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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1943
Page
4
An Empire Council notes bonds within the British Empire grow stronger during the war as Axia nations rally to support Great Britain with manpower supplies and money. It highlights pride in Empire unity and goal of a post-war Commonwealth of Nations cooperating with democratic countries.
Prime Minister John Curtin of Australia urged after the war a tentative Empire Council to enable quick joint action on urgent matters. It would lack executive powers and operate as an effective consultant body. Curtin stressed it would not form an Empire bloc against others, but help the British Empire work with democratic nations in rebuilding after the war.
The proposal arouses interest across the Empire and mirrors hopes of many Empire statesmen for a concrete plan to consolidate the Commonwealth. After the war complex issues will arise and a council could unite the people of the Empire in shaping postwar policies. Churchill signaled interest in tighter imperial ties as Canada Australia and New Zealand expand their influence.
The article extols using tomatoes every day to supply vitamin C and recommends preparing them raw to preserve nutrients. It outlines methods including stuffed raw or baked tomatoes, tomato cocktails, and fillings with cabbage, carrot, beef, cottage cheese, or leftovers. A recipe for stuffed tomatoes with bologna, corn, and bread crumbs is provided, plus ideas with eggs and various dressings.
A collection of light anecdotes and misheard phrases from school days and daily life. Jokes feature mistaken excuses, silly insults, and classroom misunderstandings that capture a midcentury humor style with brief exchanges and punchlines. Notable quips involve absent-minded professors, a cheeky student exchange, and playful wordplay.
A Winnipeg era column recounts Westerners in the Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force, noting Petty Officer Bill Shead of Selkirk and Lieut Gravel of Gravelbourg among sailors. It highlights a Saskatchewan CWAC band of 29 led by Sgt Nadia Svarich, education ties, and prairie families joining active service. It mentions sailors in the Aleutians, Paramashuri and Kiska proximity to Japan, and PX benefits with caveats. Details include family military links and a Centre Winnipeg note on Mrs Guy Simonds’ background, plus a Regina applicant turned away at sixteen and CWAC hairdos shifting to a feather bob.
Anthony Eden, about to meet President Roosevelt, complains that the American press calls him youthful. Winston Churchill retorts that British politics defines youth at 50 and middle age at 70, recalling MacDonald Baldwin Chamberlain and himself.
Home Secretary Herbert Morrison warned that Britain must retain substantial government controls after the war to avoid another national catastrophe. He told business leaders that another cycle of boom and bust could follow if wartime measures are lifted prematurely, echoing lessons from the last conflict.
Former Aircraftman Tom Brown of Healey Bar York shire finally receives a parcel and two letters after two years and 56 000 miles of travel. He avoided internment in Singapore and the odyssey followed his movements closely.
Large scale emigration to Britain since the war started eased Eire's unemployment. In 1842 about 52,000 travel permits were issued, rising from 35,000 in 1941 and 26,000 in 1940. The text also notes the average Earth-Sun distance as 92.9 billion miles.
The Canadian Council on Boys and Girls' Club Work announces the annual national competition gathering winners from across Canada in Toronto starting November 21, 1943. Livestock and seed judging plus oral exams in six projects will occur at the Royal York Hotel and Ontario Agricultural College Guelph, with transport by train to reduce travel. The week includes tours ending with a visit to Ottawa on November 26.
Eastern Montana prairie dogs are dying at high rates from a disease of unknown nature. State veterinarian Dr. W J Butler reports blighted onset and says he has not found a live prairie dog to conduct experiments.
A Berne dispatch reports a German general captured by Polish partisans was tried by a popular court and executed for responsibility in the execution of 100,000 Polish patriots. The piece argues postwar justice should punish the perpetrators rather than rely on sentimental Western powers.
Noel Baker, parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of War Transport, warns that within twenty years after the war the number of cars on British roads will be twenty times the 1998 level and calls for a constructive program now to prevent rising road slaughter and mutilation.
A beach tree is estimated to use around 80 quarts of water each day. The figure highlights the tree’s high water demand in coastal environments and its impact on local moisture levels.
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