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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1946
Page
7
A brief argues for installing a town water and sewage system in Rivers, noting fire risks, health benefits, and future growth. It cites an estimated $100,000 cost with 60 percent Dominion support, a $14,000 shortfall, and the need for federal-provincial accord. The piece warns against delays and urges action before winter fires and crime like vehicle coil theft.
Auto owners report recurring tampering incidents with their vehicles. A farmer discovered that thieves had damaged or meddled with a vehicle, prompting warnings and calls for investigation.
The Gazette notes this issue marks a new high for handset offices and admits typographic errors. It credits one person for publication responsibility and suggests 250 workers on a Canadian farm paper could produce a 2000 page edition, making a single copy weigh about 30 pounds to read.
A report notes a dramatic confrontation where a single man overpowered a gang with an hour and a half remaining on the clock. The event emphasizes quick action and decisive outcome, highlighting the decisive victory and safety achieved.
Mayor Coulter argues Winnipeg should not grow until the rural province is better settled and its wealth distributed. The Deloraine reference highlights lack of water works and sewage as growth barriers. The compilation includes notes on strikes, progress signs, and a Canadian teachers tax remark.
R J Thomas back from Moscow says Russia is a labor leaders paradise where unions are barred and leaders ride in limousines. He warns the American capitalist rides in the limousine but must manage his business to keep it.
Peter Hutzal and his seven year old son Stanley were critically injured when dynamite exploded on a farm near Boyle about 90 miles northeast of here. They were flown to Edmonton for treatment. the father suffered serious abdominal injuries while the boy endured critical head injuries as he watched.
Turkish floods in Amasi and Samsun near the Black Sea leave about 300 dead, 560 injured, and thousands homeless. Rivers continue rising as floodwaters inundate thousands of acres, destroying the harvest in agricultural districts east of northern Anatolia.
Trade Minister MacKinnon announced a 10 cent retroactive increase to the initial wheat price to 1.35 on 1945-46 deliveries, effective Aug 1 1945 to July 31 1950. A 16 cent participation payment on the 1944 crop will be made later and the excess from 1945 will join a five year pool with 1946 to 1949 crops, certificates issued now paid after the pool ends.
A long tomb built by Jedda merchants to attract pilgrims led to a hoax that crediting Eve as grandmother of humanity. Guides collected gold from visitors until Wahhabi critics halved the myth. The tomb was torn down in the 1920s and only bricked gates remain.
Harold B. Rhodes of Los Angeles demonstrated a three octave chromatic miniature piano built in 1943 from salvaged aircraft parts. It helped thousands of war wounded regain finger function and learn to play, with a civilian model priced under 75 dollars. The instrument weighs as much as a portable typewriter and uses alloy rods instead of strings. It has been adopted in some Chicago and Denver schools for music instruction. A Cadillac Saskatchewan storm caused 960000 in damage after sweeping through the area.
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