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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
1
Alberta provincial sericulture officials warn grasshoppers still a menace despite recent rains. Cooler wet weather helped prevent feeding, but the pest has not been killed and remains a concern for crops and sericulture efforts.
The Golden Jubile year meeting of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire will be held in Montreal, decided at the 420 Buryal meeting in Victoria. The order was founded in Montreal in 1509.
A fragment notes the Dublin writer Lawrence employing Yeatsian diction, echoing the Nobel laureate’s style. It suggests a link between W B Yeats, George W Russell, and a modern Irish voice still shaping literature.
Perennial weeds in grain crops resist 24-D versus annuals, with Canada Thistle and Perennial Sow Thistle common in prairie fields. Control is best at 2 to 4 inches growth, using light to moderate doses, while heavier infestations may justify some crop injury for maximum weed kill. Flax is not a safe target for 24-D. Follow directions, avoid windy hot days, and consult local agricultural reps or Winnipeg’s Line Elevators Farm Service for guidance.
The Star urges expanding Atlantic pact and Marshall plan into a world organization without a veto and with an emergency military force. This would pit communists against a superior global force, forcing strategic retreats beyond Europe. Also reports the death of Lieut. Douglas Stevens in a Seafire collision near Lousiemouth, Scotland.
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