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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1943
Page
4
A survey of postwar topics notes refugee aid and occupation policy, Britain planning for a homeguard equivalent to front line troops, Canada accelerating air transport after the war, and new road and currency developments affecting Allied forces in Sicily and North Africa. The Gestapo tightens border controls as wartime security continues.
An Anne Adams sewing pattern 4438 features a frock with frock trim and sleevelets. It offers contrasting fabric options and is available in misses and women sizes 14 to 40 with size 16 requiring 2 1 2 yards fabric and 1 yard contrast. Send 20 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba for orders with name address and style number.
Secret government documents in Great Britain are shredded in machines instead of burned. The resulting shreds are sent to pulping mills to be made into new paper, highlighting a transition in disposal practices and recycling.
Western provinces see reduced freight charges for war salvage shipments aiding volunteer committees. Ottawa's Salvage Priority List urges households and businesses to collect fats and bones for glycerine, ten thousand tons of tires and tubes, various scrap metals, brass bronze copper, and cotton rags to support war industries.
The article notes Ragusa's link to Napoleon marshal Marmont who became Duke of Ragusa. It cites Marmont’s 20,000 man withdrawal at Paris and a secret convention with the enemy, shaping the name Ragusa as a symbol of betrayal for French history.
A dispatch reports Charles Schwab named president of the Steel Trust with a salary of one million dollars annually. Sam Bennett, acting city editor, places it on an inside page. his boss questions why it isn’t front page news. Bennett later receives a raise.
A late night taxi encounter ends with Macpherson handing the driver a coin after a dispute over tipping. The driver complains of extra payment while Macpherson agrees and requests illumination under a lamp.
Devotional text outlines Exodus 13 to 15 with Moffatt’s rendering of God guiding Israel by a roundabout path to the desert and the Red Sea. It recounts Moses urging action, the crossing of the Red Sea, and the destruction of Pharaoh’s host, plus reflections on training the undisciplined people and Joseph’s bones being carried.
A Netherlands submarine that fought off three destroyers two corvettes two planes and a cruiser to torpedo a 14000 ton tanker in the Java Sea last year arrived in Britain after an 18000 mile journey from the Netherlands East Indies via the United States. The submarine now returns to the war in the Atlantic.
In 1795 the British Navy made lemon juice compulsory as an anti-scurvy tonic for sailors. The policy aimed to prevent scurvy and improve crew health during long voyages.
The London Spectator weighs bomber losses against the vast industrial output of Britain the United States and Canada arguing that even high nightly losses cannot halt raids. It compares air casualty figures to Somme casualties and notes much output goes to other theaters, meaning losses will not soon restrain Germany raids.
While visiting England and Ireland, Mrs Roosevelt spoke to an elderly woman who wished for safe return of sons. The woman revealed a son serving in the Middle East and identified herself as Lady Montgomery mother of the Eighth Army’s commander. Financial Post.
The Toronto Art Gallery hangs three drawings by Molly Lamb of the Canadian Women's Army Corps portraying daily CWAC life. A 21 year old Galiano Island native, she studied at the Vancouver School of Art and has exhibited in London and San Francisco.
Chief Petty Officer Edward Boswell, the Royal Navy's oldest sea cook who enlisted in 1905, shares his own recipes with students. They learn dishes like sea pie, babies' heads, Chinese wedding cake, bangers and North Sea pheasants, reflecting naval culinary tradition.
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