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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
1
A Press Service piece urges ending appeasement and uniting to combat fifth column fears. It calls for bold action to build true national unity, praising a hard line from Tokyo to Rome and urging Canadians to embrace a living AI spirit in every home.
The article notes high inflation in China affecting church missions with costs rising for housing, food, and operations. It cites Chief Secretary A E Armstrong and Red Cross relief partners, estimating mission support must rise two to three times versus prewar years as hospitals and missionaries strain under soaring living costs.
The piece extols home newspapers as the best starting point for children's reading, arguing local papers build interest with familiar people and places, foster lifelong reading, and nurture intelligence and world knowledge. It emphasizes teaching children through locally relevant content and discourages foreign papers lacking familiar references.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board urges consumers not to destroy the No 3 ration book when the No 4 book arrives during the last week of March. The first 10 I coupons in Book 3 will later become valid for sugar for home canning. Distribution of No 4 books begins the week of March 26 across Manitoba, with dates varying by community. Apply at designated centres on announced dates or risk missing books until April.
John Ross of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board announced temporary suspension of meat rationing. Consumers should destroy all meat coupons through No 40 but keep coupons from No 41 onward. Those with temporary ration cards should destroy them. Ration book holders who left books or coupon sheets with retailers should have them returned. Meat may be bought freely but price ceilings remain in force.
In Florida, a worried family placed a 25 cent notice for a missing child. A morning door shock revealed a live alligator with the child, the creature then consumed the ad’s sensational tale, and the family reclaimed their child while selling the gator hide for five dollars.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board regional officer announces continued permit control on private trucks operating beyond 35 miles from registered address due to critical gasoline, tire, and synthetic rubber supply. Board reviews policy. exceptions apply for farming, public service, seasonal, or emergency transport.
The responsibility for proving the military standing of all male employees 18 to 28 is shifted to employers. Employers will receive full instructions and a pamphlet on how to examine staff, due to be supplied to Ottawa by May 1. Those with discharge papers, rejections, or unexpired postponements need not be reported. Farmers are considered employers under this regulation.
A fragmented, opinionated passage contrasts genius, capital and labor with examples from poets, bankers and craftsmen. It notes perceived wisdom and folly in business, study, and preference for publicity, ending with an editor seeking to make connections.
Mrs E Baker returned from Winnipeg while A C Gordon Breaky came home to Dauphin from leave. Alm Tait wed Pte Leonard Ham in Montreal with Dr Pidgeon officiating. Red Cross dance raised spirits in Vista. War Savings winners Wilton Brown and Sterling Veitch named. Vista High pupils enjoyed sleigh ride to a Valetta lunch. A quilting bee at the Manse produced four quilts with local donations. next session set for March 15.
Miss Eunice Joiner reports Mervin Crookshanks has returned home after a three week stay in Birtle. A Friday Vista dance drew attendees who reported a good time. Pte John Schaworsky of Rossburn, back from overseas on leave, visited his aunt Mrs K Schaworsky. Andrew Tanasychuk was rushed to Sacred Heart hospital Russell for an appendectomy Friday. best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Peter Matiation visits from Calgary with his parents Mr and Mrs Matiation. Mrs Alex Peleshok visits her parents Mr and Mrs Z Yarysh. Morris Tutkaluke returns from Winnipeg after army discharge. Mrs Michael Borody visiting at Mr and Mrs Mike Yanick. A whist drive was held March 7th in the Parish Hall with prizes to Liev Shwed Mrs M tlubert W Melnyk Mrs 8 Gerelus. Luncheon served.
Mears district reports visits by Joe Moroze and John McKeliuk joining Watkins products. March 15 community hall event invites residents to pick waste parcels for bags serving Canada. Wedding news: Cpl Clement Derlago stationed in Vancouver, D.C. married two weeks ago. Pte Matt Bonehuk on furlough from Camp Shilo spends time with family. A wool carding bee at Louis Maydaniuk’s, minor mishap by Frank Maydaniuk. Instrument lessons offered at Alec Sawchuk’s. six players needed for practice at the Community Hall, information via A Sawchuk or TI Baydock.
A humorous OCR fragment outlines whimsical measures from two pints to a gallon and beyond. It pivots into a mock chain where an argument becomes a quarrel a fight two policemen a magistrate and a clerk resulting in a $20 fine or 14 days, reflecting playful linguistic confusion.
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