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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1948
Page
5
A writer notes signs of spring after a harsh Canadian winter. He recalls icy sidewalks and long underwear, praises daffodils and bare shoes on clean pavements, and cites a friend who calls the sun and crisp air proof that spring is near. The column celebrates warmer days ahead and baseball camp chatter from the south.
Canadian creamery butter has a strong reputation for quality yet readers are urged to heed criticism. Senator Fulbright reports butter was seized 2,292 times in a year for food and drug act violations while oleo was seized 21 times, warning that bad cream or butter harms all farmers who milk cows.
Brantford Expositor notes consumption of oleomargarine in the United States has more than doubled since just before the war while the dairy industry south of the border remains robust and the populace healthy.
The London Free Press reports a deadly incident in Palestine where a train carrying 28 British soldiers from Egypt was attacked with mines. The Stern Gang claims responsibility, prompting British officials to condemn Jewish extremists and declare they have forfeited civilized status.
A commentary argues that Canadian consumers benefit from subsidies, though the government dislikes them, with the subsidy funded not from consolidated revenue but from the pockets of agricultural producers.
The National Association of Bedding Manufacturers promotes a National Sleep Show in major U S cities during early March to display products said to trigger natural sleep. Harold Winch of the C C F concedes socialists must be pursued nationally, with possible North American or international action.
Emergency aid flights shuttle tons of food to Saint Lawrence Ishini in Alaska this week. About 600 Eskimos are reported near starvation, with seven planes delivering relief as authorities coordinate shipments and inspect need.
Nuernberg report says two high officials of the United States war crimes prosecution team were returned safely after being held for 27 hours by armed Russian soldiers in the Soviet occupied zone of Germany. In Manitoba, infant and maternal mortality rates improved in a 1947 table. The 1946 infant rate was 47 per 1,000 live births, dropping to 43.1 in 1947, while maternal mortality fell from 1.7 per 1,000 in 1946 to a lower value in 1947.
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