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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 04, 1948
Page
3
A westbound freight train out of Kamloops derailed after a rock slide in the mountains. Only two of 43 cars derailed. engines and fireman bodies recovered. Missing brakeman F. Dunley, both Kamloops men, rode in the engine. Cleanup crews from Harmfulapo and nearby areas reached the wreck as rail traffic faced detours.
A provocative item in the Edmonton Journal imagines the Liberal Party censuring seven Canadian composers for departs from Liberalism and indulging in socialism. The mock dispatch mirrors a Moscow-style blast, highlighting imagined political censorship and heated reaction.
Rear Admiral Richards filed for retirement from active duty in the United States Navy. He outlined plans for another Antarctic expedition, with a past record from 1923 to 1935. In London the Duke of Ghoucenter underwent foot surgery expected to immobilize him for weeks.
Health Minister Ioan Schultz told the Manitoba legislature the government will press Ottawa to assume full responsibility for old age pensions. He urged the federal cost cover, rejected any tax test, and said the province should not bear increased pension payments.
The Royal Canadian Air Force used a purifier and refuse system at Souria airport Mani toba for disposal by War Assets Corporation through the Winnipeg sales branch office.
Henry Meyers and Herman Stigt Meier claimed an American glider soaring record of 12 hours 52 minutes in Inglewood California. The prior two place glider record was 10 hours 9 minutes as offshore winds aided the flight reaching 6 000 feet over the ocean and coastal hills.
Abbott surprised the public by saying tax reductions are unlikely in the upcoming budget. Earlier hints of relief followed a surplus report that has grown to about 800 million by year end. Mr Isley argues it is better for the government to collect revenue than for citizens to bear inflated prices and shortages.
The Manitoba legislature rejected the opposition motion by a 34 to ll vote. Opposition Leader EB A Hansford led the challenge, and debate was adjourned on the throne speech address as St George Staihe Winnipeg urged focus on municipal finances and delayed Canada’s broader issues. Ottawa reports the Supreme Court of Canada asked the county editor for further details in a separate trial matter.
London, CP report that a city clerk refuses to baptize children with unusual names. Parishioners urged eccentric labels such as Lettuce, but the clerk persuaded parents to use traditional names like Mary.
A blaze in Quebec City left one person burned to death and six listed as missing. The fire spread through apartment houses and a store, trapping residents as flames raged through the buildings late at night. Investigators work to determine the cause while crews battled the blaze and contained hotspots.
A damaged dispatch notes a Queen Elizabeth liner voyage to New York amid heavy seas with a four day crossing. It references travel suspendions to Czechoslovakia, a televised military session, and cautions about strenuous activity for older travelers. A London surgeon advocates sustained exercise for the elderly and self-perception as a youth keeper.
Winnipeg report notes a Manitoba legislature notice of motion requesting a committee to probe production marketing and transport of grain livestock and other agricultural products. The preamble states producer prices are greatly below world markets and farmers lack just fair and equitable treatment.
A collage of editorials from multiple papers critiques reformatories as prisons in disguise driven by politics, ruining youths before and after incarceration, with the term reformatory mocked and the system misused. Additional notes remark on Soviet economic methods in Germany and a stereotype of civic overreach, all linked by skeptical reflections on policy and social norms.
A special committee to investigate the causes of increases in living costs may be the last word in Ottawa's government inefficiency as Parliament lingers for two more years. Critics call the move grotesque and belated, urging corrective actions two years overdue instead of delaying with an inquiry into the causes. The piece argues the King government should stop encumbering Ottawa and act now.
New York-born Ramoyn De Valera, who fought in Sinn Fein, has led Ireland's Soldiers of Ireland party since 1932, but last week the majority party lost seats raising questions about his prime ministership. Dr Gunnar Myrdal reports UN Europe optimism on postwar recovery, Marshall Plan progress, fewer bottlenecks.
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