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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
4
London reports show Britons endure stringent wartime controls that extend beyond military needs. Food rations and clothing limits tighten as fuel and travel curbs persist, with officials warning postwar easing unlikely. Public resolve remains high as authorities repurpose dogs for guard and message roles.
The New York Times reports that Heinrich Himmler, Germanys Gestapo chief, aims to terrorize the Dutch after Holland is occupied. He has intensified mass killings and hostage actions as resistance grows across Europe, despite gains by anti Nazi forces and court actions in Copenhagen.
High Commissioner General Odlum has toured substantial parts of New South Wales Victoria and Queensland since arriving in Australia with Canadian Trade Commissioners L M Cosgrave and Frederick Palmer. He has met military financial commercial and educational leaders and earned praise in federal and state political circles for his off the record speeches. His next tour will cover Western Australia.
Dr. A Frigon told the House of Commons radio committee that the CBC can link 81 Canadian stations in network broadcasts using 10 000 miles of line. Eleven low power repeaters will be operating soon to reach isolated areas with increased revenues from commercial broadcasting and license fees.
Britain conducts hydroponics trials to boost war food supply. British scientists test water culture methods including wire-tray suspension, sand and gravel beds, and the simple hand watering system. With proper technique, tomato yields reach eight to ten pounds per plant and carrots turnips potatoes lettuce and other crops show strong results.
The department of mines and resources bans live minnows and small fish in national parks to protect lakes and rivers from unwanted species. Affected areas include Cape Breton Highlands Nova Scotia Prince Albert Saskatche wan Banff Jasper Waterton Alberta and Yoho British Columbia. Visitors often bring in live bait in buckets and dump unused bait into waters. the order excludes other bait types.
Spiders and their webs are being utilized in wartime production. Their webs, noted for exceptional strength and fine texture, are used for gun sights. The creatures reportedly spin thicker threads under two days of starvation, then the web is manually thinned to one third of its original density.
Frank Brown of Canada Western Cordage told the Fraser Valley Fibre Flax Growers' Association annual meeting his company would build a spinning mill in Fraser Valley at an ultimate cost of 250000 dollars if tax production and a scotching mill are established by farmers and the provincial government. He has written to Agriculture Minister MacDonald and the post war rehabilitation commission about the project.
The Twenty Third Psalm the favorite psalm of all ages is pictured in simple embroidery. Pattern 7287 includes a transfer pattern of a 12 by 16 inch panel, illustrations, materials list, and color chart. Send 20 cents in coins to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union with name address and pattern number.
Charles Penrose of Southampton, 71 by birth yet 59 to officials, has spent 51 years at sea across three wars. He claims 16 Atlantic crossings in 1911, 300 world-wide laps, and a vow to die on the briny deep. His life centers on sea service from donkeyman to greaser.
R C Berkinshaw of the department of munitions and supply at the Canadian Chemical Association 28th annual convention in Hamilton warned Canadians are not yet aware of the serious shortage of raw materials. He urged saving and conserving as almost every commodity is in short supply and called for reduced demands for clothing transportation and comforts.
Fire protection wireless telephone equipment has been installed in five Canadian national parks. Banff and Jasper in Alberta, Prince Albert in Saskatchewan, Riding Mountain in Manitoba, and Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia host the stations at park headquarters. Portable wardens can carry sets for use throughout the park areas to aid fire protection and park administration.
The Edmonton Journal urges continued intelligent saving after victory to defend the nation. It cites the Citizen's Research Institute definition of waste as the avoidable use of labor and materials for non war purposes. The piece warns against a return to wartime recklessness and stresses saving as essential to the country’s future.
The ban on manufacturing over 400 metal articles from fingerbowls to grand stands will disrupt industry but may push a simpler lifestyle. Philosophers have long urged modesty, and this action could spare civilization from gadget overload while causing dislocations.
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