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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1944
Page
3
The piece warns inflation as a wartime evil that harms national welfare. It cites rising prices and wages as a dangerous spiral leading to financial disaster. It notes that Canada Britain and the United States enacted measures to curb price and wage increases to prevent inflation.
Public support has aided extensive government control to curb inflation amid wartime. Despite challenges, nations with such schemes show more economic stability than those without. Canada has benefited from public awareness since the war began and strong cooperation to maintain price stability.
Public officials warn that economic stability needs ongoing restraints despite a return to normalcy. Citizens are urged to persist with war savings spending caution and accept continued precautions as Canada faces a critical postwar period.
An advertising note touts Kellogg's All-Bran as a kinder alternative to dosing for constipation caused by lack of dietary bulk. It recommends an ounce daily or muffins, plenty of water, and notes production in London, Canada.
War impact on livestock shows sharp declines in Britain Holland Belgium Russia Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia and Greece. Germany may still hold or exceed prewar horse numbers. Authorities warn of a huge task to supply farm power for restoration, signaling strong ongoing demand for Canadian horses.
The article reports 5118 Smiths in the Canadian Army including 362 William Smiths, 44 from Toronto. Browns total 3071 and Joneses 1693, suggesting the Smiths and Browns can keep up with the Joneses in this comparison of names and origins.
A quirky seaside vignette shows a stout man at a weighing machine hearing the voice One at a time please A string of jokes follows about milk pasteurization a castle hag a landlord and a boy in bakery business, all in playful mispronunciations and wordplay Reflecting a nostalgic humor column with brief cartoonlike exchanges
A citizen asks about conditional sales and finds them illegal under Wartime Prices and Trade Board Order No. 302. Answers confirm identical coupon values for brown and white sugar, cranberry sauce on the ration list with twelve ounce coupons, and the need for permits to start a new business. The next ration book is issued October 14 to 21, and readers should contact the Wartime Prices and Trade Board office with questions or orders for pamphlets.
The Chinese News Service reports tea experts optimistic about a rebound in China's tea trade. They note wide tea production areas and only light wartime damage, predicting a booming market within three to four years once seaports reopen.
Refugees from Alderney meet in London to plan herd restoration for Channel Islands dairy cattle. Henry Gauvain warns that restoring pure Jersey and Guernsey stock is essential to preserve breed perfection, with outsiders willing to supply pedigreed stock if island herds remain thinned.
The Commonwealth government outlines a postwar air network to link every Australian locale within 24 hours. Twenty two centres connected by trunk routes would each cover a 300 mile radius by air or surface transport. Airdromes exist, RAF personnel would staff, and 18 modern airliners suffice. The scheme would transform life in remote areas.
The Calgary Herald argues Canadian wartime policy should prioritize welcoming British war brides of Canadian soldiers. It urges that no immigrant group be more welcome, praising British refugees while placing kin first. The piece frames hospitality as a duty to defend allied kin amid Nazi persecution.
In a CWAC spotlight L Cpl Molly Lamb of Vancouver paints stage scenery for the Canadian Army Show and gains notice after gallery exhibitions in Toronto last year. Furlough details describe Banff as a premier service-women holiday center with YWCA supervision and popular ranges of recreation. Brenda Campbell of Edmonton, a CWAC overseas veteran, boasts war deeds as an ack ack plotter. Lucy McCarthy of Winnipeg returns home to Fort Osborne Barracks after wartime service.
Various religious groups across India reportedly oppose animal killing within their communities, reflecting a spectrum of ethical and ritual stances. Authorities note ongoing debates over dietary norms, animal welfare, and religious freedom as reformers push for stricter protections.
Lance Corporal Jacqueline Irvine of Rouleau Saskatchewan serves in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. She loves driving, especially tractors, but wears the new C W A C vehicle driver outfit as she poses with a panel truck. The uniform includes khaki shirt brown tie a Kepi inspired cap serge fabric four pleats and a grenade pocket. She is a girl driver in service.
After a year trial square milk bottles in quarts and half-pints in Cedar Rapids and across the United States proved successful. The shift from round bottles aimed to save cold storage space and increase truck loads. About 45 percent more milk could be stored and moved in lighter, more compact cases that use one third less space in trucks. Grocers note 36 square quarts fit on a shelf that held 23 round bottles.
Belgian Queen Mother Elizabeth defied a German order to proceed to Germany after King Leopold’s removal in June. She locked herself in her apartment at Laken Palace and told the German commander by telephone that he would have to drag her from the palace. Attempts at persuasion failed.
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