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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 22, 1947
Page
2
British outlook remains uncertain as postwar recovery lags yet critics note resilience. Despite harsh conditions, observers predict a comeback similar to wartime resolve when the nation stood firm against Germany and Italy.
In Parliament Mr Bevin disclosed Britain’s postwar relief and loan figures. UNRRA credits reached 620 million dollars, pre UNRRA relief 400 million, loans to France 400 million, Greece 166 million, post UNRRA Italy 220 million, Austria 80 million, Netherlands 240 million, Malta 120 million, Burma 120 million, Hungary 20 million, Czechoslovakia 30 million, Germany 560 million, totaling 2.96 billion dollars with 1.3 billion non recoverable.
A lightning bolt knocked four Tobey family members from their beds in Lindsay Ontario at their Bobcaygeon home. They escaped unharmed. The article then notes copper was first used around 3500 BC by the Egyptians.
Six purebred Duroc Jersey hogs from central Saskatchewan head to New Zealand for a farmer purchase. Four females and two males weigh 2430 pounds total. train to Vancouver and the S S Wairuna will take seven weeks at sea. Quarantine of 30 days in New Zealand precedes a 450 mile move to their new farm. Sam Stolt and Robert Edwards sold the hogs. More than 1300 pounds of feed accompanied the shipment.
Vulcan Alberta approves a 75000 dollar hospital addition with plans in progress. A 34 bed Lamont Alberta hospital will be built under a general contract for 175000 dollars.
A franchise awarded in Yellowknife to form Yellowknife Telephone Company Limited will provide dial telephones reducing the need to walk. Businesses and residents plan to buy shares to fund lines spanning camps and mines from Giauque Lake to Great Bear Lake, linking to the outside world by radio hook-in.
A collection of short, lighthearted vignettes and quips: mistaken cravings at dinner, a nurse and patient gag, married couples’ humor about mornings and lawn care, carrot bait mischief, a dentist and a pain less joke, a fat joke tied to Uncle Sam, insomnia relief from a voyage, future babies, a guarder reference, and wedding timing distinctions.
In Glendale California identical twin brides and identical twin grooms wed in a double ceremony. The couples wore matching outfits and took identical honeymoons. They rented adjacent apartments in the same building in Oakland. The Britschgis distinguished themselves with a second method of identification.
A collection of recipe ideas including scalloped potatoes with cheese or meats and potato salad variations using leftover meats and vegetables. Also a recipe for Strawberry Custard Tarts with Jell-O topped fruit layers and a strawberry custard cream filling, plus a vanilla cream for strawberry tarts.
A collection of quotes on learning from errors. Hugh White Borrow Eddy Coleridge Pope Lincoln reflect on truth, prejudice, resolve, and growth through missteps. The pieces urge self correction and forward thinking rather than dwelling on past faults.
The custom of chaining books to stands or reading desks was widespread across Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries, ensuring scholars could access volumes in libraries and study rooms without removing them from their confines.
Independent and major firms announce 14 new wells with drilling starting this month. Sites include four in South Princess near the Madison lime oil discovery area, one at Brooks, three in Lloydminster Lane rock, two south of Leduc, and single wells at Turner Valley, Baxter Lake, and Egerton as part of a broad 1947 program.
A tiny plant bug known as the frog hopper guards against predators by producing a bubble mass around its body. The bubbles consist of plant juice, air and wax, forming a protective shield.
Hollywood actress Katherine York sought 31200 in damages after a drummer’s drumstick struck her in the eye during a nightclub performance. The suit names drummer Dee Pee Johnson and the nightclub owners Johnson and Billy Berg. Paraguay has 300 miles of public railways.
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