26 Mar 1942
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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1942
Page
1
Trade style notice outlines pricing for births, marriages, deaths and cards of thanks with line and verse options. Includes rates for memorials, special notices, lost and found, and church or philanthropic gatherings with collection or fees.
Regular advertisers are billed monthly and get hand delivery by 4 p.m. on Monday. Ads accepted subject to the publisher’s approval. Heavy setting ads incur extra charges. Settlement is monthly unless arranged. Transient advertisements require advance payment.
The notice outlines submission rules for news items and social reports. It requires the signature and address of the submitter for good faith, allows rejection of content at the editor's discretion, and notes printing capabilities and deadlines for the current issue.
A political column lauds General MacArthur as a symbol of Allied resilience while urging full Canadian industrial output for Britain's war needs. It argues liquor restrictions boost wartime efficiency, cites Lloyd George and military leaders, and warns against hobbling total war through finance or prohibition debates.
A correspondent asserts a Prohibitionist plot to hinder Allied victory while ridiculing readers. The piece contrasts belt tightening and liquor consumption, noting rising liquor profits over the past three years and Christmas sales trends.
The Searle Index for 147 farm goods stands at 151.2, about 51.2 percent higher than in 1913 14. Costs have risen 15.4 percent since August 1939. Wheat price is 14 percent lower than in 1913 14, so a bushel buys only 57 percent of prior purchasing power.
The radio report tallies fifteen German planes down and eight British planes missing. The writer reflects on the fate of the eight missing pilots and the families left waiting for news amid wartime headlines.
The article stresses salvage of scrap and waste as crucial for wartime production in Canada. It notes rising factory output of munitions and gear, spurred by wartime needs, with Japan's Pacific as a factor affecting supplies of tin rubber and vegetable oil.
The Rossburn Salvage Committee asks teachers and pupils to collect old rubber scrap iron newspapers magazines aluminum brass copper jute sacks at the school. Once a haul is built a team or truck will transport the materials to Rossburn for a Canada wide movement effort.
A cautionary verse urges readers to examine their own flaws before criticizing others. It compares judgment to throwing stones and warns that many have faults, so restraint and self-improvement should lead before condemning anyone.
Local RCAF members return home on furlough and for weekends while visitors call Rossburn home. A Vista Red Cross dance draws crowds and funds Soldiers Aid. Miss Helen Smith from the Review Staff visits Glen Elmo. Alice and Violet Peden head to Winnipeg. A community salvage drive, March 28, aims to collect waste paper for shells and boxes. Proceeds from a March 17 Rossburn Young People dance total 35 dollars with F S Partridge winning chocolates.
James Armstrong sale of farm stock implements and household furniture scheduled for Saturday in April with lunch provided. Robert McKee sale of farm stock implements and household furniture one mile west of RossBurn on Saturday April 4 at 11 a.m. lunch provided.
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