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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
1
An officer describes how a British device redirected raiders by bending their navigation beam. The method managed a raid toward a target but could not guarantee where the aircraft would go. The Elsa Government protested to Berlin, and German officials blamed high winds for the misdirection.
A senior army official stated that defence headquarters would recommend turning over the war services building in Prince Rupert BC to the city rather than have the army control it. The move aims to place local control with municipal authorities.
In London on February 2, thirty-two former Canadian service personnel, now demobilized, receive British Council scholarships to study in Britain. Postgraduate studies span trade, medicine, dentistry, physics, geology, textile technology, town planning, librarianship, economics, law, education, music and drama, and fine arts. Two scholarships initially cover six months to a year, with possible extension.
The Ottawa Journal notes President Truman plans to cut U S expenditures by half by 1947 and questions Canada’s posture as public leaders rarely stress spending reduction while many projects and policies seem set to raise costs, leaving funding unclear.
Mrs. W. T. Dyer and Mrs. T. H. Seens came home Monday from a trip to Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bowman left Friday for Winnipeg to visit for a couple of weeks. Archbishop L. R. Sherman of Winnipeg will speak on CKY Sunday March 10 at 4 p.m. Mrs. Andrew Manzuk recently returned from a Winnipeg hospital after an accident at home. Reta McMannis, discharged from the RCAF, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wareham. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. MacKay returned from Reston after attending the golden wedding of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Fraser. World Day of Prayer service will be held in the United church Friday March 8 at 3 p.m. All ladies are invited.
Mrs W G Thomas, born in Glasgow, Scotland and resident of Rivers since 1910, was surprised at her home Monday evening by 12 members of Rebekah lodge and St James W A. Presentations were made, and the guests enjoyed an evening of card playing.
Mary McAuley daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry McAuley married George Hay at St Andrew’s church Brandon on February 28. Mrs James Bromley visiting relatives in Winnipeg and Geoffrey Frank Jr returning from Winnipeg. Fred Frank arrived home after discharge from the RCAF.
A list of birthdays including Bernard Goekoop March 8 and Miss Lottie Warren plus March 9 entries for England and J Arthur Milroy. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette questions a death described as hara-kiri calling it a phony fake, noting the tradition is being sensationalized.
Ottawa's Gey E Shewell former acting major of the 5th Antitank Regiment returns from overseas with 2,000 insect specimens for Canada’s National Collection. A dipterist with the Dominion Department of Agriculture, he gathered flies in Sussex England, Revenshire Cornwall and the Lake District, plus Volturno River Valley and Perugia areas in Italy. The collection, Canada’s largest with about 800,000 specimens, aids entomologists in identification, pest control, and safeguarding farmers from foreign pests.
London reports that the first British books are in German publishers hands for sale in Germany. Translated editions will appear in German bookshops as more titles move to translators in England and Germany. Printing and binding will occur in the occupied zone using German paper. The plan aims to re-educate Nazi-trained Germans deprived of foreign literature for the past twelve years.
Cenactepepeek Coupons remain invalid after Thursday for butter purchases. Retailers cannot accept coupons intended for future butter deliveries. Two coupons AI and AI issued in February lack expiry dates. In March two more coupons R3 and Ra become valid. Butter supply constraints require invalidating all but two coupons bearing Beaver design. none expire yet.
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