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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 14, 1942
Page
8
The Red Cross confers blessings in peace and war, with outpost hospitals aiding isolated Western Provinces and care of crippled children restoring many to normal life. In economic hardship, public voluntary contributions fund relief and keep administration costs low.
The Canadian Red Cross mobilizes wide wartime actions to aid Britain. It ships clothing for air raid victims surgical dressings and millions of articles, furnishes 36 mobile kitchen units for bombed areas, sends sailor comforts, and thanks Canadian women from cities and rural areas for constant knitting of soldier and sailor comforts.
The Canadian Red Cross plans two million food parcels for British prisoners of war by year end. Packing began last year, reaching 22,500 parcels weekly, with 612,944 sent to British prisoners in enemy countries by 1941 end. Parcels are received, not taken by the enemy, and a card system confirms delivery.
Sergeant William Garton of Winnipeg won recognition for a daring Aalesund raid with Lockheed Hudson bombers. The operation, aiming to deceive flak, saw his rear gunner role praised as pilots from Coastal Command earned accolades from Britain's Air Ministry. Garton now serves as pilot officer in an RCAF Hudson squadron in Britain.
Engineers have developed ultraviolet lamp instruments for aircraft that illuminate cockpit dials in near darkness. Four watt bulbs excite a fluorescent coating on the dials, causing them to glow. Colors include black red white and yellow.
One of the famed Wise Men, Winston Churchill, once active in polo and brick laying, now avoids bending for bricks and relies on brisk daily walks. He remains livelier and lighter in weight than in his younger years, reflecting a shift to lighter activity with age. The piece mentions the Royal Flying Corps training pilots at Camp Borden during the First Great War.
List of graduates from the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan at No 7 Bombing and Gunnery School Paulson Manitoba. Names include air observers and air gunners from multiple provinces with ranks Sgt and LAC. The roll calls span several towns such as Carney Alta and Maymont Sask with numerous crews and stations.
The winter CBC National Farm Radio Forum ends and a summer series of 15 minute broadcasts will run monthly focusing on wartime agricultural issues. National News Summary moves to 9:00 pm Central and 8:00 pm Mountain Daylight Time, with announcers Byng Whittaker and others. Regional bulletins from Winnipeg and Vancouver remain, CBC Central News from Toronto airs at set times, and BBC News from London airs twice daily.
The Mines and Resources Department reports over 1200 Indians enlisted in the present war with expectations of a higher total once final agency reports come in. A traffic cop quips about a noodle escort while a lady searches her car. A Chilean law mandates ten percent of building construction costs go to sculpture and decorative art.
A light anthology of quick quips and comic exchanges including a recruit’s joke about salary versus commission, a bank loan boast about paper, a playful reply about marrying without family, and a Sunday School rib about Garden of Eden with the Adamaes, reflecting a dated humor style.
A weekly column by Maurice Irwin discusses Ottawa Red Cross blood donors, sugar hoarding fines, and the idea that the public can train as part of an evolving Independent Citizen's Army. It notes 400 weekly blood units processed in Toronto and links marching to civilian fitness. Northern Ireland unemployment figure appears as a related stat.
A compact collection of moral maxims from various authors including Phelps Spurgeon Eddy and Lincoln. It pairs quotes on virtue, conscience, and integrity with a brief note on human diversity noting India's 390 million people include 45 races.
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