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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 14, 1949
Page
4
A tense visit by the prime minister designate to River City generates debate on federal policy and defense. Officials forecast a strong reception while critics question the plans for regional security and wartime memory as the leader tours the west.
A tearful bride contemplates a new trend in home life as modern kitchen appliances promise a tearless wedding and easier labor saving meals. The piece notes electric ovens, mixers, and ready meals shaping domestic routines for brides and households.
A fragmented column discusses homemaking trends, noting that ready mixes and frozen foods tempt housewives as time savings mount. It weighs potential profits, or lack thereof, against quality and taste, and hints at social pressures for improved meals and efficient routines.
Edmonton Journal says Canada and the United States sign a treaty ending isolation traditions and commit to preventing war before it starts, with Parliament no longer controlling every step. Montreal Star notes a wage boost under tax changes, as Wakeearners gain pay raises and taxes shift with relief.
The article profiles Hewitt a longtime radio voice in Canada and the U S who became a familiar figure to hockey fans. It covers his early boxing titles at the University of Vermont his rise in 1923 to a senior playoff broadcast in Toronto and 26 years of uninterrupted work including near-misses and memorable calls from Chicago Madison Square Garden and Toronto. It notes his habit of pacing to crowd noise about 12 000 to 13 000 fans and his most challenging game the Boston Toronto overtime marathon in which Ken Doraty scored for the Leafs.
Dr C C Goldring says Toronto schools will not lack teachers for the fall term with several hires already made. Britain reports January newsprint production at 9 400 tons, highest in a decade, part of a monthly statistics digest. Regulations in British Columbia limit oleomargarine water content to 16 percent and require at least 80 percent edible fats with licenses due Feb 1. Dr Henry Doyle and Christian Smith resign Saskatchewan public health posts to take jobs in eastern Canada. Georgetown unions report a Canadian Seamen's Union request to refuse loading Canadian ships. a strike on deep sea vessels affects Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Britain spends 1 600 000 weekly on sickness or industrial injury benefits under national insurance, with 26 060 000 people in the system. Charlie Chaplin joins a communist organized world peace congress to be held in Paris later this month.
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