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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
2
Two Polish pilots on an operational flight demonstrated British workmanship as their Mosquitoes sustained severe enemy flak damage but proceeded to bomb the target and return to England. A large hole in the port wing was found yet they kept level flight with heavy steering effort, landing safely at the first English base.
The magazine suggests sending one box to a serviceman with several smaller individually wrapped packages inside. Five small packages are more fun than a single one.
Lucy Belknap, eldest of nine, carves a place in Linwood Haven through work and grit. She defers family schemes, rejects teacher roles, excels in home economics, sells kitchen equipment, bakes to impress executives, and forms a future with Brad Hart while supporting her mother and siblings amid financial pressure.
Canadian Women's Voluntary Services praised Britain’s W V S workers for driving civilians to shelters and running errands after air raids. Directors noted volunteers faced four am starts and potential bombings of their own homes yet persisted with Home Front tasks and relief work.
Advertisement for Pattern 4505 offering children's sizes 2 4 6 and 10 with a jumper jacket or blouse option. Requires 1 yard 85 inch fabric for jumper and 1/2 yard 35 inch for jacket or blouse. Send 20 cents in coins with size name address and pattern number to Winnipeg Pattern Opts. Mail may be slow.
Building labor in London for repairing bomb damaged houses has doubled with workers drafted from across the country and assistance from Services. In mid June about 24,000 were at general repair, rising to over 30,000 by July 3 and nearly 60,000 by month’s end.
The Saskatchewan Health Services Survey Commission led by Dr. Henry Sigerist urges a provincial system of socialized health care with Rural Health Units and minimum municipal doctor salaries. It notes underpaid, overworked rural doctors and proposes referrals to district and larger city hospitals for major surgeries and specialized treatments.
Windsor Star notes Nazi planes drop Colorado beetles on Britain potato fields as futile sabotage. The report mocks the tactic as hopeless and compares it to a drowning man grasping at a straw, emphasizing limited German air capabilities and the futility of their cause.
British authorities report 1272 casualties and 19000 buildings destroyed in Bath during three nights from April 2 to 7, 1942. The raids, called Bae deker by officials, reflect a studied German effort to wipe out famed English cities noted by Karl Baedeker.
A brief report notes leopards in India are causing costly dangers to livestock and neighboring communities, with authorities urging caution and swift action to mitigate encounters.
Fire authorities warn hundreds of farm buildings fall to fires each year. Clear away inflammable rubbish, check smoke pipes and kitchen stoves, ensure sturdy bases, and inspect wiring to prevent fires. Ground fences against lightning and keep water or sand pails and extinguishers ready for quick action.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported a June 1 total of 10 346 000 cattle on farms, a seven percent increase from June 1 1943, marking a new high in livestock numbers.
Only one fatal passenger train accident occurred on British railways in the past year, resulting in four deaths.
Agriculture experts voiced doubt about perennial wheat developed in Russia being useful for Canada's western plains. It was noted the plant flourished in well watered Russian regions while Canada's prairies suffer from low rainfall. Irrigated areas may find value in the perennial wheat though.
Brig. Gen. R. W. Elisa, assistant surgeon general, reports from the Pacific that Japanese army doctors are under orders to kill their own patients if capture seems imminent and that Japan has bombed hospitals with patients inside.
Blend shortening and sugar thoroughly add egg and beat well. Stir in All Bran and milk then sift flour with baking powder salt cinnamon and nutmeg. Combine dry and wet ingredients with chopped apple just until flour disappears. Fill muffin pans two thirds full bake at 425 degrees for about 20 minutes yields nine muffins with a 24 inch diameter.
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