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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1946
Page
2
A 1945 Liberty Magazine editorial rebukes Canada’s penitentiary system as a breeding ground for habitual criminals. It urges public pressure for reforms to offer youths a chance at reform and useful lives, citing reform-minded figures like R. Gordon Burgoyne and promising future articles on prison methods abroad.
The piece recalls Canada’s 1938 Archambault penal reform report and a penologist's critique. It argues the system remains antiquated, cites 188 repeat offenders with 3,434 convictions and over 4 million dollars in costs, and urges swift reform despite limited action.
President Truman, five weeks before headlines, walks early each dawn on one way streets near the White House and through deserted government buildings. Only a naval officer saluted as the president sought unobserved strolls and imagined ways to continue such mornings unmolested.
Detectives from Scotland Yard shadow Princess Elizabeth on public outings with a Guards escort and a Lady in Waiting. The Bagatelle in the West End draws crowds hoping to glimpse the princess while staff and patrons remain unaware of security observers.
Practical tip explains using two safety pins stuck diagonally through the cork opposite each other. By pulling the upper ends of the pins, the cork can be pulled out easily. This method is useful when a corkscrew or knife is unavailable while traveling.
Question and answer overview on who may obtain ration cards in Canada visitors staying seven days or more, hotel rate cards, replacing damaged ration books, and validity of certain butter sugar and meat coupons. Also instructions to contact Wartime Prices and Trade Board for pamphlets.
A metropolitan newspaper reports that requests for unusual items like a back scratcher trigger a flood of offers, showing how advertising columns yield quick responses and value for readers seeking rare articles.
The Treasury Joaned 14,000 tons of silver worth 400 million dollars for electromagnets at Oak Ridge Tennessee. The huge magnets nearly 100 times the Berkeley Cyclotron size challenged workers with strong magnetic forces pulling nails and tools from hands. Non ferrous tools and non magnetic steel were adopted to cope with the field.
Shirley Molohon, named Miss Photoflash of 1946 in Chicago, signs a film contract and heads to Hollywood. Studio makeup men apply the Hollywood touch as she begins a new screen career with a major studio.
Rt Hon Lord Brabazon the first British licensed aviator recounts winning the Daily Mail £1000 in 1909 for a circular mile in an all English machine. He says he flew without shoes or coat to gain 60 feet and notes flying was not dangerous then, only the challenge of rising above houses and trees.
The governor-general of Canada is styled His Excellency and leads the precedence table, followed by the prime minister. His wife is titled Her Excellency in the ceremonial order.
A full crossword puzzle grid style list of Across and Down clues with definitions. The entries cover common English vocabulary from melody and bulk to palm leaf and Japanese drama plus vertical clues including unaccompanied exists slang tease insects and more. The solution set references names and basic terms typical of a newspaper puzzle.
The article explains growing annual flowers like cosmos, marigolds, zinnias, petunias, portulaca, alyssum, and nicotiana in Canada. It covers seed starting, transplanting, spacing, and care, plus simple pest prevention and the value of government bulletins and good sprays for common garden diseases and insects.
The remote Marble Bar gold mining town in Northwestern Australia records extreme heat with thermometers often at 120 degrees. Residents recall a 162 day period over 100 degrees centigrade about 22 years ago, marking a historic heat event.
Hilton Ira Jones recalls a neighbor bragging about afternoon hay and Cornell University scientists confirm. Flowers also last about ten hours longer if cut around 4 p.m. rather than in the morning as plant leaves make sugar with sun exposure, helping blooms stay fresh longer.
A compact collection of aphoristic lines from Carlyle Mary Baker Eddy Emerson and Eliot stressing living in the present. The verses urge making the most of today and building a solid base for tomorrow with mercy family and virtue. The tone echoes late 19th to early 20th century literary wisdom.
Captain Stanley Ridge of the Toronto Fire Department warns that cigarettes are the leading fire hazard, causing more fires than any other record in the city. He urges caution with lighted smoking materials to prevent blazes.
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