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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1946
Page
3
Polish army members arriving in Canada to work as farm help are expected in Lethbridge around Sept 26. Alberta will take 45 of 4000 former soldiers, all with farm experience, single and under 36, who signed two year farm-work contracts and may gain citizenship if their term is satisfactory.
Thomas Montgomery received eight days in jail after being convicted in Toronto for filing a false statement to the unemployment insurance commission claiming five days of unemployment in January while he was employed. The case was heard by Magistrate F. Sg. Gullen.
In London the legal victory by authorities over squatters is framed as a moral win by participants. Communists credit the campaign with forcing urgent housing considerations and stirring local councils. They note 42,000 of 250,000 London building workers are on permanent housing, with many on nonessential repairs. The November London municipal elections may indicate political impact.
Eleven year old Will Stevenson used a bow and arrow to shoot a skunk invading his parents home. The animal is gone but the odor remains. The Stevenson family cannot move while Sherwood aged eight is quarantined with chicken pox. They plan fumigation. Their sixteen year old son Jack ate breakfast outside in the rain.
An Illinois hunt for the so called mysterious beasts proved fruitless as 160 armed men, a dozen dogs, and three airplanes failed to locate the cat like creatures seven feet long and two feet tall reported by villagers. Sheriff George Vorhees led the search around Oquawka Al.
An unofficial survey reports the Fraser River sockeye gillnet fleet caught about 200,609 fish yesterday, the river's biggest daily haul in four years. The catch, attributed to roughly 3,500 boats, put around $200,000 into crew pockets, with 1942 Adams River run previously approaching a similar level of about 200,000 fish.
Railway and elevator officials at Fort William face difficulties unloading grain cars and creating space for ongoing flow from the western provinces as more than 6000 cars sit in Lakehead terminals. Government grain controller A A Heaps arrived Sunday night.
Officials from grain and railway sectors convene to address loading difficulties. Elevators report labor shortages limiting throughput. In recent days arrivals range from 1,000 to 1,200 cars per day.
The finance department announced individual purchases of the new Canada savings bond issue will be limited to 200. Exact terms will be announced September 30 when on sale. They will be available in units of 50 100 500 and 1000 and may be converted into cash at any bank.
In Ernabella, 400 miles north of Adelaide, a school for wandering Aboriginal children is run by Ernest Trudfoger, fluent in native dialects. He teaches in Aboriginal languages with trading teachers, covering writing, arithmetic, drawing, singing, carpentry, and gardening, with five classes of five pupils weekly. The program, supported by South Australia’s government, adapts to ages and nomadic schedules, aiming to preserve culture and language while gathering local knowledge from the children.
A Sherbrooke survey reported extensive black market activity across Quebec including nails at 93 a keg cement 1 25 a bag US electric wire 90 per 1000 feet motors 50 or 60 far above legal prices and illegal trades in beer butter sugar and lard. A. J. Scanlan Prices board representative warned mobilizing the Canadian army to stop it.
Customs inspectors will let Canadians carry up to 150 in cash or traveler's cheques when crossing into the United States, with no more than 100 in United States funds. The rule replaces the former limit of 50. Form H not required for amounts up to 156, except for larger sums.
Figures from the Saskatchewan agriculture department show July butter production at 5,820,175 pounds, down 465,536 pounds or 7.4 percent from the same month last year.
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