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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 15, 1948
Page
4
A Rivers feature on Barbara Ann Scott, fresh World Champion, highlights her Mar 31 visit, the renewed interest in her as a Canadian icon, and the worldwide media chorus praising her charm and talent. The piece notes Canadian pride and Swiss photo attention while hoping she stays within Canadian roots and romance.
A vote of thanks credits Barbara Ann Scott for brightening difficult times with her bright performances. The Ottawa resident and world figure skating champion is praised for lifting Canadian spirits amid international tensions.
Dr. Samuel Johnson emphasizes the balance between speed and thorough effort to achieve excellent outcomes. The remarks stress consistent focus, disciplined practice, and careful evaluation as keys to sustained high performance across fields.
The United States plans joint army navy and air force measures to restrict military use of Aleutian islands to defend Arctic positions and deter Russian advances toward Kamchatka and the Kuriles while a carrier task force will visit Bergen from April 29 to May 2 on a goodwill mission.
Charges against Jack Kent Cooke Harold Dingman and Dr Charlotte Whitton were stayed and the three discharged on the indictment in Edmonton Alberta The lawyers said the province has dropped the case though it could be relaid on new information and heard at the June assizes of the supreme court
Ottawa April CP reports police stood by as congregation members blocked Rev. Alexey Shovgeniuk from entering the Bukowinian Greek Orthodox church. Shovgeniuk has served as priest there for 14 years.
The Marquis of Carisbrooke, king’s cousin, heads a campaign against rising bribery and corruption in Britain. As president of the Bribery Prevention League he is joined by Viscount Leverhulme, Lord McGowan, John Cadbury, and Lord Rowallan. Six hundred firms support the league’s aim to stamp out robbery in business and daily life.
Organizations fail from brain shortfall not lack of members. Adults join six or seven clubs and demand to be spoken to at meetings. Each club must present a speaker every week or month, regardless of topic or delivery.
A Hamilton Spectator opinion calls Hongkong a disgrace and a sordid sideshow in parliament. It argues the episode mirrors Canada’s long standing unpreparedness and warns against using it merely to score political points, urging focus on real deficiencies.
A large crowd in Rivers welcomed Barbara Ann Scott, Canada’s world figure skating champion, as she arrived with her mother and trainer after landing at the airport. Mayor E. E. Grant greeted her on behalf of the town, presenting roses as she thanked the gathering and smiled for photos before departing with an RCMP escort and local officials. The visit, arranged with the Lidts club, drew excited locals two hours before the plane’s arrival and followed her appearances in Brandon.
The tribunal cleared all 12 charges alleging crimes against peace and participation in a conspiracy to violate peace. They face two remaining charges for plunder spoilation of conquered nations and deportation exploitation and abuse of slave labor. The group pleaded not guilty on Nev 17.
Newsweek reports German populations in the 1.3 and British zones are receiving a broader, better balanced diet as wheat and corn run short. Washington and London fund purchase of other foods, with the military government buying hundreds of thousands of tons of sugar to offset grain shortages and raise caloric intake.
Edmonton Journal discusses pension scales that should adjust with living costs. It argues rates must be flexible to reflect changes through the years while maintaining a baseline relationship to initial costs.
The piece argues that while official ratings by Detroit Eyes and Toledo indicate kitchen cleanliness, readers trust the old standard: places with highway trucks and police cars parked out front signal the best dining.
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