The Sacrifice
Mrs Brady and Jim endure a crowded boat ride and suffocating heat. They ride home in a streetcar with soot in their faces and crowded passengers. She struggles to express why her heart feels heavy, finally crying herself to sleep.
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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1947
Page
4
Mrs Brady and Jim endure a crowded boat ride and suffocating heat. They ride home in a streetcar with soot in their faces and crowded passengers. She struggles to express why her heart feels heavy, finally crying herself to sleep.
A long, critical survey traces slavery from ancient times to present, detailing peonage in Guatemala and Argentina, slave trade in Africa, and ongoing coercive practices in Asia and Abyssinia. It notes UN interest, Danish abolition history, and the need for a robust world organization to end foreign troop deployments.
Elmore Philpott argues Britain faces a crisis from misaligned trade and money systems. He notes Britain imports 42 percent from the Americas but exports 14 percent there, urging Canada and the U S to accept pounds sterling payments to reduce loan dependence as Britain borrows billions in 1947.
Nutritionists extol milk as a key health source. They urge adults to drink half to a full pint daily and children to have a pint to a quart daily for calcium and overall well being.
An appeal to parents to cooperate with educational authorities calls for continued home reinforcement of classroom training in punctuality team play and discipline. It emphasizes that children learn rules of social behavior for their personal profit and communal good.
Mrs. Brady, 52, attends a wartime staff picnic with her husband Jim. She confronts aging, social pressure, and memories of their children as she endures the hot, crowded event and a fall during the ladies over‑50 race.
Threshing begins in the district as crops look promising and rainfall did little harm. Notables include George Lindsay, Harold Kellner and Billie Kellner working at Erie Manitoba. The Whitemouth United church ladies hosted a meeting at Mrs P R Paulson’s home. Clara Sinclair is improving and may leave hospital soon.
August 13 greetings at the municipal hall after councillor resignation prompts nominations for a later election. Wayne Carlson and family visit. Edna Kantola of Detroit related. August 25 Anglican service at White mouth draws Seven Sisters attendance as Bishop Lofthouse presides. Curling rink progress noted and school board held August 22 meeting.
Health experts warn Canadians that protecting the skin guards against burns abrasions cuts and extreme temperatures. Those handling toxic substances or radiation should use all provided protective devices to prevent contact and infection.
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