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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 25, 1948
Page
4
Fragmented notes report a Calgary bull sale price and a separate brief on a theft at Oaklake Michigan with a suspect arrested. Names and places are garbled. the core items include a $50 rebate reference and a tobacco image event linked to Nat ie S. The text also mentions a provincial election trace and a ceremonial charge.
The city reels as floodwaters surge through homes in Avie, forcing multiple residents to evacuate. Water surrounds neighborhoods while authorities, led by Councilor James Wallace, coordinate rescue efforts and assess damages.
A man identified as Winnipes Maren received six months hard labor after being found in possession of stolen butter. Detectives traced the cache to the rear of his shop where 614 pounds valued at around 400 delivered three days earlier from Standard Dairies Ltd. He hid the butter in a woodpile hoping a reward would be offered for its return.
Judges chose Peter Devine, twenty one months old, as winner in a national diaper derby on Canadian campuses. The event, sponsored by the Canadian Legion at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, drew seven photographed entries judged by Maj Gen C B Price, John Bracken, and M J Coldwell with runner up Gordon Rodway. His father Cuthbert Devine is a University of Alberta student veteran.
Manitoba plans water power expansion and pulp and celanese development in remote regions. Minister J McDiarmid cited two main issues: chronic water shortages in southern Manitoba and rivers starting outside the province. The Saskatchewan river may be diverted toward Portage la Prairie via lakes Winnipegosis and Manitoba to enable large scale cellulose and nylon use and transport. A forest protection program and a five year tree-planting goal of 2.0 to 3.9 million per spring are planned.
Food Minister John Strachey said Britain cannot sustain current dollar level of food purchases confined to Canada. Wilfrid J. Watson, 66, longtime vice-president and secretary of Southam Company Ltd publishers of Canadian newspapers, died at Ancaster. A British overseas Airways aircraft bound for New York returned to London after the pilot reported a possible bomb aboard.
In Albany Oregon three occupants perished in a rural east Albany house fire while an infant died later from injuries. Two young men suffered critical burns and the identities of the three deceased were not immediately released. Calgary police raided two gambling dens arresting 32 people including keepers and others charged as found-ins.
Detachments of Eure soldiers march through the festive city as Irishmen pay tribute to Saint Patrick. Formations of fighter planes over College Green as President Sean O Kelly reviews the parade. Ireland’s apostle, credited with driving snakes from Erin and strengthening Christianity, is honored as crowds fill churches. He died March 17, 433.
Clifford E. Wood, head of Manitoba Federation of Agriculture, charged that the network time prairie farmers net worth statements cannot be asked by the government. He warned Canadians not to become a dictatorship and said prairie farmers must reveal full financial status in net worth reports. He argued farmers fear discrimination and may omit or misstate holdings on the form.
Ernest Duffly, a farmer from Oak Lake district, was held up Sunday evening and robbed of about $35 by an unidentified man. R. C. M. police investigate. Duffly said a man cold called for work, then lured him by sleigh toward Oak Lake before the armed robber halted his team and demanded cash.
London March palace heat and hot water were supplied by the Guards regiment after 38 guardsmen walked off and a stoking detachment relieved the lone non striker who had tried to keep the fires burning.
Winnipeg Joseph Paradis of Suburban Fort Garry was jailed two months at Headingley after pleading guilty to ill treating two dogs used to haul a hay laden sleigh from a store to a nearby home. Jury could not pay his $50 fine and costs. Neighbors reported the dogs were overworked on the one quarter mile route.
Manitoba legislature defeated a motion by W A Kardash to ask Ottawa to reimpose price controls. Kardash accused Premier Gargan of red baiting and reactionary tactics while stating support for price control without wage controls. Calgary Herald notes liquor sale mandates and plebiscite debates reflect broader views on government control versus prohibition.
Newsweek reports a diplomatic incident as Alexander Komaroff complains that Russian officials' children faced harassment near the Swedish embassy school. Ambassadeur Tchernycheff's 8-year-old daughter allegedly returned home with a black eye, while Swedish authorities deny wrongdoing.
Australian rabbits provide fowl for Britain and earn dollars for the British Commonwealth pool. Last year 3000 rabbits were caught in Australia. Skins exported to the United States earned $10,000,000, second only to wool as a dollar source. In six months carcass sales mainly to the British Food Ministry totaled $2,560,000.
The Onterlo Legislature debates a bill to curb desertion by husbands. It would allow trial in another province and impose jail terms if a man cannot prove he supports his wife and children left behind. The measure aims to tighten family responsibility laws.
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