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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1946
Page
1
The 10 pound per person canning sugar allotment continues this year with coupons: 8 to 12 good May 2 for 5 pounds, extra S coupons valid July 4, regular sugar preserves at 2 coupons per month May through August. Grocers should advise customers there is no rush to cash coupons and to avoid stocking up on other items.
The 1916 National Barley Contest outlines four key dates. June 15 closes entries. June 29 for field judging applications. November 15 closes sampling for farm feed. November 30 is the final day for unspecified actions. Provincial committees oversee Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with listed contacts.
Contestants may ship their carload of competing barley and mail applications for grain judging to the Chairman National Committee as in the other case.
May ration schedule lists coupons M6 M36 M37 M38 M39 with May dates and RL to R0 RO May 2 ROS May 16 and R9 May 23. S sugar coupons S1 to S14 allow sugar canning and regular needs with butter half pound and notes from Longfellow.
Manitoba Minister of Mines on Natural Resources J S McDiarmid says tourist business is good for the province and projects eight to ten million dollars spent by visitors from the south as Manitoba hosts a larger tourist flow. He stresses citizen friendliness and international goodwill during Canada wide Tourist Educational Week.
Commissioner G G Gordon arriving in Montreal reports rising European interest in moving to Canada. He travels to Ottawa to discuss future immigration policy with Canadian officials. Gordon notes thousands in Europe want to settle in Canada and credits Canadian servicemen as their best salesmen.
Winston Churchill received a despatch announcing the Tunisian campaign’s end. Field Marshal Alexander of Tunis rose from Irish Guards officer to commander in Burma and North Africa, then to Canada’s Governor General during a critical postwar era, praised for leadership, diplomacy, and wide travel to strengthen ties with Britain.
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