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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1947
Page
2
President Truman during a Canadian Parliament address urged patience and diligence for world nations to learn peace by example. He noted long standing harmony among North American neighbors as a model for enduring global peace.
President Truman praised the wartime partnership of Canada and the United States and urged continued cooperation for permanent world peace. He stressed applying proven continental practices globally and highlighted the two nations' role in contributing to the United Nations.
The piece praises peaceful U S Canada relations along the long boundary. It credits shared origins and language for ease, while acknowledging planning efforts to maintain peace. It cites President Truman's visit and his emphasis on cordial ties as timely and exemplary for global peace.
London reports that builders for the Royal Household face the same concrete shortage as ordinary citizens. A Ministry of Works official said Buckingham Palace’s concrete license must wait its turn, ranking the King with John Citizen amid non-priority applications for supplies.
A collage of humorous exchanges and short anecdotes. From a self-made man and his wife to a polar bear joke, a professor’s research quip, and a boastful club member. Includes love notes, athletic bragging, Arctic candle talk, and a clergyman Scotsman baseball moment.
Ruth Hutchinson, 21, of Bowmanville Ontario, seen in New York, plans a Broadway drama career after starring in a Canadian army show unit overseas. After discharge she attended dramatic school in New York with help from the Department of Veterans Affairs and may use Liz Miller as a stage name.
Simple sewing pattern 4909 in sizes 34 through 52. Includes illustrated instructions and requires 314 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36. Send 25 cents in coins with size name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
The United States Army Air Force at Wright Field announced retractable skis for aircraft allowing landing and take off on snow covered runways. The skis attach over standard wheels and can be used interchangeably. A cutaway center permits wheel passage and officials say operations extend into more months of the year.
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on faultiness in others and in oneself. Notable lines include Fenelon Whately Eddy Simmons Whittier Addison and references to striving for virtue amid human imperfection. The passages urge self awareness and measured judgment of others.
About two thousand prairie agricultural workers will be moved to Ontario for the harvest drive. The program runs June 23 to July 12 with ten dollar excursion fares each way. Manitoba workers return August 17 to September list, Saskatchewan and Alberta August 23 to 31. Travel warrants and N E S offices handle applications and eligibility.
More than 100 buses built at the Fort William plant of Canadian Car and Foundry are to be delivered to the Union of South Africa in a deal valued around 2 million dollars. The South African Government selected 114 gasoline driven inter city buses for its state transportation system.
Prime Minister Chifley told the New South Wales Labor Party conference that Australia’s peaceful future hinges on close cooperation with the United States and the United Kingdom. He argued Australia can no longer rely on Britain for defence as Britain’s economic position requires Dominions to play a larger role in world stability.
Audrey Saunders, a Winnipeg native now in Los Angeles, earned the title Movie Queen in a contest. She signed for a screen test and a role in an upcoming Hollywood production.
In Malvern Worcestershire Rev H J Freiensener urged married parishioners to give wives a seaside holiday to save modern marriages. He advised men to even surrender cigarettes for the trip, saying visits to the pictures are no substitute. The speaker notes the term heathen once described country folk.
In Germany Canadians claim citizenship and apply to the Canadian military mission in Berlin at about 20 per day for status clarification. The 26 soldier plus civilian mission, led by Lt Gen Maurice A Pope, serves diplomatic and consular roles for Canadians under the Allied Control Council.
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