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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1943
Page
2
Queen Mary, turning 76 at a six acre estate near a West England village, helps war work by visiting factories and camps, showing films for soldiers, trimming trees, and collecting salvage items. She supports forestry, travels for essential tasks, and longs for London's museums and theatres amid travel limits.
The piece states that Germany has looted occupied Europe, starving nations to bolster its economy. It notes Goering’s pledge and the Allied blockade’s necessity, while promising that Britain and the United States will deliver relief and supplies as liberating forces advance.
After Allied landings a North African Economic Board of British and American advisors formed to assess needs and mobilize UN resources. It recommended actions to rebuild local industry and coordinate shipments to the region. Within eighteen days a food shipment began with 300 tons sugar 200 tons canned milk 200 tons soap and 10 tons coffee followed by further aid.
Supplies sent to North Africa and Europe aim to build a lasting economic foundation beyond temporary relief. The United Nations vow to deliver food and essential aid to nations devastated by Axis policies, with North Africa developments showing these promises will be fulfilled without delay.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round notes Prime Minister Churchill deflects when asked where a Roosevent Stalin Chiang Kai shek meeting might be held. He jokes he has been everywhere and will go wherever summoned. The piece also mentions the lute’s Arab origins.
Harvey S. Firestone Jr witnessed the first grain based synthetic rubber tractor tire emerge from a mold at the Firestone plant. The process starts with fermenting grain to grain alcohol and converts it to butadiene, the key ingredient for synthetic rubber, used in the ground grip tires.
Wing Commander Arthur Hay Donaldson recounts a close escape when an enemy shell ripped past his helmet during a mission against an airfield. The blast knocked him unconscious yet he recovered and returned safely to base.
Canadian poultrymen may replace scarce imported oyster shell with high calcium limestone. It is inexpensive, widely available, and can be fed similarly if properly graded. Some deposits are low in calcium high in magnesium, which is harmful in excess. Begin pullets on limestone to avoid reduced intake and egg production drop when switching.
The poultry industry anticipates unprecedented demand in the coming year with export needs reaching at least 100 million dozen eggs. Military needs have doubled since the war began, and civilian demand remains high, driving supply pressures. A stray, unrelated note mentions tiny white ants in Australia building enormous ant hills.
Nine Canadians among a mixed class at No 1 Central Navigation School Rivers Manitoba received air bomber wings. Group Captain W A Murray presented the badges to graduates from Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Ontario and Winnipeg with several prior military or civilian backgrounds noted.
A U S health authority links high riboflavin intake to better health and longer life. Riboflavin, part of Vitamin B2 found in milk eggs meat and greens, supports both human and animal diets. Excess intake is beneficial but not limitless. deficiency may cause ariboflavinosis with eye, mouth, digestion and skin issues.
A collage of light jokes set in mid-century life. A timid visitor asks about parachute silk suspense while a cook calls a wasp in soup a vitamin bee. Other scenes feature a church collection, vacation savings, gate chats, and kitchen straight talk with a boots on humor tone.
The speaker praises Winston Churchill for prioritizing Germany before Japan. He cites Churchill’s words that defeating Japan would not affect Germany’s strength, whereas defeating Germany would ensure Japan’s defeat, calling it a clear case of putting first things first.
Mrs F J Kitson showed guests a likely first Leeds electric clock set on a chimney piece. It ran on a Voltaic pile using copper and zinc plates buried in a rose bed, kept accurate by watering or manure. The tale recalls a long lived electric setup once noted in Oxford's Physical Laboratory.
Collier's Weekly notes a modern range finder for a large battleship contains 160 lenses prisms and optical elements plus 1500 mechanical parts. It weighs five tons costs 35000 dollars and requires a year and a half to construct, half the ship's build time.
The Red Star, official Russian Army newspaper, ridiculed rumors from Swedish and other foreign sources that Russia sought peace with Germany. It stated that only Hitler's total defeat and unconditional surrender can bring peace to Europe.
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