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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
3
The headmistress of an English girls' school voiced strong objections to young girls who appeared as “looking like 48,” criticizing the fashion and urging a review of the new look. The controversy highlights concerns over dress and age perception among students.
A Rivers town official thanks taxpayers and voters for support after election. He pledges to represent Rivers for two years and to strive to serve the people to the best of his ability during his term.
A fragmented passage notes a misestimate of age by a lady, then compares age curiosity between 1 and 15 year olds. It mentions Oxford scholars finding 12th century manuscripts with decorative marginal figures. It also references political posters from decades past and a Privy Council decision affecting docket clutter with Canadian appeal cases, hinting at Dominion legal opinions.
Three men, Clyde Cit about, Julius Machtenes and Gus Scholtz, all farmers from the Assinitecine district, died when their auto overshot a moored ferry and sank in 20 feet of water near the Ath a barca River. The tragedy occurred 94 aisies northwest of Edmonton, in Barrhead 70 miles northwest of the Alberta capital. Police in Montreal sought William Arcand alias Arcan, 24, for the October 6 murder in Lethbridge.
A string of Ontario and Alberta court incidents unfolds as George Franklin, 12, causes a scene in Toronto by threatening to jump from a third-storey ledge while Prank, guilty of theft charges, is taken into custody. In Halifax a man is found guilty of manslaughter. in Quebec Premier Duplessis insists on constitutional stand. A gas lantern blast in Vauxhall, Alberta kills 20 year old Howard Wills as his bunkhouse burns. Local cases include a Moose Jaw shooting inquiry, a Sudbury scuffle, and a man in London once sentenced to hang for murder, later commuted to life imprisonment but released in 1935.
Patricia Hunter, 33, of Port Chester New York, fell from the second platform of the Eiffel Tower in Paris after destroying her papers and burning a 386 seat ground. Identification came from arm checks. Hunter stayed in Paris with her aunt Mrs Joseph Hunter. George Church 20 of Victoria British Columbia shot himself at Vinny Barracks Kingston Ontario leaving a note citing instruction from the occult. He used a .303 rifle. Officials report a Manitoba teacher shortage persists despite a slight drop in partially trained permit teachers. Winnipeg hydro manager cites government negotiations over Winnipeg Electric Company properties as reason not to surrender power plants. Manitoba oils tests show no oil on Hood Manitoba farm. Alberta adds four seats to its legislature. redistribution committee to propose. CBC approved private stations for Thetford Mines Quebec and Victoria British Columbia. William Markoski Kirkland Lake Ontario committed for supreme court trial after Edmonton hotel money theft. The New York Times notes pervasive dessert trends in modern kitchens.
A Manitoba agronomist warns Western Canada faces severe soil nutrient loss from crop removal. For 1948, cheat, oats and barley removed about 200 000 tons nitrogen 95 000 tons phosphorus and 47 000 tons potash, while only modest nutrients were returned, signaling a deep deficit and risk of lower yields unless soil fertility is restored. The article stresses erosion protection and higher organic matter as first needs.
The London Daily Mall reports that hundreds of tons of tomatoes grown for Britain were discarded in Jersey streets or left to rot, while British back garden growers harvest from their small outdoor plants. Other items note shipbuilding advances, relief agency pressure in Eastern Europe, India and Pakistan military budgets, and misattributed quotations about a better mousetrap.
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