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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 10, 1945
Page
7
A reflection on thirty years of conflict and peace efforts citing two world wars and twenty years of uneasy peace. The text argues permanent world peace requires sustained energy and vigilance to prevent a future Axis resurgence.
The article argues for a permanent international education office as part of peace machinery. It cites Nazi youth in Germany as a warning and urges Canadians, Britons, and Americans to build intelligent, loyal citizenship. Dr. E F Willoughby of Winnipeg stresses education in democracy to safeguard peace and win the war.
A collection of quotable lines emphasizing patience, contemplation, and purposeful waiting. Notable statements from Tryon Edwards, B W Procter, Mary Baker Eddy, Gail Hamilton, and R Collyer highlight wisdom in sitting still, acting with care, and the value of stillness that serves good. The passages encourage balance between work, trust, and restraint.
A fact often cited in physiology states that the human body is covered by about 20 square feet of skin. This estimate reflects the skin’s extensive surface area across varying body sizes and shapes.
Potatoes should be cut into blocky seed pieces weighing 1.5 to 2 ounces each, each with two eyes. Split the seed end, which has most eyes. A six to eight ounce tuber yields four pieces, while an 8 ounce tuber can yield three from seed and stem ends.
A ship captain rings the switchboard to say he won’t be in and cannot float off until the next high tide. Mr Halcrow explains the ship is on a grid and cannot be floated now, so the captain quips I can't Aogt.
A warning highlights that infection can arise from clean looking tools as well as rusty ones. The message emphasizes hygiene and proper sterilization to prevent disease spread from everyday objects.
A public library stands as one of the finest institutions guiding youth reading. Amid vast material, reports from continental libraries show unprecedented pastimes and a chance to supply historically true literature. Much rubbish exists, yet substantial, healthful reading is available.
A joint report on wartime food consumption shows per capita sugar use in 1944 led by the United States with about 4.9 pounds of sugars and syrups per person, Canada around 89.6 pounds, and Britain near 75.6 pounds, compared with prewar figures. The study notes wartime declines from offshore supplies and expected slight 1944 increases, with rationing stabilizing intake across the three nations.
The Halifax Herald argues the German gold cached in a salt mine was of no strategic value in the conflict. It states gold cannot be converted to rations or munitions and does not aid wartime production, per Canadian metal regulations.
An Canadian advertisement promotes Hem-Rold as a simple home remedy for sore and itching piles. It promises internal use, quick relief, and a money back refund if not satisfied, noting a 20 year history of the sponsoring firm.
The British Information Services report that Britain's Protestant churches aim to raise £1,000,000 to rehabilitate churches and ministries in liberated Europe. The plan was disclosed in a statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury and endorsed by heads of Protestant denominations. The Andes in South America form the world’s longest mountain chain.
In Lancet scientists Frank Alexander Knott and W H Clark of Guys Hospital London report tests where volunteers sat 15 minutes in a closed room sprayed with penicillin. Blood samples showed concentrations enough to halt growth of bacteria causing blood poisoning.
A collage of jokes and vignettes from a wartime era humor page. It features lines about bugle calls, military life, philosophers, and social quips. Moments touch on entertaining misunderstandings, a joke about an entomologist, and a quip about a cloak room tip.
The article explains rationing status for infant foods and coupons. It notes infant canned vegetables are unrationed while canned fruit mixed with rice or other foods is rationed at 20 third ounces per coupon. It clarifies using P coupons for preserves and sugar in canning and mentions certificates for demobilized servicemen to buy suits, though not compulsory. All book five coupons remain valid, and readers are advised to request pamphlets from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
Health division report warns Nazi armed forces spread diphtheria across occupied Europe and could threaten Canada with returning troops. Editorial in Toronto Globe and Mail during Toxoid Week urges immunization, noting toxoid provides lasting protection and advocating free treatment for children. Dr. Gordon Jackson underscores toxoid as the effective defense.
The passage describes primitive booby traps from 1630 that used decoy baskets of eggs fruits and goods along with peddlers carts to seem abandoned and explode when touched by enemy soldiers. This highlights historical siege deception tactics.
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