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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 06, 1943
Page
3
Experts propose using searchlights for street lighting in Britain after the war. A second Canadian Red Cross Maple Leaf hub opens in London. Sweden awards shipyard contracts for two 7006 ton cruisers. 300000 British workers may farm to harvest crops this year.
Pattern 4341 offers a well-proportioned shirtwaister with front buttoning and a smart collar. Available in women sizes 34 through 46, size 36 uses 37 35 inch yards. orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg. Shipping notes warn mail delays.
Long lines form outside London shops selling horse fillet steak for human consumption at about 25 cents a pound. The Food Minister is urged to ration it to curb use for pets. The Hawaiian alphabet is cited as the world’s shortest with 12 letters.
A brief notice urging sound investment in War Savings Certificates. The message emphasizes secure government-backed savings as a prudent financial move, encouraging readers to purchase certificates for long term financial stability.
The article advises starting with well started plants from nurseries or seedsmen to quickly establish a garden. It covers flowering and vegetable options, transplant shock from blooming flowers, frost timing, and using commercial sprays for pests. It classifies enemies into fungus, sucking insects, and eating pests with recommended controls.
A London wave Selling Centre pigeon was sold only to benefit the RAF Pigeon Service. The bird was auctioned twice and brought in about 1100 dollars.
Amateur carpenters urged to turn in old nails as scrap to free steel for war needs. If buyers supply scrap equal to nail purchases to salvage depots, up to one hundred thousand tons could be redirected to war production. Officials cite an rise in nail consumption from 1.5 to about 2.0 million kegs during wartime due to packing, housing, and storage needs.
A collage captures light humor from a Manchester store and church social scenes including a Berlin joke, a judge and prisoner quip, musical prize talk, a pig blue ribbon reminiscence, misheard chores, a vicar’s career chat, tutor bookmaker joke, child egg remark, desert island sailor bed tale, marriage plans, a military wedding tease, and a late husband timing joke with a physician.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons that the terms British Empire and British Commonwealth are used interchangeably. He cited Churchill’s view that British Empire or British Commonwealth may be used. the emphasis is on what the British nations stand for and their unity in the fight for human liberty.
The Sunday School lesson centers on John 15 13 and John 21 with devotional reading in 1 John 3 13 18. It explains Jesus threefold question to Peter about love and Peter’s reply, then Jesus commissions him to feed his sheep and lambs, restoring him after denial.
A man waiting for a director interview recalls two men emerging from an inner office. One criticizes the other for shilly shallying and urges a definite answer, saying you ought to have been decisive and given them a clear yes or no.
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