Two Rivers Men Among Fifty Taking First Aviation Medicine Course
Two Rivers men, Major L. L. John and Sqdn. Lely. W. Taylor, were among fifty taking the first aviation medicine course conducted for RCAF medical officers. The weeklong program featured lectures, motion pictures, demonstrations, and roundtable discussions, finishing at noon last Saturday.
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Two Rivers
Toronto
Pestavar Cours
de Avaaiven Mueleine
Achugd
RCAF
Evire
L. John
Lely
W. O. Taylor
PB. Brown
H. B. Kay
Children Aid Society Seeks $10000 Across Manitoba
Across western Manitoba the Children’s Aid Society seeks $10,000 to fund its work for the coming year. T Fulton Maunders will visit the community for the society and Miss Alfreda Wareham, daughter of Alfred Wareham of Rivers, will serve in Rapid City though not in this district. Ottawa Citizen notes Bernard Shaw reportedly willed most of his fortune to reform the English alphabet and perhaps favor a 40 to 44 letter system.
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Manitoba
Children’s Aid Society
Alfreda Wareham
Alfred Wareham
Rivers
Miss Wareham
Rapid City
Ottawa
London
Bernard Shaw
Gbs
Snow
Montreal leader David Hirsch Lazarus dies at 72
David Hirsch Lazarus, 72, died in Montreal Tuesday after a lengthy illness. A prominent figure in Montreal Jewish circles, he helped found the Labor Zionist party and was active in the Yiddish scientific institute and the federation of Romanian Jews of Canada.
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David Hirsch Lazarus
Montreal
Labor Zionist Party
Yiddish Scientific Institute
Federation of Romanian Jews of Canada
Wrecked Freight Disrupts Train Service in Rivers
A wrecked freight car and a locomotive derailed a Canadian National line at Cutarm on Tuesday causing disruption to mail and railway service. No serious injuries reported as the Edmonton Winnipeg local reached Rivers three hours late on Wednesday after Continental trains were rerouted via Melville and Kamsack.
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Cutarm
Gazete
Edmonton
Coat of Arms Adorns Local Memorial Window
A government coat of arms now graces the Memorial window in the Rivers post office. Prime Minister St. Laurent contributed the crest and regretted not securing it earlier, hoping it would still be used in the memorial. Credit for the window’s arrangement goes to the committee that planned the memorial for the town.
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Rivers Post Office
St. Laurent
Behilt
North American Yard Changes Managers Here
J. W. Heming, longtime manager of the North American Lumber Co. yard, will soon leave for Fredericton to pursue a forestry course. Darrel Harris, formerly of Binscarth, will take his Rivers yard position. Harris plans to study forestry growth and product uses at a maritime forest ranger school. Mr. Harris is married. Mrs. Harris and two children will join him here.
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J. W. Heming
North Antvlian Lumber Co
Fredericton
N.B
Darrel Harris
Binscarth
Maritime Forest Ranger School
Harris
Doctor Uses Verse on Babysitters in Rotherham Dinner
Dr W Barr, speaking at a dinner in Rotherham, Yorkshire, says rising demand for babysitters may spawn a new nursery rhyme. He quips about hush a bye baby milk in the tin and parents out on a binge while mummy and daddy enjoy themselves.
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Rotherham
Yorkshire
England
W. Barr
Mummy
Daddy
Vancouver Boy Scout reaches Bombay for brother’s wedding
Dhagwaya Singh an 11 year old Scout from Vancouver arrived in Bombay after a 12000 mile air journey to attend the wedding of his brother whom he had never met Bhagwan Singh son of a Vancouver Sikh businessman had meetings with the Pope in Rome and joined Scout camps in Britain and France during travel His brother serves in the Indian navy
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Dhagwaya Singh
Vancouver
Bombay
Bhagwan Singh
Rome
Britain
France
Just What Everybody TALKING ABOUT Santa Event
A brief note describes Santa gatherings in town and rural area with Christmas tree entertainments on Saturday. The Legion gift and tree are mentioned along with the Wheetlnd seed growers.
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Santa
Santa Claus
the Legion
Observer notes last week’s transit, school tender, and holidays
The Observer reports a week with no trains and mall closures plus frost. It notes upcoming school van tenders for another year and highlights that only 16 shopping days remain before year end holiday demand.
Town Council Honors Retiring Officials and Legion Plaque
Rivers town council held its last meeting of the year on Monday. Members discussed fire equipment upgrades, street lighting funded by the Manitoba Power Commission, and refuse lane cleanup costs of 420 a month. Constable Calcraft submitted recommendations on stop signs, licensing, and lighting. The session touched on sanitation practices and water and sewage as potential town investments. May or R. G. Sinclair thanked retiring councillors Harry and Seaborn. The Rivers Canadian Legion earned a plaque for achieving 75 members, awarded in Rapid City on December 1 by Manitoba’s provincial secretary Alex Cairns.
