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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1946
Page
3
Polish veterans would be brought to Canada as agriculture workers after selection abroad. About 4,000 men would be transported on condition of eligibility and training. Many favored staying abroad to avoid political strife and perceived declines in agricultural labor prospects.
Maxton, a veteran socialist leader and former teacher, served as MP for the Bridgeton division of Glasgow since 192%. He authored a Lenin study published in 1932 and the 1935 work If I Were Dictator. His career spanned party leadership and parliamentary service.
Mabody questions the push for a new Canadian flag arguing the controversy has become bitter and partisan. He urges dropping the matter to avoid years of acrimony and unworthy credi fueled by public quarrels over the official standard.
Victoria mayor Percy B George calls for corporal punishment for youths, arguing courts lack authority and prison worsens behavior. He urges legal changes to allow judges to impose pain as punishment. Anglican Bishop Sexton also supports amending the criminal code to permit corporal punishment for juvenile offenders to curb delinquency.
Washington AP The Civil Aeronautics Administration chief urges a quiet airplane to ease noise complaints as Congress funds more airports. Industry groups, NACA and airlines join in efforts to reduce noise, with promises that both propellers and engines can be silenced.
Marie Potter, 21, was found face-up in six feet of water at the bottom of an open well after her mother returned from a butcher shop and searched the premises. Firemen used an inhalator and she was rushed to hospital where officials expect a quick recovery.
Ottawa reports ongoing RCMP and provost corps efforts to locate deserters and absentees in Canada, totaling 14,117. Of these, 5,319 are general service personnel and 8,289 conscripts, with millions still unaccounted since VJ Day. Court martials yielded 4,964 desertion and 3,756 absenteeism convictions from 1945 to 1946.
Ottawa dispatch reports that over 8,000 Canadians who were prisoners of war in the Second World War will receive complete medical examinations. Veterans Minister Mackenzie announced the program to safeguard the health of those who endured captivity and noted examinations will be repeated as needed for their medical protection.
The Royal Commission on espionage in Canada presents a detailed and troubling report. It alleges Fred Rose MP, convicted on one charge and awaiting several trials, was employed by the Russian secret police in Canada since age 17, contradicting his claims of being framed.
The piece notes that the popular folk conga Carry Me Back to Old Virginny is often misattributed to Stephen Foster. It clarifies the composer as James M. Bland, a Black songwriter born in Long Island who wrote the state hymn and died in 1860s era.
About 2500 farm workers recruited in the west for the Ontario harvest. The plan was announced jointly by the agriculture departments of Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta and the national selective service. Most recruits are veterans with agricultural experience, said H. R. Richardson, director of Manitoba farm help service.
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