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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
2
The piece argues that family ties within the British Empire grow stronger under stress as distant possessions rally to support Great Britain. It notes significant manpower, supplies, and money contributions from across the Empire, praising unity and the potential postwar value of a cooperative Commonwealth of Nations with other democracies.
Prime Minister John Curtin of Australia, with a decisive postwar victory, proposed an Empire Council to allow quick joint action on urgent matters. It would be an advisory body without executive powers, fostering united British Empire cooperation with other democracies while not forming an empire bloc.
The passage notes broad interest across the Empire in a proposed postwar council to unite Commonwealth states. It cites Sir Winston Churchill and Mr Curtin as advocates and stresses that Canada Australia and New Zealand seek expanded global influence and closer imperial cooperation after the war.
This piece promotes using tomatoes daily for vitamin C, advises minimal air exposure after cutting, and favors raw use to preserve nutrients. It outlines several preparations including stuffed raw or baked tomatoes, fillings with carrot and beef, cottage cheese, and a baked tomato with egg, plus various stuffing ideas and a 350 F bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
A collage of comic exchanges from a bygone era includes a father’s excuse for his son’s absence, sharp one liners by a beleaguered police witness, students mishearing scripture, and a waitresses quip about late shifts. The file compiles humorous fragments of everyday life with names and places trimmed for privacy.
Anthony Eden, facing American dispatches describing his graying hair, laments being called the youthful diplomat. Churchill replies that in British politics youth begins at 50 and middle age at 70, recalling past leaders MacDonald Baldwin and Chamberlain. New York Post.
Home Secretary Herbert Morrison warned businessmen that Britain must retain a large measure of wartime control over social and economic life for a time after the war to avoid a national catastrophe. He said lifting controls too soon could trigger another boom and bust similar to postwar periods following the last war.
A tocal Ottawa ode notes many prairie volunteers in naval and air force service. Petty Officer Billi Shead of Selkirk and Lieut Rameau Gravel of Gravel Sask are among those serving aboard minesweepers and convoys. Saskatchewan prepares a CWAC band of 29 with leader Sgt Nadia Svarich. Other subjects include Royal Roads graduates landing on ships, prairie families like the Leightons, and wartime army PX perks plus CWAC hair styles.
Former aircraftman Tom Brown of Healey Bar Yorkshire finally receives a parcel and two letters after 50,000 miles of travel over two years. He escaped internment at Singapore and the mail has followed him.
After wartime begins, Ireland issues large travel permits to Britain easing unemployment. In 1942 about 52,000 permits were issued, up from 35,000 in 1941 and 26,000 in 1940. The sun’s average Earth distance is 92,900,000,000 miles.
The Junior Farm Clubs annual national meet gathers boys and girls from across Canada under the Canadian Council on Boys' and Girls' Club Work. In 1943 the event runs November 21 to 26, with livestock and seed judging at Ontario Agricultural College Guelph and oral exams at Royal York Hotel Toronto.
Dr. W. J. Butler, state veterinarian, reports prairie dogs in eastern Montana are dying by the thousands from an undetermined disease. He has been unable to find a live prairie dog to conduct experiments due to the scale of deaths.
A Berne dispatch says a German general, blamed for the execution of 100,000 Polish patriots, was captured by Polish guerrillas, tried by a popular court, and shot. The piece argues that justice should wait until after the war and prefer local retribution over sending criminals to a “reformed” Germany, noting the leniency after the previous war where few received meaningful sentences.
Noel Baker, parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of War Transport, warned that within twenty years after the war the number of automobiles on British roads would be twenty times 1939 levels unless a constructive program is started now to prevent increasing slaughter and mutilation on the roads.
An estimate indicates a beach tree draws roughly 80 quarts of water each day. This figure highlights the tree's significant water needs and potential impact on local soil moisture and drainage.
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