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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
2
Jean, newly employed and diligent, savoring her first salary moment, shares a crowded New York Automat with a gray haired man who secretly contemplates suicide. He poisons his cherry pie with sleeping powder but, moved by the sight of her hunger and quiet optimism, decides against it and resolves to live.
The War Department praised the fork lift truck for unloading at Allied overseas ports in record time. The rugged vehicle handles vast quantities of supplies and has become essential in North African invasion support, with the Quartermaster Corps supplying tens of thousands to all Army branches.
Before the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885 a letter posted in Victoria took three weeks to reach Toronto. The long voyage highlights the early limits of East West communication and the impact of rail expansion on mail delivery times.
A U S Coast Guard aviation test showed a helicopter delivering blood plasma to survivors of a destroyer explosion off Sandy Hook. Grounded by sleet and snow, the pilot landed at Floyd Bennett Field then at Sandy Hook, delivering two cases of plasma in minutes, potentially saving lives.
Two new Anne Adams patterns offer diagonally closing frocks for different figures. Pattern 4627 covers sizes 12 to 20 for slim misses and 30 to 48 for mature figures, while Pattern 4697 comes in misses sizes 12 to 20 and women’s 30 to 48. Size 36 uses 35 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 20 cents with size name address and style to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Delivery may be delayed by mail.
The historical note recalls Hippocrates, revered as the father of medicine, associating mint with ancient medical practice. Mint's medicinal lore spans remedies and digestive aid attributed to classical Greek scholars and later civilizations.
The Royal Bank of Canada reports assets surpassing 1.5 billion and unprecedented business volume for the year. President Morris W. Wilson criticizes socialist plans to nationalize banks, warns of loss of personal liberty, and urges business to speak up while highlighting wartime roles and postwar rehabilitation. Sydney G. Dobson notes the balance sheet strength, Victory Loans participation, modest earnings, and staff contributions including wartime service and casualties.
Recipe shows how to mix oats flour yeast and corn syrup to yield two loaves. It covers boiling water oats fat salt yeast milk water and sugar features including kneading rising shaping and baking steps with temperatures and times. Butter brushed tops near the end.
A concise reflection asserts that true knowledge comes solely from lived experience, regardless of eloquence or intellect, emphasizing experiential understanding as the source of genuine insight.
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