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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 12, 1944
Page
2
Postwar fate of Germany discussed amid Allied plans and Teheran talks. Officials caution against definite commitments, though a plan is believed to exist. Churchill Stalin and Roosevelt participated in a conference where future issues including Germany’s fate were raised.
The article discusses broad Allied aims to ensure peace and security after the war. It argues German war industries must be destroyed and oversight extended to remaining industries, including transport and power. Territorial settlements likely require Germany to relinquish aggression gains and redraw borders for European security.
Official circles reject partition as fueling unrest while warning against Germany losing industry. They foresee strong European integration to curb war potential and a global need to uproot Nazi ideology and replace it with sane thinking for stable postwar economic order.
An advertisement promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a remedy for constipation caused by low dietary bulk. It urges daily consumption with milk or cereals, plus ample water, and notes two convenient sizes from Kellogg's in London, Canada.
News of a working jet propelled craft by English inventor P H Wild and brother S O W Wild who renewed the British patent. The ten foot boat runs on jets of highly compressed combustion products, called ejector propulsion, a concept long explored by the Admiralty nearly fifty years ago.
A Moscow show of newly captured German arms includes an electrically controlled self propelled land torpedo used as an anti tank weapon. Tass News Agency notes the torpedo and a 10 barrel reactive mortar on an armored carrier were secret Nazi designs abandoned during the Leningrad retreat. Other exhibits include a 105mm gun with about 11 mile range and a 150mm gun exceeding 12 miles.
A compilation of short quotes on spring, love, sincerity, and simplicity from Jones, Percival, Cicero, Eddy, Longfellow, and Millay. The passages praise natural beauty, honest speech, and unadorned virtue, linking seasonal imagery with timeless wisdom.
Britain’s airfields cover more ground than the combined area of London and Middlesex. A flight from London to Liverpool, about 200 miles, keeps airfields in view at every turn along the route.
Report notes that riders on the Pony Express were expected to cover a 75 mile stretch in a single day. The milestone reflects the challenging pace and endurance required for rapid mail delivery across the route.
Mortimer Snord urges Canadians to guard against a Vitamin C shortage during weeks before garden vegetables return. He recommends daily orange or grapefruit, notes greens are scarce, and advises warming but not refrigerating grapefruits a week to improve ripeness and vitamin content.
A wartime guidance column explains sugar coupon value remains half a pound for preserves and outlines how to apply for business permits, purchase rules for rationed preserves, handling unused coupons, tea ration eligibility, and fair store practices. It directs readers to contact the Wartime Prices and Trade Board for pamphlets and Blue Book references.
Before the war about 300 000 Canadians filed income tax returns now around 200 000. Tax staff work is nearly seven times as great and assessments are in arrears. Many taxpayers wonder if 1942 returns are correct after a year and thousands await notices for 1941. Officials say extra help would not fix the year long backlog. Glass eyes were used by the Romans and Egyptians.
Cecil Lamont reports a U S perfected process to manufacture syrup from wheat with 1,000,000 pounds monthly production under way. Developed at Peoria northern lab and demonstrated at St Louis farm chemurgic conference. Wheat sugar could reach 60,000,000 pounds annually in Canada with plant adjustments. Ontario Alberta and Winnipeg plants noted.
Sergeant Agnes Little and Sergeant Kathleen Monaghan receive promotions in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Promotions also go to Staff Sergeant Catherine Angus Corporal Daisy Trevelyan and Sergeant Hazel Neil. Nancy Carroll visits Halifax CWAC facilities praising the corps.
A collage of short humorous exchanges and one liners. Jokes touch on music and hearing, marriage, family dynamics, driving mishaps, elephant trivia, bullying, horseback travel, and fashion. The tone mimics a light social page of witty anecdotes.
Six year old Nolan Edwards is believed to be Britain's youngest bellringer. Each Sunday he walks 2.15 miles to ring the bells at Shepshed Parish church near Loughborough, guided by his bell-ringing parents who started teaching him at age five.
Bert F. Wood of Winchester NH has spent 58 years crafting old fashioned grandfather clocks. He started at 15, makes the works first then builds the cabinet from piano wood bought at auctions and second-hand dealers. A clock takes about a month to complete.
Discover Moore's Emerald O11 for swift relief from tender aching burning feet. Two or three applications ease pain and soreness within minutes. available now at drugstores.
After daylight Luftwaffe raids failed to break London’s air defences the battle shifted to ground fire. The secret British 3.7 inch anti aircraft gun fired shells heavier and farther than the German 8 mm weapon and delivered vastly higher accuracy, contributing to hindering the German offensive in 1940.
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