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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1947
Page
3
Numbering homes on Rivers shows rapid growth causing confusion for shopkeepers delivery men telegraph operators and municipal officers. Names Mitchell Walker and a mix of Macs Mes and others appear across west end trailers east end tents and basements. Telegram deliveries trigger much walking talking sweating and old-fashioned effort.
A proposal outlines a city wide house numbering system with a 25 cent cost for metal wood or plastic numerals or painting. Numbers start at Main and First with 100 blocks to Columbia 200 to Quebec, East of Main adds the word East. Numbers rise in hundreds to each avenue improving mail delivery and service calls.
Os Valera faces a roadblock to peace as De Valera wavers on recognizing monarchist allegiance. Ultra republican factions refuse, while some Eireans consider leaving to join a monarchy, opposing oppression and foreign rule in Ireland.
The British shipbuilding industry leads in efficiency with most world ships under construction there. Canadian Forestry Association asks Ottawa to secure more land near shipyards for tree and shrub cultivation and to provide greenhouses for research on tree hardiness pests and diseases.
The Weat Letharideg Herald notes a stronger demand for trees today than in previous periods at the forestry stations in Indian Head and Sutherland Saak. Prompt supply pressures are described as challenging for local growers and administrators.
Lt Col Merritt V C sums up the case amid the Ottawa Citizen report, outlining the central issues and key facts in a concise, factual recap.
A Detroit painters strike of 45 workers yields about 1,500 weekly in strike pay while a 2 daily levy on others brings in nearly 18,000 weekly. The piece notes profit disputes, subsidy needs, and calls government leadership for housing schemes and industrial support.
Winnipeg reports Mrs Audrey Van Vliet aged 10 drowned Sunday in Rainy Lake at Fort Frances Ontario identification confirms she was the widow of Group Captain Wilbur D Van Vliet noted football and hockey star who served with the CAF during World War II, in Winnipeg Ottawa Camp Borden and Trenton Ontario.
Manitoba health officials disclosed ten new infantile paralysis cases on Tuesday, bringing this year’s total to 72. Winnipeg accounts for 31 cases, Brandon seven, Portage la Prairie five, with remaining cases scattered across smaller centres.
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