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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1950
Page
2
Classified advertisement notes dressmaking and alterations offered by Mrs. T. Rutley in Wheatland. Mentions page references and typical ad placement. Also includes lines about dry wood for sale and a general housework vacancy requiring a reply to Ellen Turney in Rivers.
Town of Rivers notice declares dog taxes due by February 1929 with fees for small dogs and a discount if paid early. Male dogs pay three dollars, female four dollars, discount of one dollar if paid before February. T M Dyer serves as secretary-treasurer.
The U S supreme court will hear the board and Colonial Air Lines over the Casady U S air agreement on February 17. The board said it does not plan action against Colonial due to the ongoing dispute tied to Trans-Canada Air Lines bid to serve the Montreal New York route.
Police report five confirmed deaths from a recent windstorm in southern Japan with over 120 missing. In Quebec a fire razed Asbestos’s largest furniture store, Therrien Freres, Ltd., on Bourbeau street with no injuries. James Henry Mannington, 91, veteran of the Riel Rebellion, died in Neepawa, noted for service with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and active Legion member.
The Toronto Transportation Commission reported a record 313,764,372 farepursing passengers rode street cars and buses last year. Canada’s farmers posted near record earnings in 1949, with total farm income around two and a half million dollars, down from 1948’s peak. A rural fire in a snowstorm killed at least three children. three others unaccounted for in Medway, Maine. Federal civil servants will convene in Toronto for their annual convention to press for higher pay and shorter hours. A Vancouver coastwise vessel, the Chelohsin, refloated after grounding, was purchased for 1,500 dollars and valued near 100,000. Sylvia Kotila was committed for trial for the December murder of her common-law husband, Paul Kucher.
London dated Jan 9 AP reports Communist China asserting claims to the final holdings of Chiang Kai-Shek as part of its diplomatic moves. The piece notes Beijing seeks control over assets and assets linked to the Kuomintang leader amid international tensions.
Soviet Moscow press reports Mao Zedong meets Kremlin leaders as Pravda and Novosti claim future actions against nationalist forces in Formosa Hainan and Tibet. Chinese UN envoy allegedly ordered expulsions via telegraph, amid tensions with United Nations Security Council.
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