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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
3
At the Harlem theater Susan Frank delivers a husky gospel-tinged performance that wins the crowd. Sam Jones, uneasy about her ambition, watches from the night, then celebrates as Susan receives ovation and a warm reunion with Sam.
John S. Knight argues in The Chicago Daily News that Gen. MacArthur must press the Emperor for sanitation standards while keeping the throne. He praises outward cooperation in Tokyo but warns against romanticizing Japan. He calls for a balanced policy of firmness and equity, rejecting a flattering view of Japanese society.
The aloeplant was valued historically for healing burns and skin ailments. Contemporary use notes its role in treating X ray burns, reflecting its long standing medicinal reputation among American Indians.
Oddities from across Canada mix beekeeping mishaps and wild butterfly swarms with farm records, berry harvests, and new public pools. Highlights include a Holstein butterfat record, a 650 bushel wheat threshing claim, a child found after wandering, and a bees attack on Claude Running’s farm. Community editorials urge stable postwar employment and praise bands, while Vegreville opens a 40 000 pool as part of a 100 000 park project.
Moscow radio announced Russia would conscript 445000 youths aged 14 to 18 for training in industrial and railway schools. The broadcast said this plan aims to prepare the younger generation for national needs and future work.
A historical overview of Singapore as a major port and naval base, detailing its growth under British administration, free port status until 1942, and its critical role in trade and logistics. It notes wartime plans to expand wharfage, harbor facilities, and storage, with 1938 figures of traffic and cargo handled, and stresses the need to rebuild to support Malaya defense and Allied prisoners.
Canada released radar equipment noting a small handmade unit built in 1941 to guide coastal guns at Halifax. Though it never detected enemy ships, it found vessels in fog or darkness and directed them by radio into safer channels, saving money in the NRC effort.
Public interest in postwar air travel grows with trans Atlantic passages surpassing one thousand. The text recalls ancient references, noting soybeans’ earliest writings date to the era of the pyramids in Egypt.
More than 1,000 heavily guarded cases containing millions of pounds in British securities, sent to Canada in 1940 for safekeeping, were loaded at Montreal aboard the British light cruiser HMS Leander. Harbor police sealed the waterfront area, passes were required, and movement was described as confidential. A gold shipment from 1940 also went to the Canadian Mint and Fort Knox for storage. The securities were kept in a vault 50 feet below street level in the Sun Life Building, Montreal, guarded by RCMP officers.
British press notes the first pre fabricated aluminum houses in Bristol, erected in three and a half hours with water gas and electricity laid on. Foreman comments on gaining speed with experience. Government supplies barrage balloons to industry for defense. Demobilized elephant rubber goods begin production for war needs.
The Queen Elizabeth, the world’s largest ship with fourteen decks and 1031 feet in length, was built at John Brown Clydebank. If not for war she would have joined Queen Mary on the north Atlantic passenger service. In February 1940 she left Clyde for New York, arriving March 7, escorted by six tugs. Her troop carrying missions have become memorable.
A striking estimate suggests if 250,000 of the smallest bacteria were lined end to end the chain would stretch just one inch. The finding highlights how tiny microscopic life can be and underscores the scale challenges in studying such organisms. Researchers note the example helps visualize bacterial size and diversity.
Anne Adams Pattern 4759 offers a button-it-yourself frock for school and party wear with matching panties in children's sizes 2, 4, 6, and 8. The size 6 frock uses 15 yards of 35 inch material. panties require a fraction yard. Orders must include size, name, address and style number and be sent with 20 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
During the German occupation European universities largely shut down but are reopening. Nijmegen Catholic University resumed work in Holland while Free University of Amsterdam enrolled students. A large student rally occurred in Prague and Brno as other universities plan to restart soon.
Fragmented recipe instructions describe making a beef steak pie with round steak, Worcestershire sauce, parsley, onions, flour, fat, water, salt, and potatoes. Directions include mixing with flour, slowly adding water, baking at 450 degrees for about 20 minutes, yielding six servings, and a separate bran crust dough with shortening and water to form a dough, rolled to about four inches.
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