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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
5
The Financial Post reports expectations that after the European armistice a two year shortage of world foodstuffs will persist. Canada faces higher demand, farmers may defy traditional limits, and new nutrition standards could guide postwar policy. Canada Britain relations, export shifts, and mutual aid financing loom large.
Red Star correspondents describe a vast Russian guerilla land behind German lines in White Russia. The territory, ringed with barbed wire and mines, refused submission and remained free through three years of conflict in the area around Boriso, Lepel, and Minsk after their liberation from the Nazis.
Otis Pickett, paralyzed from the waist down by a Chattanooga hunting accident ten years ago, keeps busy by carving intricate furniture from his bed. His bedroom serves as a workshop with tools hanging from the bed and wheels on heavy machines within reach.
A Brillion bombsight contains about 4300 tiny parts. The assembly uses tight tolerances and precision machining. The description notes small fittings and gearwork central to its function in aiming devices.
The city faces a shortage of white baby shoes as civilian production is halted and stock dwindles. Nurses and interns struggle to obtain them, but production is set to rise as factory shortages ease. Dominion Bureau of Statistics data show rising demand for leather footwear overall.
Major Henderson told the House of Commons that about twenty thousand British prisoners, many miners, are employed in German coal mines. He noted conditions vary and protests have been raised through the protecting power.
Columbia University researchers predict a tuned stove alloy could harvest short wave radio energy to heat home stoves. The plan ties to a new industrial research centre in high electricity, aiming to use radio waves for heating plywood and resins while heating only stoves.
Headquarters disclosed that in the first month of the invasion roughly one vehicle was landed for every five men ashore, illustrating the vast scale of equipment moved into Normandy.
Anxious to help, Gurkha recruits continue to come forward in large numbers for service with the Indian army. After four years of war the steady intake of these sturdy Himalayan hillmen remains strong.
A Halifax Herald inspired note urges courteous service to customers as essential to business success. It links postwar memory to daily behavior, calling for patience and attentiveness amid curtsey and rudeness. The piece then discusses soil conservation in Ontario, stressing comprehensive programs, grassland use, reforestation, soil fertility, and the need for government and farmer cooperation to protect Canada’s land.
Thousands of senior Air Cadets across Canada join summer camps for supervised RC AF flights. The initiative, championed by Arthur Melling and supported by provincial leagues and parents, lets cadets test navigation and flight theory in Anson, Harvard, and other training aircraft under expert RC AF supervision.
Soldiers march in the village square while residents watch. A sergeant major orders two paces forward and one old lady quips that the officer should move two paces forward himself, instead of the whole regiment.
A quick to knit crocheted hat and matching purse are promoted as fashionable accessories. Pattern 7112 provides the stitches and directions and costs twenty cents to obtain by mail to Winnipeg Household Arts. Include name and address for delivery.
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