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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 07, 1945
Page
7
Freddy grapples with love as he realizes Kay has planned his future around another. A hidden note reveals Kay will marry Jimmy Randolph, freeing Freddy to pursue Jeannie while keeping Kay as a dear friend.
Leonard Lyons notes Kenneth Galbraith, deputy O P A administrator and Fortune editor, is unusually tall but quips he is only five feet twenty. The remark frames his height humorously in response to audience questions.
Grow More Food drive boosts rice cultivated area from 73.8 million acres in 1939 to about 80 million acres amid wartime mobilization.
The St. Thomas Times-Journal argues Allies must insist on unconditional surrender to prevent future wars. It notes past mistakes in 1918 and says heavy costs in lives and money are justified to deter repeated aggression and protect future generations.
Constable R Anthony of the North Battleford police, with approval from the RCMP and the FBI, developed a camera identification method by analyzing marks left on negatives. He investigated a two year old theft, tested a suspect camera against many lookalikes, and built an improvised home laboratory to compare negatives and compile his brief.
Scientists tagged Arctic terns in Labrador and tracked returns at the Niger River delta and Natal, showing a round trip of about 24 000 miles. The birds migrate between the Arctic and Antarctic regions via Europe and Africa, tracing a vast yearly route.
Five years into the campaign Britain reports a total of just under 8.5 million pounds raised for war needs. The figure links to a broader effort to fund national defense during the conflict and underscores citizen participation.
The Royal Air Force Lancaster known as M2 has flown 139 bombing trips 97 to Germany five to Italy and 37 to other targets. It consumed 193800 gallons of gasoline and logged 969 operational hours. The ship survived numerous hits and carried crews home safely in every mission.
Buffalo health commissioner Dr. Francis E. Fronczak warns few adults are physically fit to shovel snow. He notes blizzard casualties rise and suggests housework partners may be in better shape to tackle snowbanks. He cautions the elderly and frail to avoid snow shovels due to heart risks.
Pattern 4785 offers a youthful square neck with soft bow in sizes 12 through 44. Requires 35 yards 35 inch fabric and 44 yards contrast for size 16, with ordering from Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man. Postage 20 cents. mail delays may extend delivery.
A World War II era note describes W A A F cooks overseas using blow lamps amid heavy air raids. One R A F attached girl kept a brick surround for her flame while diving into a dugout as Jerry bombed the site, continuing despite danger. John Ruskin visits the British Museum penguin exhibit to lift his spirits.
Pte Gertrude Irene Collins moves from Kitchener Ontario to Edmonton Alberta for vocational training after basic CWAC service in Winnipeg. Other CWACs Sgt Charlotte LaRue Pte Yvette Chevalier chat with US Ambassador Winant. Pte Barbara C Mackenzie promoted to corporal in Military District No. 12. L Cpl Helen Thom promoted to corporal in Ottawa stores. A large number of rural Saskatchewan recruits enlisted in Regina including Lorna Irvine Anne Sielsky Doreen Cairns Gladys Payne Joyce James and others.
The recipe outlines making a potato based soup with celery parsley and onion, then adding milk, a flour and butter roux, and simmering to boil. A second course describes fried onion cabbage gravy with stock, sausage balls, and crackers. The note mentions grasshoppers ground for flour by Arabs.
Dominion headquarters of the Navy League of Canada will award six scholarships to the Royal Naval College at Royal Roads B C. Coverage includes tuition board uniform and recreational fees for a full two year course valued at 890 dollars each. Allocations: one BC one for the three prairie provinces two for Ontario one for Quebec and one for the combined maritime provinces.
An old health ad touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules to improve kidney and bladder function. It claims rapid relief from back pain restless nights leg cramps and rheumatic pains by aiding acid and toxin filtration. The notice urges readers to buy a 40c box from their druggist.
Hon. E. C. Carson states BC now imports more than a third of its coal. In 1944 BC mines produced 1,843,326 tons, up from 1,821,654 in 1943. James Dickenson says Alberta imports in 1944 exceed 1,000,000 tons versus 960,000 in 1943.
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