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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
3
Washington AP The Office of Price Administration approved a one cent rise for bread and a one cent per dozen boost for bread rolls effective immediately. All bread except rye rose two cents since April 22.
The St Thomas Times Journal reports peaceful picketing is required by law and condemns violence or property damage. It notes the Canadian Seamen's Union pickets have worsened the situation, with leaders and members disregarding legal standards and warnings.
The Dominion penitentiary system is not a total failure as reform. A Justice Department return shows 764 per cent of 1945 prisoners were repeaters, a damning indictment suggesting about eighty per cent of the penitentiary population could be described as permanent.
Palmerston North New Zealand mayor A E Mensford broke into a government owned house without permission to shelter a homeless family. The one room building had been vacated by the army over a year ago. Police later brought the family who had no accommodation. Mensford sent a telegram to Prime Minister Peter Fraser for immediate action but received no reply. The mayor described a housing crisis as a likely major outburst if no action is taken.
Working people in Tilsonburg urge careful choice of union leaders who will act with prudence and thoughtful consideration. They attribute wartime strain to current tensions and note many workers and employers deserve a peaceful break after years of intense effort.
Washington June AP Gen Lloyd Parks said 1 300 000 in jewels recovered from United States colonel and his WAC wife would be returned to the German House of Hesse. The jewels will be held as evidence pending trial of three officers tied to their disappearance but are regarded as private property of the Hesse family. The family hid the treasure in Kronberg palace during the war. Col A C Miller reported customs took 106 unset diamonds from Durant upon his return to the United States.
A Manitoba Federation of Agriculture convention in Pilot Mound passed a resolution urging Canada export wheat at world prices or parity with other commodities. It called for continued federal price controls under competent jurisdiction and for a provincial department to support cooperatives. The group also asked Ottawa to withdraw the recent increase on farm machinery.
Harvey Alexander Greene was fined 75 dollars and costs in Edmonton city police court on a charge under the war mobilization act. He failed to notify the mobilization board of a change of address in 1944 and had evaded the draft until his arrest by RCMP and military police this week.
Reuters reports London booksellers are clearing old stocks to satisfy high demand for etiquette books. Buyers split into two groups, ex-officers aiming to preserve status and wartime earners seeking social appearance.
General Electric announced a new X ray photometer able to detect counterfeit coins impurities and specific chemical elements in solids liquids and gases within seconds. A deer fled through Winnipeg streets for an hour leaping a fence into a yard and dying, with police citing fright as the cause and no visible injuries.
About sixty projectionists in sixteen Winnipeg theatres backed strike action after a vote. The move followed the regional war labor board’s refusal to approve partial restoration of depression era pay cuts.
Five armed masked men held up the provincial Bank of Canada branch in Te cumseh Ontario as it was closing and fled with an estimated five to ten thousand dollars.
Premier Stuart Garson warned at the Union of Manitoba Municipalities convention of likely “tough slugging” if no provincial conference agreement is reached. The gathering approved a Municipal Act amendment allowing reeves up to 200 a year and counsellors up to 43 per working day as indemnities.
The 42 year old Duke of Northumberland and Lady Elizabeth Montague-Douglas-Scott wed in Westminster Abbey with royal attendance. The bride, a niece of the Duchess of Gloucester and friend to Princess Elizabeth, is the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. King, Queen, two princesses, Queen Mary and the Duchess of Kent attended. thousands gathered outside for a view.
Guids Chartrand 44, an employee of Les Industries Bellerice Limitee, ran amok in Valleyfield Quebec in June. He shot and was killed by municipal police after setting fire to the company wood plant and the superintendent J C Leroux’s home.
Magistrate C. C. Sparling in Flin Flon dismissed a Manitoba squor act charge against Loula Rando citing references to a prior conviction. The written judgment is believed to set a legal precedent.
In Pittsburgh during the city’s early 1946 heatwave a central station policeman described the heat as Ike a furnace inside the building. He revealed someone had fired the furnace full blast, deepening the sweltering conditions and prompting complaints about the intense indoor heat.
Montreal reports from Kuh Ching-chun of the state silk company that about 36 009 picnls of raw silk from Kiangsu Chekiang and Anhwei will be shipped to America. Most will go for export after domestic use is set aside. The company expects exports to reach around 15 000 plants after two months and notes districts report a satisfactory season. The silk venture includes over 2 000 plants of spring sea silk purchased, partly reeled.
A Chicago report predicts a complete collapse of the United States rolled cats industry within about two weeks unless manufacturers secure larger cat supplies.
In recent months the Western world has learned much about the mental processes of the Russians, as Kansas City Star reporters examine shifts in perception and the implications for diplomacy and news coverage.
The text notes Soviet suspicion and the contrast between freedoms in the United States and the USSR. It argues Americans must recognize that Russian culture blends medieval, seventeenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century elements, affecting how they interact with other nations.
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