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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 11, 1948
Page
6
Dr. D. A. Stewart municipal doctor for Rivers and Daly will start new duties at Toronto hospital for sick children on July 1. He will specialize in childrens diseases at the 500 bed facility, handling thousands of out patients annually. Stewart resigned here last week. effective May 31.
Special services in the Methodist church were conducted by the Rev. James Woodsworth.
A Twenty Five Years Ago feature at the Bijou presented the film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The screening highlighted the silent era classic noted for its dramatic pacing and famous ratio of tragedy and romance.
Mrs. L Wiegand formerly of Rivera has died in Transcona. The brief notice records her passing and notes her previous residence. No age or funeral details are provided.
The Bradwardine annual bonspiel drew eighteen rinks across six events, reflecting a busy curling competition with broad participation from local clubs and teams.
Janet Bakke, seven, suffocated after a snow cave collapsed on her at Devils Lake North Dakota in March. Her father Russel Bakke found her under the snowpile face down after noticing the cave had collapsed while helping playmates build the shelter.
Washington March AP A report accuses Edward A Condon head of the U S Bureau of Standards of being one of the weakest links to atomic security, spurring two congressional committees into action Condon 46 denies knowingly associating with alleged Russian spies saying the charge is too vague and cannot be talked about.
A London Ontario judge addressed 30 new citizens calling Canada the land of tomorrow, while observers quip that much remains to be done before the old place is fit to live in.
On March 12 to March 18 a series of birthday acknowledgments lists residents and locations. Notable names include Mrs G R D Lyar Ottawa and Alfred Maxwell Winnipeg with several others from Drumheller Hartney Edmonton and Darrene Brown Wheatland.
Air Vice Marshal Sir Leslie Brown of the RAF visited the Joint Air School on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss training problems affecting Canada and England. He is commandant of the school of land air warfare at Old Sarum England.
The TB broadcast from the Joint Air School aired Saturday night. Contestants came from Rivers and nearby districts with some service personnel, as the commercial travellers unit sponsors programs to raise ads against tuberculosis.
The meeting endorsed the Joint Air School request for proper signage at the railroad crossing west of Rivers. Four stop signs for use in the municipality are to be ordered.
Victoria CP British Columbia's new motor vehicles Insurance law takes effect making all motorists liable in accidents causing death injury or property damage Nearly all drivers will carry personal liability and property damage insurance compared with prior years The act follows Manitoba and differs from Saskatchewan where the government is the insurer.
Miami Beach police are informed by night club entertainer and actress Wartha Raye also known as Mrs Nick Condos that a diamond ring valued at 76560 was taken from her hotel room. The report cites private life details and notes the loss occurred in March.
A reflective piece humorously critiques newspaper publishing flaws from misprints to misreadings. It recalls boners by typesetters, stray mistakes in a town paper, and readers scrutining the daily ag pages while pondering the nature of paperman and kingdom questions.
Rivers plans to place wartime photographs of local service members under glass in the post office to create a lasting memorial. Civilians who lacked uniforms may be updated to standard photos, with 4x5 or postcard sizes preferred. Contact Furman’s Hardware or Mrs. E M Lindsay, Mrs. E E Grant, or G M Henderson for changes. space is limited.
Winnipeg March CP reports James Mc Ansch head of the cereals section of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization predicts an overall world rice deficit of about 136000000 bushels this year.
Lieutenant-Governor Ray Lawson delivered the throne speech opening Ontario's 1948 legislature session. It forecast a study by a joint provincial municipal committee on government financial grants to municipalities.
Allan Dare aged 412, son of Mr and Mrs A Dare of Hespera 25 miles east of Rocky Mountain House Alberta, died last night after eating popcorn. Coroner A C Greenway and Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigate suspected poisoning.
Winnipeg detective inspector David Nichol announces he will testify at the preliminary hearing for Michael Stefanik and Alexander Poroznik, accused in the October 23 robbery of a Royal Bank of Canada branch, which police value at 203000.
In the last Dominion general election the Communists backed Prime Minister King to defeat the Progressive Conservatives and the CCF. Next time they will support the CCF and condemn the Liberals and PCs, pursuing a line aligned with the Soviet Union, acting as Soviet agents.
Seoul reports the United States plans a general election on May 4 under United Nations observation to name delegates for establishing a Korean government. The move follows discussions on forming a representative government in Korea with international oversight.
Taylor and Son Limited introduces a group pension and insurance plan for employees with two or more years of service. The plan, first of its kind in Rivers and third outside Winnipeg, is funded by both employee and employer contributions and guaranteed by Crown Life Insurance Company.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the dismissal of hundreds of U S civil service employees. All affected workers are non veterans displaced by eligible World War II veterans under the Veterans Preference act of 1944.
In San Jose Costa Rica on March 1 unrest followed Congress annulling the victory of newspaper publisher Callo Utate Biarco in last month’s presidential election. Two national policemen were killed at the home of Carlos Valverde, a newly elected deputy and Ulate ally, who was gravely wounded. Ulate was not found and reports said he may have been arrested. The Union Nacional urged a nationwide strike in protest.
The Collects Bounty Daly municipal council, in its time, paid bounties for pests. In 1948 D. Davidson of Brandon district shot two foxes from his plane, earning a $10 reward for the destruction of Reynard and Co, as the council ordered payment.
In San Mateo in March, Mrs. Lillian Arthur, 30, of San Francisco, had a towel left in her abdomen during a 48 caesarean operation two years earlier. Dr. Harold Marks reported the towel measuring 18 by 12 inches bore a Bremerton hospital name and was removed during a double hernia operation by Drs. Henry Brown EB Hansen and Lawrence Morton.
Charles E Geiser, aged 24, was convicted of second degree murder for killing his bride of three weeks during the marriage ceremony on September 19. He received 45 years to life in prison.
Earl J. McFadden an agricultural engineering expert from Manitoba heads to Khartum with wife and daughter Lona after arriving in London. He will work on projects for the Egyptian and Sudanese governments for three years. Mrs McFadden is a Manitoba home economics graduate. They left Winnipeg and sailed from New York.
Prof Charles Nash formerly of Rivers received a Master of Science from a Minnesota university in Minneapolis. He now teaches science at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. He is the son of the late Rev S L Nash, a former Anglican minister in Rivers, and Mrs Nash. Part of his education occurred here.
The Ottawa Journal notes Ireland's new premier John A Costello, rising from deputy prime role and coalition of five opposition parties. It recalls his work as attorney general in Cosgrave's Free State and involvement in drafting the Statute of Westminster with Dr Skelton.
The 1920 Bradwardine year began with a lively dance and supper featuring local musicians and decorations from Portland farm. Weddings in Rivers and Bradwardine, a death in England, the arrival of electric power and new appliances, a church farewell, and a silver wedding anniversary among Bradwardine residents are noted, with town officials and early civic undertakings mentioned.
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