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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 01, 1947
Page
3
Two Canadian doctors told the Kansas City Academy of Medicine that vitamin E may aid heart disease by improving circulation and tissue oxygen use. Doctors E V Shute and W E Stute cited rapid pain relief and dropsy reduction, but warned against indiscriminate use and said it is not a cure-all.
In Tokyo, medical education shifts as Japanese doctors learn scientific English at Tokyo Imperial University Medical School. German had served as the medical language for political and scientific reasons, but now English is gaining prominence.
The Hudson's Bay Company Norway House, one of Manitoba's oldest landmarks, is being demolished after an offer to the federal government for $1 was refused. The fort and trading post lie about 275 miles from Winnipeg and the move sparks debate on heritage value versus progress.
A woodcock mother trains to move her brood to safety. Given time she transports the entire clutch one bird at a time.
Stenographic notes from July 25 1943 at Hitler headquarters reveal a fevered plot to invade the Vatican and arrest the Italian King Crown Prince and government leaders. Hitler and aides discuss routing the royal party evacuating them by plane and later apologizing for the act as a treacherous ruse.
Ottawa reports the Northwest Territories council discussed letting Eskimo families pool family allowance cheques to buy a communal hunting boat. The idea, backed by some officials as beneficial for providers, hinges on partial government funding and company support, with no decision reached.
Dr Milton Harris of Harris Research Laboratories presented at the American Chemical Society meeting a simple, inexpensive technique to alter wool’s basic chemical structure. The method could render wool moth resistant while preserving its wrinkles resistance and air entrapment for warmth in clothing and blankets.
In the United Kingdom House of Commons Air Minister Philip Noel-Baker states women will join the Royal Air Force in non combatant roles as pilots navigators radio officers and flight engineers. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force will be integrated permanently into the RAF for home and overseas service and a women's flying branch will operate in the RAF Reserve with recruits mainly from licensed pilots and former ATA ferry pool personnel.
Ottawa authorities report hundreds of Canadians have begun using a plan allowing next of kin of Canadian servicemen buried in Holland to correspond with Dutch families who care for their graves. J Hogenkamp, Canada’s Netherlands War Graves Committee representative, notes all adopting families wish to exchange letters with next of kin and advises writing to the General Secretary, Netherlands War Graves Committee, 442 Keizersgracht, Amsterdam C, Holland.
A six part drip-proof tap with a changeable washer sans main water shutoff debuts in Britain. It uses a wartime hydraulic principle with two synthetic washers and water pressure sealing. Lab tested for 1,000,000 on/off cycles, about 40 years of use, remains as good as new.
A London correspondent notes unprecedented war to peace transition as swords become plowshares in effect. The British Army ducks patrol flood zones rescuing families from waterlogged homes. Bailey Bridge work supports dyke repairs while flame throwers bulldozers clear snow drifts. Submarines power generators.
The International Preparatory Commission for the International Timber Conference said about 20 to 30 million dwellings are needed in Europe. The conference, to be held in Prague on April 28, will discuss lumber production distribution and forest rehabilitation.
Plymouth Colony records show 10 barrels of cranberries sent as a gift to Charles II of England. The gesture links Massachusetts commerce with royal diplomacy in the colonial era.
A Windsor Daily Star prediction argues square milk bottles will replace round ones as they save space in refrigerators. The dairy official cites convenience over sanitation, noting modern sterilization narrows the cleanliness gap.
Miss Zellah Ward of North Vancouver returns from a five month Orient visit noting nylon stock ings in Chinese shops priced between 60 000 and 108 000 dollars in Chinese dollars and enough money for a suitcase to carry the sum.
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