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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1941
Page
5
A newspaper item describes a program where children borrow toys from a library style system with probationary rules. It mentions a girl receiving an adopted doll named Baby Ellen Louise under signed official papers and the broader effort to provide year round Christmas joy through toy centers and handi cap relief projects.
A Canadian wartime appeal urges every person to align spending and savings with the war effort. It advises favoring domestically produced goods, cutting luxuries, and directing surplus funds to government loans or donations to strengthen Canada’s economy, tax base, and postwar security.
A fancy cash register malfunction led to police adopting a standard store type for traffic ticket receipts in Kansas City Missouri. The receipts read We appreciate your patronage Thank you. Also notes on tides caused by the moon’s gravity and a reference to asbestos cloth found in Pompeii ashes.
Sir Neville Henderson former British ambassador to Germany says if the Munich meeting had failed Germany could have dropped 2000 bombs on London with no reply. He adds only history will reveal the cleverness of British diplomacy during the war crisis.
Edward L. Reed, U S diplomat, was refused permission to pass through Germany on his homeward journey. Nazis blocked hearing or seeing events inside Germany while he traveled. The report also cites Ukrainians as having the highest rate of voluntary enlistment relative to their population in Canada.
A cackling goose from Vancouver Island alights beside a flock of sheep on grassy slopes near the sea. The West Coast migratory bird officer notes the goose stays with the flock, following them as they graze while observers watch. The bird nests in western Alaska and winters along the California coast, mainly in the Sacramento Valley.
The Canadian Performing Right Society announces open competition for a Junior Division. Eligible competitors under 16 may enter, with general eligibility for those under 22. Closing date is March 1, 1941. Applications from the Royal Bank Building Toronto. Past three years yielded 16 awards across provinces with judges from Toronto Montreal Ottawa and Toronto.
Sir Evelyn Wrench publisher of the London Spectator predicted the European war would end by Easter 1943. He said a morale break in Germany plus disturbances in Nazi-occupied countries would hasten the end. Lady Wrench, sister of Sir Alan Brooke, differed, predicting the war would end by this time next year.
The Toronto Star notes that Russian soldiers will produce underwear pack gear horseshoes and kitchen utensils to ease industry, while Italian soldiers focus on making tracks and mis stakes.
A brief remark questions the value of extreme open mindedness, arguing that minds that are too open cannot retain ideas or beliefs. The line suggests a paradox about tolerance and intellectual boundaries.
A 1940 world oil yield survey in Oil and Gas Journal shows Canada as the second producing country in the British Empire and 13th globally. Canada’s 1940 yield reached 8,549,760 barrels, with 95 percent from Turner Valley, surpassing Poland and others in the empire except Trinidad and the British West Indies.
The tiny republic of San Marino, 38 square miles with 15,000 people in the Apennines, remains technically at war with Germany for not making peace after World War I, though Italy fights Britain and San Marino is unnoticeably peaceful with the rest. Its small army of 39 officers and 950 men is celebrated locally, while broader world powers ignore its status.
The annual balance sheet for the year ending November 30, 1940 shows a moderate asset decline with total deposits at 852 million dollars, down from 911 million. Net profits are 3,526,894 dollars after taxes, with 2,800,000 dollars in dividends and 325,000 dollars to the Pension Fund Society, while the balance carried forward rises to 3,198,146 dollars.
The University of Utah civil engineering school has secured a laboratory devoted to soil content and reactions under varying conditions. The lab aims to yield data on dirt behavior in earth fill dam construction and other engineering projects. The United States contains about 319,000,000 acres of arable land.
Albert N. Cudebee credits Czech engineers with pioneering extrusion methods that enhanced metal alloy treatment for British aircraft. He notes 40 to 50 British plants now using the process, aiding Britain in meeting Nazi air power. The Czech/Slovak engineers who fled during the Nazi invasion are highlighted for their key role.
Among the seven Central American nations only Guatemala and El Salvador have a railroad connection between them.
The province weighs creating a 2 600 000 acre beaver reserve in a triangle formed by the Hayes God and Shamattawa rivers extending to Hudson Bay shore. Timber and water are ample. federal cooperation sought. Negotiations opened with Hon T A Crerar. No white settlement yet. Churchill lies 350 miles away southeast of the area.
The Pulitzer board grants a $1000 prize for the best example of a reporter’s work. This award recognizes outstanding clarity, substance, and impact in journalistic writing and reporting across print media.
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