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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
4
Premier Stuart Garson of Manitoba told Winnipeg businessmen that a unified federal plan is needed to fund provincial services. He warned that most provinces could not sustain finances long without a revised arrangement, a view echoed after the Dominion provincial conference in Ottawa.
The U S government said on Tuesday wheat controls will stay in place for about 13 months more affecting bread meat beer and whisky to feed hungry people abroad. Bread will remain dark and possibly come in smaller loaves while earlier hopes to lift limits after the 1946 harvest are pushed to at least summer 1947 unless conditions change.
Arthur Horner of the South Wales area of the National Union of Mineworkers says Britain’s coal industry is wasting despite vast deposits. He urges nationalization to spark modernization and reorganization including closing some pits for restructuring with a £120 million plan over five years, while noting a labor shortage of about 340,000 workers and health risks from silicosis.
At a special meeting the mayors and reeves of greater Winnipeg joined by the Manitoba department of labor building trades and union officials urged Ottawa to increase supply of housing materials for the area. They also asked Ottawa to investigate materials reported tied up in Army Navy and Air Force stations.
A dead whale, the second in recent months, lies wedged under a San Francisco Bay pier. The odor has become a growing problem as the carcass remains unmoved, with Coast Guard guidance toward possible Army engineering help after earlier whale removal.
London 1 CP Cable July report says effective Sept. 15 British housewives may switch retailers for rationed foods except milk and may express frank views to shopkeepers. The Food Ministry order by Sir Ben Smith covers meat eggs fats cheese bacon sugar and preserves. Households may change dealers for any number of items with an eight week gap since last change.
In Cardiff and London, barbers teach evolving men’s cuts as Paul Glausz demonstrates styles like Manchester Cut Clean Major Cut High and Argent Cut. Attendees note few innovations beyond names, while many men with thinning hair see familiar options. The Pearl Harbor map reports note the atomic bomb task force will test three devices at Bikini as planned with Admiral Blandy set to sail aboard his flagship next week.
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