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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 08, 1947
Page
2
The document traces Canada's foreign trade since 1939, noting exports rose from 800 million to 2.3 billion in 1946, with a wartime peak of 3.5 billion in 1944-45. It records imports increasing from 65 million to about 2 billion by 1946, and emphasizes continued surpluses and reliance on demand for farm forest and fishery products.
Canada’s postwar trade rose sharply from 1939 to 1946 with exports and imports up by about 2.5 billion and growth expected to continue in 1947. Newsprint wheat and wheat flour led exports to Britain the U.S. and France, with Latin America showing notable gains in agricultural and manufactured goods.
In Renfrew Ontario 2000 Bromley township cattle were sprayed to combat warble and heel flies. F. Q. Dench says 75 farmers joined a week long operation using a gasoline driven sprayer with rotenone and wettable sulfur. Fee is 20 cents per head and county office can arrange access.
A collection of maxims on time management and devotion from Clarke Hyde Taylor Chesterfield Mary Baker Eddy Ruskin and others. The quotes urge filling hours with thought feeling and action and warn against worry indecision and wasted speech.
Dr. Robert Wartenberg of the University of California Medical School reports a mysterious nerve disease concentrating in the fingers, legs, and toes. He notes no pattern, no clear handicap, and 10 years of study without finding a cause. He suspects a low virulence virus attacking skin or superficial nerves.
A string of lighthearted vignettes and one liners familiar from early 20th century humor. It features quips about intelligence and romance, a child’s school woes, a conceited man, a Welsh singer, a priestly dream, a hat joke, horse wisdom, and a Kansas City Star miscaption incident.
A 13 year old Toronto boy William Mills Bowled 12 consecutive strikes for a perfect 450 in a five pin game while out of school. The incident came to light when the bowling alley manager called his home to confirm his age. Authorities note he is likely the youngest Canadian to achieve a five pin perfect score.
The Vancouver Province reports Prince Rupert, once called a neglected city, will host a Celanese Corporation of America plant on Watson Island eight miles from town. The project involves $15,000,000 in buildings and equipment and will employ about 1,000 workers in the woods and mill. The deal includes a commitment to keep the forest area in perpetuity.
Jan Christiaan Smuts, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, lauds a shift in British policy describing it as no longer imperialistic. He credits a post Boer War renewal, the rise of the Commonwealth, and a broader liberty now spreading throughout the British Empire.
The Foreign Exchange Control Board in Ottawa announced a new rule requiring Canadians to complete a form to withdraw U S currency from Canadian banks. Previously visitors could draw up to 100 dollars without paperwork, with additional amounts allowed by a bank permit. The rule aims to curb people moving among banks to exceed the limit.
The Cunard White Star liner Queen Elizabeth features a ship within a ship design with two bottoms and a six foot intervening space divided into watertight compartments. This construction aims to protect against mishaps like her recent grounding near Southampton.
The note asserts peanuts were known as far back as 950 BC, suggesting early awareness of the legume across ancient civilizations and highlighting long-standing culinary and agricultural significance.
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