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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
2
Research in Canada has expanded human potential and shaped history by advancing materials and methods for warfare and peacetime use. Scientists contribute to civilian life and national defense, with wartime emphasis balanced by lasting civilian benefits and ongoing developments adapted for public good.
National Research Council in Ottawa coordinates Canada’s research program emphasizing science for national development. The speaker notes Canada is young and holds vast industrial potential with room to develop farm crop uses and farm and industrial waste products, urging public support for such projects.
At a Canadian Institute of Public Relations meeting, R W Boyle of the National Research Council said Canada spends far less on scientific research per person than Russia, Britain, or the United States. Russia $2.40, United States $1.80, Britain 80 cents, Canada 29 cents per person yearly. He praised Canadian universities and noted good researchers but urged increased funding as part of post-war development plans.
During the blockade of Leningrad a shortage of life saving radium led a scientist to scrape a long-used building, extract radium from waste, and supply the front. The scientist received the Order of Red Banner of Labor for the achievement.
Time magazine lauded the 1st Canadian Army drawing 51 percent of praise in its recent edition. Lt General Crerar earned a Time front-page portrait as Canada returns to Dieppe and mops up in France, with notes on Caen and Falaise as pivotal victories.
Commissioner for Foreign Affairs stresses that Europe’s fate hinges on joint effort with Canada. He calls for shared vision to see, faith to act, and courage to persevere in the face of daunting challenges.
The British minister of health maintains a white list recording towns without slums, currently listing 33 towns. The list highlights areas deemed free from slum conditions under official monitoring and policy terms.
The article notes the elf owl as the smallest at six inches long and the horned owl as the largest at two feet in length.
War era column notes Allied troops in Naples face sky high prices for basic goods. Soldiers are charged excessive rates for sun glasses and everyday sustenance, while shortages and fear of deportation loom as Nazis retreat. The writer urges readers to monitor local prices and personal spending to prevent inflation from harming the home front.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1943 salt output at 687,686 short tons valued at 4,379,378 dollars. Domestic buyers include dairy meat curing canning fisheries chemical industries and highway soil stabilization. Salt aids road and runway stabilization and helps keep sand mixes free flowing in cold weather.
The speaker jokes that the one who claims to run things at home is really directing a fleet of everyday chores. The household champs include a lawn mower, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, baby carriage, and a stream of errands.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board guidance on rent approvals for new tenants. How to verify rents via maximum rentals decision. Honey vouchers issued by local ration boards using coupons. Small arms ammunition permits available until Sept 30. Send questions or requests for pamphlets to the nearest Prices Board office in your province.
In Italy CWAC personnel recount an Army laundry unit incident that led to the shrinking of tropical dress uniforms. The garments were cleaned and returned but failed to meet CWAC dress regulations, leaving the women unable to wear the outfits as planned.
Pte Sue Lemky of Edenbridge Saskatchewan uses a clock showing a girl and a boot boy image. The clock tick by tick reminds her of Army duties with the C W A C in Prince Albert. Emphasizes civilian clothes on 48 hour passes causing moments of embarrassment at formal events.
The National Research Council Ottawa workshop produces RAF lenses up to six inches in diameter for high altitude reconnaissance. From raw glass to final lens, meticulous grinding polishing and calibration yield accuracy to one ten thousandth of an inch. Curves must be within a millionth of an inch to prevent blurring at 20 000 to 30 000 feet.
W M Thomas of Davis Geck notes kangaroo tendon was used as a slow absorbing suture after operations. Other materials include silver wire silk linen cotton gut and nylon. He travels through Canada on a business trip from Alameda California and says suture supply is not material short.
A 15th century prayer book titled The Hours of the Virgin sold at a London auction for 550 dollars. The sale highlights enduring demand for medieval manuscripts among collectors and auction houses.
A collage of jokes and quips. A Dutchman praises Rembrandt to counter a German salute. A honeymoon salad pun, a daughter sale line, and a house to house salesman joke. Adam and Eve name animals with a rhinoceros. A Florida soldier teases love at first sight with a tomorrow date. A Wisconsin family buys blueberries from a raising price Indian tale. Heaven divorce joke ends with lawyer punchline.
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