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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 27, 1948
Page
5
The Tig Osh was founded by Thomas W Offen in July 1908 and published each Thursday from The Gazette Office on Main Street in Rivers Manitoba. Subscription rates were $2.00 a year in Canada and $2.50 elsewhere, payable in advance.
Rivers attracts visitors and potential settlers as a railroad town with high ground and good drainage yet lacking water and sewage infrastructure. Business leaders seek opportunities for modern systems to enable new industries and expansion, signaling a prosperous future if the town proves its readiness to invest and develop. The piece notes the British Museum opened January 10 and that new buildings followed in 1847 and ten years later.
The drive seeks 1 500 000 to build a new Children's Hospital as the present 1911 opening hospital operates with limited capacity. Overcrowded and aging, it cannot meet growing needs. Donations should be mailed to the Children's Hospital Building Fund at Bank of Nova Scotia Building, Winnipeg.
This week brings talk of television arriving in town and the public mood turning toward novelty. Couples quarrel over media, while birds sing and fields green. Farmers seed as the 1948 crop begins to push above ground with hopeful signs.
Videor Star notes frequent automobile accidents, some fatal, could have been avoided with proper brakes. Experienced drivers know good brakes prevent mishaps, enabling quicker stopping or slowing in emergencies.
The piece argues rising income taxes erode personal thrift and threaten long term savings. It notes pay-as-you-go tax collection dulls awareness of how large a share of ordinary incomes goes to taxes and that many find little left after taxes to save for old age.
Brockville editorial argues that without restoring industry to smaller population centres in the province, the manufacturing structure will remain top heavy in favor of large cities where conditions may be glittering but unsatisfactory. Smaller communities would lack local employment security and opportunity.
The melting of bird houses draws nesting birds to Chatham, repaying kindness with city songs. Sparrows chirp in winter while robins herald early spring, and the martin bluebird wren and others add refined notes the children love.
The Reginal Leader-Post pages depict floods in Letharidge city and suburbs with residences isolated as water covers streets. The piece urges damming spring runoff to create reservoirs for irrigation hydroelectric power and reliable domestic supply.
Ottawa Journal ridicules government secrecy and press limits on shortages urging restraint on news. Montreal Gazette argues Truman faces a twin risk, possibly losing the nomination in July and, if nominated, losing to the Republicans in November.
A Windsor Daily Star report notes that a smear campaign against Don Cameron has been spread through Canadian papers, alleging a communist plot and claiming a woman has been tasked to dig into Cameron's background and his family activities.
The Hungarian Boy Scouts reportedly quit the International Boy Scouts Federation claiming it serves big capitalists and imperialists. The article suggests secret, unseen plotting and accuses a Western conspiracy behind Scout acts, while noting no clear evidence of such aims.
Mrs G Strum of Fort Erie criticizes a Windsor school riot where children wrecked a Communist HQ. She faults parents for rhetoric seen by youths and says organizers and Ford strike leaders should share blame for teaching violence as a tool in public affairs. She labels Strum a socialist and accuses CC F of condoning lawlessness.
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