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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1942
Page
3
Lord Walter warns Britons to learn how to cover tables and serve them well while wartime food strain grows. Crises, quotes and reports mix military, economic, and political notes from Britain and allies.
A detailed guide on preparing costume plots and production elements for plays. Emphasizes period authenticity, early planning for three act works, and a proactive publicity strategy through shops, bulletins, and radio. Encourages cast involvement in selling tickets and hints at future discussion on speech and delivery.
The piece outlines four training phases for the mechanized specialist in the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, from basic army life to finishers like armament artificers. It explains in-field repair units, the role of Ordnance, and the plan to rehabilitate veterans after war. It also notes a postwar shift to skilled trades and mentions Australia’s 600 mile fence and a joke about metal shortages.
Western Canada graduates from Neo 11 Service Flying Training School Yorkton Sask February 27 1942 as pilots list includes Saskatchewan Lac A F Avant Hughton LAC F H Barrett Young LAC B M Berven Qu Appelle LAC G Campbell Qu Appelle LAC T O Davis Prince Albert LAC A E Erickson Radville LAC J E M Gauthier Tisdale LAC D C Hansen Foam Lake LAC P G Heden Hal brite LAC W A Henschel Cabri LAC J D W Hoey Kelso LAC G M Johnston Rosetown LAC A C McCrady Milestone LAC D J McMillan Landis LAC J M Mahon Prince Albert LAC D K Malcolm Riceton LAC W L Marcotte Fife Lake LAC R J Pollock Canora LAC W C Rublee Wilkie LAC W H Schmitt Arborfield LAC G G Smith Eastend LAC M J Sunstrum Naicum LAC V T Sylvester Pas wegin LAC W R Torrance Elrose LAC P G Weedon Paddockwood LAC K Woodhouse Prince Albert Alberta LAC Roman Grabek Nordege LAC B M Harker Magrath LAC M C Taylor Blackfoot
Advertises Pattern 4000 by Anne Adams for a shirtwaist dress in crepe with short or three quarter sleeves. Describes extended shoulder line, shoulder yokes with bust darts, center front skirt panel with side pleats, and a rainbow pastel color option. Includes sizes 34 to 48, fabric yardage for size 36, and sending 20 cents to Winnipeg Pattern Dept. for order.
High Commissioner Vincent Massey urged the Royal Empire Society in London to reject mental inertia and the Maginotism of the mind. He warned fixed defences fail against modern threats and called for ideas to match thrust of contemporary weapons.
A dignified Anglican rector writes from The Rectory for All Saints Day. A Methodist pastor replies from The Methodist Manse titled Washing Day, highlighting cordial church correspondence across denominations.
A historical notice explains that poking dirt or dead insects from a car radiator core harms delicate cells. It recommends lifting the hood and using a hose with water pressure to flush out foreign matter safely.
Sunday School lesson for March 28 centers on the Mount of Transfiguration. It cites Luke 9 28 36 Matthew 17 1 20 Mark 9 2 29 and includes devotional readings from John 12 21. The commentary notes prayer as the key to transformation, cites A B Bruce and A S Peake, and emphasizes spiritual life over material concerns.
East coast migratory bird officer warns oil from sunken tankers and submarines cripples water fowl and sea birds. Observers report birds washing ashore dead or dying as oil slicks drift, saturating plumage and causing loss of flight leading to starvation or cold.
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