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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
7
Kiwanis Magazine declares women the refining force behind democracy in the United States and Canada amid war. It urges women to inspire and support men fighting for freedom, stressing prayer, resolve, and patriotic revival as essential to victory.
In a night raid from Sardinia bases, six Italian torpedo planes launched on a British fleet with an aircraft carrier. Thick luminous marine life in the Mediterranean created a bright path, allowing the British force to evade torpedoes and escape. The result credited the luminous sea life with saving the fleet.
The Ottawa Journal notes a list of gifts sent to Winston Churchill during his visit to the United States. Highlights include 5,000 Havana cigars, an autographed photo of Jack Dempsey, a typewriter portrait of Roosevelt, corncob pipes, Indian arrow-heads, a field hat of Prince Bismarck, copies of Washington will and the Book of Mormon, a dime piece engraved with Churchill’s speech, a rubber-thumb sign, and catnip for Churchill's cat.
An artist on holiday asks a village store if they stock camel hair brushes. The shopkeeper replies that they do not and that no one in the area keeps camels, implying the brushes are not in demand.
On April 21 Sweden imposed a weekly meat ration of 8 percent ounces per person. The measure aims to curb shortages by limiting individual consumption nationwide, affecting households and food markets across the country.
The patent granted to Earle C. Pitman of Red Bank New Jersey covers a cemented shoe making process that uses a vacuum instead of stitching. Parts are cemented on a last, placed in an airtight bag, vacuum drawn to collapse the bag and press parts together until the cement sets.
An official with a terse demeanor grilled a paratrooper during airdrome inspections. Asked what to do if a parachute failed to open, the pilot replied he would take it back and change it. The piece notes that different planes have distinct windshield setups.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture reports Canada and the United States have approved two joint economic arrangements. One aims to boost Canadian potato production for sale in the U S either as table stock or starch for lend-lease if the crop is large. The other coordinates hog output policies to increase production.
Eight British W A A F members newly qualified as aero flight mechanics joined an R A F maintenance unit in the assembly shop and built a Hurricane aircraft despite never having seen one before.
The article notes that roasting most nuts improves digestibility compared with consuming them raw, suggesting a culinary or nutritional advantage in heat processing.
Guidance on restricting nicotine sulphate and rotenone sprays to crops like potatoes beans cabbage peas and celery. Emphasizes avoiding waste storing minimal supplies using cultural methods timing planting dates and applying early during insect susceptibility while keeping equipment in good order and consulting entomologists or the Dominion Experimental Farm for proper control.
A Chicago Daily News letter argues Hitler should live to be thoroughly discredited after Germany’s defeat. The writer warns that an early death would create a sainted martyr and fuel future war, urging that Hitler remain alive to face shame and dishonor.
The Canadian Medical Association will establish the Banting Memorial Fund to honor Sir Frederick Banting. At the Jasper meeting of the CMA general council, the fund will provide two scholarships to Canadian medical college graduates to pursue research in clinical medicine or surgery.
The statement notes that the light from the nearest star requires four years to travel to Earth, illustrating the vast scale of stellar distances and the time-lag between cosmic events and human observation.
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