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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1946
Page
5
The Agriculture Department reports reserve wheat may fall below 200 million bushels by July 1 as world demand exceeds supply. Exports January-June could equal or exceed last July-December, with 165 to 175 million bushels shipped previously.
Six special steel barges will be built immediately at Trenton Ontario by Central Bridge yard for the Hudsons Bay Company. They will haul pitchblende from Eldorado mines to remote northern regions, drawing three feet of water. The barges, designed by a Montreal firm, will be moved north in four sections and welded together on Great Bear Lake after trucking over un navigable terrain.
Major General R F L Keller expressed in Kelowna that glider-borne troops and paratroops should be included with infantry in Canada’s peacetime army. He stressed careful study of atom bomb implications and urged their integration while noting attack remains a key defense principle.
CHUNGKING The Chinese Communists have accepted in principle a Nationalist program for reorganizing the government under Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang. The program envisages the Kuomintang as China's leading party with Chiang Kai-shek in a president’s role mid way between the US president and the British king, and empowers the Kuomintang to appoint an interim government pending a national election while minority parties share in policy making of the new state council.
Washington reports the Big Four allies lag in setting how much German industrial equipment to repatriate. Berlin talks on steel production boost hopes for a broader accord but final reparations terms likely miss the February 2 deadline. Paris pact outlined shares, a Brussels reparations agency, and gold pooling to offset losses. Britain stands to receive about 27.8 to 28 percent. total reparations to Germany’s victors exceed $700 million in prewar and wartime gold, with $200 to $300 million still unrecovered.
Berlin reports a British occupation program turning Tiergarten into a massive potato patch. Germans must grow vegetables under law with seed and tools supplied cheaply. Kaiser's palace grounds and city parks become allotments to produce a year's supply of potatoes per person. 20,000 allotments exist, rising by 30,006.
The article notes that radar electrical impulses move at the speed of light, specifically about 186,006 miles per second, illustrating the rapidity of radar signaling.
Tokyo reports balloon missions during World War II with homeland launch sites after submarine plans shifted. Record flight reached Canada and the United States in 1945, taking 138 days across the ocean. the slowest voyage lasted 309 days in 1944. Atmospheric conditions affected durations.
Lt Col P Donashev of the Soviet embassy in Ottawa accepted Canada’s invitation to join Operation Muskox, the Arctic expedition from Port Churchill on Feb 14. Col N Zabotin was invited but will not attend, and Donashev will be accompanied by a secretary. Several foreign attaches reportedly accepted invitations.
Sydney reports High Commissioner T C Davis paid a farewell inspection to No 1 Canadian Wireless Group stationed at Ingleburn camp near Sydney awaiting transport back to Canada.
Ottawa reports more than 115,000 small arms in Canada remain unregistered with police, leaving owners exposed to prosecution under the criminal code. R.C.M.P. note about 215,000 arms total as of May 1 with only about 100,000 registered.
American representatives have presented a plan to London to scatter United States forces within the United Nations world police force. The aim is to place troops within reach of any potential aggression. Details remain under discussion as negotiations continue with Britain Russia France and China.
Herbert Morrison returning from Canada and the United States said there is a fundamental unity in aim and spirit among the three nations despite policy differences. He noted Canada’s strong wartime effort and its role in interpreting Britain to America and vice versa. Morrison spoke after a trans Atlantic flight and emphasized learning from each other and continued cooperation in the years ahead.
The northland's tractor trains enter winter operation to move 2000 tons to Snow Lake from Wekuska, and 250 tons to Lingman Lake from Iford, with Flin Flon serving as a base for Reindeer Lake routes. Tractors also haul fish from camps at South Indian Lake for Hudson's Bay Company and others.
Neues Oesterreich reports Dr. Friedrich Berbius, Nobel laureate, has devised a method to create artificial meat from wood shavings. Financing steps are in place to start production of a porridge like food with the same calories fat and albumen as meat.
Hisatada Hirose, governor of Metropolitan Tokyo, resigns in line with Allied purge directives removing ultra nationalist officials from public roles. He had served as a director of the imperial mule assistance association during the war.
Canadian potato supplies will be supplemented by imports of size B potatoes from the United States, assuring consumers of a reasonably adequate supply, the prices board announced.
Ukrainians in Winnipeg respond with enthusiasm to Canada and Ukraine being named to the UN social and economic council. The selection signals support for a broader globe spanning collaboration and reflects the community's pride in international recognition.
Dr. Luis I. Rodriguez, former Mexican ambassador to Chile, has been appointed ambassador to Canada in Ottawa. The announcement places Rodriguez as Mexico’s envoy to Canada, marking a key diplomatic posting.
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