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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
3
Canadian shipbuilding firms rapidly adopt prefabricated components to quicken war production. The nation’s war effort reaches into multiple sectors as meetings of the Women’s Amateur Athletic Federation of Canada are canceled for wartime.
An Anne Adams pattern 4923 advertises a youthful home frock with basque waistlines and dipping neckline. It offers options for one or two fabric colors, scalloped skirt, various sleeve lengths, and back buttoning bodice. Sizes 12 through 40 are listed with fabric requirements and a 20 cent price. orders go to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. Winnipeg Manitoba.
A new fuel mix in southeastern England blends three parts coal with one part clay molded into grapefruit-sized cakes. Baked hard in ovens, the cakes burn nearly as well as pure coal, offering a conserve coal option for households.
Gt High Food Value Apples contain sugar in an easily converted form and are of high value. They also contain calcium, phosphorus, and iron, as well as other minerals, in the form of acid. Apples also supply water in their purest form.
Britain’s Auxiliary Territorial Service, the largest women’s army unit, will debut a slimmer, smarter uniform with square shoulders and a panel tunic. All tunics gain belts and brass buckles, sleeves gain cuffs, four pairs of stockings and four shirts per member, detachable collars, and a fitted great coat. Each ATS member will trade in an old uniform for the new, and the old will be rejuvenated for recruits. The service aims to double its numbers by next June.
A Polish refugee speaker warns that nine centuries of peaceful England could end if Germany wins. She argues invasion would threaten life, property, homes, personal safety, liberty, and future hope, urging united opposition to Hitler. She emphasizes the English Channel as protection and warns readers to awaken to the stakes of defeat.
A practical note for community groups exploring cheap theater options in Regina Sask. The author advocates selecting a lively drama such as The Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov and emphasizes crafting dialogue from everyday speech to mirror familiar life scenes. Contact Mary Ellen, Box 326, Regina, for more details.
A chart from the Institute of Life Insurance in New York notes that over 40 years there were 12 periods of higher death rates and 12 periods of strong business activity, with mortality rising when business rises and falling when business declines. The institute offered no positive explanation, suggesting factors like increased activity leading to accidents and illness or after effects from low mood periods.
Charles B. Hill Tout of Victoria boasts the largest British Empire badge and medal collection with about 11 000 badges 4 500 buttons and over 150 distinct medals. A Great War veteran he began after noting battlefield insignia and says collectors search two decades for rare pieces, exploring attics junk shops and old factories for hidden items.
Dr. C. W. Parsons of the University of Glasgow reports discovering toads about six inches long and three inches wide in South America. The finding adds to regional amphibian knowledge and may prompt further field study.
An editorial argues the three Rs should yield space for citizenship courtesy and character in schools. The piece cites moral education, civic duty, and personal behavior as essential alongside core academics.
Diet of the coast Eskimos is largely marine mammals and fish, varied at times by caribou. The brief note highlights traditional subsistence patterns among Arctic indigenous communities.
The lesson centers on the prophecy of Isaiah 9 1 7 and John 1 1 18 highlighting the birth of a Son given to humanity and his role as Saviour. It reflects on peace hope and divine purpose with citations from Luke 2 and 1 Peter 1 20 noting the grandeur of the incarnate Redeemer.
A plea for subscription renewal funds outlines over fifty reasons for dues. It cites costs such as wages, paper, ink, fuel, postage, and power, urging readers to assist by renewing on time.
Malcolm Larkin a 30 year old merchant navy trimmer from Chester Street Liverpool was torpedoed twice in one night and reached home twenty minutes after his wife learned he was missing. He said the first explosion forced a jump from a sinking ship and he clung to a cork bale before rescue. He later survived the second hit and was taken aboard another vessel.
A historical look at how ancestors managed nutrition before vitamins. It notes heavy pork and corn diets, smaller statures, high child mortality, and sunlight and fresh air as benefits. It cites spruce beer as vitamin source, urban dietary shifts, and figures like Sylvester Graham and Atwater. Dr. Cummings’ 1934-37 survey shows many U S families with poor to fair nutrition.
Civilian air raid casualties in Great Britain for the six months ending September 30 total 13381 killed and 13182 injured, disclosed by Home Secretary Herbert Morrison. The previous year's six months recorded 8180 killed and 10408 injured.
A consignment of 100 bananas grown by Mrs. W. B. Weahead in a hothouse at Brighton fetched 1350 dollars at an auction for the Aid to Russia fund. The report notes time zone differences with earlier gunfire in the east.
The oldest standing lighthouse in Canada stands on Sambro Island guarding the Halifax harbor entrance on the Nova Scotia coast, a coastal beacon with historic significance and enduring maritime guidance.
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