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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
7
The British Empire has played a substantial role in the Pacific war from the Aleutians to Burma with Canadian Australian New Zealand Indian and West African troops fighting alongside British and American forces across multiple fronts.
The text notes Canadian soldiers and the Royal Canadian Air Force in Hong Kong and Aleutian campaigns, Australia’s large contribution in the Pacific, and Herbert Morrison's remark that British, Australian, and Indian manpower matches the United States. It cites five-ninths of Southwestern Pacific land forces as Australian, responsible for Buna Milne Bay and Sonananda successes this year.
The Royal Australian Navy helped Allied Pacific successes by transporting troops and equipment and taking part in assaults on the Solomons and Guadalcanal. The New Zealand Navy contributed to fighting in the area, sinking several Japanese submarines. Air forces of Australia and New Zealand earned numerous victories and conducted extensive reconnaissance. Indian troops fought with British divisions in Burma alongside West African troops known for jungle prowess. Empire forces are predicted to be deployed to the Pacific with many comrades who laid solid foundations for victory.
The London Free Press recounts where Ottawa premiers lived. Macdonald resided at Earnscliffe overlooking the Ottawa River. Laurier’s Sandy Hill brick house became Mackenzie King’s property. Borden owned a stone residence now housing the Chinese minister. Meighen kept a modest downtown home. Lord Bennett occupied rooms in the Chateau Laurier.
A quirky note describes a bone placed in canary cages and a bill sharpener used as an internal shell for a cuttlefish, blending oddball details into a single, whimsical image.
The United Kingdom Information Office director in Ottawa, M. R. K. Burge, leaves for London to rejoin the International Labour Office. Known for his humor and worldliness, he leaves Ottawa with warm regard. The Ottawa Journal notes a lasting welcome should he return. The first electrical locomotive headlight patent dates to 1981.
Q and A cover rent fixation for a room with kitchen use, six months’ notice to vacate with a September to April blackout, private car sale allowed with four day notice to a board office, price ceiling limits by Motor Vehicle Controller, shopping for non transferable hunters’ ammunition, and how to request guidance on remaking centres from Wartime Prices and Trade Board in the province.
A U.S. National Research Council report says with atabrine a synthetic quinine substitute malaria can be eliminated in civilized nations after the war. Large scale quinine production is not key for military malaria management. postwar knowledge should enable malaria elimination globally.
In Ontario a Toronto woman Mrs Thomas C Malone baked 46 Christmas cakes weighing 210 pounds by end of August to supply the Irish Regiment for Canada stationed in England and France as part of the final mailing date of October 25 for Christmas parcels. Benjamin Franklin is cited as believing inventions should aid the public and that patents should not be monetized.
Hon Angus Macdonald, Navy Minister, urged that Canada must never again let its Navy fall into the neglect endured in the 1930s and 1970s. He cited wartime achievements as vital foundations and warned against postwar economy harming national security, recalling a London Times warning about reliance on savings over safety. He stressed Canada’s duty to maintain defense from sea to sea with own strength and honor.
Federal officials project a prosperous 1944 for the Canadian fur industry with hopes of beating 1943’s $27,694,164 raw fur value. Indians Eskimo and whites supplied about 40 percent of catches in Canadian territories as fur farming investments reach about $40,000,000.
The piece laments war's cost in England and London as homes hospitals and history suffer, while Paris is spared capital-scale damage and Rome survives with few scars amid a history of war guilt and prior conflicts. It notes French forces reclaimed Paris without fighting for its capital, highlighting ironies of the conflict.
In a western town a service wire fell across the main street blocking traffic. Officials warned against touching the live line as they waited for access. The editor called for two reporters to cover the event and its aftermath.
The piece urges Canada to adopt north-south thinking and develop the northern regions, echoing Roosevelt's Bremerton speech. It criticizes Ottawa departments for slow northern administration, citing Alaska and the Aleutians as strategic factors and calling for parliamentary action to match U.S. northern routes and defense initiatives.
Navy engineer in Washington was summoned to raise temperature in an overcooled air conditioned suite after a complaint by Polar Explorer Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Doctors report summer business thriving since air conditioning his capital. La Earle Mayfield, Texas ex-senator’s son, arrived in Washington from Houston and was hospitalized with pneumonia.
A note estimating the fuel for keeping a fast navy plane aloft for one hour would be enough to run an automobile from Montreal to England, illustrating the vast consumption by naval aviation.
A cryptic OCR fragment notes the thorda of Norway rising sharply from water to a high level between two and three thousand units, with unclear phrasing and figures. The readable bits suggest a coastal event or warning of rapid water level increase affecting coastlines.
A St Catharines Standard reprint cites a United Press witness in liberated Lublin describing a mass camp scene of over half a million dead. It quotes Ilya Ehrenburg on murder vans and urges remembrance, arguing Russians should not forget and call for a Muscovite scourge through Germany, overdue.
The war has lowered hunting pressure leading to a surge in duck populations. Wintering grounds are heavily used and crops suffer significant damage as many ducks leave water to raid fields. Wheat, corn, and rice crops are especially affected.
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