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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1939
Page
2
The article discusses how Canada's war participation may ease some domestic problems such as unemployment and rural relief while stressing potential increases in railway traffic and wartime spending. It warns of possible cuts to social reforms and public services but urges unified effort to finish the war quickly.
A France lighting method uses blue glass windows with orange lamps to render light invisible to aircraft during night raids. The approach passes about 75 percent of daylight sun but blocks night illumination for safer streets. Pop Cleveland, a famed salesman, claims wide territory selling airplane struts and adventures across the United States and Canada. He tours by a fast plane and promises a fishing stop if routes allow.
About 102 men have sent offers to the Voluntary Service Registration Bureau in Ottawa to serve without remuneration in any government role. One retiree from a $50,000-a-year post is willing to serve on a dollar-a-year basis. Maine coastline is more than twice Florida’s length by indentations. Turtle racing draws crowds in Maidenhead England with a ten-yard race lasting about an hour.
Dr C H Best head of Physiology at the University of Toronto receives the Baly Medal from the Royal College of Physicians of England. The $100 award honors distinguished work in physiology and will be presented during the Harveian Oration on October 18. Best also earns the John Mallett Purser Lectureship from Trinity College Dublin.
One-armed George Martin of Cop Thorn England demonstrates remarkable capabilities using tools and athleticism. He operates a wheelbarrow and motor mower digs cuts turf prunes hedges fells trees drives a three horse team and catches four bricks at a time. He also plays golf cricket and billiards and is a skilled shot.
The 83 year old psychoanalysis pioneer Sigmund Freud died at his Hampstead London home after fleeing Vienna following the Nazi annexation of Austria. He had arrived in England on June 6 1998 with his wife and children and planned to continue his scholarly work on the Bible and subconscious yearnings.
At 71 Neville Chamberlain appears healthier and happier amid wartime duties. He reportedly works at least 16 hours daily, speaks clearly in Commons, and retains routines of garden viewing and morning walks with Mrs. Chamberlain. Friends note his gout has vanished.
The government announced wartime export controls on licensed metals such as copper and nickel. Licenses issued by Hon. J. L. Isley allow exports to the United States for consumption with little impact on normal trade. The policy aims to curb enemy trade and conserve domestic supplies, applying to all key metals. Albania plans to rebuild 750 miles of ancient roads.
A Marlborough House message from Queen Mary lauds the extraordinary spirit of countrywomen aiding the wartime emergency. She sends greetings to nurses across Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service Territorial Army Nursing Service Princess Mary's Air Force Nursing Service and Queen's nurses noting their vital, busy work and praying for God's blessing on all nurses.
Postmaster General Norman L. McLarty announced lower air mail charges for newspapers and periodicals to Northwest Territories British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and Ontario. Rates vary by distance with four cent per pound when posted from publication or news dealers and one cent per four ounces mailings.
The piece contrasts World War I era science shifts with America’s role. It notes German synthetic chemistry and European gains in radio and aviation came at human cost, while American researchers sustained pure work for mankind. It also mentions New Zealand’s moa and annual losses from rust and corrosion.
Saskatoon gardener George A. Stevenson recounts a tale tracing the weeping willow's arrival in Canada and North America to Alexander Pope. A box of Smyrna fruit inspired Pope to plant a live stick, producing a tree later spread by a British officer during the American Revolution. Linnaeus named it Salix Babylonica after the Psalm reference.
At Dundee the expert H E Wimperis, former Air Ministry director and president of the meeting, said a natural speed limit exists for military aircraft and rapid manoeuvres require speed control. He noted civil services may settle around 200 to 300 mph for economic reasons. A new amusement device gives Niagara Falls sensations, others get similar thrill from bank managers.
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