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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1942
Page
6
A gray haired man slips into a quiet New York bookshop and buys a detective story. The proprietor confirms the customer is John D. Rockefeller who favors anonymity and mystery books over biographies or histories.
Bren gun carriers become reserve army standard equipment per Ottawa defence HQ. Malta-born British subject Carmelo Borg Pisant sentenced to death in Valetta as an enemy agent. Dominion treasury redeems 205000000 in Dominion of Canada deposit certificates. Prices board orders tighter leather goods styles to conserve war materials and labor. Dr J A Polman died at The Hague age 63 per Dutch news. Capt Randolph Churchill, son of PM, fighting in North Africa with a British unit. London reports air raids boost post office savings deposits in bombed towns.
The 35 000 ton British battleship Anson, announced as building at sea, required five years to complete and its electrical systems will power the city of 280 000 except its factories.
A colorful column argues that clever ads pulled luxuries into reach for common people by showcasing new goods and ease, claiming promotion changes social horizons and desires through reachable comforts.
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan records graduates from No 5 Air Observer School Winnipeg and No 7 Air Observer School Portage la Prairie. Names include D A Corder, James, Newby, Neale, Gilmour, Baduley, and many others with postings to Saskatoon Winnipeg Melfort and other Manitoba Saskatchewan sites.
Anthony Eden warns postwar settlements must face a persistent danger from Germany. He argues Hitler was not an accident but a symptom, noting that Nazi doctrine deeply influenced German youth and remains a core challenge.
Postmaster General Mulock announced a public convenience allowing airgraph messages to be placed in envelopes and posted in street letter boxes rather than handed in at post office branches.
Pattern 4233 offers a button frock with rounded yokes pockets and ruffling in misses sizes including 26. Instructions specify 315 yards 35 inch fabric and 11 yards ruffling. send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg to order.
The devotional note centers on Unity in the church referencing I Corinthians 12 27 and acts 2 37 47. It lists supporting passages from I Corinthians Colossians and Romans guiding believers to live as members of one body in faith and practice.
After forgetting the address Sullivan and a companion searched a street door by door. He gently kicked each boot-scraper and finally announced Here we are Listen-E Fiat as the correct house.
The guide lists milk and cheese daily amounts for adults and children, plus daily fruit and vegetable servings, cereals and bread portions, and one daily meat or substitute. It stresses leafy greens, whole grains, and periodic liver or kidney, with eggs several weekly and vitamin D from fish liver oils recommended for children and possibly adults.
Watertown Times notes England led by General Montgomery achieved a decisive victory, dislodging an elite force from a strong position and routing them, marking a turning point after Dunkirk and prior Allied efforts. A traveling salesman quips that Hitler can have his territory if he wants more.
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