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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1944
Page
2
Canadians are urged to conserve paper as shortages rise with reduced newspaper sizes and stopped wrapping. Some paper based articles have vanished or become scarce while salvage programs reclaim a large share. England faces severe shortages, guiding careful waste prevention.
The pulp and paper industry sustains half a million workers, drives capital investment, and fuels other sectors from power to agriculture. It underpins democracy through news dissemination and, though now war material uses strain supply, experts say it will drive postwar growth and national wealth.
Advert promotes Kellogg’s All-Bran as a kinder solution to constipation caused by lack of dietary bulk. Recommends an ounce daily or muffins with ample water, sold in two sizes by Kellogg’s in London Canada.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board guidance covers delivery limits, sales restrictions, and customer rights. It states deliveries should not be refused for small orders except where specified, bans tying sales to additional purchases, and requires price charts for meat and lamb. Restaurants must serve a single butter pat per meal. Consumers encouraged to report dealer issues to board offices.
The Stalingrad Sword, presented by Marshal Budyenny in the name of the King, was handed to a Stalingrad delegation led by D. M. Pigalev. Churchill delivered the sword to Premier Stalin at Tehran, as reported by Moscow radio.
The Medical Research Council dries human blood for transfusion at 3,500 bottles weekly, with the Regional Transfusion Service and Army Blood Transfusion Service. Blood is donated freely by volunteers. Initiated in 1939, 26,000 bottles were ready by 1942 as Germany relied on whole blood until the Libyan campaign.
Reports from Britain show Army Chaplains' Corps suffering heavy losses with five hundred more padres required. Numbers in units rose from 120 to 4000, all volunteers. Front line padres dive with paratroops, join Commando operations, and face invasion beaches, jungles, and deserts unarmed. Seven are missing, thirty eight killed or died of wounds, and 120 captured. Major the Rev J E Gough Quinn exemplified frontline valor, killed at Salerno after earlier Dunkirk MC, Tobruk siege, and escape from captivity. Prairie grasses reach ten feet in places.
A collection of quotations on true dignity from Marcus Aurelius Aristotle Mary Baker Eddy and Wordsworth. The excerpts emphasize integrity self respect keeping promises and inner worth over honors or status. The pieces explore spiritual and moral leadership and the quiet strength of character.
The governor and commander in chief of Gibraltar is Lt.-Gen. Sir Thos. R. Eastwood, succeeding Lt.-Gen. Sir F. N. Mason MacFarlane, announced in London.
A thinker argues that human beings must know and love worldly things to value them, while divine truths require love to be truly known, asserting love drives knowledge across realms of faith and reason.
A report by Docks Unlimited cites a serious drop in prairie chicken and Hungarian partridge populations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Survey data from 667 observers show broad declines due to cold wet weather last summer, with Saskatchewan recording 52 up, 140 down, eight steady. Alberta 50 up, 119 down, 68 steady. Manitoba five up, 141 down or steady.
Mrs Lily McGaughie owner of a small Scottish paper shop, suspected a Canadian accent from a handsome visitor. She phoned for help and the police arrived to reveal the man was an escaped Luftwaffe officer posing as a Canadian.
Advertisement notes that backache disturbed sleep and dizziness may indicate kidneys failing to clear poisons. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules with Dutch Drops as a proven aid, urging readers to obtain a 40c package from their druggist in Canada.
Gerald Lake of Victoria selected as official organizer and business representative as the life insurance agents union completes its national organization. Vancouver meetings involved Metropolitan Life Prudential and London Life agents planning the setup and Dominion wide expansion alongside affiliation with an international body.
The waxwings, birds absent from Britain for years before the war, have returned and are settling along the east coast in larger numbers than ever before, signaling a notable resurgence.
The common nettle is now used in Great Britain to produce a special quality paper. The shift highlights an eco friendly textile alternative and historic plant use in modern industry. Green advocates point to nettle's rapid growth and minimal input needs.
The piece notes Samuel Johnson doubting oats while Boswell links oats to Scottish sturdiness. It cites crofters relying on oats for energy minerals and vitamin B1. Dr Pett of Ottawa argues for a nutritious breakfast to ensure daily health requirements.
Canadian Forestry Corps personnel are remustered for overseas duty. Members of the Canadian Women's Army Corps may carry belongings in a suitcase for leave. Front line duties in Italy are followed by sightseeing tours for service personnel. Corporal Marie Jolin of Winnipeg is promoted in the Canadian Women's Army Corps to Lance-Corporal and works as a Hollerith operator in Ottawa. Mediterranean battle casualties total 3,533 up to November 23, 1943. Non alloy steel permits 500,000 safety razor blades for the army. About one thousand applications monthly for front line troops to join correspondence courses. Canadian Women's Army Corps personnel are being trained as wireless operators for fixed stations.
For the first time in memory exclusive London retailers are selling used fur coats due to a limited new coat supply. No purchase tax applies to used coats and shoppers do not need coupons to buy.
The Canadian Junior Red Cross sent a shipload of vitamin tablets to Britain to aid into the fight against a rising number of celiac cases among children. The effort aims to help children assimilate fats despite their dietary challenges.
A home remedy advises avoiding touching broken scalp skin with fingernails and recommends Moone's Emerald Oil mixed with olive oil. Apply daily to roots, rub gently, and shampoo every fourth day. Continue two weeks or until relief with floating dandruff gone. money-back guarantee offered by druggists.
A Canadian report claims that after Japanese defenders withdrew from Kiska the Americans and Canadians landed and battled for three weeks against an army of phantom Japanese soldiers killed at Attu. The paper notes the extraordinary fighting spirit as shown by these imagined forces.
Two city blocks in Dunbar Heights Vancouver once owned by Japanese interests for 30 years were bought for about 28000 by a major local real estate firm. The sale was among the largest city parcels ordered sold by the custodian of enemy property under a recent federal order in council.
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