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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
2
Devona plans a secret performance to win Vara's favor and advance her singing career. George Barnard supports the idea, nudging Vara to focus on the show while Talbot observes. Tensions rise as Vara's reluctance clashes with Devona's talent and the play's shaky prospects.
Devona awkwardly seeks Vara's favor amid Vara’s endless schedule of rehearsals advertising meetings and guests. Vara remains aloof though her daughter admires the elegant mother from bedlam to breakfast. Devona learns she must navigate Vara’s temper and social whirl to begin earning approval.
Devona spars with Barnard over singing a shy recital meant to please Vara. Barnard praises the untrained voice as mellow and promising and urges her to pursue opportunities, hinting she could leverage her mother's influence for breaks. Talbot notes the plan as Devona hurries to meet Bra sher, eager for the evening concert.
Alfred E. W. Mason, traveling from Boston, declined to buy his own novel The Turnstile after hearing a newsboy say he had read it five times. The boy’s claim drew attention from other passengers who bought copies as the bookseller moved along.
A six foot stuffed yet lifelike alligator passed through the Trans-Canada Airlines hangar in Lethbridge, a Vancouver mining man’s gift from British Guiana for a Medicine Hat friend. A pugilistic cat named Flight-Sergeant, darling of the hangar, scared away at the sight of the reptile, delaying its display.
Britain ships overseas clocks valued at £100,000 more annually than in the last peace year. Ninety five percent of former clockmakers now produce precision instruments for aircraft and detonators. In prewar Germany the clock exporter benefited from a 40 percent subsidy to keep factories ready for war needs.
On Barro Colorado Island in the canal zone, trees in the jungle rarely fall as strangler fig vines strangling old trees and wood eaten by termites dominate the landscape.
A claim persists that 11 000 girls were slain by the Huns in the fourth or fifth centuries and their remains lie within the Church of St Ursula in Cologne. The statement blends legend with local lore about the medieval shrine and its claimed relics.
Sugar beet growers in Manitoba are promised a better price for their crop next fall. The pledge comes amid talks with processors and industry groups aiming to boost farmer returns and stabilize sugar beet markets.
A Winnipeg newspaper notice promotes a 32 page etiquette booklet for young people detailing manners at dances, movies, dating and entertaining. It urges proper conduct, petting guidance, and includes other inexpensive booklets such as Popular Cowboy Songs and Public Speaking Self Taught.
The Boston Post notes that Princess Elizabeth of England began a diary three years ago and now records daily entries with drawings. Amid Britain's great struggle the young royal observer chronicles events and inner thoughts, offering potentially enlightening future reading.
At the war outbreak New England boasted a wide spread of athletic facilities. Excluding private lawns the region had 500 golf courses 1200 bowling greens 3000 cricket pitches 50000 tennis courts and 3500 football grounds reflecting broad public sports access.
In Britain the Women Transport Auxiliary Service is praised for discretion as a top qualification, with many members driving high army officials and handling sensitive information of a secret character. The piece highlights the crucial trust placed in these women amid wartime duties.
A man who claims to understand income tax assessment forms is noted for not having any income. The remark contrasts claimed expertise with his personal financial situation, hinting at irony about tax guidance.
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