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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1945
Page
2
The passage reflects on the cost of freedom in World War I and the greater price in the current conflict. It warns of a potential enemy aiming to destroy democracy and impose regimentation, noting renewed respect for liberty and a call for active engagement in national and international matters.
Postwar freedom pledged by Churchill and Roosevelt under the Atlantic Charter aims to reduce future war causes. Proposals include a free exchange of news in peacetime discussed by editors in Washington and urged by Senator W. H. Buchanan for a freedom of the news clause in the Peace treaty. Press freedom has long been common in the West, but Europe’s state‑run services helped fuel tension and distrust prewar.
The article argues that government controlled news services distort facts and inflame public opinion. It cites German Japanese and Italian precedents and urges establishing independent press service in Europe as part of the peace treaty. Public support and enthusiasm are deemed essential for reform.
Colonel D A Warren M C in England commanded a 1200 bed Canadian base hospital and credited infection killing drugs like penicillin and blood plasma with saving many lives. He noted wounded men arrive in better shape and that field treatment improved overall survival. Housing registry officials said privates win housing priority over five generals seeking accommodation, because generals can stay in hotels.
The senate authorized President Avila Camacho to send Mexican troops to battle fronts as he deemed advisable to aid Allied victory. The measure grants broad authority for military contributions and underscores Mexico's wartime support.
Pare and thinly slice potatoes then soak in cold water. Peel and slice onion. Melt butter, whisk corn starch, and cook briefly. Mix seasonings with milk until smooth. Layer potatoes onion and sauce in a greased 1 quart dish, bake until tender. Uncover near end, top with buttered crumbs and brown. Serves 6.
A simple dressed cabbage salad uses beaten egg mustard salt and butter with cider vinegar and corn syrup simmered until thick then cooled. Fold in whipped cream and shredded cabbage just before serving and garnish with lettuce and cress for ten servings.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board provides Jan coupon dates for sugar butter preserves and notes expiry none. Sugar coupons 46-49 valid, 50-51 Jan 18. Butter coupons 90-91 valid, 92 Jan 11, 93 Jan 18, 94 Jan 25. Preserves 33-36 valid, 37-38 Jan 18. Also covers shoe labeling, six month notice forms, and where to send inquiries or request pamphlets.
English dietary customs of the early 1600s included oatmeal consumed with wine strong beer ale and milk. This combination reflects varied beverages alongside staple grains in daily meals of the period.
Fit Lt. Pritchard of the RCAF at a Ceylon Experimental Station argues chaplains should be tough and young to endure tropical climates and train with troops. A theology student and former minister at Westminster Central United Church in Toronto, he notes malaria experiences in Ceylon and India guide his view as he returns to ministerial work after service.
The coast guard reports destruction of a German weather station on Greenland and captures of about 60 personnel. The unit, linked to German plans for Europe weather reports, was destroyed after summer and fall actions along with sunk ships and possible attached planes. The find underscores wartime effort to conceal meteorological facilities in Greenland.
Lt. Col. Rev. J. Gordon Jones, the first Baptist chaplain to go overseas, spoke in Toronto about the high price service chaplains have paid in the war, noting numerous casualties and numerous decorations awarded to them.
A historical note states potatoes were not consumed in Europe until about one hundred years after their introduction from South America. This delay reflects early agricultural adoption and culinary unfamiliarity with the new crop.
In 1944 the Canadian National Railways carried a record 82 million tons of revenue freight and 36 million passengers, doubling prewar freight and near quadrupling passenger traffic. The system maintained service quality, expanded rolling stock, and prepared postwar plans including new closed accommodation sleeper designs and enhanced dining and smoking facilities.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the Commons a new agreement with Ethiopia returns large areas to Emperor Haile Selassie’s state. The Addis Ababa pact preserves Ethiopian sovereignty and Britain endorses the Franco Russian twenty year alliance. Britain refrains from contradicting a future world security organization.
The creature twists its body and makes energetic leaps to travel from one water pool to another, showing remarkable mobility on dry ground.
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