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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
8
The article discusses how wartime needs since 1930 shifted public focus from peacetime services to the war effort. It notes Canada’s strong Allied contribution, public sacrifice, and the strain on labor and materials causing reductions in luxury items and essential external services, creating urgent, complex challenges.
Wartime labour shortages sharply reduced qualified teachers in Canada. Many left for war service or war industry work, 100000 students taught by underqualified staff in 1943-44, 635 classrooms closed, salaries rose but freezes began in 1943. The Wartime Information Board summarized these wartime schooling impacts.
The Montreal Gazette notes a British program where 1500 amateur photographers, organized through the M.L.C.A., visit servicemen’s homes to take pictures for families. General Montgomery has participated, illustrating a broader push to index youth as a future strength. It argues Britain will lead in education postwar through reforms, aiming for a literate, educated public while adapting plans to a smaller population.
The Versailles palace, scene of the 1919 peace signing, appears neglected with overgrown gardens yet intact structure. Although German forces did not damage it, the hallways and west wing misreporting aside show needed repairs.
Tests from the grain research laboratory of the Board of Grain Commissioners show the average protein content in wheat from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta at 13.6 percent, down 0.3 from last year after examining 646 samples. Manitoba had 125 percent, Saskatchewan 13.6, Alberta 14.9, with last year Saskatchewan 14.0 and Alberta 14.7.
John Grierson, commissioner of the National Film Board, recalled one of his most vivid memories from Normandy the cool precise planning and preparation at the Canadian headquarters during his recent trip.
British authorities unveil the 41 ton Churchill Crocodile flame throwing tank capable of fires up to 450 feet ahead and around corners. It mounts on a Churchill chassis with fuel in an armored trailer and can be jettisoned to revert to a standard tank. The weapon aims to crush German strongpoints and coast to coast efforts with deadly impact used first at Dieppe and later in Normandy after D-day.
A report claims Nazi leaders stored vast fortunes abroad as World War II ended. Goebbels supposedly hid £1,500,000 in South America and Japan, Himmler £500,000 in South America, and Ribben trop £1,400,000 in Geneva, The Hague, and Madrid. The piece cites the Kitchener Record and contrasts with barbaric acts and wartime artifacts.
Readers’ questions cover required details for temporary ration cards, handling missing owner addresses on ration books, returning unused books with notes, molasses coupon values for livestock feeding, and the correct removal of torn coupons from new books. Contact Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices for pamphlets Consumers' News and the Blue Book.
Time reports a sensational fountain pen hailed as leakproof at high altitudes. Invented by Hungarian journalist L. J. Biro, the Stratopen uses a ball bearing and gelatinous instant-drying ink fed by a tiny tube. Argentinian demand has exhausted 20,000 units in three months, and the U S Army reportedly negotiates for manufacture.
A Canadian Red Cross Society leaflet advises blood health without donor status. It stresses three meals daily with iron and protein rich foods. Iron sources include liver kidney meat eggs whole grains vegetables and legumes. protein from meat fish eggs cheese and dairy.
A compact aphorism advises valuing time by choosing company carefully. The saying suggests that if you have an hour to spare, you should avoid those who would waste it or fail to invest it meaningfully, emphasizing personal judgment in relationships and priorities.
The United Nations Information Organization cites Axia war plans and Nazi and Japanese policies driving forced labor. It estimates 7,000,000 enslaved in Germany, 5,000,000 North Chinese sent to Manchuria or Japan by 1942, and hundreds of thousands of Soviet prisoners and civilians shipped to German war industry. It lists conscription, deportations, and brutal penalties as tools, with detailed counts of Belgians, Czechs, Greeks, Dutch, Norwegians, Poles, Soviet Ukrainians, and Yugoslavs used as slave labor across occupied territories.
A naval spokesman says no steps have been taken to train an all Canadian fleet air arm. Canadians are training at Kingston and Pensacola, but after courses will join the Royal Navy rather than the Royal Canadian Navy. He notes RN light carriers had all Canadian air crews and the navy hopes for its own flat top ships one day.
At zero Fahrenheit temperature, sound waves propagate about 1090 feet per second. The note references a physical property of air and a temperature condition, indicating how speed of sound changes with temperature.
The Secretary of State for the Colonies approves advisory African Provincial Councils in Nyasaland's two provinces. Comprised of chiefs and responsible Africans under the Provincial Commissioner, the councils aim to facilitate government consultation, express African opinion, and foster political responsibility. A nationwide African Council may follow once provincial councils prove effective.
A collection of quoted lines on wisdom, memory, and rule driven living. Ramsay highlights seeds of thought becoming vast fields of new ideas. Johnson notes great life rules compacted into short sentences for easy recall. Tillotson likens wine sayings to dust of gold. Sir Henry Sidney urges committing wise sentences to memory. Tryon Edwards praises proverbs for guiding action by principle. Mary Baker Eddy asserts order as universal law in religion and science.
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