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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1945
Page
7
Joe finds Lenny bedridden with severe sunburn just hours before Violet’s sister’s wedding. Lenny fears missing the usher role and Violet’s attention, suspecting Stanley Winsett engineered the sunburn to sideline him. Joe warns of consequences and hints at Stanley’s motives.
Lenny and Joe hear a call from Stanley Winsett confessing a staged raft scene to tarnish Violet’s view of Lenny. Violet confronts the rumor as Lenny hints she will believe nothing of it, while planning to reveal the truth and expose the double cross. The crew notes Lenny cannot swim and hints at a looming confrontation.
One hundred British minesweepers begin the war’s greatest sweep to clear 100000 moored mines and other Axis mines around Britain’s shores. Since victory in Europe more than 2000 mines have been swept and July efforts ran at 300 to 350 per week. Java and Sumatra are noted as volatile regions.
A layman’s guide explains atoms with 92 elements from hydrogen to uranium. It covers protons neutrons electrons the sun like nucleus and how nuclei split releasing energy used in the atomic bomb.
Canada in 1944 saw its domestic exports rise over 200 percent from 1939 as wartime goods and essentials dominated trade. Combined exports and imports exceeded 300 percent, with about four-fifths of foreign trade in finished materials and foodstuffs.
The article notes that colored lenses have been employed in eyeglasses since the middle of the 16th century. It emphasizes the long history and ongoing use of tinted lenses in corrective eyewear.
A Canadian Girls in Training unit in Empress Alta celebrates a 25th anniversary, claiming it as a national record for any group. The piece cites other regional notes from Ontario to British Columbia including farming feats, industry growth, and light human interest items.
The article discusses how dandelions arrived with early settlers in Canada and spread rapidly. It explains the seeds disperse widely by wind, with each seed equipped to travel far. It references historical context and mentions a cryptic line about a crusade era in northern Europe.
Dr Ruth Gruber, Washington field rep for the interior department, says Canada should attract more settlers to its Arctic northland to unlock its post war potential. She plans a road trip from Edmonton to Fairbanks and will report to Washington on routes and possibilities. Canada is expanding access but needs a larger population to realize full potential.
A vintage recipe lists shortening sugar egg orange rind almond extract and orange juice with milk and flour and cornbread style topping. Cream fat and sugar add egg stir in rind flavouring, sift dry ingredients and fold in alternating liquids. Bake 375F for twenty minutes yields nine squares.
A mid century style recipe for escalopped corn with cheese cites cream style corn celery onion and salt layered with whole wheat flakes and cheese. It bakes at 400 degrees F for about 30 minutes yielding 6 to 7 servings.
Blowguns up to 10 feet long, crafted from rigid native woods, are reported to be used by primitive peoples on Florneo Palawan Sumatra to kill birds and beasts for subsistence.
A British wartime report notes that air raids caused the loss of more than 20,000,000 books across the country. The figure reflects extensive damage to libraries, schools, and publishing facilities as the conflict disrupted cultural and educational resources.
War taught many suffer from malnutrition and many potential soldiers were rejected due to physical conditions. The Saint John Telegraph Journal notes lessons from wartime in New Brunswick where farmers and others lack the right foods and urges teaching people what to eat to improve nutrition.
Slip Pattern 4523 fits sizes 14 to 42 with embroidery included. Size 16 slip and panties require about 1% yards of 39 inch fabric, order details and payment send to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
It takes from 800 to 1,000 feet of runway for the takeoff of a commercial plane depending on load and wind velocity.
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