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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
2
War brings inflation and rising prices and wages which threaten national welfare. The text notes that many nations, including Canada, Britain, and the United States, adopted measures to control prices and wages to avoid financial disaster.
The article notes vast difficulties in exercising extensive state control yet credits public backing as essential. It contrasts nations with and without controls, highlighting Canada’s wartime inflation precautions and strong public cooperation in maintaining economic stability.
The article urges public patience as controls remain for economic stability. It warns the immediate post war years may be as critical as the past five and cautions against expecting a quick return to normal conditions. Citizens should restrain spending and support cautious lifting of restrictions.
Advertorial urging readers to stop harsh purgatives and try Kellogg's All-Bran for dietary bulk. Recommends an ounce daily or muffins, plus ample water. Notes production in London, Canada.
Canadian breeding stock may aid Europe’s postwar livestock recovery as horse numbers in Britain Netherlands Belgium Russia Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Greece fall sharply. Authorities warn the farm-power demand will be immense and a strong Canadian horse supply will be needed for some time to come.
In the Canadian Army there are 5118 Smiths, 736 are William Smiths with 44 from Toronto. Browns total 3071, Joneses 1693. The Smiths and Browns should easily outpace the Joneses in this comparison.
A collage of jokes and epigrams with pun laden exchanges on weight machines, milk, castles, amputation, haircuts, baking, and grammar. Characters include Mrs Newlywed, a milkman, a guide, tourists, a teacher, a landlord, and a tramp, each delivering light humorous lines in a seaside town setting.
A reader asks if brown sugar and white sugar coupons have the same value and learns both are one pound per valid coupon. Cranberry sauce remains on the list with twelve ounce preserves coupons. fresh cranberries are not listed. Starting a new business requires a Wartime Prices and Trade Board permit or license, including home enterprises. The next ration book issues during October 14 to 21, with requests for Consumers’ News pamphlet or the Blue Book via the local Wartime Prices and Trade Board office.
The Chinese News Service reports tea experts are optimistic about a postwar rebound. They note wide tea producing areas and resilience of production, expecting a booming market three to four years after the war once seaports reopen.
Refugees from Alderney met in London to plan herd restoration after many cattle were shot or taken by Germans. Henry Gauvain calls for reestablishing original herds in their native Channel Island, stressing need to preserve characteristics and pedigree amid postwar stock shortages.
The commonwealth government proposes a rapid air and surface transport system to connect every Australian location within 24 hours. It envisions 22 centres linked by trunk routes, each covering a 300 mile radius, using available airfields and 18 modern airliners. RAAF personnel would staff the network, promising a revolution in life for remote areas.
A Calgary Herald editorial argues that British war brides of Canadian soldiers deserve top hospitality in Canada. It states that while refugees from Central Europe require refuge, the British wives who endured Nazi persecution should come first as a “first lien on our hospitality.”
CWAC artist Molly Lamb of Vancouver painting stage scenery for the Canadian Army Show. At twenty two she gained notice with three paintings hung in Toronto and two Army Art Show prizes in Ottawa. Daughter of Mrs A M Williams of Galiano Island BC. Banff YWCA run leave centre opens offering riding, tennis, golf, sulphur springs, Lake Louise and Lake Morraine nearby. about 70 service women visit weekly.
Many religious groups in India prohibit killing animals as part of their traditions and moral codes. The stance reflects a broad ethical posture across diverse communities, influencing dietary practices and ceremonial rules.
Canadian Army photo features Lance Corporal Jacqueline Irvine of Rouleau Saskatchewan in the Canadian Women’s Army Corps. She drives a panel truck at Army Headquarters in Regina and wears the new C W A C driver outfit with khaki shirt brown tie and regulation cap.
Corporal Brenda Campbell of the CWAC Overseas, wife of Capt. Cc. E. Campbell of Edmonton, earns admiration for her wartime skill as an ack ack battery plotter and for downing two German aircraft including a Ju 88. Lucy McCarthy, from Winnipeg, returns as a Canadian Women's Army Corps recruit, linking Fort Osborne Barracks as a new CWACville resident.
After a year’s trial square milk bottles in quarts and half-pints, starting in Cedar Rapids and spreading to other U S cities, prove a success. The change saves cold storage space and increases truck loads. About 45 percent more milk can be stored and carried. Grocers note 36 square quarts fit on a shelf that held 25 round bottles.
The Belgian Queen Mother Elizabeth defied German orders to go to Germany after King Leopold’s removal in June. She locked herself in her apartment at Laken Palace and told the German commander by phone he would have to drag her away. Persuasion failed and she remained in the palace.
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