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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 10, 1946
Page
2
Canada faces food shortages mirroring global privation after war end. Crop failures worldwide, wartime transportation breakdowns, and limited shipping space drive urgent demand for wheat and cereals. The shortage is projected to worsen for four to five months until the 1946 cereal harvest.
UNRRA reports only four countries can export wheat now Canada United States Australia and Argentina Canada pledges peak export effort with 10 percent domestic milling cut and 50 percent distilling cut Rail priority for export and plans to boost shipments for months ahead Citizens urged to cut consumption and waste Britain Britain has already accepted diet cuts to aid relief efforts Prime Minister King calls it an urgent need for others in distress
Britain aims to capture a three hundred million dollar yearly niche once held by Germany and Japan by converting nearly one hundred factories from war production to alarm clocks. The effort hinges on reliable British clocks, contrasting with cheaper but poorer quality imports.
The opening of the United Nations second session in New York features Dr. Quo-Tai-Chi as chairman who will address the gathering in English. Chinese officials and ambassadors in English speaking countries communicate with fellow countrymen in English, reflecting their high proficiency. Dr Hsieh speaks English with a Scottish accent due to a childhood tutor. the Sun once likened him to a Chinese Harry Lauder.
In Seoul a battalion of American Army engineers reassembled three dismantled Budd pagoda sections in three days. The structure had rested in a park for 34 years after being taken apart in 1512, drawing crowds of thousands local observers.
The first half of the ten pounds of canning sugar will be available May 2 with coupons S8 to S12 valid. The balance may be purchased after July 4 when coupons S17 to S21 become valid. Butter coupons are eight ounces each. Dairy butter producers must register with the local ration board. For maximum rental on a room to ex serviceman, contact the Wartime Prices and Trade Board rentals department. Send questions or the Consumers News pamphlet request to the local Wartime board office.
The New York Herald Tribune notes American Airlines trained ninety stewardesses in sixteen years, the largest class by the airline. It recalls misgivings over brief tenures as stewardesses resign to marry or for other reasons, with an average stay of a year and a half and a gold pin after five years.
A UK firm that makes linen marking machines shifted to aircraft component parts during war and later retooled to laundry marking machines. Twenty five workers at the small factory helped process 28 million parts during the conflict, with 1 300 local volunteers enabling rapid wartime production. The manager credits the volunteers for accelerating the prewar output by about forty years.
A light strike at Riley grade school in East Chicago Indiana drew about one hundred students to walk out saying they were tired of being taught by old and ugly teachers and wanted young and pretty ones. The superintendent persuaded the pupils to return and said Riley teachers compared well with those in other East Chicago schools.
Upon Chopin's death in 1849 his coffin was sprinkled with Polish earth to honor his deep love for Poland. The ceremony marked a symbolic tribute by the nation to the composer whose music embodied national spirit.
A word puzzle list features numerous horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and partial fills. Readers navigate hints from chance wings high note to Mohammadan rulers and various geographic and scientific terms across two grids.
Barnett Sure of the University of Arkansas reports yeast enhances protein in foods and adds the vitamin E complex without altering taste. He suggests blending yeast with soy bean flour to enrich bread, soups, and desserts for low income groups, noting the soybean yeast mix could be inexpensive.
Planning helps when space is extremely limited and rows must be compact. Alternate quick and slow maturing crops to fit smaller gardens. Avoid rushing planting and note that Canadian gardeners sow in stages until after frost risk ends. Space needs vary: lettuce radish 12 inches, beans spinach 15 inches, corn tomatoes potatoes 18 inches to two feet.
Residents of Wimborn Minster England ducked for shelter as two swans collided in the main street crashing into a chimney and breaking a plate glass window. Glass scattered over shopping queues as onlookers watched the birds fight.
Miss Ellen Wilkinson announces a bold goal to train 90 000 building apprentices and craftsmen at a time in Britain’s technical colleges and institutes up from the prewar 30 000. Junior building schools rise from 400 to 5 000–6 000 annual intake as part-time day release blends work with study to prepare for County Colleges under the new Education Act.
An antiseptic oil claims fast relief from eczema itching rashes boils and simple ulcers with greaseless, stain free formula. It states itching ceases within days and eruptions dry up and scale off, offering speedy healing for barber’s itch and salt rheum.
A collage of quotations on conversation by Cowper Cicero Mary Baker Eddy Richard Steele Johnson Addison and a remark that peacock fans were known in Greece around 500 B.C. The fragmentary text blends reflections on manners culture and social equality with a brief historical note.
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