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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
8
Adult Education discusses widening access as wartime demands fade. Authorities foresee expanded facilities for civilian instruction in citizenship health and vocational guidance after demobilization and war material production cease.
A Canada and Newfoundland Education Association report stresses trained leaders for adult education after the war. It urges provincial education departments and university extension services to train and run study courses, with local school boards aiding communities while a national body coordinates effort. It notes Britain and the United States models funded publicly.
Canada has a long standing organization the Canadian Association of Adult Education. It supports study groups through publications conferences radio library services and research. A notable project is the National Farm Radio Forum directed with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture reaching 20000 weekly listeners and 16000 study material packages weekly.
Arthur F. Wallace of Milton Massachusetts, described as a tall dignified industrialist, samples a Valatie mill town scene while shopping. He encounters a sign reading Boy Wanted as he asks the store manager about celery, who replies the starting wage is eighteen dollars per week.
A collage of quips and snippets from a humor page. Jokes about misheard conversations, fashioning a light satire of couples, law and order, war era concerns, and everyday misperceptions. Several puns and one liners touch on marriage, weapons, speed limits, and social behavior.
Wartime prices board answers questions on sugar coupons meat rationing farm transport permits hotel residency coupon detachment and shoe repair price ceilings. It directs readers to obtain Consumers News or the Blue Book and to contact local Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices for pamphlets.
Members of the National Federation of Women's Institutes aided invasion efforts by organizing and packing 375,000,000 spares for equipment, from radios to tanks, in odd hours across homes and halls. They were praised by the controller of ordnance services for their vital contribution while continuing canning and jam making, and preparing to aid harvest labor.
The official marching song of the British Eighth Army presents a hands across the sea policy illustrated graphically. John Masefield wrote the words and Zoe Elliott, a Vermont Green Mountain boy, wrote the music.
Linguistic note explains that the term Bible derives from Latin and Greek roots meaning book. In common usage many readers shorten it to the Book while preserving its sacred authority and wide cultural influence.
An advertisement touts Kellogg's All Bran as a natural solution to constipation caused by lack of bulk in the diet. It recommends daily servings with milk or other cereals, plus ample water, and notes availability in grocery stores.
The Canadian government will conduct its first major survey of Northwestern resources across British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. Mineralogists will map mineral structures, foresters study timber, fisheries assess Great Slave and Great Bear Lakes and Mackenzie River, while Whitehorse hosts an agricultural station to test soil and climate for crops.
Winnipeg reports say the District Depot Band, led by Warrant Officer Robert Sumner, performs half hour concerts for the Depot Company No. 4 CWAC Administrative Unit and Fort Osborne Military Hospital in the garrison. The group also entertains Active Army soldiers, keeping the band in frequent action.
The silkworm culture secret reached Europe around 522 AD carried by two Cician monks who smuggled the larvae.
Dr. George E. Simpson of Pennsylvania State College urges families to let veterans focus on future goals not past battles. He says returning servicemen prefer civilian activities and should be informed on community, political, and tech developments, not placed in a special class.
A new heatless heating method using high frequency electrical induction is perfected in Cleveland Ohio by the Ohio Crankshaft Co. It continuously hardens steel bars and imparts new physical characteristics enabling production of parts for industrial equipment and automotive, tractor, and tank engines. John Boyd Dunlop, a Belfast veterinary surgeon, pioneered the first hollow rubber tires over fifty years ago for his child’s tricycle.
Summer calls for ready snacks and a full cookie jar. Make chocolate bran refrigerator cookies, wrap in waxed paper, chill, then slice and bake 1 to 2 minutes at 400 degrees to yield about 48 cookies.
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