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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1942
Page
5
The article notes Britons endure stricter home-front rules than the army, with food and clothing rationing to continue after the war. It details petrol bans, high taxes, and mass mobilization, and mentions government plans to train dogs like Alsatians and Collies for guard and courier work to save manpower.
The New York Times warns that Heinrich Himmler, tasked with expanding Nazi terror, cannot subdue Europe free once it has known freedom. The report notes German brutality in holland and rising resistance, with editors jailed in Copenhagen and anti Nazi sentiment spreading across occupied Europe.
High Commissioner Major-General Victor Odlum has traveled across New South Wales Victoria and Queensland with the aid of Canadian Trade Commissioners L M Cosgrave and Frederick Palmer. He has held off the record talks drawing praise from federal and state political circles ahead of a Western Australia visit.
Dr. A Frigon told the House of Commons radio committee that CBC will connect 11 low power repeaters across 10000 miles of network to serve rural areas. Revenue rose from commercial broadcasting and license fees with licenses providing most. War conditions may cut commercial revenue next year while staff aided construction of a high power short wave station for Free French in Africa.
London air raid shelters now accommodate 5.5 million residents a substantial share of national capacity. The figure reflects a quarter of the country’s total sleeping accommodation, with about 2.467 million spaces allocated nationwide.
British scientists report success with hydroponics to boost fresh vegetable supply. Methods include wire tray systems, sand and gravel beds, and simple hand watering. Trials outdoors and in greenhouses yielded eight to ten pounds of tomatoes per plant, plus strong carrot turnip potato and lettuce crops.
The Department of Mines and Resources forbids live minnows and small fish in Cape Breton Highlands Nova Scotia Prince Albert Saskatche wan Banff Jasper Waterton Alberta and Yoho British Columbia to protect lakes and rivers from unwanted species. Live bait remains allowed but anglers often discard bait into lakes.
Frank Brown of Canada Western Cordage told the Fraser Valley Fibre Flex Growers Association annual meeting that a spinning mill could be built at an ultimate cost of 250000 if flax production in the Fraser valley reaches sufficient volume and government support is provided. He said he has written to Minister MacDonald and the postwar rehabilitation commission about the project.
A Winnipeg newspaper pattern feature offers Pattern 7287 for a 12 by 16 inch embroidery panel The Favorite Psalm in Lovely Stitchery includes transfer pattern illustrations stitch guides and a color chart Readers send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man and include name address and pattern number handwriting plainly
Veterans endure through decades at sea with stories of wartime near misses and endless voyages. Charles Penrose, 71 by birth, says his true age at sea is 59 to keep sailing. he aims to die on the briny deep. He recalls torpedoing in the last war and other close calls while noting a lifelong career aboard ships and lakes vessels.
R C Berkinshaw of the department of munitions and supply urged saving and economizing at the 28th annual Canadian Chemical Association convention in Hamilton. He warned Canadians underestimating material scarcities and called for reduced demands on clothing transportation and comforts as shortages span commodities.
Wireless telephone equipment has been installed in five national parks Banff and Jasper in Alberta Prince Albert in Saskatchewan Riding Mountain in Manitoba and Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia. Sets are at park headquarters and portable units can be carried by wardens for use throughout the park area. They aid fire protection and park administration.
The Edmonton Journal urges continuing intelligent saving practiced during wartime. It defines waste as the avoidable use of labor and materials for nonwar purposes and warns that recklessness now would threaten the nation’s future freedom and survival.
The prohibition on crafting over 400 metal items from fingerbowls to grandstands will disrupt production and cause dislocations yet may steer society toward a simpler life philosophers advocate. The move could curb gadget overload while preserving essential utilities.
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