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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1945
Page
2
In a smoky dance hall Jonesy and Ardix face upheaval as a blaze traps revelers. Amid escape chaos, Jonesy saves a fainting girl, seeks to live with Ardix, and vows to keep his saxophone as a timeless bond in hardship and love.
A fragmentary note mentions home skin remedies and a product linked to Emerald O41 and Canada. The text is unclear and contains garbled phrases describing skin care, antiseptic notes, and scattered references to creators or brands.
A Russian project trials extracting and concentrating sugar beet juice on site to cut transport costs. The juice is evaporated to form briquettes that are sent to large plants for processing. The slabs store for years without sugar loss. Saint John Telegraph Journal.
The New York Times argues that postwar surplus items valued at 100 billion dollars will be hard to sell to civilians. Tanks cargo ships and B 29 bombers may deter buyers while a bazooka above the fireplace seems a stretch of taste and practicality.
The New York Sun notes Winston Churchill’s Parliament speech framed as a defense of humane education. It lauds his policy appeal as a calm, idea driven lecture, contrasting British leadership shaped by broad philosophy with German focus on narrow technical expertise. Churchill is praised for speaking of ideas, procedures, and evidence rather than force.
A bronze bust of Adolf Hitler captured by U.S. troops at a Nazi embassy in a liberated European capital was melted down by twenty thousand workers at a Todd shipyard rally in New York. Oxyacetylene torches reduced the bust to molten metal to be used in ship construction. Greenland and Iceland are noted as in the western hemisphere.
The London Daily Mail argues that Allied powers should seize Germanys key industrial minerals under strict occupation licence. Germany produced copper lead zinc and tron ore in 1937 at high levels, yet postwar aims require limiting war potential by directing mineral output to victims and controlling distribution through occupying powers.
The piece outlines coal as essential beyond heating, powering factories, trains, and ships, and notes its use in gas, steel making, and coke production. Canadian coal consumption rose from 28.5 million tons in 1930-40 to 41.5 million two years later and about 44.4 million in the last coast year, a roughly 70 percent increase since 1939.
The article explains Boxing Day on December 26 as a traditional day when boxed gifts were left for postmen and helpers. It notes Boxing Night is Christmas Night in the Old Country and debunks the idea that Boxing Day's name came from keeping stores closed to box unsold merchandise.
A vintage recipe card describes Cinnamon Drop Cookies to serve as party refreshments or a holiday snack. It lists ingredients like sifted four, baking soda, salt, water, sugar, cinnamon, shortening, molasses, and All-Bran, with steps to cream shortening, blend sugars, mix dry and wet ingredients, chill, roll in cinnamon sugar, and bake about 375 degrees F for 15 minutes yielding about 24 cookies.
A comic panel features engaged lovers debating marriage and shared troubles, a widow’s awkward shop visit, a tailor’s quip about pockets, a schoolroom pun on the letter S, and a sergeant’s inspection joke. Light banter and character vignettes portray domestic life and social chatter.
Embroidered homey apron pattern 4920 features heart and flowers. Sizes small to extra large with one yard of fabric for the small size and easy embroidery included. Address orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 115 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
More than 1,500 employees at J A Jones Construction Co Brunswick Georgia gave up their Christmas holiday to work without pay on a cargo carrying vessel as a gift to fighting fronts. An additional 500 volunteered for the night shift.
The rose stands as a symbol of offence, giving rise to the expression sub-rosa meaning under the rose or in secret. This note traces how the flower came to symbolize discreet conduct and hidden action.
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