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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1946
Page
5
The Bran don Sun reports a plan to convert returned servicemen into male nurses amid a nurse shortage. It notes veterans with orderlie experience and first aid skills could start training, aiming to raise male nurses from six hundred to sixty thousand and balance hospital staffs with equal male and female nurses.
A 45 inch midget named Miss Helen Magna was found living in a telephone booth in a Broadway theater lobby with an alarm clock stove bread milk and salmon. She said crowded New York left no room for a midget and she moved in and then had to move again.
In a tale of suspicion and fear a headlines making crime grips a town. Kay Todd and Tom are jailed for the murder of Mr Thomas Todd amid questions of motive and alibi. Jake Smith confesses later after a tense pursuit and arrest ensues.
The article notes how old grocery and coal bills reveal price hikes since World War I and II. It contrasts pre and post war costs, cites wage growth, and highlights that 1911 civic laborers earned 25 cents an hour while today cities pay about 60 cents.
The London Times urges Grosvenor Square as the site for a Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial statue. The editorial says the monument should stand at the square's center with the surrounding garden preserving the memory of fraternal bonds formed there.
A collection of quick quips and light humor about daily life. Bits include a conversation on locomotives and motives, child misunderstandings, a banker joke, family banter, a park keeper and a pram, and a pun about breeches.
Japanese voters spoiled hundreds of ballots by writing Gen. MacArthur as a diet candidate. Many ballots were invalid due to terse penciled notes demanding more food.
A horn blasting from a car near Chicago police headquarters continued for nearly two hours. Sgt. John Moroney and officers struggled to silence it amid irate calls from residents. Cleveland Andrew, a nearby resident, kicked a front wheel and the horn stopped.
Pattern 4562 offers a feminine frock with side waist insets shoulder yokes and keyhole neckline. Available sizes 12 14 16 18 20 and 40 with size 16 requiring 2% yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 20 cents and include Size Name Address and Style Number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
The soft wood mace built in 1780 and used at Ontario’s first assembly in Upper Canada was retired to the Parliament Chamber for final ceremonies before prorogation. Premier Drew noted the relic, seized by US forces in the War of 1812 and returned recently, will be placed in a glass case to mark Ontario’s growth since 1792 at Newark.
The antiseptic Moone's Emerald Oil, widely known in Canada, is advertised as a healing agent for eczema barber's itch salt rheum and itching toes. It is described as pleasant to use antiseptic and penetrating, with many long standing cases yielding to its influence. Sold by drug gists with satisfaction or money back.
A compact recipe brief describes a topping made from Grape-Nuts Flakes, melted butter, and grated Canadian cheese. Heat flakes in a pan, add butter, toss, then mix in cheese. Use as topping for creamed dishes or casseroles. bacon or ham bits may be added. onion can be cooked in the butter.
A simple bake recipe combines mashed potatoes and cheese with minced onion, formed into balls, then rolled in crushed Grape-Nuts Flakes. Bake on a greased sheet in a 400 degree oven for about 20 minutes yields six servings.
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