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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 08, 1945
Page
2
Freddy wrestles with love and loyalty as Jeannie and Kay tempt him. A past romance with Kay sits beside a newer, consuming desire for Jeannie. Kay’s letter reveals she loves Jimmy Randolph and plans marriage, freeing Freddy to rejoin his old comfort with Kay.
Leonard Lyons notes in the New York Post that Kenneth Galbraith, former deputy O P A administrator and now Fortune editor, is said to be among the tallest government posts holders at six feet eight. He quips to the recurring question that he is not tall as imagined and insists he is only five feet two.
The Grow More Paed campaign in India raises rice acreage from 39 million acres in 1939 to about 80 million acres during the war. The program aims to boost wartime food production and reduce shortages by expanding cultivated land. Government and agricultural bodies promote intensified farming and seeds distribution nationwide.
St. Thomas Times-Journal argues heavy costs are justified for unconditional surrender. It criticizes past limits in 1918 and asserts that only seizure of German heavy industry can prevent future wars, despite likely high casualties and financial toll. The piece reflects firm resolve for total capitulation to curb World War No 3 risks.
Constable R Anthony of the North Battleford police with RCMP and FBI approval explains a method to identify a camera by marks left on a single negative. While investigating a two year old theft he matched a camera description to many lookalikes and built a home improvised lab using negatives supplied by friends.
The Arctic tern, a small white seabird, shows remarkable migration. Nestlings banded in Labrador were recaptured months later at the Niger River delta in West Africa and Natal on the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, nearly 9000 miles away. The species winters in the Antarctic and migrates between Arctic America, Europe, Africa, and back, totaling about 24000 miles.
The five year old campaign has raised just under £8.5 billion in Britain, equivalent to about $38.25 billion, reflecting strong public participation and ongoing funding for wartime efforts.
The Lancaster known as M2 has 139 bombing trips across Germany Italy and other targets. It consumed 193,800 gallons of gasoline and logged 960 operational hours. The aircraft faced heavy fire yet delivered crews home safely, a testament to its resilience and luck.
Buffalo health official Dr. Francis Fronczak warns snow removal is arduous even for adults. He notes many collapse due to blizzard effort and urges caution for the elderly and the physically soft. He also remarks that capable spouses may alternate duties at home rather than shovel.
Youthful square neck pattern 4785 offered in sizes 12 through 44 with a 354 yard 35 inch main fabric and 1⁄4 yard contrast for size 16. Order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man 20 cents in coins, stamps not accepted. Delivery may be delayed by mail.
Meade Good Stove W A L A F. cooks at forward fight er stations overseas subjected to heavy air attacks. A girl attached to a moteur transport section of the RAF cooked under a blow lamp with brick surround to protect the flame. She paused to dive into a dugout when Jerry strafed the area, machine gunning and bombing as shrapnel fell into her food. John Ruskin visited the British Museum penguin exhibit to lift his spirits when feeling down.
Pte. Gertrude Irene Collins transfers from No. 3 CWAC to No. 13 Vocational Training School in Edmonton after basic training. Promoted Cpl Barbara C. MacKenzie in Saskatchewan District 12. L-Cpl Helen Thom also promoted. A large convocation of provincial CWAC enlistees in Regina lists numerous names from rural Saskatchewan. John G. Winant meets CWAC personnel overseas veterans Charlotte LaRue and Yvette Chevallier.
Two historical soup recipes describe making Potato Cream Soup using peeled potatoes celery parsley onion milk and flour with butter, then simmering and thawing to a creamy texture. Russian Cabbage Soup blends onions cabbage flour and stock with butter, parsley and optional sausage balls, simmered to a hearty finish. Grasshoppers are ground and used for flour by the Arabs.
The Dominion headquarters of the Navy League of Canada announced six scholarships at Royal Roads, B C, covering tuition, board, uniform and recreation fees for a full two year course. Valued at 890 dollars each, scholarships are awarded to Sea Cadets who pass required exams with allocations by province: one BC, one for the three prairie provinces, two for Ontario, one for Quebec, and one for the Maritimes.
Hon. E. C. Carson, BC provincial mines minister, says BC now imports more than a third of its coal while 35 to 40 years ago it exported coal. BC mines produced 1,843,226 tons in 1944 up from 1,821,654 tons in 1943. James Dickenson, chief inspector of mines, estimates 1944 Alberta imports exceed 1,000,000 tons versus 960,000 tons in 1348 imports.
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