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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 01, 1947
Page
4
April record shows Picton County facing Canada’s highest jobless rate as a coal strike closes mines. Volunteers from a chip plant supply soup to two central homes in the colliery district for distribution to needy families among 1,440 miners on strike.
In Estevan Saskatchewan an experimental seeding by plane occurred on April 9 as a single engined plane spread sweet clover seed over former strip coal land. Officials note plane seeding is exceptional and not practical under normal conditions for Canadian grain farming.
The passage notes that keeping to the ground yields better results as the head is immediately covered with sail by the latter method, reducing the risk of spoilage.
Lloyd Stinson of Winnipes, among about 20 Manitoba legislators touring Portage la Prairie’s restored women’s jail, welcomed improvements as clean and bright but regretted lack of official briefing. He had criticized penal administration in the house, urging a thorough explanation of plans and intentions.
Earl Helguson CN railways agent at Beulah 11 miles south of Birtle was found dead in his car after the engine ran and the vehicle entered two feet of water in a slough. The car was still running, indicating possible carbon monoxide poisoning.
Serge Rubinstein a 39 year old Russian born international financier was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 10 000 on charges of draft law violation. Rubinstein and two co defendants were convicted after a seven hour jury deliberation. He was indicted January 30 1946 for falsely claiming non liability for military service in 1943. Aven Gordon Foster former director of Panhandle Producing and refining company and James C Hart former president of Taylorcraft Aviation corporation were convicted of making false statements and conspiring to aid Rubinstein evade military service.
Lewis E. Lawes aged 63 former warden of Sing Sing prison in Ossining New York died at his home after 10 days of serious illness. He served 21 years as warden and retired July 16 1941, renowned as a leading authority on prison problems.
Three masked robbers bound and gagged a caretaker and his family during an evening raid at a Royal Bank of Canada branch on Bathurst and College streets in west central Toronto. They rifled 70 to 80 safety deposit boxes, escaping with loot officials estimate could reach a quarter of a million dollars.
Britain signals the end of a sellers market for wheat as London observers view its refusal to sign a new international wheat agreement as prudent. The Canada deal set prices at 1.55 dollars per bushel for Canadian wheat, a level out of step with U S values around 3 dollars for No 2 hard wheat. Traders foresee a possible return to negotiations later in a world price mood more aligned with consumers.
Port Said Egypt April AP reports a large British floating dock en route from India to Malta has finished passing through the Suez Canal. The milestone highlights a major maritime voyage as the dock transits the canal and advances toward its intended destination.
Britain will ban the use of gas and electric fires for heating from May five to September end, with industrial premises barred May to October unless a medical necessity certificate exists. Emanuel Shinwell announced the measure as urgently needed, while Anthony Eden warned of hardships for domestic users.
Ontario provincial police report Geraldton driver A Richer was found dead beside the Trans Canada Highway six miles east of Geraldton after taking a fare Sunday night. Police indicate he was murdered and had been told to drive out of town. The body was discovered Tuesday leading to the murder determination.
Hamburg reports that Theodore Reid Hartwick, a Canadian-born Allied control commission officer now living in Britain, was sentenced by a British control commission court to six months in jail and a £1000 fine for using funds intended for displaced persons to purchase black market fur coats jewelry clothes and cameras.
In the first issue of the Orillia Expositor from 1867, price ads show living costs rising. Men's suits are listed at 2.40, bacon 0.10 per pound, ladies' gaiters 1.00, Tes at 1.00 a pound, and whisky 0.75 per gallon, with stores Mulcahy and Co Frank Kean's dry goods O'Brien and Co. advertising various goods.
Digby Nova Scotia April 1950 according to CP the Digby town council spent 4500 dollars to buy a combined hockey and curling rink for Dominion 875000 to be moved from the old RCAF east camp at Yarmouth Nova Scotia to town site and reassemble.
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