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Newspaper

Rivers Gazette

Location

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Jul 08, 1943

Page

2

Disguised fugitives shelter in warehouse cave

In a dim Buenos Aires warehouse Pancho Morgan Rosita and Esteban hide among wool bales near a barn. They debate surrender versus continued flight while fearing Nazi-linked plots and the risk to Rosita as they await dawn and a possible escape plan.

Pancho Morgan Rosita Esteban Tio Senor Morgan Miguel Guillermo Argentina United Nations Buenos Aires Rio de Jantero Mexico City Tio Pancho China Morgan

Return of Tio Pancho Ends In Suspense

In a dim warehouse Mor gan, Rosita, Esteban, and Guillermo discuss Pancho’s perilous mission behind enemy lines. As hours pass with tense waiting and fear of arrest, Esteban resolves to risk a store visit while Pancho’s fate remains uncertain.

Don Felix Tio Pancho Guillermo Morgan Tio Berlin Wilhelmstrasse Atlantic Casa Grande Senor Morwan Rojas Pancho Esteban Rosita Senor Morgen Resita

Alaska Highway Renamed Alaska Military Highway

Brig Gen James A O Connor of the U S Army Northwest Service Command announced that the name Alcan for the Alaska highway has been abandoned. It will now be officially known as the Alaska Military Highway. Public opinion in the U S and Canada favored Alaska Highway name. The change requires repainting hundreds of trucks bearing Alcan.

James A. O'Connor U.S. Army Northwest Service Command Alaska Highway Alcan Alaska Military Highway Oit Canada United States

Flies a Menace Urges Prompt Control and Disposal

An early summer warning extols urgent fly control to curb disease spread. It notes Musca domestica as the common housefly, its appetite for food and refuse, and the vast reproduction potential if unchecked. It recommends prompt garbage disposal and effective fly killers like fly pads to protect families.

Peace Bell at Jedburgh Castle Aims to Wake Scotland

J A M Cook reports that Mrs Frances Cruickshank vows to toll Jedburgh Castle’s long silent bell when peace arrives. Her son serves in Africa and she seeks to lift the countryside with a timely chime. The town’s historic links to Scott Burns and Mary Queen of Scots frame the scene. Capt Frank Royal guides a tour of the old prison and its manacles once used on sheep thieves.

Frances Cruickshank Jedburgh Scott Burns Woodsworth Mary Queen of Scots David Mrs. Cruickshank

Dutch barbers cash in on Nazi faces in wartime humor

A Dutch underground paper reports barbers in Holland charging five cents extra to shave Nazis as Allies approach. Customers join in the resistance by pitching in for higher prices. In The Hague a Storm Trooper and a loyal Dutchman await a shave when told to serve the Allied-friendly customer first.

Netherlands Holland the Hague Home Guard

Churchill comments on books at White House dinner

Prime Minister Winston Churchill listened to a discussion of recent books at a White House dinner and quipped that too many books are published these days. He urged people to be content with the Bible and Shakespeare. Palm trees are noted to supply food, shelter, clothing, timber, paper, starch, sugar and tannin.

Winston Churchill White House

Banquet Interlude Clarifies Military Life

A Marlborough general entertaining in the City of London endures a talkative alderman who presses for details of soldiers life. The general replies with a humorous anecdote claiming soldiers fight about four hours in the morning and two or three after dinner, then have the rest of the day to themselves.

Marlborough London Manchester Guardian

OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE 1933 HORIZONTA ITEMS

A list of crossword clues with numbered across and vertical sections including names and terms such as Greek letters gods currencies and archaic terms. The puzzle features clues like Paid work, Babylonian deity, Hindu sovereigns, and island vegetable with various word lengths and cross references.

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