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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
1
A Winnipeg couple, husband a Dieppe veteran with severe wounds and wife a CWAC member with overseas service, enroll in the Charleswood branch of the Canadian Legion. The Tribune notes equal status for male and female veterans and urges participation in the upcoming Victory Loan campaign.
Local items report duck shooting season starting next Monday September 18. Delegates to Winnipeg conventions travel from Rivers with L N Bell and J A McKenzie among others. Visitors include Mrs M Berkey and Mrs Gilbert Parker. Descriptions cover church renovations, family arrivals overseas, and community plans. Harvest progress and upcoming street improvements by the Town Council are noted along with reflections on September and October weather and gratitude for harvest results.
The notice lists postal deadlines for sending parcels to regions including the Far East and Middle East with specific dates such as Sept 15, Oct 5, Oct 10, and Oct 25. Effective Sept 11 1944 a Civilian Air Letter service will start to many dominions and colonies, with the Armed Forces Blue Air Letter usable until a new form is issued.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board orders require posting price schedules in barber shops and beauty parlors. A W Hart advises schedules must list all services and maximum charges. Operators must keep duplicate service records and prices charged to each customer. A Winnipeg beauty parlor operator was fined for noncompliance.
Canadians hail Hon Angus Macdonald as naval affairs minister for reporting the Canadian navy escorted to Britain the largest convoy ever, more than one million tons of cargo on about 150 ships. He notes pre Normandy invasion ships carried two percent of close convoy work, boosting Canada’s war influence.
Since the start of the year the Royal Canadian Navy has doubled its involvement in critical North American to United Kingdom maritime duties, stepping up twice its former share of the workload in this important scholarly work.
Henry Kroeger of Rivers reports five calves missing around late August, three red and two white faced, seeking information on their whereabouts and offering thanks for any help.
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