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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1945
Page
2
General Crerar’s V E Day address urges the guiding principle “Each for all” for wartime success and peacetime democratic life. He links soldiers’ unity to citizens’ duty in maintaining government of the people by the people for the people.
Leaders describe a transition to peacetime as veterans enter civilian life and war industries shift to peaceful production. The text praises Canadians for wartime achievements and calls for continued effort, cooperation, and responsibility to secure the future.
The piece argues that citizens must exercise their franchise to shape domestic and foreign policy. It urges Canadians to register and vote in all elections and apply the principle to public health, education, unemployment, and tolerance, stressing that responsibility lies with the people.
A collage of light jokes and quips fills a salon window feature. One joke warns against whistling at leaving workers while a grandmother may be among them. Other lines revolve around misheard conversations, umbrella lending, and playful puns about distances and telephones.
Citizens learn upratings on truck travel limits and deliveries by laundries. Rim fire ammunition removal from rationing permits allows purchase without a permit. Maple syrup coupon values shift from 40 to 24 ounces on June 1. Civilians may buy shirts formerly restricted to officers. Request pamphlet or Blue Book at Wartime Prices and Trade Board office.
The tiny island of Sark with 360 residents endured five years under German occupation ruled by the 60 year old Dame of Sark. British liberators found the garrison of 300 Germans led by a Nazi captain had inflicted little disruption as the Dame kept order and debt to tradition.
The Calgary Herald notes how understanding weather enables prediction and preparation. Frost, rain, wind and flood are foreseen, growers use smudge pots, and airplanes fly only in favorable conditions, signaling meteorology as a growing industry.
Sir Fabian Ware and colleagues of the Imperial War Graves Commission report good condition of cemeteries and memorials in France Belgium and Cologne after German occupation. The work lightens repair and aids future cemetery creation with reverent design by leading architects and funded by Commonwealth governments to prevent neglect.
The feature highlights Emma Abbess of Togo Saskatchewan serving in Canada with CWAC as her brothers fight in Europe and Hong Kong. It notes Joyce Wick at Camp Borden and other Western Ontario and Prairie CWAC graduates, plus Evelyn Watson branching into publicity work and CWAC modeling.
Saturday supper idea features All-Bran based scrapple. Mix water cornmeal salt pepper All-Bran and sausage fat then chill and slice. Brown slices in sausage fat serve with syrup or apple butter. Kellogg's All-Bran promoted with London Canada link.
J H Tapley president states in the annual report that Swift Canadian Co. Limited handled 16.2 percent of total meat produced in Canada in 1944. Canadian pork output peaked, total livestock slaughter rose 142 percent since 1939, and 303 employees won $2,600 in suggestion awards. 1,222 employees served in the armed forces, with 34 killed, five missing, and eight prisoners of war.
An official report states seven thousand guns were arrayed on Britain's east coast as the second flying bomb campaign began in September 1944. It notes Germany launched 1,609 buzz bombs between Sept 5, 1944 and March 1945, with anti-aircraft guns downing 407 and the RAF claiming 76, while the Royal Navy credited with 13 flying bombs. There is a final line about 16 sound equipped movie houses in ancient Palestine.
A collection of religious reflections on prayer from multiple authors. Quotes by Trench J Phillips Mary Baker Eddy South A Maclaren George Meredith discuss the balance of belief, expectancy, humility, trust, and gratitude in prayer. The excerpts emphasize aligned heart and tongue, and that prayer leads to righteousness and transformation.
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