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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 13, 1943
Page
3
An editorial observes wartime strain on Canadians including labour shortages housing congestion and transport limits. It notes troop trains war material priorities and possible tax measures while praising railways and banks for supporting the war effort and easing wartime business restrictions.
Banks introduce ration banking allowing dealers with monthly rationed sales over 5 000 to open accounts. They deposit coupons and receive negotiable vouchers for renewed supplies, reducing heavy handling of millions of coupons a week and easing wartime labor. The Royal Bank of Canada notes Britain and the US use similar methods and highlights the system as a wartime service.
Defence Minister Ralston tabled two orders in council to align the legal position of armed forces members in cars with civilians. One order allows civilian injury claims against the Crown if negligence by a service member is found before June 13. The other ends the government's right to seek compensation from vehicle owners or drivers for injuries or deaths of service members as passengers.
With Turkish authorities and the British Council, a new English lending library was inaugurated in Istanbul. A second library in Ankara forms part of the 5,000 volumes provided, mostly technical books in high demand in Turkey.
A Chicago coinage appeasolationist is noted as a usable but fleeting term. Vancouver readers propose Alaska Highway nicknames Al canusa and Alcanusapanamex to fit regions from Alaska to Mexico. A passenger who loses a seat to a prior traveler suffers deplanement, while savants discuss unilateral arbitration as a substitute for war to challenge headline writers.
Officials of the wartime prices and trade board quashed any hopes of higher butter rations for Canadian housewives. They stated they are only hoping to maintain the current ration through the coming winter.
Lady Montgomery spoke from a Georgian mansion on the shores of Lowg Foyle in county Denewal Eire about her son General Bernard Law Montgomery and his brothers. She cited his dream to meet Rommel as a prisoner, his army devotion, and noted siblings serving in Derban, Kenya, Vancouver, and India while detailing the family’s long history as landlords in Eire since the 18th century.
A jumble of humorous exchanges and snippets from a wartime page recounting British bombers over Berlin and shelter scenes. The piece mixes jokes about false teeth and sandwiches with schoolroom quips and family banter, capturing period wit and everyday grit in compact dialogue.
The Smithsonian Institution reports eight blue sheep specimens among its rarest large mammals. These creatures, notable for their elusive status, underscore the institution's effort to preserve diverse wildlife.
Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters announced a list of graduates from the air training plan. The release names numerous airmen and locations across Canada including Saskatoon Prince Albert and Strathmore with mentions of air gunners and pilots, reflecting broad regional training outputs.
The department urged public help to cut fire losses after fewer visitors and fighters led to higher cost and damage. Last year’s fire damage reached 3.55 million dollars on 1.84 million acres burned, below the 10 year average in fires but above normal in BC Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia due to wartime manpower shortages.
In wartime you should keep healthy and avoid harsh laxatives by daily use of Kellogg’s All-Bran. The ad recommends eating All-Bran cereal every day with plenty of water, noting its appeal in muffins and as a natural aid to regularity. Produced by Kellogg in London Canada.
Garden notes advise two main methods to keep vegetables fresh through summer. Spread planting over weeks by sowing multiple times and use early, medium, and late maturing varieties. Cultivation and mulch conserve soil moisture, prevent souring, and reduce evaporation in dry Canadian summers. A weekly soaking and proper fertilization help maintain green growth.
Car owners are advised to protect battery life through regular care. Consumers Information Service says life aligns with use and neglect causes premature failures. Owners should have batteries checked every two weeks, with specific gravity readings and a full system check to ensure charging keeps the battery fully charged.
The Bach family spans eight generations with twenty nine renowned musicians starting with Wert Bach in 1550. Johann Sebastian Bach achieved the greatest fame among them, marking a peak in a lineage rich with musical achievement.
The Ramsay Company registered patent attorneys offers free ideas and full information to every inventor. Located at 773 Bi Street, Ottawa, Canada, they announce their services to aid inventors in obtaining patents.
A humorous exchange imagines two neighbors with relations fully suspended after a misunderstanding over lawn chores. The one-liner escalates when a can of oil intended for a mower leads to a wry counter suggestion about use on a wife during her singing hour.
Frederick J. Fowler of Malmsbury Wiltshire England a farmer used his automobile to visit a farmer s daughter six miles away. He was fined about £20 for wasting gasoline.
The United Kingdom Information Office reveals Hilary A. St. George Saunders as the author of the official history Combined Operations. The work, with a foreword by Lord Mountbatten, joins Saunders prior titles like Bomber Command and Battle of Britain. His books have sold over 12 million copies in 24 languages, surpassing German Mein Kampf sales.
A collection of quotes on conscience from Whewell Nehemiah Adams Channing Mary Baker Eddy and Daniel Webster. Each author stresses conscience as guiding right and wrong and the value of an unblemished conscience or moral self-government.
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