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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
7
The article surveys the vast postwar refugee crisis with 20 million displaced. It notes mass migrations, concentration camps, and forced labor, including 7 million foreign workers in German industry and 1.2 million French POWs, underscoring repatriation as a major challenge.
In 1940 thousands fled German advances amid starvation and disease. Officials warn a reverse mass migration could recur as refugees seek to return home. UNRRA meeting in Montreal stressed full organization is essential to avoid a repeat of past suffering and ensure food and essentials during transition.
A survey shows forty five refugee industries in Canada employing nearly 5,000 workers, 87 percent Canadians, with a payroll of 6.7 million dollars and a capital investment of 7.66 million held mostly by immigrant owners. They are shifting toward war materials now and will later produce civilian goods, bringing skilled crafts to Canadian industry.
The Huron Expositor notes that many Canadian teens filled regular or holiday jobs in war plants and farms this summer. Wages are high, tempting many to leave school before graduation. Parents teachers and employers face a duty to persuade youth that education remains their number one war job.
Wilfred Stokvis of Vancouver, then commanding officer of 12.M.C.3. Barrie, twice rescued survivors at sea. In October 1942 he helped pick up Caribou ferry survivors between Canada and Newfoundland. Later he aided 14 more in the Western Atlantic, reuniting with a seaman he had saved two years earlier.
David Gibson president of the Navy League of Canada salutes Allied navies and merchant navies for ending tea and coffee rationing. He recalls wartime shortages and submarine danger while praising seamen for keeping sea lanes open and delivering manittons and food. Canada rejoices in victory and pays tribute to their courage.
Britain reports striking oil with over 200 wells producing 26 million gallons annually. Since the war began the field has yielded about 300000 tons or 78000000 gallons of crude oil. Described as high quality, it serves as a base for top grade lubricants and aviation fuels. The statement ends with a philosophical note on happiness.
The wartime guide explains coupon expirations, how to report suspected price violations to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, what details to provide, how to replace lost ration books, and steps to obtain ration book No 57. It urges sending questions or requests for pamphlets to the local board.
Air Force headquarters announces 35 Distinguished Flying Cross awards. Names appear with service ranks and hometowns across Canada, listing relatives residing in Calgary, Vancouver, Moose Jaw, Edmonton, and other towns.
An employee of Reg. N. Boxer Co in New Toronto, now in Italy, sent a letter and poem to the company service club about how soldiers view parcels and letters from home. He urges friends of servicemen to remember those who lose contact with family, citing a man who never received letters and later died, and urges sympathy for families who failed to communicate. The piece ends with a verse about parcels and thoughts from home.
A satirical poem laments increasing inspections from grandpa to Eve and modern farm and school life. It portrays pervasive checks on marriage, child health, eggs, livestock, and milk, condemning overbearing oversight. The verse then shifts to scientific notes on sea snails drilling shells and a German scientist using UV light to reveal invisible gases.
A pasted sequence of humorous quips and quirks on marriage, finances, travel, courtship, and daily life. From a fiery wife and a patient husband to a touring circus fiancé and a car dealer’s retort, the jokes span punchlines about fashion, politics, and identity with playful regional humor.
The Globe notes that Churchill and Roosevelt travel unimpeded and feel secure, contrasting with Hitler’s guarded status. The report adds that three out of four pedestrian fatalities are male, highlighting safety concerns amid travel.
An OCR fragment notes a Polish Consul misinterpretation in Montreal as a joke, and profiles CWAC members. Pte Roma Tradal of Toronto, serving at Aurora Ordnance Salvage Depot, fixed boot repairs for military personnel, gaining skilled veteran status. Two women, Madeline Hawkins and Wilna Thomas, begin officer training to support Protestant chaplains with postings to Kitchener and Ottawa.
Ada M. King aged 80, a former private school teacher among co-eds registered this year at the University of Rochester. She takes an English extension course “to learn all I can in this world to get ready for the next.”
Soft rock found close to Brazil's diamond bearing region is noted for its unusual property of bending wood. Scientists measure the mineral's hardness as a contrasting feature to the surrounding geological context.
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