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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1945
Page
2
The article urges pride in Canadian citizenship and British Commonwealth ties. It notes Canada’s diverse origins yet shared rights and duties and calls for serious reflection on these privileges. It argues lasting world peace depends on removing racial barriers and fostering international cooperation starting with domestic unity.
Dr H M Tory former president of the University of Alberta and noted Canadian educator argues that many Canadians still identify by racial origin rather than by citizenship. He urges a clear Canadian citizenship within the British Commonwealth to guide Canada’s role in world affairs amid proximity to the United States and Russia and ties to Britain and France.
A Canadian Council of Education for Citizenship seeks to deepen understanding of citizenship rights duties and national life. It aims to educate those filing citizenship papers and native born Canadians about advantages obligations and the meaning of citizenship.
In 1727 Voltaire faced a hostile London street mob shouting kill the Frenchman. He defended himself by asking if he should be punished for not being English, provoking cheers and safe conduct back to his inn.
A compact collection of quotes on individuality from Henry Van Dyke Giles Mary Baker Eddy Spur geon and John Stuart Mill. It emphasizes that personal identity and singular effort power progress beyond crowded society. The insight follows that greatness comes from unique individuals rather than masses.
An antiseptic product claims to relieve itching and accelerate healing of open sores boils eczema and other skin eruptions. The ad touts rapid relief for Barber's Itch Salt Rheum Itching Toes and feet with a promise of guaranteed satisfaction at drugstores.
Western Canada faces a shift in dairy farming as many Prairie Province farmers cut back on dairying after 1944 grain profits. Some dairy herds shrink while farms convert to beef production to reduce layout. The Quarterly Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics notes the trend is nascent but likely to intensify through winter and impact milk and related products in 1945.
A humorous quote parodies wartime food statistics by calculating a supposed 200,000,000 ton French need versus 262,000 tons shipped. It mocks per capita consumption with exaggerated figures and ends noting French chefs would suggest a pinch of salt with such statistics.
A green army guard at a gate refused entry to a car unless it had a special tag. A high ranking officer sat inside and told the driver to move forward. The guard stopped the car and asked the officer who he should shoot, admitting he was new to the job.
Wartime guidance answers readers questions on extending eviction deadlines under rent control changing ration book addresses and forwarding syrup coupons. The notices also cover canning sugar coupon quantities and how to obtain the Consumers' News pamphlet or Blue Book from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
Mr Al Fred Stirling, appointed as Australian high commissioner to Canada, will reside in Ottawa soon. He currently serves as counsellor to the Australian legation to the Netherlands government.
A series of quick jokes and cartoons feature a husband and wife mischief, a bus driver quip, a waiter reply about half a duck, a child’s classroom miscue, a father and son exchange, and a maid’s first day telephone blunder. The final line notes the origin of luxury from luxus meaning excess.
Sgt Rose Mae Mercier of Regina aims to pursue a University BA aided by CWAC gratuities and rehabilitation credits. Her Saskatchewan career spans Dundurn Camp and Prince Albert with the Eskimo scheme, while her sister in the CWAC serves and others train in London and Ottawa. Pte Jean White and Pte Isabel Young also noted.
The Dodge plant in Chicago, maker of engines for B 29 Superfortresses, saw its 124th and 125th strikes since December 1942 as workers walked out over foreman supervision and idle-time machine setup. The Buffalo Courier-Express notes the strikes may set a world record, but marks the situation as not a record to be proud of. Ancient Greek claim noted by philologists as a perfect language is mentioned in passing.
Air Services Minister C. D. Howe says Canada is the world’s second largest operator of domestic flights after the United States. Trans-Canada Air Lines runs the only regular non stop passenger and mail service between the continent and the United Kingdom with three round trips weekly, plans to reach daily service. The Lancasters used are Canadian built for trans Atlantic mail and military cargo bound for overseas personnel.
A railway manual notes that a locomotive cab contains 57 distinct controls. It states a man must know and understand the use of all 57 to operate an engine competently.
A clipped note describes baked elephant foot as one of Africa’s greatest bushman delicacies. The fragment emphasizes traditional hunter gatherer fare and culinary claims within a historical context.
Col Alfred Wise proposes Britain stationing a peacetime army in Germany for 20 to 25 years to free British land for agriculture and to expose Germans to restraint. He argues Germany would benefit education toward peace as Britons train there and the world gains a longer term stabilizing influence. Owen Sound Sun-Times.
A prisoner at Birmingham Quarter Sessions chose A. R. Churchill after the Recorder began naming counsel with backs to the defendant. The accused, charged with house breaking, bound over for two years and urged to buy War Savings Stamps.
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