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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1942
Page
8
Canadians report changing living standards due to food shortages while England maintains supply through wartime priorities. The piece praises Lord Woolton's Food Ministry and notes England's 1939 reliance on imports reduced by reorganized distribution, enabling the British to stay fed despite war disruptions.
A British Ministry of Information publication credits the Ministry of Food for securing supplies through a policy and organization that mobilizes Dominions and the United States. It says the food aid helps England become fighting fit and praises shared sacrifice as essential to winning the war.
Canadians are urged to improve wartime worker nutrition. Plant cafeterias should offer no profit meals, with milk and fruit juices preferred to soft drinks. If plants lag, workers and committees should push for better meals and proper lunch boxes with protein vegetables and milk, fresh prep, wax paper wrapping, and moist fillings. A request form for a Vitamin Chart is offered.
A report states Yugoslav guerillas hinder 375,000 German Italian Bulgarian and Hungarian troops prompting Hitler to deter or stop their operations. A historical note recalls the 100 year old New York press tale of the St. Louis corvette voyage to Norfolk lasting three years and 79 days over 75,000 miles.
The weekly column laments war-time waste of gas and lights in the St. Lawrence area while praising Alan Mesrice Irvin for his Citizen's Army series. It notes blackout orders, public indifference, and the need to conserve resources. The piece ends with thanks and encouragement as the author rejoins the Canadian Army.
A compiled list of air gunners and trainees who graduated under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan from No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School MacDonald Manitoba No. 4 Service Flying Training School Saskatoon Saskatchewan and No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School Paulson Manitoba. The roster includes names and birthplaces such as Carmel Saskatchewan Bluffton Alberta Winnipeg Manitoba and Saskatoon. Many graduates are listed with ranks LAC and Sgt and locations across Canada.
George W. Spinney denounces rumors seen as harmful to Canada’s war effort. He urges quick scotching of such talk, defining rumors as gossip spread by listeners with big ears and big mouths. He insists loyal Canadians should avoid them.
A Dieppe memorial plaque was unveiled in a village hall in Southern England honoring Canadian servicemen who fought in the operation. The article notes many Canadians who served once gathered there in evenings and mentions Canada hosting 58 museums and galleries plus Victory Bonds aid efforts.
The Grand Duchess Marie, cousin of the late Czar Nicholas II, declares that the Russian people once again show the same spirit of sacrifice shown during past invasions. She asserts Russia will never surrender and remains steadfast in their present stand.
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