Age and events roundup from Rivers and district history
A historical clipping lists obituaries, awards, and local happenings from 1921 to 1936. Notable items include Mrs. J. C. Cousins death in Winnipeg, G. C. Thompson winning four painting awards at Port Arthur in 1931, and various short notices on grain shipments, business disposals, property transactions, social events, and police reports in Rivers and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Thompson
Brandon
Rivers
Port Arthur
District to Have Hospital Memorial plan approved at public meeting
A public gathering of about 300 residents in Rivers unanimously backed building a memorial hospital. Led by Reeve T H Seens, the group formed a canvassing committee with Daly and Rivers councils, the board of trade, and Bradwardine pool elevator association. Dr F W Jackson of Winnipeg outlined provincial health plans dividing districts into hospital areas, with Brandon as a main hub. Building costs estimated at 30 000 to 35 000 with donations preferred over taxation, and annual operating costs around 500 to 700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers
Jack Gilchrist
G. L. Davies
Daly and Rivers
Board of Trade and
Bradwardine Pool Elevator Association
Reeve T. H. Seens
T. H. Seens
R. G. Sinclair
F. W. Jackson
Winnipeg
Hog Prices Jump After Price Ceilings Lifted
Hog prices rose sharply at Chicago Union Stockyards in early sales after President Truman announced removal of all price controls on meat and livestock. Only a few head were offered due to tight loading time, with prices jumping up to 68.75 dollars per hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Union
Truman
Indianapolis racer Howard Wilcox killed at Concord dirt track
Howard S Howdy Wilcox 41 of Indianapolis died when a race car struck him while he served as starter at the Concord fairgrounds dirt track race in Converse Indiana. He had finished second to Fred Frame in the 1932 Indianapolis speedway 560 mile race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard S.howdy Wilcox
Indianapolis
Fred Frame
Converse
Ind
More Snow Came Over Week End
A heavy wet snowfall, the second this month, covered the district over the week end and largely melted on Monday. The weather has remained unsettled for the past week. Since the earlier snowfall, substantial land work and some threshing had been completed.
Zverev proposes defence budget cut for next year
Finance Minister A G Zverev urged the supreme Soviet to reduce Russia’s defence outlays by about 68.8 billion rubles for the coming fiscal year. He asked for 72 billion rubles to be spent on defence and recommended allocating 5 billion rubles to develop stronger economic and military potential, up from 2 million last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
A. G. Zverev
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Zverev
Soviet Union
Wage increase approved for 17000 Canadian railway workers
The national war labor board authorized a 10 cent per hour wage hike retroactive to June 1 for Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. The raise covers engineers, telegraphers, hotel staff, steel workers, boilermakers, and track maintenance employees and applies to non trainmen. Rules changes on working conditions to be proposed by Feb 1 next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
National War Labor Board
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
C.N.R
Halloween Night Frights Murmur Through Quiet Town
Residents report eerie lights and shadowy figures as spirits appear, strange noises drift through the streets, and a tense hush grips the community on Halloween eve. A whispered knock at doors adds to the sense of stealth and mystery tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Derailment Disrupts Train Services Near Melville
Train services were disrupted Sunday after a derailment near Melville causing passenger trains to run several hours behind schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville
Mennonites Plan Multimillion Colonization Program
Rev C L Graber of Goshen Ind announced at the seventh annual session of historic peace churches that Mennonites in Canada and the United States will spend millions on a colonization program. It will move thousands of displaced Europeans to the western hemisphere, the plan described as the largest undertaken by Mennonites to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchener
Qut
Oct
C. L. Grabar
Goshen
Ind
Conference of Historic Peace Churches
Canada
United States
Europe
Graber Sala
Winnipeg plan to train skilled jewelers announced
A $260,000 program to train skilled jewelers was unveiled in Winnipeg over the weekend. T Eilia of Toronto, chairman of the Canadian Jewellers Institute, announced the initiative and its aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
T. Eilia
Toronto
The
Canadian Jewellers Institute
Church excommunicates Tugtalay jurists over Stepinac case
The Roman Catholic church declared all Tugtalay government jurists of that faith responsible for the trial and conviction in Zagrad of Archbishop Alejaire Stepinac have incurred the grave penalty of excommunication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tugtalay
Zagrad
Alejaire Stepinac
Silent Investigation Into Reported School Parties
Vancouver police are conducting a silent inquiry into reports of wild weekend drinking parties by high school students at Kitsilano and Lord Byng. Public protest from both schools follows, while police refuse to comment beyond stating the matter is fully investigated. students call the reports exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Oct
The
Kitsilano
Lord Byng
The Common Round Plea for Letters Home Across Distances
A reader urges expanding the Common Round beyond romance advice to urge distant youngsters to send letters to their families. The piece notes how lonely parents remain when offspring drift away, even as a letter from home can be precious. The column hints at a European mother cherishing a son’s word and recounts a foreign-born man with a letter for Poland, illustrating lasting family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dix
Poland
Harvest threshing brings strangers and music to Daly
In Daly Manitoba a harvest threshing season arrives with crews from eastern Canada and the southern United States. Farmers expect a traveling workforce, shared meals, and stories from diverse faces, while households cope with added cooking and washing. Local musicians, including a banjo and concertina players, promise entertainment amid labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hsiao
Canada
United States
Bradwardine
Daly
Harvest
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. C. Cousins
Rivers Biaseh
Canadian Legion
Clarence Folson
Churchill
Manitoba
S&s
W. H. Parks
Southern
Alberta
E. E. Grant
J. E. Thompson
Fifth Avenue
Ballowe'en
Rivera Marhoent
G. B. Somerville
Qataria
Sharbot Lake
Kingston
Gordon Duchard
Saarbot Lake
Ont
Centre For Medical Nursing Unit
Pool Elevator Association
Bradwardine Pool
Charles Lamb
Rivers and
Diatricta
Alexander
Oak River
Wheatland
Carnegie
Oskleigh
Myra
Rivera
Iaid
Jackson
Province
Canvans
Taylor
J. Fram Canviniers
Rembrance
Disrupt Services
Winston Charebid
Wardqy
Dover
United Kingdom Information Office
Lord Ward
Ian
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