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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 03, 1947
Page
2
CPI The Ontario Beef Cattle Producers General Assembly moved to remove rationing restraints and Ottawa quickly signaled removal of restrictions. The meeting, held yesterday, approved the motion prompting immediate interest from participants and regional agri stakeholders.
In Daly, Mut Hradwardine area, a business team geared up for a Grand Opening of the Popular Store with flourishes and a push for sustained success. After two months of stock sales and hopeful fanfare, interest waned. A tragic rifle accident near Bradwardine killed a 15-year-old boy and a local farmer, Frederick D. Hutton, died the same day. Funeral rites were held at Wheatland Methodist Church and burial followed at Rapid City. Life in Rivers continued with daily changes and a resilient sense of humor amid hardships. Residents speculated on bakery ownership as originals traded plans and resale to the founder.
D C Jonason led a network of local businesses including a bakery, millinery by Harold Bicknell, an implement shop by James Higginson, and Moxley Foerster tin works as The Rivers Gazette notes a growth of commerce. The Manitoba Hardware & Lumber Co bought Ferguson and Herbert. A tennis club formed at Bradwardine while Loyal Orange Lodge members moved to Rivers. C D Card offered hire of his automobile, harbored by cheers and a bouquet. Pendennis and James Chapman eyed further auto purchases as 1947 closes with To be continued.
New York AP report on the Collyer brothers mansion packed with junk. Police search half the three story house for Langley Collyer while Homer Collyer’s body was found inside. Items recovered include five pianos many pinup photos and old dress forms. Subterranean passages rumored to connect to another Langley owned house on Fifth Avenue. Homer Collyer, 65, died of heart disease in the home. Langley, blind, had long cared for him.
Pupils sponsored a Friday dance at Robinv School to aid the Junior Red Cross. Mrs A Krovats contributed flowers auctioned for 22 dollars. Music was by A Krovats and Mrs J R V Robins. Mr and Mrs Alex Walker and family returned home by auto from a Vancouver winter. Mrs J Bromley visited Winnipeg with daughter Mrs J Williams.
Canadian war hero Smoky Smith of New Westminster tied the knot with Esther Weston, a Vancouver photographer, in a simple ceremony. Smith earned the Victoria Cross in Italy during World War II as the second New Westminster viceroy to win the honor, the eighth Canadian and first in his rank to receive it.
Reuters reports in Patna and Gaya, police strikers seized armories at Jamapur and Gaya and surrendered after brief gunfire. Five policemen were killed and several wounded as troops returned fire. About 150 of 2000 constables joined the strike, with nearly 100 arrests in Patna.
Winnipeg Attorney General J O McLenaghen said the Portage la Prairie women's jail is being remodeled and will reopen in April as the finest of its kind on the continent. He admitted past deficiencies, blamed material shortages for delays, and noted reforms recommended by Col Royal Burritt are implemented at Brandon and will be in Portage once the jail moves back.
AP report notes Labour members in Parliament threaten to force Bevin from his post over foreign policy. They claim nearly 200 Labourites back a view that Britain too closely follows the United States toward a potential war with Russia and warn Attlee to act or risk a split in the party.
General MacArthur urged Premier Yoshida in a letter to act quickly and vigorously to stabilize Japan’s faltering economy, linking continued foreign aid to efforts to feed the population. Yoshida responded promising swift and efficient measures.
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