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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1945
Page
2
The article notes Britain's civilian sacrifices in wartime, detailing rural land and homes donated for airfields and training grounds. It cites removal of concrete runways for postwar highway projects and estimates enough concrete to build a Moscow to Chicago road.
The Government directs replacement of topsoil on temporary D-Day airfields and undertakes to rebuild destroyed farm homes and buildings. Farmers may gain advantages from modern construction and widespread electricity. Boundaries will be settled cooperatively as living and working conditions improve on the land.
In rural southwest England a memorial shaft was unveiled by a U S general to honor communities that lost homes for pre invasion American troop training. These areas are being rebuilt as the war legacy is remembered, with new houses rising where land was taken for victory.
The article surveys the diverse uses of radiography over fifty years since Roentgen's discovery. It notes applications from seed irradiation and fruit sorting to fabric testing, veterinary medicine, aircraft part inspection, golf ball core verification, and heavy industrial machines, highlighting progress from glass plates to modern high speed film.
A Portland stone baptismal font honoring John Paul Jones, founder of the U S Navy, was unveiled at Kirkbean Church in Kirkbean Arbigland where Jones was born and christened. The font by George Henry Paulin of London commemorates the Kirkcudbrightshire man. Radio program clinics for western Canadian broadcasters were approved at Calgary for evaluating and improving offered programs and for a national report.
Amsterdam has been a prominent diamond center since the 16th century, shaping trade and craft. The article notes the long history of diamond cutting, polishing, and commerce in the Dutch city.
Weeds steal water nutrients and space, depriving crops of sunlight and growth potential. Local gardeners report reduced yields and increased weed control efforts as warm season advances.
Q and A on ration books extra preserves coupons for discharged soldiers. Rules on posting price charts by butchers and limiting purchases of unrationed items like lard. Explanation that price control lasts until normal supply returns and hoarding ends. Request to contact Wartime Prices and Trade Board for pamphlets and ceiling price records.
Sir James Chadwick, adviser to the American bomb policy committee and Nobel laureate, notes many colleagues refused to help on atomic bomb work. He said fear of a planet destroying outcome convinced some to abstain, while others hoped it would fail. He warned disintegration might get out of hand, though the chance was found small.
The Kingston Whig Standard notes censorship in wartime Canada has long rested on a collaboration between officials and media. It argues that editors publishers broadcasters and others could discuss issues in the public interest and publish broad coverage with latitude in selection, shaping Canada’s wartime record among Allied nations.
Trans-Canada Air Lines reported 9,476,937 revenue passenger miles for June, the airline's heaviest month to date, announced traffic manager W. J. Dalby. The figure marks a 7.04 percent rise from May, which was also a record month.
If you suffer itching piles or rectal soreness seek prompt treatment. Hem-Roid tablets, taken internally, are recommended for quick relief at low cost. If unsatisfied, your druggist will refund your money.
The Vancouver Province notes Canada’s diplomatic service has expanded from two Ottawa rooms to a worldwide footprint. It argues reps abroad must know Canada deeply to handle new responsibilities and warns against placing young recruits in distant posts.
New York's municipal airport under construction features a spoke wheel runway system. It plans 8600 landings and takeoffs per day with three takeoff lanes and three landing lanes converging at a central apron.
A collection of light humor and anecdotes featuring cautious speech, marriage miscommunications, prosaic misunderstandings in daily life, war effort stamps, and a quip about a recruit missing targets. Told in a dated, folksy newsroom voice with multiple punchlines and social observations.
The article profiles several CWAC members from Saskatchewan. Pte. A G Lewis of Central Butte and others like Norma McDonald, Phyllis Gudjonson, and Grace McLean enlist in Regina. It notes CWAC hotel duties in Amsterdam run by ten women including Major Esther Mac Laggan and Sgt Irma Smalley, plus overseas postings of L/Cpl Victoria Belsher, Sgt Lexie Ramsay, and Pte Clara Johnson with relatives serving at home and abroad.
Post war housing concepts from Post-War Houses Science envision plastic structures, movable walls, floor heating, sun responsive windows, and other innovations. Yet readers in Victoria Times crave the simpler, traditional homes with basements fireplaces wooden walls and shingled roofs amid wartime memories.
The New York Times notes Field Marshal Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander will succeed the Earl of Athlone as Governor General of Canada. It highlights his royal lineage and his wartime leadership of Dominion and American forces in North Africa and Italy, while stressing the ceremonial nature of the post.
A compact collection of quotations on books serving as levellers and guides. W E Channing and others emphasize reading choices shaping mind and society. The excerpts note wisdom, piety, delight, use, and the Bible as source and tool for learners.
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