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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
3
The Russell business community faced public criticism after a minority bloc blocked a year round extended Saturday night closing policy. The Russell Banner argues the decision sets the town back years, harming retailers and adjacent social and sporting activities.
Manitoba becomes the first Dominion province to extend the mother's allowance to widows or wives of disabled men with one child on May 1. Previously, allowances were granted only for families with two or more children under 15. The change aims to relieve strain on single mothers and improve welfare for one-child families.
A Vancouver Sun opinion cites the Indian Act as a symbol of dated policy. It argues that Indigenous veterans, once off the train back to their reservations, are treated as less than full citizens and denied rights such as liquor purchases. The piece condemns longstanding tutelage and legal inequities.
The New York approach relies on penalties and plentiful rubbish containers to curb littering. In 1946 magistrates courts collected 107000 in fines from 57000 litterbugs in subways, for dropping newspapers wrappers and debris. Public cooperation through penalties is the aim.
Ontario government congratulated for its move to send clothing to Britain. The piece notes inability to donate locally and questions the plan, reflecting on wartime economy.
A humorous note requests government action to dig six new shirts size 11 2 and donate three to the islands if possible. It laments lack of spares, warns of worn uniforms, and mentions joining Lady Go aiva it. Textiles Bulletin notes 630 plants in 193 towns employing 83 000 people across Canada with many towns under 25 000.
A Calgary Herald note cites a 1938 letter from Franklin D Roosevelt praising a long lived Edinburgh tweed suit passed from father to son James by 1926 and still worn in country life. The piece also reports on rising wartime commodity costs including cocoa beans butter milk powders peanut prices glucose and sugar.
The Detroit Free Press weighs a cross Atlantic note on American tourist tastes and British coffee making. It argues Britons cannot brew palatable coffee, and politics cannot fix it. The piece urges mutual restraint and acceptance over apologies or criticism.
A London report notes the entertaining and educational nature of going to auctions. It cites a 50 cent item selling for 75 cents and a $5 piece fetching $7, with ceiling prices sometimes attracting multiple bidders. Names may be drawn from a hat for prizes like refrigerators or stoves.
A famed actress wired her home to hear her crying baby throughout the house. The note recalls Disraeli observing a deaf MP with an ear trumpet listening to a dull speech. He condemned the folly of wasting Providence’s gift on such an act.
The exchanges note the fishing season opened last Friday yet fish did not respond as local anglers turned out in force over the weekend. Manitoba readers report poor bite while Souris worries about airport runway sales affecting future air service and community growth. A humorous contrast recounts fishermen with pricey gear failing to catch while a youngster with simple gear nets a prize at Little Saskatchewan.
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