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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1943
Page
7
Public attention highlights the vital role of youth in the present war. The article notes under twenty-five officers rising to high posts, young veterans being honored, Battle of Britain pilots shaping air supremacy, and the sacrifices of young soldiers sailors and airmen including those killed wounded or held in enemy camps.
The program offers free tuition board room books and medical care at eleven universities for young men in the army ages seventeen to twenty two who enter courses in mathematics physics and engineering. They must qualify for university entry and take military training with immediate eligibility for officer training upon completion. Credit for interrupted studies is preserved after the war.
Agricultural chemists study soil differences to boost crop production. Research focuses on phosphate fixation in superphosphates, sources of phosphoric acid, and slag as a phosphorus source. Open hearth slag could aid Canada’s fertilizer supply. Division also investigates animal nutrition plant chemistry foods with labs at Ottawa Kentville and Summerland.
It is estimated that Canada will need 477000000 bushels of cats to meet export and domestic demand in 143 44.
The U.S. State Department announced that Britain will bear the cost of compensating private owners affected by the destroyers-for-bases agreement of September 1940. Under the deal Britain takes 50 destroyers in exchange for long term leases on bases in Newfoundland Bermuda the Bahamas Jamaica Antigua St Lucia Trinidad and British Guiana. The compensation burden is about 5.5 million dollars.
Commander Joseph Jeffery of London Ontario has been named secretary of the naval board. He succeeds Captain R. A. Pennington who moves to duties with the Royal Canadian Navy in London England.
Canada’s Anson bomber trainer gains major improvements from Canadian Car and Foundry staff at Amherst Nova Scotia. A redesigned windscreen, tested in Montreal, reduces production time by about 75 percent under supervision by George Henderson and Cecil Stiles.
Sir John Anderson announced in Washington that a committee of scientists to act as a clearing house for information and reports will be named soon by the British and other governments. He said the body could invite additional nations and should continue its work in peace, linking wartime research to future collaboration among Britain the United States Canada and possibly Russia.
Abraham Friedman, 48, of Montreal, sought medical help after a head injury from July 17 near Lawrence and St. Catherine. A 22 calibre bullet was removed from his forehead by Dr. Ban in Kolber after weeks of pain and a failing home cure. The note adds a stray comparison: the U.S. gallon is 16 percent less than the British gallon.
Canadian officials uncovered about a dozen bales of pillowcases and sheets stamped Canadian Red Cross Society Quebec branch in a Leonforte warehouse. The items were sent to a Canadian general hospital in Sicily. Maj. J. K. Bell notes two plausible origins for the stores in enemy hands.
A lighthearted collage of humorous exchanges and quips about family life, birthdays, marriages, births, and daily moments. Jokes touch on old Scots wit, parenting, romance, and a playful wartime savings reminder, ending with a note about purchasing War Savings Stamps.
The National Library should be established to house the 350000 volumes now in Parliament and to provide quick access to books and documents. The joint library committee urges a national institution worthy of Canada, reflecting past achievements and future greatness.
A compact excerpt collecting quotes on silence from Rochefoucauld Zimmermann Eddy and Carlyle, noting silence as response to calumny, a shield against impertinence, the power of example, and the discipline of decisive action. It frames silence as strength, restraint, and the spark for future achievements.
Norman Stewart, a farmer from Helckville Ontario, reports a remarkable potato plant bearing more than 30 tubers on a single vine, a rare growth observation from the field.
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