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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
5
The Gazette Office on Main Street Rivers Manitoba published each Thursday founded by Thomas W Offen in July 1908. Subscription rates are two dollars per year in Canada and two dollars fifty cents per year elsewhere, payable in advance.
The piece notes unprecedented coalition in western nations, high unemployment, and a mismatch between job seekers and employers. It argues now is a prime time for youth to pursue industry, trade, or education, with a June start and Mounties’ tradition noted.
The RCMP faces dwindling interest among young men as recruitment slows. To fill ranks, the force plans a nationwide banded tour to lure unmarried men with suitable talents and physique into police service, aiming to rekindle the old thrill of donning the scarlet uniform.
In Winnipeg Holy Trinity Church emptied ashes for the first time in years. Built in 1884 the building yielded over 800 yards of cinders from a 100 by 40 foot basement. Eight men worked eight days using a conveyor belt to clear the remains after a hole was cut in the foundation. Authorities estimate ashes dated from 1884 to 1926.
Edmonton Journal calls for government action to stamp shoes with material ingredients, likening it to food and medicine labeling. The piece urges Canadian manufacturers to restore sturdiness to children's footwear and hints at possible future government control if they fail to improve promptly. It ends with a biblical verse from Psalm 8.
In a portrayed World War scene, Nazi forces deployed a type of flare that illuminated a broad area and exposed their targets, signaling an incendiary tactic used to locate opposition.
Mrs. Harry McAuley has returned from hospital in Winnipeg where she was treated for several weeks. Ralph Michell of Winnipeg visits his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell. Morris and Blanche Hudson recently motored to Winnipeg. Mrs. George Hay and her infant son have returned to Brandon after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. McAuley.
President Truman has declared a national emergency over labor-management troubles at Oak Ridge Tennessee's vast atomic plants. Disputes stem from varying company labor policies and rivalry between AFL and CIO unions. The Atomic Energy Commission rushes talks with AFL CIO and management to secure an overall labor policy preventing work stoppages.
A compact summary notes Brandon establishing the first experimental farm in western Canada in 1886. It also references a Christian Science Monitor cartoon about a girl and a cabby, the Assiniboine River’s tributaries, ancient Assyria’s early settlement, the Astor family as longtime landlords of New York City, and the crawl stroke’s Australian origin.
The Times Journal reports injuries and fatalities in railway yards due to poor lighting. Traditional rows of lights cast dangerous shadows as trains move. British firms test a single giant cluster of lights, inspired by Berlin air raid illumination during World War II.
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