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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1945
Page
4
Pete, a struggling circus worker, pursues Babe an enormous elephant through a camp. After a whiplash fight where Babe defends herself, Pete is knocked unconscious and scolded by the elephant. Babe then carries the injured keeper to the circus veterinarian, displaying surprising tenderness.
The United Kingdom repurposes Plexiglass, renamed Perspex, for civilian use. Household goods, bathrooms, electrical and kitchen equipment, frames, furniture, jewelry and wireless casings are now produced from the transparent, tough material.
A Navy firman tells how he felt after taking AA fire over the Pacific. He says he did not feel the hit at first, then noticed a fresh hole in the fuselage when he looked right. He then looked left and…
A sentry in Seoul, at the governor-general's palace, lost four fingers when a fountain pen booby trap exploded. This marks the first reported American soldier injury since the occupation of Southern Korea.
A mosaic of notes from Canadian towns recalls early King's Counsel appointees after Victoria’s death, pioneers like George Pocock, highway accidents, and a bold coyote gobbler tale. Commentary champions unified British identity, projective youth, and council church efforts while surveys reveal shifts in women’s postwar roles and veterans’ reintegration.
A collection of short jokes and puns drawn from everyday life. Chestnuts include mistaken ivory carvings, fashion concerns, memory gags, caddy jokes, wedlock finances, biblical references, and classroom quips. The humor relies on wordplay and audience recognition of common situations.
A man in St Helen's Lancashire stepped from his car to check a suspected fault when the rear wheel of the vehicle came loose and rolled backward striking him and knocking him down. The incident highlights how a detached wheel can cause serious injury during roadside checks.
US Navy's 45060 ton aircraft carriers cannot pass through the Panama Canal. To reach the Pacific they must round Cape Horn or sail east. Naval sources say the canal is outmoded as a naval constraint. The three ships, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Coral Sea, and Midway, are near commissioning and will rely on new locks to enable passage once completed.
The London Daily Express reports British and United States scientists have developed counter weapons to the atomic bomb in advanced stages. Chapman Pincher notes radar guided guidance and fusing from British, German rockets and American fuses are being combined to produce projectiles capable of destroying planes or rockets carrying atom bombs while at high altitude. The defense weapon would also disable the mechanism of atomic rockets or bombs before mid air explosion.
The article touts pears as a versatile seasonal ingredient for breakfast to dessert. It cites serving ideas from sliced raw pears on cereals to stuffed and coated pear dishes, including a crusted pear variation with honey and cereal crumbs, plus a recipe using lemon juice, honey, over-popped rice cereal, and nutmeg.
A wildfire progresses rapidly through the brush pushing deer to flee in a tight chase. The blaze climbs terrain quickly, threatening habitat and triggering urgent evacuations near the wooded plain. Firefighters mobilize, containing lines and air support to curb spread.
John Hanson Flett son of L M Flett CPR agent at Neudorf Sask won one of two annual Canadian Pacific Railway scholarships. The award covers up to five years tuition at McGill Montreal. He attended Fort William Kelleer Rosenfeld and Newdorf schools and Rosenfeld Gainsborough Newdorf high schools. He completed a six week Saskatoon summer course and averaged over 88 percent in Grade 12 exams and is enrolled for engineering at McGill.
Representatives from five universities met on September 8 to urge their governing bodies to amend policy so military training becomes voluntary. Since 1941 Canadian universities have required training under the Resources Mobilization Act, but Dr. Sidney Smith of the University of Toronto led the push for choice.
Advertisement for a Princess line frock pattern 4934 with sizes 34 to 48 and yardage 39 inches 1 1/2 yards for contrast. Price twenty cents in coins only. Orders to Anne Adams Lion Dept Winnipeg at 175 McDermott Ave Winnipeg Man.
Several facilities have been erected in Ceylon to produce shark liver oil which contains three times as much A vitamin as cod liver oil. Researchers and manufacturers are debating methods to preserve and concentrate the nutrient.
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