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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1945
Page
5
UNRRA officials outline Canada led rationing approach for liberated Europe based on commodities, not points. Registration by police with volunteers. universal systems not mandated. local facilities used. printing and administration by countries themselves. aim to stabilize trade and distribution while avoiding luxury rationing.
Pattern 7248 offers instructions for crochet doilies inspired by Daisy and Button motifs. Includes stitches and materials list. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg at 175 McDermot Avenue with name address and pattern number. delays possible due to mail.
A wartime prayer asks for new faith hope and power to overcome tyranny and seek lasting peace. It prays for captives wounded families and all in peril, asking healing absolution and justice, and invites readers to share the text printed from Frank Chamberlain's Radio Column in Globe & Mail on Oct 7 1944.
The piece warns against treating the campaign as a guaranteed victory and compares modern warfare to the WWI experience. It emphasizes endless danger, lack of sleep, poor sanitation, cold rations, and uncertain gains after weeks of hardship, noting breaching a line may not yield swift success.
A woman feeds any visitor with kindness and a man confronts her, asking why she feeds every tramp who comes to the door. She calmly answers that it is a relief to see a man eat without faulting the cooking.
The piece honors British women and men on balloon and gun sites in Britain who endured hardship during the war. It credits Mr. Sandys for recognizing their sacrifices and notes half of General Pile's anti aircraft command are women.
Dr. Mitchell S. Corbett, a Chicago physician, believes music has soothing effects. With assistants, he treats 300 to 400 patients daily, many in industrial cases, piping music into his office to cut nervous tension from long waits.
The auto giro uses windmill style wings that operate only when on the ground. Although the wind provides propulsion, the wings are power driven solely during ground operation.
Rural Canadian communities show simple ways to heat hot noon meals for children. Methods include heated jars carried by pupils, communal hot dishes prepared by mothers, or school staff preparing hot courses such as soup or cocoa. The Nutrition Division supports hot meals for health.
Dr. L D Livingstone reports on Arctic life and the potential for a postwar tourist center at Aklavik. Eskimos grow wealthy from fur prices, coal nearby, and oil prospects lure residents as Mackenzie River trade and remote access shape the future. Livingstone plans to stay, buying a 400 acre farm near Renfrew.
A London dispatch to the Polish Telegraph Agency quotes a Polish woman’s letter from Birkenau. The letter claims 4000 Jewish children were gassed and cremated, and notes more than 65,000 women died there over two years including Russians Ukrainians Yugoslavians Germans French Polish and Jewish. It cites over 9000 deaths in a single month.
Milk figures show June 1944 supply at 145,025,000 gallons in the United Kingdom, up from 123,072,000 gallons in June during the three prewar years. The rise ties to free school milk, with 30,426 schools in the scheme and daily milk use over 220,000 gallons.
Fall presents ideal weather for home repairs and exterior painting ahead of winter. Inspect doors and windows for drafts, caulk gaps, and prime wood before two coats of paint. Clean and repaint metal fixtures, roof-friendly storm windows, and putty areas to ensure weatherproofing and longer-lasting results.
The Galapagos Islands harbor some of the oldest living animals, with tortoises believed to reach several hundred years in age. The naming of the islands reflects the famed giant tortoises encountered by early explorers.
Dr Augustine Frigon CIC general manager says CBC is experimenting with television and will build an experimental station in Montreal. He notes television is costly and will not reach general use for a long time after the war.
A brief note states the banana plant forms its frit shortly after planting the root stock, estimated at about 15 minutes. The record provides a concise observation from an agricultural note or snippet.
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