This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1945
Page
2
Radar or radiolocation emerged as a wartime secret and a pivotal force in Allied victory. The British Ministry of Information highlights its history, calling radar the most novel versatile weapon of the century. It shifted from defense to offense and is seen as equally vital in peacetime.
Radar played a key part in the Battle of Britain and in naval warfare. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder credited radar with preventing German surprise raids. It guided early war scouting, fog navigation, blind fire in gunnery, and detection of ships subs and planes at sea, saving many lives and aiding D Day success.
In the closing months of the European war radar helped defeat the V-2 threat and its use extended beyond war. Radar will improve air and sea travel in fog and may reduce highway accidents. Discovered by British scientists, radiolocation owes much to Canada for its research, production, and skilled technicians who served in Britain.
Abraham Lincoln lightly rejects a hopeful for the House doorkeeper post. The applicant lacks any experience or knowledge of the duties, and Lincoln questions readings or conversations on the subject. The man acknowledges his lack and departs humbly.
The Guardian notes remarkable success in penicillin use as a cure for influenza. UK doctors reportedly achieved rapid response and full recovery in a child, challenging prior views that the influenza germ was resistant to penicillin.
The piece recalls Lord Cromer's maneuver to block the Spanish fleet via the Suez Canal with limited coal, enabling a return to Barcelona. It cites Dewey at Manila Bay and Kaiser’s deployment of Admiral von Diedrich as moments of British intervention, underscoring England's friendship in conflict. Henry Wickham Steed notes a 1898 European push against the United States, with Britain’s actions preventing a likely defeat and preserving the Star Spangled Banner today.
The Saskatchewan Government has formed a royal commission to study the mineralized waters of Little Manitou Lake near Watrous. Members are J. G. Rempel, W. A. Riddell, Dr. B. Brachman, and Dr. W. P. John Viscount. The waters are noted for buoyancy and claimed health benefits in rheumatic and skin diseases. Oral salts from the lake are sold.
A historical note states that the sole exemption to the legal requirement for signing a curname in England is the royal family, who sign using their baptismal names. This reflects a long standing convention tied to royal tradition.
A compact collection of crossword style clues and partial answers covering words from to weaken to sun god. Includes numbers for alignment and entries such as to fasten to prevail deadly shoulder decade sailor poison snakes bone set forth concerning mother of Apollo and many more.
Reader questions cover meat coupons special diets requests for ration relief and clothing redistribution for UNRRA. Answers reference doctor certificates for extra meat allowance a remaking guide “Remake Wrinkles” from Consumer Branch and guidance to obtain pamphlets Consumers’ News and Blue Book.
In Britain many farms are being snapped up quickly at stiff prices. The public now views land as essential property for food production, and a growing number of buyers seek to own productive land.
Early manuscripts dating before the Christian era mention using liver to cure night blindness. This practice reflects ancient beliefs about nutrition and vision, revealing how medical knowledge evolved and how organ-based remedies appeared in historical healing traditions.
TheRC A and allied services included many American-born or U S resident Canadians who enlisted, with 8 585 total RCA enlisted or commissioned by July 1945. By 1945 the RCAF saw 3 789 discharges to U S forces, the Army 4 740, and the Navy 265 with 21 women. Discharge benefits valued beyond 3 000, with eight of sixteen benefits available to those who settle in the U S.
Ottawa authorized initial shipment of 100 tons of lake trout and whitefish from Great Slave Lake to Edmonton this summer. The fish traveled 400 miles by cooler barges via the Slave and Athabasca rivers to Fort Smith portage, then by truck to markets. McInness Products Corp holds lake fishing rights and sought a two million pound quota. the present shipment equals about one tenth of the season.
Canadian Women's Army Corps members in Saskatchewan discuss food supply handling for service personnel and sanitary storage. Repatriated CWACs arrival from overseas includes Sgt. Bates, Cpls. Hook and Clark, with easing civilian dress restrictions noted. A British war bride, Pte. Brownlee, joins CWAC in Regina, marrying Cpl. Brownlee in Saskatchewan after service in London.
Pullman-Standard unveils a postwar passenger car designed for travel leisure. The forward half serves as a day club and night club, while the rear half becomes a lounge and movie theatre by night. A central cubicle houses radio, phonograph, and projection gear. Dancing space measures 20 by 9 feet with a 30-seat theatre.
A compact compilation of quotes extolling prudence from Samuel Johnson Epicurus Jeremy Collier and others. It links prudence to reason truth decency and virtue while warning against neglect of common maxims and vice. The collection imagines prudence as central to morality and the greatest good guiding pleasure and action.
A historical note states fully grown sperm whales yield as much as 145 barrels of oil. It highlights the substantial maritime value of mature sperm whales and the scale of oil harvest possible from a single animal.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.