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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 04, 1946
Page
2
The piece notes shortages from strikes cripple Canadian industry and slow reconversion, hitting items from nails to trucks and shirts to soap. It argues price ceilings and wartime controls must stay until supply meets demand, warning against inflation and black markets as controls loosen.
In Winnipeg Rt. Hon C D Howe warns that US steel and coal strikes and Canadian stoppages slowed construction and industry after the war. He calls for new cooperative action among federal and provincial governments, management, labor, producers, and consumers to restore full employment and rising living standards.
The 1650 ft single span bridge across Sydney harbor catches fire about once a week. Fires start in wooden deck rail sections with cigarette butts lodged among old tram tickets, fanned by wind. Officials note need for hydrants every 100 feet.
Oswego NY report says a match company will start supplying water-resistant matches for civilians. The product lights while wet and remains functional after four hours submerged, with production at 7,500,000 daily for wartime service men.
Mrs. Edith M. Willis, a McGill University child psychologist and Stanford alumna, argues that corporal punishment harms insecure children. She advocates positive discipline, with rewards and praise, and notes punishment should be selective, timely, and understood by the child.
A woman entered a bank and asked for a cheque book claiming she lost yesterday. She stated she had signed all the cheques already, implying the documents could not be used by others.
The Department of National Health and Welfare notes that after age forty heart disease becomes the leading cause of death. It urges middle aged adults to adopt sensible diet and regular exercise and to avoid strain for better health.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board announces a four to five cent increase per pound in prune retail prices. December coupons S36 S37 and S38 become valid on specified dates. After Oct 30 no priority certificate for suits. existing certificates honored until December end. Business ownership changes handling rationed foods must be reported to local Ration Administration. Send questions to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board with paper name to nearest provincial office.
Montreal findings by Dr. D E Cameron warn that the first two decades set lifelong anxiety and guilt patterns. He links parental and teaching methods to adult behaviors and cautions against the over use of guilt as a control, noting their subtle, wide harmful effects.
Canada’s egg quality improves as hens lay more and larger eggs under the federal poultry production service. The program promotes purebred stock and tracks certified flocks, with records showing averages of 250 eggs per bird and a top year total of 356 eggs from a common barnyard hen that proved a fluke.
London reports October iron and steel output rising despite fuel and transport limits. Iron weekly average reached 155,000 tons versus September and 1928 levels, steel at 254,290 tons weekly, with annual iron about 8.1 million and steel 13.23 million tons. Exports show overseas shipments lower than prewar averages, but higher than 1945.
W Orton Tewson recounts the Great Eastern as the only full rigged ship with five funnels and six masts. At 692 feet long and 28,000 tons, it was under powered for its size and, after a troubled life, was sold for scrap in 1887.
A compact selection of aphorisms on merit, virtue, and recognition from Halifa x Beecher Rochefoucauld Homer Eddy and Bovee. The notes contrast inner worth with outward fame noting quiet depth outshines noise and merit often rises from humble origins.
Robert R. Hyde of the British Industrial Welfare Society cites a chimney sweep who called himself a fluonomist and charged sixpence more than an ordinary sweep. Hyde warns against inflated pricing and wordplay in craft advertising.
An ad notes backache from exposure or vehicle jolts affects farmers drivers and railroad workers and claims Chase's Kidney Liver Pills relieve symptoms by stimulating liver and kidneys to purify the blood. Sold for 35 cents per box.
The Prices Board reports 12,120,044 ration books issued for 1946, up 613,389 since 1941, with 11,506,655 population based on the 1941 census. Details by province unavailable due to overlapping ration districts. note on ants needing slaves for survival.
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