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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 14, 1945
Page
5
UNRRA officials along with Canada outline rationing plans for liberated Europe emphasizing commodity based controls rather than universal points. The approach includes strict registration led by police, localized adaptations, and preservation of existing local systems while avoiding luxury goods and large public soup kitchens.
This week presents crochet doilies inspired by the antique glass design Daisy and Button. Pattern 7248 includes instructions and materials. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man. Include name and address. mail delays may occur.
A wartime prayer pleads for new faith and courage to end tyranny and secure lasting peace. It asks protection for service members and healing for the injured, comfort for families, and justice after conflict. The piece notes seven thousand readers requested copies after a radio broadcast by Babs Hitchman.
The article compares a campaign to wartime front-line fighting, noting the constant danger, sleepless nights, cold meals, and inability to wash. It ironizes that breaching a line like Siegfried does not guarantee rapid progress, echoing WWI hardships. The New York Times framing emphasizes grim endurance and uncertain advance.
A kindhearted woman feeds a tramp at the door and calms her irate mate with a quiet defense. He questions feeding strangers while she explains the relief of meals without fault finding. The exchange highlights domestic tension over hospitality.
The piece honors British women in war service noting many work on balloon and gun sites in Britain. It cites Mr. Sandys's statement on firing bombardment and praises the anti-aircraft command where half are women, highlighting their pivotal role enabling London to support operations in France.
Chicago physician Dr Mitchell S Corbett and his assistants treat 300 to 400 patients daily, many industrial cases. He ordered music piped into his office from a service used by restaurants and night spots to ease nervous tension and shorten waits.
The windmill like wings of an auto giro rotate opposite the wind, powered only when the craft sits on the ground. The wind itself provides the turning force, while on the ground the mechanism is energy driven.
Rural Canadian communities tackle noon meals with hot food. Children bring jars to school for heating, or mothers rotate hot dishes, or teachers prepare hot courses. The Nutrition Division in Ottawa backs hot noon meals for better health.
Dr. L. D. Livingstone reports from Ottawa on life in the Canadian Arctic and the potential for a postwar tourist center in Aklavik. He notes Eskimos can earn up to 5000 a year from furs, Aklavik’s 75 white residents and 400 Eskimos, local coal near Mackenzie River, and looming oil development easing fuel costs. He plans to stay, buying a 400 acre farm near Renfrew amid northern lure.
A London dispatch to the Polish Telegraph Agency quotes a Polish woman’s letter from Birkenau describing gas chambers and cremations of about 4 000 Jewish children. The letter says more than 65 000 women died at Birkenau in two years, including Russians Ukrainians Yugoslavians Germans French Poles and Jews. It states over 9 000 deaths occurred in one month this year.
In June 1944 the United Kingdom received 145,025,000 gallons of milk. In the three prewar Junes the total was 123,072,000 gallons. The rise reflects Free Milk for Schools with 30,426 schools involved and a daily milk usage over 230,600 gallons.
The Galapagos Islands hold tortoises believed to be among the oldest living animals. These giants reach ages of several hundred years, underscoring their ancient lineage and unique survival.
Fall offers ideal weather for painting and small repairs to draftproof a home. Prioritize doors and windows caulking, remove loose paint, and apply primer. Use two coats of paint, protect metal fixtures, and freshen storm windows with proper dry times and primer before putty.
Dr. Augustine Frigon says CBC is testing television and plans an experimental Montreal station. He notes the system is costly and will not become widespread until long after the war.
A banana plant yields fruit within 15 minutes of planting the root stock. This rapid growth claim suggests remarkable efficiency in nutrient uptake and mineral transfer from soil to the developing fruit.
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