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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 06, 1943
Page
2
A historical wartime editorial argues for paying taxes as they are earned rather than in arrears under the current system. It notes the high income tax burden in Canada, compares it with Britain and the United States, and warns of debt and stress when incomes drop or when a wage earner dies.
The Rum Plan originated in the United States and is now widely discussed in Canada. A prominent banker praised its principles in an annual report. The idea proposes canceling income tax arrears and taxing current income, but officials doubt action will be taken due to potential government losses and revenue disruption.
A brief note presents Longfellow’s verse about distant voices and signals across life’s ocean. It emphasizes passing encounters in the dark, where only a look or a voice remains before silence returns.
A New York papers ads promise three hour dancing lessons while Toronto’s Saturday Night jokes about modern dance and favors the old-fashioned waltz with its reverses, saying contemporary dancing could be learned in minutes.
Long list of graduates under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan from No 1 Central Navigation School Rivers Manitoba and No 12 Service Diving Training School Brandon Manitoba and No 5 Air Observer and No 10 Service Flying Training Schools. Names cover numerous towns across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and Ontario with ranks LAC RAF and BR and include pilots navigators and observers.
Six Breton refugees labored without rest for 36 hours in a London boatyard to complete a lifeboat for a ship about to sail. A shipping official urgently asked for a lifeboat as another vessel was set to depart tomorrow night. The builder assembled Bretons and two English workers, started the boat, and the ship sailed on time with the lifeboat ready.
The term khaki derives from a Hindu word meaning dusty, itself from Persian roots. It describes the dust color used for fabric and uniforms.
A Canadian Aid to Russia Fund is organized in Toronto under J Stanley McCloy Lean of Canada Packers. The fund invites Canadians to send body warming clothing boots bedding food medical supplies and other necessities to aid Soviet people and refugees in crisis with continuous contributions.
A collection of beliefs from Holmes Ballinger Brande Eddy Whewell and Farrar about effort failure truth and growth. The lines urge moving forward improving quality avoiding excuses and learning from mistakes as paths to success.
The article argues parents should calmly manage feeding issues in children rather than turning meals into battlegrounds. It advises offering acceptable foods, introducing new items gradually, and allowing choice to prevent dislike of foods. Moderation in portions and occasional hunger can aid appetite. It ends promoting a Vitamin Chart from the Health League of Canada.
A Montreal report from December 24, 1942 records 7000000? 7000000? 5250000? figures with totals and balances noted as 700,000.00 and 525,000.00 in the supplied OCR.
The Winnipeg Tribune reports a southeastern Manitoba chromite discovery with wartime value and potential to boost provincial wealth. On-site processing could lower energy costs and improve competition in world markets. Preliminary work indicates deposits comparable to major fields and possibly larger.
A Harwich sailor, Tom Taylor, finally received a Christmas present mailed by his parents in 1941, after being at sea in November 1942. The note mentions the long separation and the fragile timing of mail during wartime.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture, via the Steel Controller, reports a limited baling wire supply for farmers due to a shortage. Manufacturers have arranged scarce quantities, with orders to minimize purchases to stretch the stock. Some wire is now at mills and jobbers. those with cancelled orders should re‑order promptly. In early Kentucky history hemp served as the exchange standard.
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