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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1946
Page
1
Arthur Lengton, an orgenteer for the Cenprias of Sais i Mina, is described as investigating and preparing a rite and emwenition cond, with details unclear in the surviving text. The fragment suggests official inquiry into ritual preparation and related actions.
J was the second fatality of the kind within five weeks, marking a troubling pattern in recent incidents and prompting officials to review safety measures and response protocols.
Jack Hanlon transferred to Portage la Prairie by the CNR. Mrs W A Osborne of Neepawa visited here with her brother Bert Ford. City Miss Lottie Blandford, chief telephone operator, visited Winnipeg over the weekend. Mrs Stewart Johnstone returned to Winnipeg after a week with her parents, Mr and Mrs J W Hanlon. First special train of war brides and babies was met here by the rehabilitation committee. Bananas served, a long-lasting treat. Sgt Major Leslie Harvey ACee returned home after a year and a half overseas. he was stationed in Australia where he married. His wife and small son will join him in Canada soon.
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company marks its 50th anniversary since 1896. From a $5.96 treasury in year one, the Manitoba based insurer now reports assets exceeding $5.75 million to protect its members.
A morning blaze on the Queen Elizabeth, the world’s largest liner, started in the isolation hospital on the port promenade deck. Fire crews extinguished it quickly, with principal damage to hospital areas as heat buckled deck planking. The ship, formerly a troop transport, arrived from New York and was undergoing refit for North Atlantic service. The fire, the 13th at British ports in five weeks, remains under investigation.
Tokyo reports a strong quake on December 7, 1944, disrupting factories, rail bridges, and homes on the Pacific war front on the eve of the conflict's third anniversary. Officials note secondary shocks last June but say Allied bombing limited notice.
Four persons including Abraham Levison, his wife Helen, Murray Goldman and Alec C Myers faced police court after being charged with displaying goods for sale without proper labels. RCMP and prices board officials pursued a Vancouver linked textile black market and a reported $100,000 ring amid a broader investigation into theft of $1,000,000 worth spots in Halifax harbor.
Ottawa reports that labor department officials will review the war prisoner supply on April 1 and may retain prisoners to help in sugar beet field work. Alberta Agriculture Minister D. B. MacMillan has urged keeping at least 2,000 prisoners at Lethbridge internment camp for southern Alberta beet fields.
Liverpool March CP reports British tobacco controller Sir Alexander Maxwell said Britain would take any amount of tobacco from America, Canada, Rhodesia, India, and other nations. He noted supplies were not short due to wartime, but increased wartime demand, especially among women, drove consumption higher.
Prime Minister Attlee called for a national production drive to match wartime effort, urging women to stay in or return to factory and farm work, older citizens to continue working, and both employers and workers to avoid strikes. He warned higher output is the path to lower taxes and urged elimination of output restrictions that cause artificial shortages.
Cabinet ministers will meet with employers and workers to work out details on how to increase output of goods. Britain faces a serious labour shortage due to wartime factors, including armed forces needs and wartime recoil in employment, prompting calls for broader production efforts.
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