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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 19, 1948
Page
3
A nostalgic column argues that after wartime relief, jobs faded but demand for work remains. It notes urban crowding, rural depopulation, and high wages as drivers of a return to employment. The piece urges those idle to rejoin the labor market, warning the rest will learn the hard way.
The death of Oscar Slater in Ayr Scotland at 75 recalls wrongful verdicts in Britain. Slater was sentenced to death in 1909 for a Glasgow murder, with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle later concluding his innocence after aiding a posthumous review tied to a span of three miscarriages.
A letter to newspapers sparked misgivings leading to Slater's sentence change to penal servitude while Sir Arthur pressed for his release. In Mimico a fire blew the roof from Audio Taation statue building drawing four crews. The Foreign Office dismissed a Soviet bargaining charge as unfounded.
Carnegie Mrs J Thornton and daughter Diane Forrest visit Mrs A G Edwards and Mr and Mrs Graham. Mr and Mrs C Bromley guests in Brandon of Mr and Mrs Graham. Mrs Bromley visits Rivers with daughter Mrs Robert Taylor. A G Edwards returns from Brandon hospital.
A birthday notice lists Leslie Dyer Burton Higginson John Morrow on February 20 Roger Weseen G L Cole Bradwardine on February 21 Mrs R V Robins on February 23 Mrs B Perkins nee Ruth Riddick on February 24 Miss Alice Tufts H Tyreman V Schmidt on February eb 26 marking personal milestones for multiple readers.
Mrs Indde’s nursing home records a birth on February 11 1948 to Mr and Mrs C B Bellamy a daughter was born, expanding the Bellamy family.
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