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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 09, 1946
Page
2
The Canada Year Book outlines Canada's oil situation noting not yet a major world supplier but potential rise. It states Alberta supplies 88 percent of dominion oil with Turner Valley Vermilion Lloydminster areas key districts. In 1944 Turner Valley produced over 99 percent of Alberta oil.
In Fort McMurray Alberta rich bituminous sands are cited as possibly the world's richest oil deposits. Canadian analysts estimate output around 100 000 million tons, the US Bureau of Mines up to 250 000 million tons, with one barrel per ton. The Alberta government in 1944 funded an experimental pilot plant to test commercial separation.
During the war oil became crucial for aircraft, ships and ground equipment. Canada expanded Fort Norman fields in the Northwest Territories and the Canal project boosted output for the armed forces and Alaska Highway. Canada, second only to Trinidad in the British Empire, may rise further with McMurray development.
R W Sodergren, an ex service man, aims to establish possibly the first orchid farm in Canada. He plans to bloom orchids year round, offer a free bridal corsage to any overseas veteran’s bride, and provide a free wreath to the Canadian Legion for every veteran funeral. He intends to plant 10 acres with orchid bulbs and grow them outside. Sodergren has no prior orchid farming but brings years of tropical bulb experience.
Hawaii comprises twenty islands covering 6,449 square miles with nine of the islands inhabited. The territory’s geography centers on a mix of uninhabited volcanic land and populated communities across its main landmass.
The Allied Control Commission outlines a postwar program to strip Germany of war potential and limit industry. Germany would be allowed 5.8 million tons of steel annually, but barred from producing magnesium, aluminum, synthetic rubber, oil, aircraft, ships, and weapons. Exports would be restricted to basic goods to pay for imports. The plan falls short of Morgenthau but aims to prevent a Hitler repetition, contingent on future Allied vigor.
A concise collection of philosophical quotations on duty, right action, and moral living. Notable voices include Mary Baker Eddy, Thomas Paine, Mencius, J. W., and E. K. H. Chapin, each stressing fidelity to immediate duties, neighborly conduct, and the moral stakes of daily choices.
Coffee plants generally produce their initial harvest in their fourth year, a milestone noted by growers as the onset of commercial yield. The fact reflects typical maturation cycles for coffee种 crop development and farm planning considerations.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board clarifies rules on cigarette sales sugar and butter. Cigarette price controls are suspended. First five pounds of canning sugar may be bought after May 2 with coupons. Butter coupons are valid May 2 16 and 23 for half a pound each. Send questions or request pamphlets to provincial offices and mention the paper.
The average person ingests two to three quarts of food and drink daily but inhales 10 000 to 12 000 quarts of surrounding air. The Hamilton Spectator notes the vast intake of air compared with daily nourishment.
A historical note states seventy five gallons of water are required to produce one pound of rayon, illustrating the water intensity of early rayon manufacturing practices.
The Brandon Sun notes shifts in Canada milk production from 1923 to 1944. Dairy farming in the West produced 22 percent of total milk in one period, with the Maritimes and British Columbia each at nine percent. By 1944 Ontario and Quebec dropped to 60 percent, the Prairie provinces to 30 percent, and the Maritimes with British Columbia to about 10 percent.
Mrs Emily Hill a widowed restaurant waitress and mother of four argues that the food situation in Britain is not as grim as it appears to visiting outsiders. She notes wealthy visitors from the United States and the Dominion receive comfort while abroad and suggest sending overseas housewives to Britain to live under British conditions to foster understanding.
Egyptians from all faiths mark a common holiday known as Sniff-The-Breeze Day. The celebration falls on the Monday after Greek Orthodox Easter and originated as a Coptic feast. Families picnic or seek park and countryside respite to ward off the coming summer heat.
A compact crossword puzzle list with horizontal clues covering animals burdens synonyms verb phrases and element symbols plus vertical clues including courtyard to employ black pottery and other common crossword terms. It includes a note on a previous week’s answer and references to historical deity and measurements.
Reconstruction Department officials predicted Canada will reach a lumber cut of five billion feet in the year, up 100 million feet from 1945. If labor stays calm there will be enough lumber to meet demand for other building materials. Early spring break up left timber in woods, but gains from 1945’s heavy cut offset this.
A playful collection of quick dialogues and one liners. Household, office, and social scenes unfold with humor about hoarseness, dress, birthdays, motherhood, employment, marriage, and wartime resilience. The quips reflect cheeky exchanges between Mistress, Kate, husband, wife, boss, office boy, diner, waiter, and others.
Australians broadly compare Captain Cook's 1770 Cape explorations to Columbus in significance. The remark frames early maritime feats as landmark moments in national narrative.
The Chicago Daily News notes that Switzerland, after conflict, remains a land of plenty with stocks built before the war, increased production, and a liberal rationing system. Shops show ample supplies once scarce in America and Britain.
The article outlines a two meal system in Elizabethan England with distinct schedules by class. Nobility and gentry dined at 11 and supped around 5 to 6, merchants at noon and 6, while husbandmen ate at noon and supped at 7 or 8.
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