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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1947
Page
3
Year Rowland and this is her see Canada fre Chins received early education at Baeldur and formal school training in Winnipeg. Two brothers and a sister stay home. Lilian pursues studies at Ninette sanatorium. Anna studies commerce at the University of Manitoba while Ming Lee wears a diamond but won’t comment. Teaching remains a favored path.
Herbert Edward Morris, 62, a county clerk bailiff, is named Sir Herbert Morris baronet of Claremont, while keeping his county duties. The listing notes Morris as nephew of George Morris of Sydney, with the line of succession through Cedric Morris the artist and George Lockwood Morris. An earlier holder, Sir Armin Morris, died in 1937. Separately, an ammunition dump was unearthed in a Moslem cemetery in Hadera during a Jewish township comb‑out in northern Palestine and burned in Jerusalem.
A Dominion Entomological Department survey finds only slight damage expected in Manitoba this year due to grasshoppers. About 150 square miles in three areas show infestation, mainly Plum Collesse district Letellier area near Dominion City and south of Ivana. No plague expected unless warm dry conditions occur. drought cycles drive population increases.
Police report stoning of a London synagogue following a spate of antisemitic vandalism. Youths threw stones at a Bayswater temple, fleeing as the caretaker intervened. Earlier, a ceremonial burial of sacred scrolls burned in the Dollis Hill synagogue prompted citywide condemnation. A pillar outside the synagogue bore the slogan You whip we sue.
A fire at St. Roch de L'Achiganee near Jolietta Que. left two children dead and two more in serious condition in hospital. The incident occurred in January and involved four other youngsters who escaped unharmed. The blaze damaged multiple homes and prompted local emergency services to respond.
A New Zealand man born Joseph Wheeler, possibly now under another name, has written to his sister in Prince Edward Island for 26 years without ever revealing his address. Hundreds named Wheelers were checked. letters are rare, brief, and show good health. NZ stamps appear but are not cancelled, suggesting seamen may post them abroad.
Soviet representatives appealed to the Chinese government to permit reopening of the Shanghai Soviet radio station XRVN, closed and sealed Monday under a regulation forbidding operation of foreign transmitters in China. The appeal cites a general guarantee of freedom of speech in China’s new constitution.
Bus transportation between Winnipeg and Transcona five miles apart resumed after striking drivers returned to work at the request of Transcona Mayor Gil Paulley. The drivers sought 47 cents an hour more to 89 cents, matching Winnipeg Electric. company president W C Dunn said fares must rise first. An increased fares application will be filed with the provincial utilities board.
A Dutch war bride in The Pas Man says Dutch press aims to dampen marriages to Canadians by painting a bleak outlook. She, Guartje Wiepies Boschler of Zaandam, uprooted after marrying a Canadian rescuer and plans to stay in Canada. She notes 6000 Dutch women have left for new lives and doubts many will return to Holland.
A Melbourne building company has created a mail order prefabricated house that can be delivered anywhere in the state within eight weeks. The two bedroom design includes a lounge, kitchen, and bathroom and costs about 3800 dollars complete with fencing and sewerage.
An army weasel struggles through nine feet of snow to deliver supplies to several hundred Blackfeet Indians marooned by a fierce blizzard on their northwest Montana reservation.
A 1946 barley variety survey shows Manitoba favouring Plush OAC Sanaita and Wis 38 with Montcalm and Measury noted. Saskatchewan relies on OAC 21 and Trebi, while Alberta distribution centers on Newal Trebi and OAC 21. The conference urges a 19 percent rise in barley production and advises farmers to consult local agricultural offices for district specifics.
Sydney reports a perilous Pacific crossing by a 30 foot schooner from Papavia to reach Australia. Seiling, a 49 year old seaman, survived 18 days adrift after his craft was struck by a hurricane and grounded on a reef near Fiji. Texas native Job Caldwell, an ex serviceman, arrived in Sydney en route to his Australian trip with air arrangements in place.
Karl Westphal, one of sixteen former officials in the German ministry of justice, strangled himself in a Nuernberg jail cell with a woollen scarf Sunday. He was the fourth prominent Nazi to die by suicide in the fall, following Hermann Goering who took poison earlier.
The report outlines an intended hangings for Dr Leonsrép Court head of Germey medical experiments and Dr Robert Ley once a labor boss. Otto George Thierack formerly minister of justice killed himself in an internment camp weeks ago. Last month Lt Col Frederica Karl Lechier, a witness, attempted suicide by diving from a 35 foot catwalk at Nurnberg jail, sustaining serious injuries.
The Daily Mall editorial argues the King and Queen can be trusted to safeguard the future of their eldest daughter as queen. It says dynastic marriages as power politics are now a thing of the past and questions engagement rumors involving Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Greece.
At a press conference in London, Food Minister Strachey said Canada would move wheat supplies to the United Kingdom in full volume, emphasizing utmost commitment to aid despite prior hesitations.
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