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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 13, 1946
Page
2
The People of Australia observed the 155th anniversary of entering the British Crown era as Australia Day. Messages from Canada and other parts of the Empire hailed progress and war efforts. Australian campaigns in New Guinea are cited as turning points and major factors in Allied victories.
From a population of 7.3 million Australia built a fighting force of one million. Two thirds of men aged 18 to 40 served. civilian defense workers numbered 300,000. 666,000 women served in auxiliary forces. Casualties totaled 95,561 with 59,203 vs Japan and 36,358 vs Germany. Seventeen Victoria Crosses awarded. War expenditure reached 7.6 billion dollars. 21 Royal Australian Navy ships were lost. Australian forces aided campaigns in Africa and the Middle East before Pacific war onset.
Australia and Canada shared wartime ties that strengthened national identity and responsibilities for peace. The Commonwealth Air Training Plan linked airmen across both countries and wartime service fostered mutual understanding. Postwar UNO talks in London highlighted ongoing goodwill and cooperation between the two British Commonwealth partners.
A department store introduced a new pen in four New York papers promising two years of writing without refilling. The publicity drew crowds and heavy orders, with five thousand customers the next morning and fifty thousand pens sold in two weeks. The factory briefly strained to meet demand.
Experimental Station at Swift Current Sask undertook long term seeding tests to curb sawfly damage. Findings show oats first barley second flax third wheat last. oats and barley as profitable as wheat and resistant to sawfly. Widespread adoption urged for 1945 crop in brown soil area.
A government conservationist urged village residents to protect forest wealth in a community hall. He asked for anyone who has saved a tree, and a small man stood up and said he had once shot a woodpecker.
Q and A discussing butter coupons in ration books blue TM R coupons A-1 February 14 nylon stockings price caps uniform across Canada 85c to 2.50 law requires surrender of coupons for purchases and penalties for noncompliance. Reader questions about lost coupons and pamphlets answered.
Newsweek recalls Claude Pepper meeting an English student at Harvard who introduced himself as Pepper and joked about his name. The pair reconnected years later when H. E. Salt, now a barrister at Lincoln's Inn, hosted Pepper at a London club.
Arturo Pomar, a 14 year old chess expert, misplaced a favorite wooden chess set in London after leaving it in a taxicab. He had owned the pieces since he was six, making the loss particularly hard for the young talent.
Lt.-Col. Graham Rowley of Ottawa, 33, recounts two years living with Eskimos near Baffin Island and Hudson Bay. He praises their kindness and intelligence, notes a walrus based diet eaten raw or boiled, and explains his upcoming role in commanding a Baker Lake refueling base for the 3200 mile Musk Ox expedition to Cambridge Bay in mid March.
A Salada Tea letter from its management extols newspapers as a backbone of advertising in the U.S.A. and Canada. It notes last year’s sales volume rose to a record level, aided by print ads, and argues that newspaper advertising builds trust, trims costs through volume, and promotes repeat purchases by a satisfied customer base.
A readable crossword puzzle list with numbered across and down clues including period terms auroral nouns and various definitions. The grid appears incomplete but includes items like Pertaining to a period of time Favorite and Colloquial eel.
A collage of light humor lines and quick quips about fashion money wives and efficient spouses. Jokes cover dress costs back pain lumbago and love letters with humorous misunderstandings and a few pithy one liners. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
A collection of quoted moral maxims on treating others fairly and upholding rights, paired with a note on interchangeable weather lenses for pilots. Includes lines from Lord Chesterfield George Lansbury Mary Baker Eddy Gardiner Spring Cumberland and a brief lens color guide for wind protection and visibility.
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