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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1946
Page
4
Provisional committees report an August assembly of Protestant church representatives in 1343. About 459 delegates from various church bodies are already listed on the roster for the world conference. A noted rating of hundreds of British participants is mentioned.
Capt Roger E. Bidwell of Halfax formerly commanded the Canadian manned aircraft carrier HMS Puncher has been appointed director of the new naval air division at the mar al service headquarters in Ottawa. An army of trade union lobbyists estimated at 260 marched on Victoria BC to press provincial legislature for union demands. The King gave 10 Distinguished Service Orders and one Distinguished Conduct Medal to Canadian soldiers at Buckingham Palace in London. the awards had been announced earlier.
A public meeting called by the Town Council for Tuesday March 19 at 7 30 p m. will form committees to arrange the welcoming home of war veterans and district residents. All within the area are urged to attend.
Soviet prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal details German aims to wipe out Russian art and science in occupied territories. He cites destruction of libraries, churches, and education, noting 15 million students disrupted and millions of children deprived of schooling as evidence of cultural annihilation.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz urged Americans to sustain sea power despite atomic bomb claims. He warned the weapon would not end navies and called for practical tests to understand impacts on ships and basing, while stressing ongoing need for sea control and vigilance in U S imports and exports. Alberta officials announced rum sales without restriction effective March 1, placing rum in the gin category.
Thomas Walsh and John Kelly, both 21, were sentenced to life imprisonment in Montreal on a reduced charge of manslaughter in connection with the fatal December shooting of 69-year-old tavern keeper Edmond Boisvert. The case stems from a violent incident at the Xooper tavern.
Western Canada judges will oversee Manitoba Winter Fair entries. W G MacEwan of Saskatoon will judge cattle entries. F Baker of Winnipes will handle swine. M C Herner of Winnipeg will judge poultry. D A Brown of Brandon the seed show. James Lambie of Brandon the horse entry. R K Wright of Winnipeg the night horse sections.
The annual Rural Credit Societies report tabled in Manitoba legislature by Premier Stuart Garson shows unpaid loan principal at April 30, 1946, was 153,196 dollars, down from 248,277 the prior year. Other items include radar navigation praised aboard the Prince Rupert voyage to Alaska, a 1 billion dollar US agriculture bill, a penitentiary sentence for a postal supervisor, and demobilization plans for women's services in Canada.
In Washington State Secretary Byrnes said there was, as far as he knew, a Big Three agreement for Russia to withdraw Japanese industrial equipment from Manchuria.
Air Commodore W. E. Cockram aged 47 a former principal Protestant chaplain of the Royal Canadian Air Force died suddenly in hospital at Ottawa on Friday.
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