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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1945
Page
7
In a crowded dance hall a fire breaks out as Jonesy and Ardis share a tense bond. Amid the panic he saves a fainting girl, then finds Ardis missing. Ardis returns with the saxophone, declaring they will need it forever as they emerge to safety and face an uncertain future.
A Russian method extracts and concentrates sugar beet juice at the source, then evaporates it into briquettes for storage and transport. The slabs are shipped to large plants for final sugar processing and can be stored for several years without chemical change or loss of sugar content.
The New York Times ponders what civilians will want from the $100 billion in surplus government property after the war. Tanks, cargo ships, and B-29 bombers seem unlikely purchases, though a bazooka might tempt one buyer for a decorative display.
A brief note states the first known greeting card appeared in England in 1842. The fact highlights a mid 19th century origin for a common social custom.
Sokolsky argues Churchill’s parliamentary challenge embodies a humanities based education system. He praises Churchill as objective, idea driven, and unpolitical in tactic, contrasting British broad humanistic leadership with German technical expertise and repeated failures.
A bronze Hitler bust captured by U S troops at a Nazi embassy was melted down by twenty thousand workers at a Todd shipyard war bond rally in New York. The molten metal will be used in ship construction as the Allies seek victory over Germany. Greenland and Iceland are noted as being in the western hemisphere.
The London Daily Mail argues postwar policy should grant the United Nations power to control Germany’s scarce minerals. It urges occupation authorities to license mining, diverting supplies to war victims and limiting Germany’s capacity to rebuild arms, while allowing some production under strict oversight.
The article details coal as essential for heating and industry, feeding gas, coke, and steel production. Canadian coal use rose from 28.5 million short tons in 1930-40 to about 44.4 million in the last year, marking roughly a 70 percent increase since 1939.
The article explains Boxing Day originated in the British Isles with gifts placed outside homes for postmen and errand boys on December 26. It notes Christmas Night is Boxing Night and dispels the idea that the name comes from merchants boxing up unsold goods.
Canadian Army Overseas photo shows three soldiers examining a large road sign near Nijmegen listing Second to None and 2nd Corps insignia. The caption names Pte. George Ruben Weyburn Sask Pte. Clarence Nystrom Pelly Sask and Pte. Herb Hole Rose Valley Sask.
A festive recipe for Cinnamon Drop Cookies using shortening brown sugar molasses All Bran and cinnamon. The method covers creaming sugar, adding molasses and bran, alternating dry ingredients with water chilling rolling in cinnamon sugar and baking at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes yielding about three dozen cookies.
A collection of light vignettes and humorous exchanges. Engaged pairs discuss shared troubles and love while other brief sketches feature a tailor and a Scotsman, a schoolmistress and a child, an anxious sergeant, a photographer with wit, and domestic jokes about electricity and gas in the family.
Home sewing ad offers Anne Adams Pattern 4920 for a heart and flowers apron in sizes small to extra large. Requires one yard of 35 inch fabric and 20 cents, mail order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Pattern includes easy embroidery and notes mail delays.
More than 1,500 employees at J. A. Jones Construction Co. Brunswick volunteered to work without pay on a cargo carrying vessel as a Christmas gift to fighting fronts. An additional 500 volunteered for the night shift.
The rose serves as a symbol of silence and gave rise to the phrase sub-rosa meaning under the rose or in secret, reflecting historic use of the flower in quiet dealings.
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