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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 28, 1942
Page
8
The Dominion spreads across three thousand miles from Atlantic to Pacific and far north. While far northerly zones seem of limited value, exploration has revealed rich mineral fields and mining near the Arctic. Air travel has shortened distances enabling development and growth in these regions.
Canada is a sparsely populated domain with under three people per square mile. Population rose from 10,376,786 in 1931 to 11,419,896 in 1941, a smaller gain than earlier decades. Emigration to the United States and other factors reduced the nation’s citizen pool as Europe and Asia eye Canada’s natural resources. The piece urges Canadians to reassess and better harness their heritage.
The article argues Canada faces a decade of expansion as war spurs business, farming, and self sufficiency. It highlights new domestic production, mineral discoveries, and reduced imports, urging initiative and national consciousness to seize opportunities as the senior British Dominion.
Elk Island National Park in Alberta reports all wild animals in good condition after winter. The park hosts a buffalo herd exceeding 1,160 head, plus 545 elk and 144 moose, with mule deer and other wildlife. Since Buffalo National Park closure at Wainwright, Elk Island is touted as the new home of the buffalo and a growing bird sanctuary.
A Scottish landlord, rarely at public meetings, obtained a pass to watch Charles Matthews perform Sir Coldstream in Used Up and Plummer in Cool as a Cucumber in Edinburgh. He praised the actor yet admitted keeping from laughing was hard. The Egyptian coast line measures 1300 geographical miles.
In Southern Rhodesia the Umtali railway shops unveil a switch engine praised for driving power and rugged looks and workers propose naming a mainline locomotive after Prime Minister Churchill. The move reflects admiration for wartime leadership and rail heritage.
The passage contrasts strategy as a planned approach to an opponent with tactics as rapid actions when a plan fails. It emphasizes planning over impulsive moves and underscores the need to adapt when a chosen strategy does not click.
While walking a track with an assistant EH Harriman questioned why track bolts protruded past the nut. After learning the typical length, he mused that cutting an ounce from each bolt across the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific network could save fifty million ounces of iron, prompting a push to change bolt standards.
A collection of quotations exploring the relationship between power and justice. Pascal Bulwer Lytton Eddy Bacon Jefferson Vanderlip consider how true strength aligns with fairness, restraint, and liberty in governing and personal conduct.
An irate general demands recognition from an Australian soldier who ignores his salute. The Australian quips back, claiming the general does not know his own name, earning the crowd's amusement.
A note observes that the most beautiful birds in the world may possess voices that sound hard and displeasing to listeners, contrasting striking plumage with when they sing.
A recipe description lists All-Bran Prune Bars and All-Bran Prune Nuggets with ingredients such as milk flour butter eggs prunes honey dates nut meats and spices. Steps include soaking All-Bran blending butter and sugar beating in eggs mixing with dry and wet ingredients shaping on a sheet and baking at moderate to hot ovens for about 10 to 35 minutes yielding 18 bars and four dozen cookies.
A columnist praises righteous indignation and urges practical wartime action. He mocks complacency about golf clubs as unnecessary civilian airs and argues citizens should support war needs, urging ARP and Reserve Army service, while defending small shops from delivery cuts by adjusting purchases or using phone orders.
An occupying regime in Poland bans sale and circulation of any book containing references to national life. No title with the words Poland or Polish can be sold, effectively cleansing bookstores of such material. The order, issued amid sweeping censorship, targets cultural works and literary expression.
The list records graduates from No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School Dafoe Saskatchewan and No. 1 and No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery Schools Paulson Manitoba showing Air Observers and Air Gunners with service towns across Saskatchewan Alberta Manitoba and Manitoba. Names include LACs Raves Broughton Cornwell Gwhraa Lake Smith Wilson Lashinski Potts Putnam Wood Yurkowski and others along with sergeants Lineham Pollock Walters Ashford Cameron Fraser Frizzell Hofford MecMurch Vincent and more.
A Canadian explosives plant uses remote control to bundle and tie cordite, the quick firing propellant for heavy guns. Two former paper machines carry out these operations, reflecting industrial modernization in hazardous manufacturing workflows.
The piece argues that Hitler's mounting jitters reflect his own shaky state of mind since rising to power, portraying his leadership as unstable and uneasy for the world.
Edmonton Journal notes that a $25 000 after tax ceiling, similar to the UK rule and proposed by Roosevelt, would affect fewer than 400 Canadians. Official 1940-41 figures show 473 earned $50,000 or more, with fewer than 400 above $60,000.
Mrs F E Roas serves a second term as wartime postwoman in London. She previously held the job in the first Great War and during the blitz commendations came after she rescued two women and three children and tended the wounded during an all night raid before resuming letter delivery at dawn.
A tropical insect earns its nickname railway bug from a distinctive red light on its head seen in the field. Scientists note the glow aiding nocturnal navigation and potential signaling. The curious label reflects a visual characteristic rather than habitat or behavior.
A claim that the sun completes a full revolution in a 25 day period allowing observers to view all sides of the sun.
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