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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1947
Page
3
The Che ee Bie Se ee four ba was founded by Thomas W Offen in July 1908 and published each Thursday at The Gazette Office on Main Street in Rivers Manitoba. Subscriptions were $2.00 per year in Canada and $32.50 per year elsewhere.
Town council backs a zoning scheme intended to keep residential areas clear of shops and workshops. Backers say it will curb unsightly dwellings, raise taxes on surrounding industrial districts, and improve youth safety and living conditions while inviting more homeowners and retirees.
In a Hollywood style row, Panul ette Goddard brings her own hairdresser triggering a studio standstill. Twelve English lair bissers refuse to work, blocking production as the closed shop dispute deepens. The incident echoes broader labor tensions cited by The British Los Angeles Times.
A Republican analyst notes most GOP leaders favor Dewey on domestic issues and Vandenberg on foreign affairs. Vandenberg leads in both domains, suggesting domestic versus foreign weighting will dictate the nominee, potentially sparing the party a costly convention.
The Calgary Herald warns that if Britain shifts Greece to the United States, America must take drastic economic and political action backed by force to save Greece. Half measures could let Greece fall to Communists, with Moscow watching developments closely in coming weeks.
A reader from Wheatland urges the Rivers community to form a credit union after noting a failed bank article. He cites a relative in the credit union sector abroad and shares that a similar union had 113 members with substantial savings and loans at reasonable rates, urging a town meeting with an organizer present.
At Killarney nursing home Mr and Mrs Jack J Epp formerly Annie Wiens announce a daughter born to their family. Smith at Rivers reports a stillborn son born April 14 1947 to Mr and Mrs W E Smith Rapid City.
Classified notice listing a four-tube Westinghouse radio for 28 dollars and an Aladdin lamp nearly new for 4 dollars and 50 cents. Seek contact with G. Shanks at Pettapiece, Rapid City, phone 81-22, p17,24.
Jerusalem reports Lt-Gen Sir Alan Cunningham Palestine high commissioner toured arid southern lands. Local paper notes visitors to your home mean news. phone 32 for details.
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