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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1946
Page
3
Beekeeping guidance urges all colonies to carry at least 40 pounds of stores for winter by mid October in southern areas and by late October in northern regions. Honey stored in the brood chamber can be poor quality, so supplemental sugar syrup is recommended.
America's oldest village sites near the Mogollon range in southwest New Mexico were uncovered by a Chicago Natural History Museum expedition led by Dr. Paul S. Martin. The pit houses housed a people about 100 strong with burials and crude pottery, living as hunter gatherers who later depended on nuts and wild produce.
The Ottawa Citizen notes General Electric introduced an electronic counting device that totals numbers up to ten million per second. The item highlights the rapid calculation speed and contrasts it with slow manual counting.
Scientists in Melbourne warn Australian fishermen about the numbfish or shock that resembles raw beef and paralyzes its prey. The note adds that sell, climate, altitude and season affect tea leaf quality.
A North Edmonton woman, Mrs. John Gillis of Edmonton, cooked for five men at the Arctic Bay weather station during a year in extreme cold. She baked bread on coal stoves and lent a hand with station duties while the men endured 60 below winters. Her husband and Hugh Longfield returned on the Nascopie after reporting to Dominion Meteorological Service in Toronto.
Frank Putnam, Canada’s agriculture minister, warned that clearing large prairie bush could blow dust across British Columbia. He urged leaving shelter belts of bush standing to protect the land from dust storms.
British agriculture ministry forecasts 1946 yields show wheat on 2,000,000 acres sown with an estimated 17.7 cwt an acre, down from 19 cwt last year, reflecting abnormally wet weather.
The text presents Brazil nuts as a high energy food for adults with 63 calories per nut, 17 percent protein, 67 percent fat, and notable purity. It notes an average 9 gram nut and oil yield from Bertholletia excelsa of 60 to 70 percent, plus substitution comparisons to other foods.
The government funds an Antarctic expedition sending scientists to catch 1,500 whales to test which species and cuts yield edible meat and how to bring perishable whale flesh to market before spoilage.
The Ottawa Citizen notes pride among British Post Office engineers in the FM radio telephone link to the Isle of Man. It points out that the connection existed and functioned well for years before FM’s qualities were identified in the United States.
Textiles of hooked rugs reflect a folk craft tradition carried to the United States by Swedish and Scottish settlers, illustrating cultural transfer through domestic textile work.
An Australian News Letter profile covers Captain Geoffrey Wikner his English wife and two children who travel across Australia in an improvised voyage. They started from England in a Halifax bomber renamed Waltzing Matilda Mark I then converted a canvas canopied three ton truck Waltzing Matilda Mark II for life on the road and plan further stages including a yacht named Waltzing Matilda Mark III in Sydney harbor and a future family home called The Anchorage.
In Decatur Illinois a family faced a soap shortage. The wife could not leave home so the husband queued at the store, securing one package of soap chips each day for two days off work. The ad led to repeated trips and a high price in time.
Scientists report doubling bulldogs salamanders and rats by injections of a pituitary fluid from oxen and sheep. The tests demonstrate rapid growth effects across multiple species under controlled experiments.
Elk Island National Park in Alberta protects wapiti elk and buffalo, joining Canada’s national park system that now has 26 parks. The park offers Sandy Beach recreation, boating, golf, camping, and picnics, attracting rising visitor numbers and serving as a major wildlife sanctuary and tourist draw.
In a rustic exchange Donald asks about a new wife and her skills. Angus replies she cannot cook or sew but is a grand singer, sparking good humor and camaraderie. The conversation highlights pride in a spouse's talent over traditional trades.
Government health officials say US medical experts may visit Russia to study KR, a cancer treatment from the Soviet program. The bulletin claims KR targets throat cervical and breast cancers, using a parasite-derived carrier to deliver a medicinal preparation that disintegrates tumors.
One third of households reportedly own no bookcase and only a quarter have one. The piece argues bookcases nurture reading, urges manufacturers to meet demand, and asks authors to support the idea amid lumber shortages.
An Australian police sergeant discovers a Churchill cousin in Dorrigo New South Wales noted for a ready tongue and distinctive beard. The man, ragged, with sandshoes, received gas ration tickets quickly after a cheeky exchange with the sergeant.
In a city shop a calm man tries to buy stockings for his wife but is pushed by frantic shoppers. He shields his head, advances with arms raised, and responds to a critic that he will from then on act like a lady.
A hobo pigeon named Whitney rides daily atop Santa Fe passenger trains near Guthrie Oklahoma without tickets. Railroad men report the bird boards a morning streamliner about 20 miles south to Orlando, alights, then rides back on an evening train performing typical pigeon acts between trips.
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