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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 20, 1948
Page
6
A detailed construction description for a portable home built power saw combining cut off mitre and rip capabilities. It covers carriage, frame, pipe bearing system, babbitt bearings, motor mounting, and belt pulley sizing for a compact unit.
OTTAWA reports the government has let a contract for a 3000 ton replacement for the ill fated Nascopie. The new vessel to be built at Levis Quebec will carry a crew of 80 and include hospital facilities a helicopter pad and reinforced all steel hull. A six boat fleet will also be assembled to support northern duty until the new ship arrives in spring 1950.
London report says Harry Marriott chairman of the Co operative Bakery Association states bread rationing in Great Britain may end this summer. Officials will not confirm timing but adult Britons may see bread prices change as rationing winds down.
The Duchess of Windsor compliments Margaret Marsh an usherette at Carnegie Hall. Marsh, Miss Canada 1947, attends the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan on a scholarship from the Miss America pageant.
Airliners use nestable tea pots hot water jugs milk jugs and sugar bowls designed to fit into one another when not in use, freeing cabin galley space and easing service on long flights.
Moose Jaw Sask opened the new Moose Jaw Willowdale golf club with a president versus vice president exhibition match. The report also notes upcoming entries and transfers in Canadian hockey and a historic NHL season where Buddy O Connor won both the Hart and Lady Byng Trophies, earning $2,000.
Clara, a white pine foothill resident, wakes after 12 years in a coma-like sleep. Neighbors recall 1936 to 1948 changes, as she adapts to walking again and enjoys small discoveries like a tree by a window. The Sartains nurse her, hopeful but unsure if she will sleep again.
New York. A stormy roadside scene as Dr. George Rizzoli performs an emergency leg amputation on Biaggio Leanzo 29 after a car crash. Police, bystanders, and Leanzo's brother Salvatore 26 and brother in law Anthony Candrilli 28 are present as the operation proceeds. Leanzo is rushed to Mary Immaculate Hospital Jamaica in critical condition.
In Springfield a four year old, Edward Mickey Londrigan, balks at tonsil removal to keep playing prize fighter. His mother jokes the doctor will enter him in a hospital match. After waking from anesthesia he apologizes noting he remembers nothing and asks who knocked him out.
Practical tips on storing silver shakers and salt, twisting pearl strands, removing furniture rings with cigarette ashes and alcohol, preventing custard curdling by pre-mixing sugar with eggs, and protecting awnings tents and boat sails from mildew mold and insects during long storage.
Water hyacinths swell in Australia's Clarence River forming vast rafts up to 400 feet wide during floods. The drifting mats carry rabbits and other small animals downstream, creating a striking natural phenomenon observed along the river.
A historical excerpt notes that the earliest described ship is Noah's ark, marking the origin of maritime depiction in ancient texts and lore. The passage emphasizes ark as a prototype vessel in religious narratives and cultural memory.
The article argues that democracy and world unity require Scouting to expand in Canada. It highlights Scouting as a non political, world spanning program training about 100 000 Canadian boys and calls for more funds to extend facilities and influence to shape future citizens and leaders. It stresses that dollars donated to The Boy Scouts Association foster ideals and broaden Scouting work among Canadian boys.
Sambo and Rastus share a supper as a horsefly buzzes around Sambo. Rastus teases about the fly while joking that you can’t fool the horseflies and questioning if Sambo is a jackass. The dialect humor reflects early 20th century comic tropes.
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