,900 dollars in 1939 to 6,200 dollars in 1945. The piece notes the statistic alongside a stray line about running is voted the most popular card game.
The Bureau of Statistics reports the industrial farm prices index at 234.0 on April 15, up 2.7 points from March and 36.4 above April 1947. The index uses 1935-39 as 100. Prices increased for grains, livestock, dairy, vegetables, potatoes, poultry and eggs since last month, while year over year gains occurred in nearly all produce classes except sugar beets, maple products and furs.
The U S Department of Agriculture places this year’s winter and spring wheat crop at 1.1925 billion bushels. May winter wheat estimate raised to 877.23 million, spring crop pegged at 315.195 million. Weather note mentions continuous intense precipitation.
Delegates at the Canadian Feed Manufacturers association convention hear Dr. R. D. Sinclair of the University of Alberta stress soil conservation as vital for prairie farmers. Prof. H. M. King of UBC notes British Columbia must boost output via fertilization irrigation and crop rotation to use limited arable land.
Ottawa outlines Fraser Valley flood control with 146 miles of high dykes costing 62.5 million dollars. Estimates forecast federal funding of 50 million and provincial 12.5 million. Dykes would tolerate peak Fraser floods and could carry a 16 foot road, echoing wartime barriers in Holland and the lower Rhine.
Tire manufacturers estimate customers get about 1 700 miles per dollar spent on tires, implying motorists gain more mileage per dollar than in other purchases.
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