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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1947
Page
3
After the New Year Dance many have wrong overshoes or none at all causing swapped or ill fitting footwear. Mrs. George Lewis lost a new zipper overshoe and hopes the finder will return them once sober. The piece warns against laughing and notes a possible tea and cake perk if trades are reversed.
Figures released this week show 664 583 Army personnel discharged by end of November 1946. The process includes 552 710 General Service soldiers 90 495 NRMA personnel and 21 378 Canadian Women's Army Corps members. A Privy Council Order allows re establishment credit to settle Militia Pension Act contributions before new pension eligibility. A new rule raises the cost to discharge on request from 80 to 100 dollars in certain periods or 4 per month for remaining time, with options for leave or free transportation home.
Great Falls community reports school reopened on January 6 with no holidays until Easter. George Cobb returned home with his daughter Lois and new son Gerald Wayne. Children shovel snow to clear skating rink while others skate on the river by Martin's Point. Valerie and Corinne Jacques were found after a scare missing from four o’clock. they were later discovered at a nearby house inspecting a Christmas tree. Recreation club held crib social in Anderson Hall January 9 with prizes awarded to Jules Gauthia, Kenneth Fergusson, and consolation prizes to Mrs. M Thorbergs onson and Kenneth Texmo. Mrs. W J Doherty hosted a tea for her daughter Mrs. Robert Clarke of Belfast, Ireland, with Mrs. Stewart Clarke assisting. Johnnie Samwalkd of Winnipeg, rejoining the Air Force, traveled via bus to Edmonton. Drivers warned about road traffic to gravel pits due to ongoing work between Great Falls and the gravel pit.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will be accompanied on their 1947 South Africa tour by two Royal Trains equipped by Marconi with real time radio links. Each train features 60 loudspeakers and broadcasting receivers for announcements and press reports. The pilot train has a Marconi high speed short wave transmitter and keying gear for rapid news transmission.
Britain reports progress in fitting disabled persons for work and placing them in employment. Firms with twenty or more staff must hire disabled workers at three percent of payroll. Special factories, hostels, and workshops aid rehabilitation, with focus on psychiatric cases and partially paralysed trainees.
Government announces a summary of goods and services still under legal maximum prices under Wartime Prices and Trade Regulations. Details are in Order No. 684 available at Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices for exact terms.
A long list of items subject to price ceilings across categories including food staples bakery products cereals rice dried legumes sugar syrups honey maple products canned fruits meats fats oils and animal fats, produce like apples and tomatoes, canned goods, beverages, textile fibers, agricultural equipment, building materials, household appliances and transportation equipment. The schedule covers flour products, dairy, meats, edible fats, plants and seeds, papers, packaging, and services linked to warehousing, laundering, meals, printing, and custom manufacturing.
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