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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 24, 1949
Page
4
A report from Chinese nationals in Hong Kong and the United States notes ongoing delays at sea. The Norwegian ship Unita and two British vessels were reportedly held up, with related commercial tensions and shipping disruptions impacting trade.
Canada’s external affairs minister assailed communism and Russia in the Commons. He defended close Anglo Canadian ties, lauded Yugoslavia’s defiance, and signaled possible future recognition of China while stressing it would not equate to approving communism. He highlighted cooperation in the International Joint Commission and noted Canada’s stance on the Commonwealth and former British dominions.
A benefit show will be held November 28 in Sault Ste Marie to aid the quadruplets of Mrs. Ossie Hargreaves. Proceeds will fund a large home as the babies are expected to leave hospital December 15.
The Hamilton Spectator notes renewed debate over a truly national anthem for Canada yet stresses the enduring value of God Save the King as both anthem and prayer. It urges living up to the reverence tied to national song across generations. The St. Thomas Times-Journal criticizes housewives for driving up food prices by demanding convenience and ready prepared products, highlighting the rise of frozen meals and pretrimmed vegetables.
Kitchener Waterlan Record notes bees as industrious creatures with a long standing simile. Experts say a bee colony has no traffic problems because each bee has a proper place and a clear job.
Displaced persons including fifteen former Polish army corps members, now Canadian citizens, have applied at Regina recruiting offices for enlistment in the active army. They speak Russian, some English, and are qualified tradesmen with two university graduates. If approved, they would join the western forces amid talk of a coming wider conflict. In other news, large iron ore deposits at Siderite Hill near Jamestown, 160 miles north of Sault Ste. Marie, rich in iron and manganese, were discovered by diamond drilling. Two ore bodies were found, one 1,750 feet by 200 feet and the other 600 by 1,800 feet, belonging to Algoma Steel Corporation.
Do minion government seeks Supreme Court ruling on rental controls as Parliament questions their validity and peacetime viability. Critics warn tenants are pawns in power politics while officials defend legal scrutiny and cabinet expertise amid housing shortages.
The article traces cucumbers from ancient to modern times and notes a historic appetite among leaders from Columbus to Charlemagne. It cites Isaiah’s biblical image of Jerusalem as a garden of cucumbers, then shifts to a prediction about a Communist labor group in Canada potentially mobilizing 50,000 unionists by next spring.
Vito Brun. 30 was arrested in Rome and charged with imprisoning his 40-year-old father for more than a year in a pig pen. Police, in a surprise raid on Brain's farmhouse in northern Italy, found the aged father near death from starvation and exposure. Dispatches gave no motive.
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