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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 21, 1945
Page
2
People everywhere look forward to peace and rebuilding. Service members seek civilian life rehabilitation and families hope for lifting wartime controls. Civilians anticipate reunions and better future conditions through politics economics science social reform and education.
Postwar plans in Canada include unemployment insurance and housing projects, but many measures await peacetime resources. The piece urges national focus on education as essential for future development, noting youth have met wartime demands with courage and initiative when given training.
The piece argues for expanded funding to build a better education system in Canada. It cites current annual school spending of 146,832,642 dollars and proposes nearly double that amount plus a 60 million dollar capital expenditure to empower schools for national progress. It emphasizes youth opportunity and peacebuilding through enhanced education.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 13 770 unemployment insurance claims filed in December 1944, up 1 972 from November and more than triple the 6 562 claims a year earlier. In December 1944, 10 880 claims were adjudicated, 9 042 found entitled, 1 838 not entitled. Total benefit payments reached $337 220 for 176 084 unemployed days, with an average duration of 16.5 days and an average payoff of $31.65 per beneficiary.
In Newhills Aberdeen Shire the church long held to a precentor led unaccompanied singing, resisting organs for generations. Recently the congregation bought an organ as the minister retires, marking a shift from hymn and psalm singing to organ accompaniment. The Times-Journal notes the change reflects broader trends in church music.
Q and A on ration books and who may use them plus status of Aid To Russia Clothing Campaign. Readers learn not to use another’s ration book if they have left Canada and how to surrender deceased or missing books. Also notes on hospital stays and coupon handling and where to request the Consumers' News pamphlet or Blue Book.
A collection of quick jokes and quips spoken by waitresses, prisoners, judges, undertakers, and soldiers. The lines hinge on miscommunications and literal wordplay, from a table of visitors to a chaplain and a private Jones. the humor turns on timing and misheard phrases.
The report claims luminous northern lights helped Nazi forces identify and sink the battleship Roy al Oak in 1939. The British ship anchored at Scapa Flow became a prime silhouette target against a bright sky, aiding U-boat gunners.
Deputy Minister H F Gordon outlined the massive Commonwealth Air Training Plan at Fort William, noting 122000 aircrew trained and 172 aerodromes across the project. He cited 700 million feet of lumber and 26 million gallons of petroleum storage, with 205067 personnel housed and 42000 miles of communications laid. The program, he said, neared completion of training but would continue to support a fighting air force until victory.
Reid Scott of Gloucester county enters the University of New Brunswick as the Beaverbrook scholarship winner for Northern New Brunswick. The 18 year old farm and fishing family member from near Bathurst passed matriculation with first division marks and earned a four year electrical engineering course funded by the scholarship.
An ad promotes Hem-Roid as an internal treatment for piles, claiming 40 years of use and fast relief through improved lower bowel circulation. It offers a five day home trial with a money back guarantee and note of a Canadian firm backing the product.
Pte Esther McDowell from Calder, Sask joins No. 3 C.W.A.C. (B) T.C. Kitchener to rehearse with the Military Band while entertaining. The article notes multiple sister pairs enlisting, including Gehrke and Deforest families, and reports a Canadian ceremony in Heworth England where LAC Edward Millard and Mrs Millard wed. A Halifax ping pong dispute adds light local color.
In a January 18 remark cited by Newsweek Churchill said Britain had no business needing Spain and followed with a personal letter to Franco. He rejected letting Spain join a Western bloc and warned that blocs hostile to Russia would threaten European peace.
Unofficial estimates show requests for U S loans to aid reconstruction of United Nations projects totaling 20 billion dollars. Congress would need to scrap loans abroad, potentially handled by a Bretton Woods international bank. Also note Canaries lose hearing for pitches below high C.
Canada’s fish oils became vital for Britain and the United States after Denmark’s invasion cut off brine and Norway’s cod liver imports. Researchers found dogfish livers rich in vitamin A and began shipping oils to Greece, UNRRA, and liberated countries. 100000 gallons pledged, 21000 shipped so far.
A newspaper ad urges readers to treat eczema and skin troubles with Moone's Emerald Oil. It claims fast itching relief, drying eruptions, and safe healing in days, calling the oil a penetrating antiseptic that won’t stain. Complete satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
Food Production Coordinator K W Taylor of the Prices Board says global physiological needs for food vastly exceed current production and that with proper international economic arrangements there is little risk of producing too much. He notes Canada, though well fed, still has large population segments not attaining adequate intake and urges short and long range national and international programs to raise efficiency across production, processing, transport and merchandising.
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