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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 14, 1945
Page
2
The article notes Canada’s close ties to Britain and the U United States shape comparisons with larger economies. It warns against overreliance on foreign models while praising Canadian achievements such as a sound and well organized commercial banking system.
The article notes Canada has seen no bank failures since the last war aside from a small bank collapse that harmed no major institutions. It highlights ten chartered banks with about 3,200 branches nationwide, run by informed managers.
During the war the banks offered intimate knowledge of the economy and their resources to aid the government. They assisted with rationing, selling war securities, and financial controls. They administer foreign exchange and expect to play a key role in the transition to peacetime, sustaining Canada’s banking system as a notable achievement.
The men who built the 478 mile Ledo Stillwell road boast of completing the toughest road construction ever. They completed a mile a day through jungles and over 4000 foot passes. In seven months 175 inches of rain fell amid 13 million cubic yards of earth moved.
Clean seed is a key form of crop insurance and a smart prep for spring planting. Farmers can clean seeds on a farm fanning mill, often needing multiple passes and careful screen sizing to separate seed from weeds and ensure good germination. Proper elevation and handling save labor and boost production and profits.
The Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board circulates an inventory schedule showing fifty named apple varieties plus an open space for any others. The document highlights the diversity of apples grown in the province and signals ongoing cataloging efforts.
The record notes roughly 50,000 new houses rise in London each year under typical conditions. The figure provides a benchmark for housing output and urban development trends.
A wartime information piece answers common questions about keeps to jam and honey with one coupon, evaporated milk rationing changes after January 31, and sugar quotas. It notes coupons for armed forces leaves do not expire and directs readers to contact Wartime Price and Trade Board offices for the pamphlet Consumers News or the Blue Book.
Dominion bureau notes favorable 1944 45 crops in Canada and the United States. Combined carry overs likely about 700 million bushels, near last year, with exports not exceeding 100 million in the United States and 340 million in Canada. Argentina holds at least 180 million old wheat bushels, new crop around 166.7 million, Australia aims to stretch 125 million. Wheat feed sales capped to 43 million for the year.
By December 1944 British salvage work had recovered over 2 000 000 gross tons of merchant shipping in home waters and more than 460 000 gross tons in foreign waters. The Admiralty Salvage Department conducted this large effort, not counting salved warships or ships salvaged in captured ports or beaches. The unit pressed on since the war began and focused recently on clearing Allied ports serving the BLA.
Bill Oberling, a lunch-stand operator, is a favorite among Indianapolis firefighters for bringing sandwiches and hot coffee to large fires. He stocks his car with treats and serves them to the crew “on the house.”
The Ottawa Journal editorial stresses that most fires and accidents stem from human neglect and inattention. It warns against unsafe heating, improper ash disposal, and overloaded wiring, urging strict safeguards to prevent family displacement and widespread property damage.
A collection of cartoons and quips including an arrest scene, barber banter, classroom jokes, and romantic exchange bits. Notable lines involve a police misrecognition, French pun about peas, a traffic cop shoe joke, a marriage question, and a fire plug parking warning. Also notes on blackout relaxation in London and Canada seed potatoes exporting primarily to the United States.
Miss Mary Leniuk of Carmel Sask joins the Canadian Women's Army Corps in Winnipeg. The newly arrived Unit No 14 in England includes CWACs from Winnipeg Fort William Meadow Lake and more. Prairie CWACs at National Defence HQ Ottawa receive promotions. Verna Orser gains sergeant major, Dorothy Epps and Margaret McLeod promoted to corporal. Phyllis Wright of Tyran Regina serves in Regina with Army Life references and family in uniform.
Britain’s railways unveil postwar plans featuring 80 mph trains on special tracks. Scientifically up-to-date engines will haul coaches of new designs with bright colors and new fabrics. Modern facilities and technical advances aim to give Britain the world’s finest railway service, the main line companies promise.
The report notes Switzerland achieved a high level of industrialization without developing vast factory centers. It highlights dispersed, specialized production and regional clusters driving economic advancement despite the absence of giant plants.
British sailors from H M S Vernon dismantled German magnet mines found on the Thames Estuary tidal flats after they dropped on November 22 1939. The work exposed a detonator and later revealed the magnetic detonator itself, preventing a potential port closure.
A short poem from Richmond Hill Ontario calls readers to scatter grain for birds during winter. The verse urges kindness to chickadees woodpeckers pheasants and other wildlife by leaving food, promising birds will repay with song when spring returns.
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