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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1951
Page
1
An amendment to the highways traffic act passed raising public liability damage from 825 to 50 dollars, removing the report requirement unless damage exceeds 50. Regina police report two more counterfeit ten dollar bills found, with several others found about a month ago.
Manitoba credit unions are increasing with 13 new unions chartered in 1950. By year end total issued 160 with 11 cancellations leaving 149 unions in operation.
A reflective line asserts that true rest cannot be found outside one’s own inner state. It emphasizes self-reliance and inner peace as the sole source of true repose.
In Foun-end Out W. G. Thomas visited relatives in Transtonal this week. Mr. and Mrs. William Vickery of Hamidta visited friends here last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. Bellamy and children leave today for a visit with relatives at Lethbridge Alberta.
Next Sunday evening the Rivers United church will host guest speaker Dick Hetherington, assistant to Sydn. Ldr. E. S. Light at CJATC. In town for the weekend are Mr. and Mrs. Co. L. Forman and Gordon of Winnipeg, Mr. and Mrs. T. Grandy of Toronto, with N. McConachie and parents. Stewart Johnstone and Brian Hanlon joined relatives for a weekend visit.
Mr and Mrs J W Hanlon and Mr and Mrs V O Brown attended Portage la Prairie s pioneer day celebration held on Victoria Day with local residents noting the community event and holiday observance.
Mrs. 3. Frame and Mrs. C. Bellamy hosted a miscellaneous shower for Lucille McVannell a June bride elect. Gifts were given by Gailva Jelliff and Shirley Strasford, a bride’s book was prepared, and musical numbers were provided by Shirley Gill.
A 24 year old actor and aspiring poet from Air Force Station James A Harvey pleaded guilty in New York to attempting to extort one dollar from the parents of Stefan Olsen a nine year old boy by threatening kidnapping. April 24 set for sentencing. In Newfoundland five St John’s bakeries ended a ten day strike to seek higher wages. Union members will return to work while a conciliation board investigates. If no settlement within 14 days a further strike may occur.
Screenwriter Paul Jarrico declined to tell the House committee on Un-American Activities what perjury was allegedly committed. He called a fellow writer a perjurer but would not specify the basis of the claim. Separately, reports from Shanghai claim a fresh wave of arrests by Chinese nationalists, with 50,000 prisoners noted in three days by Hsin Sheng Pao via travelers who escaped. In Italy, police halted about 1,000 farm workers attempting land occupation in Calabria, linked to leftist cooperatives. Berlin officials reviewed May Day plans and ordered 5,000,000 Nazi swastika buttons destroyed. In Montreal, a bandit robbed a theatre usher of about $4,000 in weekend receipts, forcing him into a shed.
A terse classified note urges readers to save time by disposing of unwanted items the easy rapid way through ads. It emphasizes speed and simplicity for quick removal. The piece reflects a local newspaper voice promoting ad classifieds as a practical disposal method.
Greater Winnipeg Game and Fish Association heard that beaches and marshes around Lake Winnipeg could be totally polluted within five years if current refinery practices by Imperial Oil are not checked. Bill McAlpine warned of escalating contamination from the refinery. Rudolph Sheeler, acquitted in Philadelphia of murder, faced a trial on his claimed coerced confession. Colbert C. McClain said no testimony linked Sheeler to the crime. Mrs. Jackson Dodds, former Bank of Montreal executive wife, died in Montreal, noted for her welfare work and Winnipeg ties since 1922.
Police announce the arrest of Phillip Russell in Victoria British Columbia after a 15 year manhunt for the Cat thief. Officers report loot valued at about 5000 dollars recovered from more than 60 robberies. Some items were seized from homes once robbed by the suspect.
Fire wiped out the Westwood block with several residents escaping unharmed. The piece also recalls past local incidents including a railway worker bitten by dogs, a fine for failing to report disease, a snowy oddity with trees in leaf, a Carnegie district home fire, and local residents Irene Manchul and Verila Nettleton graduating as nurses in Winnipeg.
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