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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
8
Canada readies its fourth Victory Loan with an objective of 1.1 billion dollars and individual subscribers urged to contribute 560.6 million. Hon. J L Isley declares it the greatest financial challenge yet, urging heavy investment despite higher taxes, as thousands serve abroad and the nation backs the war effort.
Wartime conditions shift focus to underused nutritious foods. Skim milk and buttermilk offer vitamins, while beef and pork organs and blood boost mineral content. The Navajo diet shows organ meats are valued, and processed meats could gain nutrition by including offal. Canadians urged to use these foods and request a vitamin chart from the Western Division Health League of Canada.
Tulane's Robert A. Wauchope says North American Indians practiced rationing four centuries ago during wars. Armies of 60 000 to 125 000 moved with preplanned supplies and allocated provisions to fighters. Some tribes carried gourds with hominy as fighting rations and drank water when short, tracing to tribute from lands of conflict.
Daily reports of air raids state aircraft go missing and crews may be interned as prisoners of war. The Red Cross, via the International Committee in Switzerland, relays reassuring news to families and ships regular parcels and food to the captives, brightening their confined life.
It is estimated that 63,300 acres of sugar beet grown in Canada in 1942 produced 200 million pounds of refined sugar, or about one fifth of Canada's normal consumption. The objective for 1943 is to achieve the greatest beet sugar output with present plant facilities.
The list records graduates from No. 1 and No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery Schools in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, No. 5 Air Observer School in Winnipeg, and No. 4 Service Flying Training School in Saskatoon. Names include Chartrand, Keman, Thitan, Park, Pidkin, Forhes, Fornsall, Fritz, Johnson, Kettlewell, Olzen, Reeson, Rieberts, Gillingham, Reid, Mo Appertey, Asmussen, Banar, Brown, Friesen, Geddes, Love, Spruston, Young, Rettin, Hajek, Lewthwaite, Stamm, Teasdale, Witiwack, and others.
Cooks urged to save kitchen fats as waste fat from veal beef mutton lamb pork and poultry is redirected to Canadian war industries. Even small households can yield grease from boiled meat liquids and dripping. collected fats, bones, and scraps should be sent to meat markets or salvage agencies. No amount is too small to save.
W L Clark states in Windsor Star that right parts require precise conditions. Temperature differences between day and night shifts caused variation, so plants installed air conditioning and related systems to keep temperature and humidity consistent at all times.
Australia has supplied American troops in the South Pacific with more than 26 million pounds of fresh meats 20 million pounds of potatoes 25 million pounds of fruit and nearly 5.5 million quarts of milk in aid shipments during the war.
London correspondent notes Ivan Maisky keeps a constant grin amid shifting favor. From a 1935 Lord Mayor dinner to 1939 tensions and wartime praise, the Soviet ambassador’s signature smile endures as reactions swing around him.
President Frank D. McKenney of the San Diego Veterinary Medical Association urges owners not to part with their pets amid meat rationing. He advocates a diet of one-third cooked cereal one-third dried fruits and vegetables and one-third raw meat scraps, claiming dogs will thrive better than on porterhouse steaks and lamb chops.
A compact reflection on desire noting Hobbes Emerson Burton Augustine and Eddy. It links human longing to happiness and moral use of wants guided by faith and virtue. The excerpt ends with Jesus urging belief in desired outcomes when praying.
Two year old Jennifer Brigden won a smile from the Duke of Gloucester during a Coventry munitions factory inspection after presenting the Duchess of Gloucester with a bouquet and offering her toy engine. The note mentions Pluto’s orbit as 249 years.
Carrier pigeons are set for active service with Western Air Command aircraft patrolling off Canada east coast and bases from Victoria to Alaska. Several hundred homing birds are housed at a west coast air station, with RCAF recruits learning bird care. Fit. Sgt. A. Moore, veteran trainer from England, notes the best birds are reliable navigators, not fast racers.
Reports from Stockholm say Germans are systematically seizing Norwegian civilians as hostages for potential exchange if their officers are captured. Hundreds were evacuated aboard three transports and sent to Germany earlier this year. The Soviets have developed a new drug to replace quinine.
The article urges keeping window shades down from dusk to daylight to cut heat loss. It notes spring’s fickle warmth and warns against open doors or windows wasting fuel. Maintain furnace vigilance and avoid large fires to keep homes 10 percent warmer and comfortable during cold spring nights.
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