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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
5
Walter Lowe is progressing favorably after an operation. No complications were reported, and his doctors expect a smooth recovery with continued outpatient care and follow up.
Appendicitis in Brandon Hospital. Friends wish him speedy recovery. Wm Dowland of the Merchant Marine returns home on leave to his parents. Mrs M Greenaway and son Howard journey to Calgary to visit relatives. LAC Wesley Common of Souris leaves for Saskatoon after a home visit. Wesley Common also spent weekend at home. Mr M Greenaway drove to Brandon with A Richardson M Farncomb and A Innes. Mrs T A White goes home to Rivers after a week with sister Mrs E G Chapman, who accompanied her.
Tarbolton reporter notes Mr. Wm. Harvey's return from Antler Saskatchewan after a week away. The district reports several cars out on roads and hopes for drying conditions within a week. Edward Wolfe and Albert Tennant of Brandon visited the Wolfe home, while Miss Carlyn Wedderburn of Brandon spent time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Wedderburn, over the weekend.
H G L Strange of Searle Grain argues a vegetable shortage looms for the coming summer. He notes US Canada plan to dehydrate and ship produce to armed forces, Russia, and Britain, urging more home gardens. He shares a time saving farming method to weed efficiently with field implements between wide rows.
Ceei Lamont, vice president of the North-West Line Elevators Association, reports on a Chicago conference where over 300 scientists and industrialists discussed using surplus U.S. wheat for war needs. The note highlights U.S. and Canadian distilleries converting to wheat and corn for alcohol production, government targets for 1943, and anticipated petrolum shortages driving fuel from cereals.
Mr Lamont endorses wind research methods and new uses for farm products in the United States. He sees potential to help solve the surplus wheat problem and recommends action by the Canadian Government on establishing a Western division of the National Research Council and the erection of alcohol distilleries in the West.
The Gazette extends best wishes for a happy birthday to multiple readers including Mrs. E. O. Stewart on April 8, Mrs. D. M. Stewart, Mrs. Martin Paddock, Mrs. T. Suthers of Nakina Ontario, Norman Donagh, Mrs. Victor Airey, Mrs. Jos. Hanlon, Frank G. Airey, Peter Livingstone of Bradwardine, Mrs. James Chapman of Pendennis, Mes ai Moore of Winnipeg, Mrs. Thos. Miners, Mrs. C. Folson, R. M. Tucker, Hugh Stewart, and others.
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