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Town Council
Rivers Legion
Manitoba Power Convision
R. McLaren
Rivers
Canadian Legion
Manitoba Ceramiaia
Law
L. Harvey
Rapid City
Dee. 1
Alex. Cairns
Manitoba
Rivers Unit
Brothman and Moskowitz Sentenced in Conspiracy Case
Abraham Brothman received seven years in prison and a $15,000 fine in New York after conviction on conspiracy to obstruct justice during a federal grand jury probe of Russian espionage. Miriam Moskowitz, 34, Brothman’s associate, drew two years and a $10,000 fine. The sentences were the maximum allowed.
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Abraham Brothman
Fed
New York
Miriam Moskowitz
Brothman
Canadian commander says no new troops for Korea
Brigadier J M Rockingham at Fort Lewis Washington states there are no plans to send additional Canadian troops to Korea or elsewhere. He commands Canada's 11 000 man special Korean Brigade stationed at Fort Lewis.
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J. M. Rockingham
Fort Lewis
Wash
Korea
Canada
Wayfarers Contribute To Town Treasury in Court
Three wayfarers paid into the civic treasury during the past week. Two faced charges over automobiles disturbances, one was fined 10 dollars plus costs by Justice W. T. Dyer. The other offender also paid costs. On Monday a resident was fined five dollars and costs for improper parking.
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Meakin
Miohidion
W. T. Dyer
Erupting Mount Emma Endangers Renazzo and City
Mount Emma has erupted since Saturday and continues to pour lava from about 40 ruptures. One lava stream gains speed and threatens Renazzo near Milo as police investigate a surge of pyramid gambling schemes in the city. Minor injuries reported from a Detroit crash involving a fire truck and a streetcar.
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Mount Emma
Renazzo
Milo
Reging
Citzens
Phen Onething
Cvisl
Detroit
Cadillac Square
Honor Seed Growers Banquet Honors Wheatland Members
A Wheatland district junior seed club banquet at Ukrainian hall celebrated a strong showing at July Hamiota rally and November 23 Bradwardine display winning first prize. Orlo Brown led the program with Lorraine Harvey performing, reflections by C. Baily and Fk. Dickinson, plus music by Orlo and Vernon Brown. Club leader M. McKinnon and local ladies were thanked. Frank Taylor photographed members and display for potential local and farm papers.
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Wheatland
Hamiota
Bradwardine
Orlo Brown
Lorraine Harvey
R. G. Dyer
C. Baily
Fk. Dickinson
United Grain Growers
Winnipeg
Orlo
Vernon Brown
M. McKinnon
Frank Taylor
R.B
Former Nazi Official Sentenced in Ravensburg Case
Gottlob Pfeiffer, once a Nazi official, received seven months in jail from a German court in Ravensburg for publicly shaving the heads of four girls in 1941 due to alleged intimate ties with prisoners of war.
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Gottlob Pfeiffer
Ravensburg
Germany
Royal procession to Parliament with 41 gun salute
Their Majesties the King and Queen traveled from Buckingham Palace in the Irish state coach with Household Cavalry escort to the House of Lords. A 41 gun salute marked the arrival and the Royal Standard was raised over the Victoria tower. The image shows the procession and cheering crowds along the route.
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Buckingham Palace
House of Lords
Victoria Tower
John Stevenson 49 Years Married in Rivers
Residents of Rivers mark 49 years of marriage for John Stevenson and his wife, who immigrated from Scotland in 1912 and wed in Ballantrae in 1901. They raised nine children amid lack of family allowance, and Mr Stevenson reflects he would marry again if given the chance, while Mrs Stevenson laments possible back pay.
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Rivers
John Stevenson
Canada
Scotland
Stevensons
Ballantrae
W.G. Williamson
Looking Backward at the Files of Tam Rivers Qazerra
A retrospective of events from years past notes snow and difficult roads. It recalls past transports and civic plans including electric sighted tourist cars, skating rink openings, and school route changes. The column also records marriages, a local death, and a fatal shooting investigated as a possible suicide with a woman found dead.
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Tam Rivers
Qazerra
Foster Hewitt begins 20th NHL broadcast season on CBC
Foster Hewitt starts his twentieth year of national NHL game commentaries on CBC every Saturday night. Mike Winters, 61, was rescued after seven days lost with no food, pulled from near zero weather in Calgary hospital in good condition after dragging ten miles toward the Banff highway, 50 miles west of Calgary. six feet tall and badly frozen, he will need extended treatment.
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Foster Hewitt
CBC
Mike Winters
Calgary
Winters
Banff Highway
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Child's Aid Society
T. Fulton Maunders
T. Falton Maunders
Const. C. Calcraft
Union of Manitoba Municipalities
R. G. Sinclair
Wd. Harry and
Hary Seaborn
W. L Setka
Prince Albert
Samuel Erickson
Louis Wedows
Brierlea
Erickson
J. WW. Baillie
Geluber
Social Democratic Party
Berlin
Blutement
West Germany
William Stitchie
Honor Seed Growers
Wheatland District
Kingston
Mr. Stevenson
GTP
Cousins Hall
Rivers School
Laura E. Stevenson
E. A. Owslinski
Susan Rouse
Brandon
J. C. Dryden
Dr. McFarlane
Alex McCable
Joan Beck
Leonard Elinor
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