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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1942
Page
7
A year in review lauds Canadian troops for Dieppe actions and global service. Sailors and airmen contributed to allied offensives while home production surged, tripling output and placing Canada as a leading arsenal among the United Nations. Over half of Canadian machinery now aids war material production.
The piece argues Canada avoided inflation through price and salary controls, despite hardships, with taxes and war savings funding half the war expenditure. It notes 1942 as possibly turning the tide of the war, highlighting Allied production, air and naval gains, and resilience of Russia and China, while acknowledging reverses ahead but hopeful for the new year.
The Isle of Man government claims a war with Germany since 1914, noting no invitation to Ver sailes and no Peace signing in 1989. The piece mentions factory padres spreading among Lancashire mills and engineering works to aid workers, implying a growing presence to assist personal troubles.
Lucien Roy, 38, a renowned Canadian motion picture cameraman for Associated Screen News Limited, was killed while covering a Western Air Command news assignment on the west coast. He had filmed for twenty years, earning friends nationwide from prime ministers to porters through his lively spirit and work on major national events.
A German rubber dinghy contains a packet of cigarettes with coupons that offer a cut price art publication titled England The Robber Pirate. The text claims vivid insights into England and its world power, with 125 historical documents, plus alternatives like an architecture album or a Fuehrer life pamphlet from Argus Brighton.
Medical experts say falling asleep with eyes open is possible but unlikely for a normal person and there is no evidence that anyone can train themselves to sleep with eyes open.
The calm spell of dry mild weather in autumn known as Indian summer in Canada is called St Martin's summer in England reflecting regional naming differences.
Officers and men from every fighting branch of the Canadian Army train together in the First Canadian Parachute Battalion based at Fort Benning Georgia. The unit blends American and British parachute methods, with nine Dieppe veterans among 68 investiture recipients at Government House Ottawa. Also noted are cadets at Camp Borden training for future roles in the Armoured Corps, preparing for map reading military law and conditioning for battles.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics confirms butter use rose while stocks shrink, urging rationing only if needed. Advises substituting fat from meats and Vitamin A from greens carrots liver and cod liver oil, warns against mineral oil destroying carotene, recommends prioritizing butter for children, and offers a free Vita guidance by postcard request to the Western Division Health League of Canada.
G W Spinney General Manager reviews Bank's 125th year as Huntly R Drummond Bank of Montreal President praises wartime tax and price controls but urges swift postwar removal to aid private enterprise. He notes high income taxes and government financing via Chartered Banks, deposits and assets rise, and warns taxes will increase. Spinney highlights Dominion securities and Deposit Certificates, with war financing kept within reasonable proportions and branch closures in line with policy.
Officials at National Defence announce a new official status for infantry as a Corps of Infantry in the Canadian Army. Officers and men will join the corps and transfer to units of choice when possible. The Chief of the General Staff notes the move ends foot-aiming infantry and emphasizes motorization and a stronger punch.
Witty maxims on time from Chesterfield Goethe and others warn that delays and indecision waste life. The quotes urge seizing the day and using time wisely, noting procrastination, endless talk, and planning collapse into inaction as life’s loom keeps weaving through night and day.
Exiles from Norway living or visiting Halifax now have a church of their own. In an impressive ceremony, a well known Halifax home was taken over by Norwegians as a place of worship.
An iron lung crafted from wood canvas and scrap metal by a cruiser shipwrights and engine room artificers saved the life of a naval rating in a foreign port. Shipmates pumped the lung by band for two days and two nights.
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