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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 11, 1948
Page
3
Foreign Secretary Bevin will headline the plenary session of the Anglo French talks in Paris on the MataBaill plan opening March 15. Officials stated the global approach aims to outline postwar settlements while Canadian stores resume selling English goods including wool, cottons, cutlery and silverware.
Obscure OCR reads as a partial line about a British postwar stance and an unspecified event. Mentions recovery, struggle, and possible reference to endurance or policy. Readable entities are minimal. no clear date, place, or person can be confirmed from the excerpt.
Labour Minister C Rhodea Smith proposes an amendment to last year’s act to grant workers in construction and those with multiple employers two percent of wages in stamps for vacation pay. Stamps accumulated monthly would be cashed after a period of employment, with each employer funding their share. The plan mirrors programs in Alberta and Ontario and will be printed for legislative consideration. A Toronto delegation from the University of Toronto ex-service committee travels to Ottawa to press Veterans Minister Gregg on rising student veterans’ allowances.
The text claims Fred Rose, a former Canadian MP trained by the Soviet Union, should be deported for treason. It argues his parliamentary past does not protect him and urges removal from Canada.
A Palm Springs incident reports Al Jolson telling his radio studio audience to "get the hell out of here" if they don't laugh. He did not know the microphone was live and his remark was heard by the unseen audience.
The Calgary Herald voices concern over numerous Canadian organizations and frequent meetings and speeches. It argues people would benefit from listening less and thinking more, studying issues themselves rather than relying on others to condense arguments into brief talks.
The 34 year old mother of two Mrs Helen Lavoie is held in connection with the bludgeon killing of her mother in law Mrs Celina Manseau found in the living room on School Street. Police say the death resulted from a violent quarrel sparked by ownership of dishes, with a rivetting hammer found in the house.
Prague reports the former health minister Adel Vrochagzka his wife and an anti communist student leader have fled the country amid Communist accusations of foreign reaction. In New York Philip Stack 60 a poetry contributor to Walter Winchell died in a four story Manhattan plunge deemed an apparent suicide after leaving a note claiming he was seriously ill.
The Justice Department begins deporting aliens linked to communist groups after prior leniency. Six have been deported recently and more than twenty-five others arrested as proceedings begin. Laws aimed at groups seeking overthrow of the government by force and violence underpin the action.
Report mentions a late March test of a delivery plan tied to Mei with a La Acveles location reference. The piece references a group of five entry partners and a program to stimulate interest, including notes about the Searles Lake area and related regional aims.
Edmonton Journal reports critics describe Mr Kiteesa as party loyalist in word and deed. He states his retirement would be justified by party and country interests, asserting a desire to retire from active politics when conditions permit.
The Alberta Motor Association Edmonton branch voted to send a two man delegation to the next city council meeting to oppose installing parking meters on downtown Edmonton streets.
Swift Current in Saskatchewan reports that passengers on a blight effected bus, stranded for three days with little food but buns, ice cream and melted snow, arrived by train late last night. They had left Rosetown for Swift Current, a journey estimated at 445 days.
Seeds show wide longevity ranges by species and storage. Wild Rice last only days while Indian Lotus germinates after 150 years. Cereal seeds often exceed 15 years in dry storage with wheat records reaching 25 years under artificial drying. A 1945 Saskatchewan sample showed germination declines with age, yet cool dry storage generally preserves viability for at least a decade.
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