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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1946
Page
5
A note observed in the city highlights the presence of Royal Canadian Mounted Police uniforms on street duty but reports the absence of any detachment or unit visible nearby, signaling mixed morale and readiness.
The Hamiota Echo hikes its yearly subscription to 2 dollars. It notes prior long subscriptions decayed as most were split among families or cut off. Some households had relatives subscribe instead, a tricky aspect of running a local paper.
A visitor at the Fair and Race Meet bluntly questioned Deloraine residents about a proposed sewage disposal system and waterworks. He praised the town’s business prospects but urged frank local discussion on infrastructure needs.
The Deloraine Times laments the town’s excellent residences and well kept streets yet lacks a sewage plant or waterworks system. It questions what is delaying action and implores immediate municipal improvements to protect public health and progress.
Louis J. Taber, past master of the National Grange and head of an farm insurance firm, notes 1945 claims for deaths from tractor mishaps exceeded those from war injuries. He argues safe farming is the solution, not heavy selling, and cites broader responsibility of the operator. The piece also reflects on semicentennials and news literacy, noting misattribution of anniversaries to the wrong event. It mentions wheat shipped to India for famine relief, a British war bride’s daughter’s death on a train, and UK cadets traveling to Canada for summer training.
Former residents recall neighbors and the evening locomotive whistle as eastbound trains start their journey. People near the tracks watch the train pass, cherishing memories and dreaming of another prairie trip. The piece advises choosing an in-between priced method for comfortable travel while savoring the ride.
A brief religious reflection cites St. Matthew 7 21 warning that not all who claim faith will enter heaven but those who perform God the Father's will. The verse emphasizes obedience and true devotion over mere verbal profession.
The Canadian public resists debating immigration on its merits with polls showing division. Even in Quebec people express a personal feeling, and few want to examine the facts that could alter opinion, keeping the issue from being accurately formed.
In Paris the foreign ministers confer ence discussed the Dodecanese Islands disposition and a proposal to hand them to Greece. Molotov signaled assent with O K or equivalent, ending expected Russian opposition and surprising Byrnes and Bevin.
The article argues that Italy must uphold independence and free elections to sustain democracy, warns against dependence and satellite status, and states that a stable, democratic Italy would counter dictatorship while also opposing reparations demands from Russia and commercial exploitation by Britain and the United States.
Montreal July CP The favorite pastime of kissing when cavemen discovered salt on skin and licked it, learning the refreshing qualities of salt extracted during hot weather. Douglas Walkington promotion manager of Industries Limited told the Canadien Industrial Traffic League.
Mayor Garnet Coulter of Winnipeg, president of the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities, released a Vancouver meeting resolution urging the Dominion to resolve fiscal and responsibility divisions with provinces. It calls for immediate action on unemployment relief, taxes, crown land charges, housing and public works funding, and seeks municipal representation at future Dominion provincial conferences.
In Shanghai, over 260 of 400 UNRRA staff told director-general Laguardia that relief items are wasted, deteriorating, or stolen while the hungry suffer. They claim the Chinese government mismanages funds for the national relief body and that supplies pile up in warehouses unused, used as a political weapon, crippling projects across regions.
Manchester July 9 Reuters James Griffiths British minister of national insurance told a labor demonstration that the government fixed the next British general election for May 1 1950. This marks almost five years since last year’s general election, completing the five year term for MPs.
In Quebec two of four workers were severely burned when a bakery at Les Sayles was destroyed by an explosion of boiling fat. Paul Lirette, 28, and Henri Robitaillie, 30, died in hospital. two others remain hospitalized recovering from injuries.
Crown attorney announces charges against 18 year old Hubert Sears for the August Windsor killings of Frank Sciexiski and Hugh Blackwood Price, plus two attempted murders in recent stabbings of Frank Voligny and Joseph Gelencser.
An unidentified man died when the transport truck he drove crashed off the highway near Oak Ridges about 15 miles north of Toronto. The vehicle struck two telephone poles and four trees before bursting into flames.
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