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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1941
Page
2
Three recent items offer potential solutions to the surplus Canadian wheat problem. Plans include sending wheat to Russia if war allows, converting wheat to power alcohol in Australia, and boosting natural B1 vitamin in bread to raise domestic consumption. Dr. Newman argues for bread fortified with natural B1 to keep wheat as the staff of life.
A London hospital asks a woman for her address she replies Bed No X Piccadilly Circus Tube Station. Her only home is the tube shelter where she stays each night. The GPO receives letters addressed to public shelters and they are delivered by the postman.
Australian airmen who arrived in Toronto were not jeered at for being unfamiliar with snow. The Windsor Star notes they are not ignorant but accustomed to snow in June. The article adds Banff visitors in April were 400 percent higher than in 1940 and identifies Halifax as Canada's chief Atlantic port.
An advertisement offers the AEROMATIC METER for automotive and marine engines claiming more power and speed with 25 percent better mileage. It invites agents to write for exclusive territory from Sept 3 Box 163 Vancouver Canada.
Lord Beaverbrook warns that a decisive test for Britain’s survival approaches as Hitler may soon invade the United Kingdom. Britain’s government cannot yet name a date but asserts no retreat is possible and the people must fight or die to conquer Hitler.
A reflective piece recalls Hitler’s Vienna years and Mussolini’s Swiss hunger era. It also notes 67 waterfalls taller than Niagara and describes a Solomon Islands love token made from beetle leg beads.
The piece lauds Sir Emsley Carr for fifty years as editor of The News of the World with a luncheon and speech honoring his tenure. It notes the King’s congratulations and compares Carr’s record to C. P. Scott’s fifty seven years at The Manchester Guardian, praising sustained leadership and a rise to a likely world leading weekly circulation of over three million.
Dr L H Newman from Ottawa told the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists regional meeting in Guelph that a government standard grade for vitamin B1 in flour and bread is possible. He urged sourcing B1 from wheat rather than synthetic methods and urged legal minimums for sellers to meet. He said a health supported loaf could restore white bread as the real staff of life and boost bread and wheat consumption. Current tested flours show about 150 international units per pound. target is at least 400 international units per pound.
Col Willard Chevalier of New York urged the Toronto Advertising and Sales Club that neglect of advertising during the war emergency will distress future business. He said managements should look beyond current conditions to retain buying habits as the economy normalizes and products return to the market.
A recipe using one medium cauliflower and Christie's Soda Wafers. Layer cauliflower and wafers in a greased dish, season with salt and pepper, pour milk, top with Canadian cheese, and dot with butter. Bake in a hot oven for 15 to 20 minutes yields six portions.
The figures show a 23 percent rise in marriages in towns over 10 000 in 1940 and a 19 percent rise in the first third of 1941. Births in urban areas climbed 121 percent in 1940, with Canada’s natural increase up from 120 517 in 1939 to 132 988 in 1940.
Two egg whites combine with one cup sugar and vanilla. Fold in corn flakes seven cups chopped nuts one cup shredded coconut. Drop by spoonfuls on greased sheets and bake at 350 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove to damp towel if sticking and return to oven to soften if needed. Yield about a dozen macaroons.
Juan T. Trippe, president of Pan American Airways, predicted in England that daylight air raids over England would end and that night raids would be costly for Germany. He toured about 500 new British airfields and observed RAF pilots ready to fly within 20 seconds, forming a fine, well-rounded organization.
Canon Cody argues that freedom and peace of mind come to those who defend them and that London, though marked by suffering, has grown in stature with a distinctive Cockney glory. He contrasts London with Paris while noting global views of cities. The Toronto Telegram quote from T. R. Henry is cited.
The torpedo ray, called blitzkrieg fish by experts, discharged over 200 volts with about three horsepower, briefly paralyzing five New York Aquarium attendants during a demonstration. It was the largest torpedo ray handled by the staff at the New York Zoological Society exhibit.
The second officer of a British merchant ship risked his life to rescue three wounded German airmen from a sinking raft. The act underscores wartime chivalry with implied reciprocity if roles were reversed.
The sea shore is the land between the limits of high and low tides as defined by English law. The concept establishes the boundary where tidal influence ends and land ownership or public access considerations begin.
A health notice urges extermination of house flies to prevent diarrhoea typhoid fever and eye diseases spread by flies. It endorses Wilson's Fly Pads as quick humane killers placed around homes and stores, noting a sugar water mixture activates the pads for rapid results.
A 20 year Westminster Military Hospital patient in London died on June 30 with his true identity unresolved. A Great War veteran who spoke only in fragments, he was identified from hospital notes as Jordan X. X. Smith. He had been repatriated from Ripon in 1919, wore a German uniform, and a Jersey City contact claiming kinship failed to confirm details.
Hon. C. G. Power reports the Commonwealth Air Training Plan yields 25 percent more pilots observers gunners and wireless operators than projected. Ground crew training aims to man all 25 RCAF squadrons overseas with several thousand personnel. A composite school for washed out pilots opens at Trenton Ontario under Squadron Leader Denton Massey with only 1 percent discharged if they wish to leave.
Nazi dropped leaflets over the British Isles urge surrender by arguing Britain faces starvation this year or early next year. They cite Roosevelt on aid and German claims of sinking many ships in the Atlantic.
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