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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 11, 1946
Page
7
A hungry boy named Pat stalks through a cold city seeking a meal. He spots a warm coat on a store dummy and plans to pawn it for food but a raid and pursuit force him to flee. After a daring return, he ends by redeeding the coat to the dummy and finds relief in a hot dog stand.
A 29-year-old London man appeared at Old Bailey charged with driving an auto while disqualified and using a permit not his own. He received two jail terms of six and twelve months to run concurrently and a $800 fine. his license suspended for life. His father, who lent the permit, was fined $1,200.
A unit of 24 Japanese soldiers on Pandananan island in the southwestern Philippines surrendered to Philippine military police after two officers from a Manila POW camp urged them via loudspeaker. The group had four mortars two automatic rifles and assorted small arms and ammunition.
The Chinese imperial cookbook is described as the world’s largest cooking volume with 96 volumes. An abridged edition of the same work is said to contain about 18 2702 pages.
London broadcast from Prime Minister Attlee insists Britain must retain trained servicemen to handle heavy tasks worldwide. He warns against reducing forces too far, saying it could endanger peace and security and hinder support for the United Nations.
Pattern 4586 offers a slim waisted apron with nonslip straps designed for feed bag fabric. Simple to sew with complete illustrated instructions and tested fit in sizes small medium and large. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man for order.
The indoor worker suffers fatigue from monotony causing headaches irritability sleep loss and indigestion. A suggested remedy is Dr Chase's Nerve Food a mineral and Vitamin B1 tonic to build nervous energy.
Recipe notes describe making butter and marshmallow cereal bars and chocolate coated all-wheat flakes treats. Gather butter marshmallows vanilla rice cereal and chocolate then mix shape and cut into squares or patties with yields of about 24 bars and 10 chocolate squares.
An Ottawa patent office overview explains how to obtain a 17 year monopoly for $25 on new and useful inventions. It traces early Canadian inventors, notes 1824 patent numbers, and cites modern examples from simple devices to complex chemical formulas.
Montreal reports the Bank of Montreal 129th annual meeting voiced guarded optimism for Canada’s future. President George W. Spinney highlighted work, enterprise, and fair dealing as keys to wealth, while noting labor’s role beyond mere cost. General manager B C Gardner praised reconversion progress and loans growth, cautioned on inventories, and noted staff expansion and veteran rehires.
A collection of light anecdotes from a British town includes a police stop with a new driver on the wrong side, a wife asking about neighborly news, two cyclists lodging at a hotel, a mugging told with a wry twist, a cinema finds a ten shilling note and a screening notice, and a meek husband mocked by his aggressive wife.
A husband taunts his wife and vows to act, she retorts to switch off the gas. A schoolmaster notes Tommy is last in a class of 30. he replies it could be worse as a larger class awaited.
A thriving businessman teaches his son two keys to success honesty and sagacity. The boy asks for definitions with a harsh twist on sagacity, and the father replies to always keep your word and never reveal sagacity. The piece ends with a warning that many home fires begin from waste paper baskets due to careless ash tray disposal.
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