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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1944
Page
7
A postwar plan envisions county libraries to deliver free books to rural Canada. The concept pools resources from several communities, staffs a central library with a bookmobile, and shares volumes across districts to reach isolated areas.
The piece recalls Goering’s pledge that bombs would not fall on the Reich and cites Napoleon II on never saying never. It also notes British carrier pigeons in North Africa reportedly delivering a message 35 miles in 32 minutes.
Wartime controls are being relaxed gradually as metal products and chemicals see loosened limits. Officials caution that war production remains a priority while prices and supply shift toward civilian use. Aluminum, copper, lead, chrome and zinc are released for civilian purposes, with use regulated by the prices board. Lumber restrictions are also expected to ease this year, improving building supplies alongside increased steel and hardware.
The five Royal Navy sloops credited with destroying six U-boats in 20 days emerge as a leading solution to the U boat threat. Sloops, faster and larger and more heavily armed than frigates, form a key escort group that has helped reduce Doenitz's submarine menace.
A peculiar note explains amphibian life cycles stating that frogs absorb water through their skin and swallow air rather to breathe. It claims the skin splits as the frog grows cold, and the animal pulls it off and swallows it.
A new cap badge is authorized for members of the Canadian Technical Training Corps of the Canadian Army. Enlistment requires Overseas medical category, high mental calibre, and at least 17 years old with parental consent and school principal recommendation. Training includes two weeks of initial prep, a three month orientation, and ten month courses in clerical drafting electricity machine shop or automotive with nine hours weekly military training. Centres are in Victoria Salkatoon Sask Hamilton Toronto Montreal. Members proceed overseas after turning nineteen.
Ten British housewives will be chosen by the Ministry of Health to live in and test 10 new experimental homes near London. They will evaluate labor saving design and modern equipment, then advise improvements to shape Britain's plan to build 4,500,000 homes over the coming decade.
This Week's Needlework presents a crochet project with a fan motif and embroidered flowers. Include scarfs and pillow cases using Pattern 7658 which features motifs 31. transfer pattern measures 7 x 21 inches by 13 inches with crochet directions and materials list. Send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
A floodlit eighty foot tunnel built by the London and North Eastern Railway allows locomotives to be examined during blackouts. Fluorescent lighting lines the tunnel walls for visibility and inspection.
An American pilot flying in China believes he discovered a mountain taller than Mount Everest but his main worry was returning home rather than measuring altitudes. The reporter notes the off course sighting and the emphasis on safety over precise elevation data.
Canadian towns including Montreal Saskatoon and Fort Erie report strong salvage drives during 1943 135000 pounds collected by Black Plan pickup 489822 pounds raised for the Red Cross valued at 3290 44. Montreal urges volunteers to save life by saving salvage.
A Bristol Post note by S. P. B. outlines fairness toward American visitors. It lists nine points: Americans are foreigners with limited British ancestry. language similarities mislead. Americans are young in spirit. initial mistakes stem from enthusiasm. culturally they favor comfort. humility in status is mutual. Americans often misread British reserve as hostility. Americans come from a close social culture. and mutual friendliness depends on understanding.
A fluorescent plastic envelope that glows under near ultraviolet light enables map reading in darkness. The invention lights up routes for explorers and military personnel, enhancing navigation where standard illumination is unavailable.
A concise historical note explains that U-boat is short for Unterseeboot, the German word for submarine, with the term meaning underwater boat.
Heroic stories tell of Dutch Gretchen and Polish Irena who fought as guerrilla units while men were captured. Yugoslav women man machine guns in London outlets and many Czech, Polish, French, and Dutch women aided underground networks. Reports note women as couriers, reporters, nurses, and gun crews risking torture and death as Nazi forces pursued resistance.
From March 1943 to March this year more than 200 U boats were destroyed. U-boat crew casualties exceeded 100 men killed or captured, while Allied shipping losses stayed low enough to replace wartime losses and even build a sizable reserve.
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