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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
7
Agriculture is the foremost industry in Canada and farming activity peaks this season. The article emphasizes food production for both soldiers and workers, noting Canada’s role in Britain's food supply and efforts in dehydration and concentration methods to overcome shortages and shipping limits during wartime.
Canada undertakes large supply contracts to Great Britain for 1942 43 including 125 000 000 pounds of cheese 32 064 000 one pound tins of evaporated milk 675 000 000 pounds of bacon and 9 000 long tons of dried eggs. In 1942 65 percent of cheese and 15 percent of eggs were shipped to Britain while 75 percent of inspected hogs slaughtered in Canada went to the British Isles representing a quarter of Canada’s meat supply. One week’s bacon and pork shipments now equal ten years of exports. All salmon and herring catch was sent to Britain.
Canada sent vast shipments of wheat along with meat eggs fish dairy and honey to Britain and Greece. The 1942 wheat crop of 608 million bushels supported famine relief and sustained UN forces, with ongoing need for agricultural effort in the postwar period.
Government guidance urges strict sterilization to prevent wastage in wartime canning. Avoid open kettle methods, use proper seals with rubber rings, and limit jams and jellies due to sugar use. Sugarless canning requires longer sterilization. tomatoes and fruit can be canned with careful technique. Send for pamphlet and Vitamin Chart from Western Division Health League of Canada.
The London County Council promotes holidays at home with posters and extensive entertainments. Plans include parks entertainments, concerts, dancing, children's events, amateur boxing, a circus, fairs, swimming, athletic sports, bowls and allotments competitions to entertain the public who stay at home.
Acting on his record, Lt. Col. judged Pte. Andrew J. Caparisos unfit for full duty, but recounting his perilous service shifts view. The Greek merchant mariner survivor endured torpedo strikes, adrift in the Atlantic, 16 days in an open boat with three deaths, used a dead man’s body as a raft, 15 months in North Africa, air raids in England, and a hand wound by shrapnel at Dakar. He is a Pensacola native who weighed 165 at enlistment and lost 65 pounds during service.
Government orders reveal Canada will stop antimony production and rely on imports after current stocks. The measures exempt imports from a 10 percent war tax and a 3 percent excise due to home production ending. Antimony, used with lead in alloys, appears in many war goods. Five Gold Coast unions share the same constitution and governance as the Trade Union Congress.
A Lethbridge Herald report describes the RC.A.F. adopting a "hovering whirligig" now known as a helicopter. The craft uses windmill wings to lift and hover, enabling vertical ascent and precise movement. Six units ordered for testing may influence anti submarine warfare, with potential use on small aircraft carriers.
Californians show the strongest toothpaste tube effort, turning in 39,832 pounds or 10 percent of the national total 395,832 pounds. The finding highlights California as the leading state in the campaign.
A concise reminder from the Victoria Times that newspapers deliver straightforward reporting without opening with ads or sales pitches. The note emphasizes clear journalism over flashy promotions.
Pilot Officer Bob Fritz, former Winnipeg Blue Bomber coach and star, is earning flying hours in a trainer. He soloed on June 10 after nine hours and 15 minutes of dual instruction, praising the cadets and his wing mates. Fritz, a noted athlete, was All Conference fullback at Concordia College in Minnesota and later coached at Alberta and Winnipeg. His family ties include parents in International Falls and a Minnesota wife.
A collection of jokes and quips from wartime social life. A hostess pressures a guest to sing, centenarian jokes about cars, and one liners about nurses, spouses, and a film star. The items poke gentle fun at aging, marital money, publicity, and wartime attitudes with light, non-graphic humor.
Clear, wartime style instructions urge fly prevention through waste disposal in-ground boxes, keeping food away from flies, screening with mosquito netting, burning or burying refuse, and cleaning food areas with soap or disinfectants. Emphasizes protecting health as a national asset and promoting Wilsons Fly Pads as a help.
The total structural weight of aircraft produced in Britain in 1942 rose by about 50 percent over 1941. The output included roughly twice the weight of heavy and medium bombers, four times the number of large flying boats, and a substantial output of new aircraft types.
Under new production methods in Britain, thousands of war factory girls are being transferred to a floating force to be rushed to plants needing them, boosting production for invasion armies.
Since the war began the small man in Great Britain has contributed £2,150,000,000 ($9,546,000,000) in savings, providing 20 percent of the Government's borrowing needs.
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