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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
2
The nation’s sacrifice spans service members and families, war workers, farmers, bureaucrats, industry and professionals. More than a million joined armed services, Canada ranking fourth in naval and air power among Allied nations. The Commonwealth Air Training Plan is praised as a cornerstone for air supremacy supporting victory.
Canada, despite ranking 35th in population, made a notable wartime contribution by financing the effort via taxation and internal loans. War loans within the Dominion exceeded 10.2 billion dollars with more than three million subscribers. Personal income tax, corporation tax, and excess profits tax formed substantial revenue alongside various excises and sales taxes.
Canada sped aid across the Atlantic during 1940 41 sending munitions guns tanks and food to Britain. The London Economist praised Canada's steel and muscle behind monetary figures noting its exceptional relative effort given its population. Tributes from abroad highlight Canada's vital wartime role.
Secretary of State Paul Martin told the Canadian Institute on Public Affairs that the San Francisco world security charter has the ingredients of success but requires genuine good faith among nations. He stressed civilization depends on spiritual values and warned against a sectarian approach, echoing General Smuts on an awakened culture and purified outlook to save civilization.
The Christian Science Monitor notes considerable difficulty and delay in reaching general agreement on the aim to ensure the punishment fits the crime. The discussion centers on aligning penalties with offenses and the path toward a consistent justice standard.
Commentary argues employers should hire returning veterans who may lack civilian work experience. It questions the exclusive use of "experienced" in job ads, noting veterans are skilled from service. It urges industry to value military background and adopt inclusive hiring practices.
The Admiralty reveals the small coastal craft of the British Navy carried out 780 actions, sinking over 500 enemy vessels and losing 170 of their own ships. They also shot down 32 enemy aircraft and conducted nearly twice as many operations as the rest of the fleet.
Dr James Richard Whitwell who died aged 11 left £20000 in savings to patients at St Audry s hospital Ipswich where he served as medical superintendent for 37 years.
Chief Engineer Fred Vieau of Buffalo built a dream engine room aboard the freighter J. J. B. Brown on the Great Lakes. The work bench houses hundreds of polished tools with a duplicate set aboard. Vieau painted a giant compass dial on the floor centered by a chart of the Great Lakes and ports.
Travellers across Canada knew him as the man with the big hat after 20 years greeting railway passengers. Born 1880 in Dundas Ontario he began railroading in 1907 and rose to chief terminal passenger agent at Winnipeg in 1920 before becoming general agent in Jasper in 1923. He was presented with a billfold and funds by Osborne Scott on behalf of friends and workers.
The Calgary Albertan reports renewed public discussion on extending Alberta north into part of the North West Territories. Views diverge between provincial and Dominion governance, with the Dominion favored for the north's development due to its financial and administrative resources to provide geological and mining support.
A new plastic process glass bottles design claims they do not break when dropped. The innovation involves a dipped coating that strengthens the bottle structure, promising safer handling in storage and shipping environments.
Q May 1 buy meat on mention Tuesdays and Fridays A Yes. But to conserve O Q Have any coupons in ration book five been declared invalid A Butter coupons 0 to 215 expired on August 31. No other ration coupons have expired if ration book five. Q Has the rationing of small arms ammunition been lifted A Yes. Rationing of small arms ammunition will come to an end on August 31. Q Do meatless Tuesdays and Fridays start at midnight A Meatless Tuesdays and Fridays in all public eating places now start at four a.m. and continue for a 24 hour period. iGin. Q I have lost my ration book and all the sugar for canning coupons were not used Will I get these with a new book ration administration has no way of telling whether or not they were used before the book was lost. a Please send your questions or your request for the pamphlet Consumers News or the Blue Book in which you keep track of your ceiling prices mentioning the name of this paper to the nearest Wartime Prices and Trade Board office in our province.
Dr Mont Follick, Labour MP for Loughboro, urged teaching English worldwide to ease tensions. He proposed a £30,000 grant to London University for a chair of philology to promote English as a universal tongue, offering £5,000 himself if the balance is raised. Follick, who speaks six languages, created a simplified English system in 1938 reducing basic word count by 150.
A collection of quick quips from a 1920s page features a drunken driver dispute a nurse asking about disease precautions a navy enlistment joke a police court assault quip and lines about hats wives and books. The jokes hinge on misunderstandings pompous personalities and social norms of the era.
Women of the Royal Navy learn bus driving from London instructors to speed up training and fill hundreds of vacancies created when many service members, notably women, marry and depart.
Captain Patricia A. M. Quinn of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan recounts her CWAC career from January 1942, praising Saskatchewan recruits and her postings in Regina and St. Anne de Bellevue. The piece also salutes Padres, wedding-time guidance, and CWAC fourth birthday celebrations with praise from Major-General Walford for the corps’ wartime contributions.
The 20th century marvel Ruby automates cheque processing for family allowance payments. With a robot pen she addresses signs and stamps thousands of cheques hourly, reducing human clerks’ workload. Ruby and her sisters cost about a quarter million dollars and never err.
Elmore Philpott asserts Canada’s abundance of building materials and skilled workers can meet a surge in housing demand. He praises Cariboo crews constructing two storey log lodges with fine hand work, noting fir-log houses near timber sources. He contrasts with Buckingham Palace as a benchmark for wholesome living.
A collection of brief maxims and biblical and literary lines on shining truth through deeds. It links Matthew 5 16 Horace Bushnell The thing most important is what we do not what we say Mary Baker Eddy T L Cuyler Moody Hezekiah Butterworth and Hezekiah Butterworth notes about lighthouse light and influence.
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