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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
3
The seventh Victory Loan targets a minimum of 1.306 billion dollars as Canada prepares for postwar normalcy. Finance Minister J L Isley urges continued citizen savings to fund victory and future social security, UN relief efforts, and Pacific and Dominion commitments amid lingering wartime controls.
The article warns that inflation threatens economic stability postwar and urges public cooperation in the Seventh Victory Loan. It notes Canada’s wartime spending restraints reduced inflationary impact and calls for over-subscription to fund victory on battlefields and the home front.
Ontario professor explains autumn leaf color as sugar accumulation. A cork layer at leaf base slows processes, stops sugar moving to the plant, and with a cyanide complex creates red dye. Deeper reds reflect higher leaf sugar. browns form as decay proceeds.
Canadian research shows dust control at Camp Borden reduced airborne germs and cut respiratory disease casualties by more than half, saving manpower and about six million dollars annually in military hospitals.
In Portland Oregon the city name was chosen by a coin flip between two real estate men from Portland and Boston. Portland won the toss securing the final city name.
Questions and answers explain rationing for school lunches and how to use or return used cotton bags. The Q and A cover eligibility for hot lunches, reuse of used bags, selling pigeon donations with authorization, timing for presenting soldiers’ ration cards, and book expiration dates plus where to obtain Wartime Prices and Trade Board pamphlets.
A reader praises Kellogg's All Bran for easing constipation without harsh purgatives. The ad urges daily consumption as a bulk-adding cereal or muffins, noting it is a wholesome food, not a medicine. Made by Kellogg's in London Canada with two handy sites.
The London Daily Mail reports a Birmingham woman nearly died from poison gas after combining two household cleaners. A powder cleaner was scrubbed onto her bath, followed by a liquid cleaner, producing chlorine gas she could not smell. She fainted and later recovered with medical treatment.
Telegraph note reveals a financial strain with a husband in debt urging his wife to send $10 home immediately. The fragment mentions a borrowed $1.30 and a delayed payment, implying a tense domestic money crisis.
Dr Butler at Columbia argues that while machines excel, humans must read reason and seek world wisdom to elevate life. He asserts education should rest on liberal education as foundation for all training, aiming to produce men rather than skilled machines. Continuous emphasis on keeping humanity central in education.
All India Radio has begun broadcasting a 200 hour program service from a new high power transmitter near Delhi. The station, described as ten times as powerful as any All-India short wave facility, covers a wide beam capable of girdling the globe. The site extends over 300 acres outside Delhi.
A recipe for Mock Drum Sticks using veal pork or beef cut into strips rolled on skewers and coated with corn flake crumbs. After browning they bake covered in water at 350 degrees F for about one hour until tender, yielding six servings. Also included is a quick cottage cheese dressing with mayonnaise catsup and olives to serve over crisp lettuce and crackers.
At the CWAC Training Centre in Ste. Anne de Bellevue a Sunday breakfast in the recreation hall replaces a formal parade. Butter jam marmalade honey tea and coffee are available and served by the canteen staff, with many patrons before uniforms return for church parade.
Pte Agnes Demone of the C W A C from Lunenburg N S earns distinction for steering the famous Bluenose schooner and being a Dalhousie graduate at 19 She holds a B S and served with UK Technical Mission and Dominion Engineering works in Dorval in Halifax Montreal Maj Pearl Brent of No 103 Depot C W A C Kingston motivates her troops during a softball game A Wezner hits a home run for a steak dinner served by Major Brent afterwards
A collage of light jokes and domestic vignettes. A boy explains his mother’s cooking humor while a manager mocks a typist’s grammar. A sergeant tests a recruit’s uniform. A father punishes a fighter and a family shares gentle misfires. A string of small misunderstandings ends with a wild goose chase joke.
The Halifax Herald says dog ownership is more than licensing and feeding. Owners must supervise and treat pets kindly while respecting neighbors rights to a safe, peaceful environment to prevent harm from run ins, theft, or poisoning.
The British government provides capital assistance for shipyard improvement schemes totaling 26.58 million dollars. The plan covers development and modernization including welding extensions, with an overall estimated cost of 39.87 million dollars.
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