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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 18, 1939
Page
2
The article notes wartime fears of sedition and subversive groups in Canada during 1914 15 and again in current global tension. It praises loyal Canadians including immigrants who supported democratic government and urges government action to curb espionage and threats while affirming that Canada must come first.
An expedition of seven scientists travels toward Lake Sarez the newly formed lake in Soviet Central Asia. The lake 44 miles long and 1800 feet deep owes its birth to a 25 year old quake that toppled a Pamir mountainside into the Sturgab river creating a natural dam. A five acre wheat field will be shown at New York Wells Fair grounds this summer. John Porttow who served Queen Victoria as page and footman from 1850 to 1900 dies at Windsor. He helped carry the Queen and summoned the Prince of Wales in her last hours. He held decorations from fourteen monarchs.
A woman in Gillingham England nearly died from gas exposure before a letter sent two hours earlier reached the local police station. An inspector read the postmark and dispatched officers to the address where they found the woman unconscious but she has since recovered in hospital.
A Vancouver Province editorial notes that wirelexa and aviation will greatly shorten world distances. It cites a visitor Mr. McFaggart Cowan predicting Vancouver to London in 38 hours by 1941 after further flight tests and an upgrowing air mail service. It lauds Trans-Canada air service as key to future transcontinental and transoceanic links.
Selected recipe for a deluxe three egg Devil's Food cake using unsweetened chocolate, buttermilk, and a fudge frosting. The method covers melting chocolate, creaming butter and sugar, folding in flour and buttermilk, baking in a large pan, then assembling two layers with frosting and optional nut filling.
A home service article promotes puppy training starting at about nine months with gentle instruction. It offers tips on handling, commands, and feeding, and advertises a 32 page booklet from the Winnipeg Tribune promoting dog care and other booklets priced at 15 cents each.
The British army’s oldest drummer boy is 53 year old A. S. Thompson who joined the Territorials at 17. He rose to company quartermaster sergeant, then returned to ranks at 50 and plans to serve five more years as a drummer in the band. The article notes ancient Asia Minor trade routes and early lace making innovations by Heathcoat and Levers.
Northampton engineers John Williamson R A Winfield and T C Taylor invent a four man sandbag filling machine that stocks at 700 per hour, vastly faster than the prior three man 60 per hour rate. The device promises le isure for troops though foreboding notes of new tasks arise.
Anne Swanepoel, a South African woman, has slept for over 23 years and was moved from a chronic sick home to Johannesburg General Hospital. She remains unable to read or write, and doctors fear she cannot be cured due to a gland tumor that stunts development and causes prolonged sleep episodes.
A prison warder asks a new inmate to sign a blank form. The convict cannot write and reveals he is in prison for forgery, joking that a bad lawyer led to his conviction. The note adds a line about Chinese drama’s start in 720 A.D. and a remark on dream length.
St Peter's Kitchen in Garrick Street offers free meals nightly, with a menu of soup, fish and chips, and occasionally steak pudding. Retired inspector Freg Taylor oversees operations jotting meal counts from 190 to 580, noting weekends are slower and crowds are mostly from distant cities seeking London gold.
G W Akins of Toronto, a postal department employee, announced a fall air mail promotion offering T C A flights as prizes for top high school and technical school essays on air mail benefits. A second contest awards trips to art students for winning air mail posters.
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