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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 01, 1947
Page
10
The article notes Canada has abundant food production yet 30 to 40 percent of people show signs of malnutrition or risk. Causes include ignorance of nutrition, faulty distribution, and related factors.
Health authorities warn that malnutrition can be an insidious killer even more deadly in effect than more newsworthy diseases. In 1944 polio caused 38 deaths while nutritional deficiency caused 42. Rickets remains a major Canadian problem, with 11 percent of children affected and permanent deformities common. Iron deficiency anemia is also noted in areas with poor diets.
Under Dr. L B Pett head of the nutrition division surveys across the Dominion find lack of knowledge as the main cause of malnutrition. Public health services credit education and distribution planning for possible elimination of malnutrition as a national health menace.
A Globe and Mail analysis argues that in Canada the 33 cent pack price largely goes to taxes and war revenue. It details federal excise, sales tax, and an 8 cent per pack war levy, plus 11.4 cents dispersed among growers, manufacturers, and distribution.
The late Sir Sidney Kidman imported twenty five London bus drivers and their families to Australia to become boundary riders. Some had never ridden a horse before, yet they quickly proved adaptable sound horsemen able to handle cattle with the dinkum Aussies.
The contract for a new school at West St. Paul Manitoba has been awarded to Manitoba Engineering Company of Winnipeg for 45000 dollars.
In Coral Gables Florida scientists report a unknown plankton outbreak forming a lethal yellow tide sweeping from the lower Keys to Cape Sable killing millions of fish. Dr F G Walton Smith of the University of Miami laboratory calls the event a natural freak causing astronomical plankton reproduction.
A compact collection of aphorisms from Stowe, Howard, Ninon de L Enclos, Eddy, Chalmers, and Thomson. Each line extols beauty, virtue, and holiness, urging cultivation of the good and a vision of existence that favors loveliness and renewal.
The first issue of the Russian newspaper Vedomosti appeared January 13 1703 under the supervision of Peter the Great marking an early state Sponsored press milestone.
A collection of short jokes and cartoons about work, marriage, doctors, and daily life. It features workplace banter, a nurse and hair tonic bit, a doctor patient joke about orange juice, price rises for pudding, an election mix up, and sly wordplay at social events with punchlines delivered in classic newspaper humor style.
Ottawa reports nails in the British West Indies are lent out on a rental basis due to a severe shortage. W F Bull from the Trade Department told the Commons banking committee that nails are used for concrete reinforcements and then removed, while discussing a bill on export controls.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board announced in Regina that hog slaughtering quotas are discontinued as of April 19. Hog quotas are suspended but pork price ceilings remain in effect and slaughtering permit holders must continue filing monthly livestock slaughter reports.
A publication notes the Atlantic Ocean depth averaging about 2200 fathoms, which equals roughly three miles. The figure reflects a traditional nautical measure used in historical oceanography discussions.
More than 100000 people in Britain and Europe will spend holidays in each other’s homes this year via the World Friendship Association. Members choose a center and hosts provide similar homes, with costs under $40 per person covering travel, meals, insurance, and four day trips.
At the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses convention a proposal to allow out of province nurses to work in Alberta for three or six months without Alberta registration was presented. The plan aims to encourage more nurses to come to Alberta.
Eureka Sound on Ellesmere Island sent Canada's first Arctic weather dispatch via wireless. The crew reported clear weather with 15 below zero and a light east wind. The Eureka station is part of nine planned outposts for long range forecasting over the next three years.
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd returning from the Antarctic expedition says long range planes and ice breakers unlock exploration, predicting within 25 years people may tap resources. He notes coal abundance and envisions using the ice cap as a natural refrigerator for surplus crops, while leaving territorial claims to the State Department.
The instrument known as the concertina was invented by an Englishman in the year 1829, marking a notable development in portable musicality.
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