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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 21, 1945
Page
7
Mrs. Irvin hires a Norwegian gardener, Ericson, after a sharp tax cut estimate. He presents stunning garden photographs and claims 30 years of estate work, revealing a past near Narvik and Nazi occupation before accepting the job.
The London Daily Mail reports a new flying hotel for urgent Atlantic crossings. Provided for Britain under lend lease, the diplomats' special is a luxury airliner with oak panelled walls and beige leather ceilings designed for high British and American war-effort emissaries.
Canadian flying clubs meeting at Port Arthur push for an air conscious youth, aiming to broaden access to pilot training with economical aircraft and cadet scholarships. Deputy Air Minister Gordon lauds training efforts, while government defers future defense links and keeps cadet instruction near cost. President Dougall notes potential affordable trainer aircraft.
A reporter shares a trick to obtain autographs from famous figures. He kept a large book with a photo of a smiling child and wrote a pledge to present the book when the daughter turns 21. The method reportedly worked at the dinner before Scott's final voyage.
The Sumelas monastery sits high on a 1000 foot cliff above sea level near Trebizond on the Black Sea. Rebuilt in 1360, it is thought to have been founded over 1500 years ago.
The Ottawa Citizen argues that reopening the Hudson Bay sea route to Europe could aid postwar rebuilding by transporting Canadian wheat to Britain and Newfoundland fisheries products to markets. It notes potential for Port Churchill voyages from St Johns and Corner Brook, urges avoiding privileged interests hampering the route and keeping transportation channels in repair for the common good.
The Canadian government outlined a far reaching veterans rehabilitation program. Hon Ian Mackenzie said on CBC that Canada set a new standard in care of wounded veterans and pensions. The plan aims to compensate lost time and ensure every veteran can enjoy a normal life with employment and security.
Mr English has been named vice-president in charge of operation at Trans-Canada Air Lines, succeeding O T Larson who returns to United Air Lines in Chicago after serving since 1937. Mr English, with a long Canadian National Railways career, joined T C A L at its 1937 inauguration and was assistant vice-president at the time of this appointment.
A Western Star poll of Corner Brook Newfoundland reveals 49 percent want immediate responsible government, 26 percent favor union with the United States, 19 percent back confederation with Canada, and 6 percent approve the present commission government for the 7,000 resident paper mill town.
Fuel is power and must be conserved with oven meals. Plan an entire oven meal with a main dish such as meat loaf or baked chops, a vegetable, and a dessert. Also included is a discussion of a Junior Miss dirndl pattern 4936 with sizes 10 through 18 and price 20 cents.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board in Ottawa announced an import permit policy placing onion imports under control. Effective January 31, it cited a bumper 1944 Canadian onion crop of high quality and stated storage stocks are about double normal, with no new imports while quality Canadian onions are available to minimize waste.
The Department of Trade and Commerce says preliminary plans are under way to census the prairies in 1946. The census is mandatory every five years by amendment to the British North America Act. The Bureau of Statistics notes no major staff increases in Ottawa are needed and new hires will wait until June or July 1946.
The text stresses that no single service could secure victory alone and highlights the air force, navy, and sea control as essential to invading Europe. It notes the air force carried offensives to Germany, yet invasion depended on naval control of the sea. It also mentions the Mississippi River's annual flow of about half a billion tons of solid matter to the sea.
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