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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1944
Page
7
Veteran RC A F flyers in Belgium warn risk grows as they near Germany. Sqdn Ldr Arthur Sager of Vancouver notes flak and guns outmatch Spitfires. The average pilot age has risen to about 25 as several airmen return for a second tour, with fatigue mounting among veterans.
Alec Newcomb meets Alice Crocker at a busy racetrack. A bracelet traps his coat and a missing wallet signals a potential scam connected to Dan and Bolles. Alec learns Alice is Dan’s sister and a Smith and Bolles stenographer, while friends mix nerves, money, and deceit.
In Rome many housewives and unemployed men storm the Testaccio black market, beating operators and seizing foodstuffs. The violence followed anger over high prices for eggs, butter, cheese, flour, and corn meal as the League of Hunger demands rationing and government action. A 50-officer police squad dispersed the riot.
Edward Date, an engineer, claims a device using tap water can boost car power by 20 percent and lower gasoline use by 33 percent. The gadget, four by nine inches and $40, supposedly converts water in a generator to molecular content by lowering pressure, then draws it into a cylinder with high pressure gas and air. No heat is required and Date says it could be used on aircraft. the British ministry of supply reportedly ordered a test unit.
Paul Morton, a Canadian journalist and former British agent, drew on two months of behind the lines action in northern Italy to craft spy stories. He served as a war correspondent for the Star in Italy after reporting for the Halifax Herald and Toronto Star, later returning to Canada with the London Express.
Lethbridge Herald dispatch says a memorial garden will be created near the cottage where Cal John McCrae, author of In Flanders Fields, was born. The garden honors the poet famed for the poppy symbol and the lines about crosses in Flanders Fields.
Government and Oxford University scientists map animal life cycles to predict fur supplies. Four year cycles exist for white fox and snowy owl with lemming and grouse cycles about four or ten years. Findings aim to warn natives of scarce seasons and may prompt radio alerts and northern research stations.
Aero Research Ltd of England introduces Plaster, a new process in plastics construction that is claimed to be 17 times stronger than steel. The material is rapidly adopted for cockpits, radio panels, and metal sheathing of airscrew blades.
An old advertisement touts Stomach-Rite as a remedy for indigestion biliousness sluggish liver kidneys gallbladder constipation and fullness after meals. The ad asks readers to send 70 cents or a dollar thirty for a double size to receive the product by mail.
An advertisement from Herb Specialists at 2162 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, promotes a guaranteed hair tonic that supposedly grows hair on bald heads or offers a money back. It invites readers to request a circular Why Be Bald and a price list of other remedies with a trial bottle offered at lower price.
The piece notes El Salvador as a small but densely populated republic about Maryland in size. It highlights four major volcanoes with unusual activity including Izalco lacking a crater, a 1917 eruption that boiled away a lake, and a volcano born in a lake whose fish died from gases. The report marks the island republic’s third war anniversary.
The Canadian Women's Army Corps marks a milestone as Pte Ruth E Gohrke becomes the 2000th recruit in Saskatchewan at the Regina Army Reception Centre. Sister Christel Gohrke becomes Miss Two Thousand One, both from Mazenod. CWAC leadership notes three years of steady recruiting and calls for continued service, especially in commercial roles.
European Boy Scouts in the Netherlands provide crucial aid to Allied troops. They repaired cobblestone bridge approaches to speed up transport and acted as night time guides for soldiers. Many youths spoke fluent English and served as interpreters for Canadian British and American officers communicating with locals.
A pie recipe uses large apples and meringue topping with eggs and sugar baked in two stages. The second recipe simmers soaked beans with onions tomatoes mustard and cheese for a savory six serving dish.
Pattern 4647 offers a one yard fabric jacket jumper outfit with blouse for toddlers sizes 2 to 6. Includes embroidery transfer and mailed order form requiring 20 cents in coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg Man. Delays due to mail slowness may add days.
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