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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
3
Allied Wake correspondents report Italy has begun reorganizing its education system to remove Fascist propaganda from textbooks and curricula. They note over two decades of distorted history and biased instruction under Mussolini, with a shift to rewrite texts and a broader effort to reform the minds of generations of Italian students.
The article notes German forces use schools to spread Nazi rule by erasing democratic content and purging nonaligned teachers. It cites language enforcement in occupied areas and warns exiled governments plan major postwar education reforms. A 1942 Britain conference of education ministers discussed European and UK educational challenges.
The conference gathered representatives from Belgium Czechoslovakia Greece Holland Luxembourg Norway Poland Yugoslavia and the French National Committee with chair R A Butler and observers from Britain India the US Russia and China. Committees on books and periodicals have begun supplying libraries in Europe after the war and more than forty book sets have already been purchased. Allied historians plan two books a History of European Civilization for ages sixteen to eighteen and a teacher’s handbook. The Ministers of Education aim to rebuild education and foster inter Allied international cooperation after the war.
British flour magnate Joseph Rank left 315000 after a life of giving. He built a windmill era business and donated about 9 million to the Methodist Church. His creed was get all you can save all you can give away all you can. Estonia’s history features conflict among Germans Swedes and Russians.
The Leeds Yorkshire Post outlines a massive logistic challenge for an invasion, noting each division needs 80 000 tons ship cargo and 350 tons daily supplies. It warns depots and home dumps must stay full, while gauge of invasion could reach 50 divisions, creating about 10 000 tons daily cross and rail demands.
The Ottawa Citizen notes the current estimate of the world’s weight by the U S Bureau of Standards. The figure is six followed by 21 zeros or 6 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000. The article hints this value places the world outside the lightweight class based on recent performance.
The article notes that cotton is employed in the construction of self sealing gas line tanks for aircraft. This material use highlights cotton's role in aviation safety features and fuel containment.
Report notes commendation for Royal Canadian Navy salvage crews after a collision and fire. It also urges salvage of waste paper brown paper rags fats and bones to support pulp mills packaging and medical and military needs across Canada.
A collage of witty banter features a scolding wife and absent wife jokes. Characters joke about efficiency socks opposite ends, eligibility age, breach of promise, spectacles from crossword tricks, and marriage prices. The humor centers on vanity aging cups and cafe della metaphors.
In Commons LaFleche states comforts for Canadian troops in Sicily and Italy were sent in the same boats as soldiers and packed in tanks. The tanks, filled with cigarettes and other comforts, were emptied of the contents before ashore. The comforts were carried ashore separately.
Readers ask about retail meat price limits and display of meat cuts and sale prices. They question raising box prices from 25 to 30 cents and note garden plants are exempt. The Baby ration book process requires a local ration board contact and a birth certificate or baptismal certificate, or an affidavit if unavailable.
A simplified ad declares Moone's Emerald Oil a concentrated antiseptic remedy for eczema and various skin troubles including barber's itch and salt rheum. It claims rapid itching relief, drying of eruptions after a few days, and a money back guarantee with no greasy residue.
A compact collection of quotations about beauty honesty and virtue from St Pierre Overstreet Shaftesbury Bovee Mary Baker Eddy Robert Nathan and others. The sayings link beauty to truth moral clarity and spiritual harmony across human behavior and perception.
A reader explains that harsh purgatives were discarded and gentle All-Bran became the solution for constipation due to lack of bulk in the diet. It recommends eating plenty of water and using this cereal to create working bulk for regularity.
Experts say regular cultivation is the key to healthy soil and robust plants in Canada. After rain, use a cultivator or hand tools weekly in June and July, avoid wet soil, and focus on high yield vegetables like onions carrots beets lettuce radish spinach beans and tomatoes for a small plot.
London surgeons schedule more operations by moonrise to reduce patient fear of air raids and to ease surgeons who worry about lights failing or a building collapse during procedures.
Jean de Vaudreuill, 78, reached Prince George on his second world walking tour begun 24 years ago. He has logged 80,042 miles and now aims for the Alaska highway on the next leg of his trek.
Televisions promise wide job growth for ex servicemen as Britain touts wartime research leading ahead of the United States. J L Baird notes color and stereo television demonstrations with three models including a cheap three dimensional set and a luxury auto changer radio model.
A South American headzin with toes on its wings escapes danger by diving from the nest into water. It then uses its extra feet to climb back to the nest once the threat passes.
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