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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1943
Page
2
In Canada and across the Empire wartime conditions reduced shipping, raw materials, and varied goods. Despite hardship, restrictions sparked adaptations and occasional advantages, with lessons in nutrition, public health, cooperation, and shared efforts between nations expected to endure after the war.
The British Empire strengthens through war years with closer ties and expanded colonial production. Rubber, petroleum, bauxite and food outputs rise in colonies such as Ceylon Kenya and Trinidad while tea and sugar grow, aiding Britain and Allies now and prosperity later.
Clement Attlee said wartime airfields will enable rapid air transport soon after the war. He noted Canada’s vast distances make air travel crucial for administration and commerce. He forecast the Alaska Highway could become a major arterial line of world traffic.
A string of light snippets covers family life and everyday quirks. A bride confesses she cannot cook, a groom jokes about poetry, and a camper recalls fishing and camping with friends. Local quirks and wartime production context appear in brief asides.
A list of instructors and locations for No. 12 Service Flying Training School in Brandon Manitoba No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School at Dafoe Saskatchewan and No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School at Macdonald Manitoba with air gunners and pilots from various Prairie and Rocky Mountain provinces. Also notes No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin Manitoba and No. 1 Central Navigation School at Rivers Manitoba with named personnel from Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba.
An officer later made wing commander baled out from a burning fighter at 25 000 feet. Fire threatened death before landing but a misadjusted harness saved him and he fell head down by one buckle. He survived without a broken neck on impact, per the London Sunday Dispatch.
Victory garden pest control is straightforward for small plots. Spraying beats dusting for lasting results, with full leaf coverage on warm calm days. Apply nicotine sulphate only at 70F or higher, use a quart plunger sprayer, repeat weekly until pests are checked.
A fragment sets a wartime tone with casual observations of oil industry life and home front details. The speaker notes lipstick on a drinking jug talcum on a bench cold cream on a surface plate and a bobby pin amid a brief wartime mood, ending with War is hell.
The Royal Navy has lost fewer than one out of 200 ships, with thousands of ships conc voyaged. It has sunk or captured more than 1,000,000 tons of enemy merchant shipping.
Combine 44 cup sugar 1 cup milk 1 egg and 2 tbsp melted butter or shortening. Add milk and egg then melted butter. Mix and sift dry ingredients. Bake in muffin tins about 25 minutes. Fresh green soy beans may be used as edible beans. cook like fresh peas until tender.
The article explains the term Reich as a ruling realm and traces Germany’s three government systems since 1871. It identifies the First Reich as the Empire, the Second Reich as the Weimar republic under Ebert and Hindenburg, and the Third Reich as the Nazi regime under Hitler.
In Untick Mass Sumner D Herseys family skipped meat for three weeks to save points for a birthday roast beef. Just before the 7 lb roast was carved their setter ate it.
W. D. Hay of the Dominion Experimental Station at Lethbridge reports that war conditions push winter wheat production in prairie provinces and raise prices. Higher demand shifts harvest timing earlier, aiding labor shortages. recommendations include September 1 seeding delay to avoid root rot and using hardy Kharkov M.C.22 varieties. The station records show winter wheat average yields of 27.3 bushels per acre versus 25 for spring wheat, with rare complete killouts in 28 years.
London Free Press notes the highway is complete allowing motorists to drive to the west coast given they have gas, tires, a new car, time and money. It mentions about 140 lizard species in North America with only the Gila Monster known to be poisonous.
A peculiar list of numbered clues spans languages and objects from poisons and beetles to sails and gods. It blends terms like poison, beetle, palm leaf, rodent, goddess of discord, war god and oats, inviting crossword style connections or translations.
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