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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1947
Page
3
Founded by Thomas W Offen in July 1908, the Gazette is printed Thursday at The Gazette Office on Main Street in Rivers Manitoba. Subscription rates are $2.00 a year in Canada and $2.50 a year elsewhere, payable in advance.
In Canada daily waste from eating places and homes exceeds half a million pounds of usable food. Britain faces strict rationing yet lacks sufficient food, while Canadians enjoy abundance. The piece questions future when world conditions change, warns against waste, and reflects on national fortune.
Secretary of State Marshall remarked that Americans are an impatient people. The Times editorial contends patience is largely absent in urban American life and urges careful consideration of the facts to understand the current social pace.
The passage notes a sense of hurried life in the community and references a Saskatchewan setting as teachers quit after three years in office amid salary increases. The excerpt highlights a climate of rapid pace and financial adjustments affecting educators.
The larger school unit across districts must report to the provincial department of education at the start of fall term that 1,200 teachers left teaching jobs by the end of the 1946 school year. With 900 new teachers hired, a shortage of at least 300 persists, and an undisclosed number of rural schools remain without teachers.
The National Safety Council reports heart disease as the leading cause of death, followed by cancer, cerebral hemorrhage, and accidents. In the United States last year 99,000 died in accidents and 10,400,000 were injured, with 347,000 permanently disabled and 33,700 auto fatalities. Over 4,000,000 injuries occurred, including 100,000 lifelong handicaps.
Winnipeg health officials seized about 8500 pounds of arsenic tainted soy sauce from a local warehouse and retailers. The sauce, used in Chinese dishes, was shipped from a firm in Minois and officials say none reached consumers. Dr. R C Morrow cited possible tainting during spraying of soy beans or processing.
In Manila a white haired Filipino, Teodorico Sarosario former mayor of Dismarinas Cavite, hurled Jap defendant Captain Shirou Nakano from a courtroom window accusing him of ordering torture in 1944. Nakano survived the fall after no resistance.
The piece argues that nationalizing industry does not end strikes nor boost production. If Britain’s experience is any guide, the answer is emphatically no.
Line Elevators Farm Service offers a complete seed testing service for wheat oats barley rye and flax. Tests include germination weed seeds smut seedling diseases mechanical injury purity of variety and representative sampling guidance for 1948 sowing. Send 4 to 6 ounce samples to the nearest agent in envelopes provided. Official government testing remains separate.
Calgary Herald notes Alberta’s experience shows confidence drives investment. Once confidence vanishes, capital dries up and may not return until confidence is rebuilt, a much harder task than its destruction. Saskatchewan may face the same lesson when investing.
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