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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1946
Page
2
The months after the war have differed from hopeful expectations. Famine, strikes, and international tensions have marred the postwar period, leaving many cynical and pessimistic about the future and the world’s trajectory.
A call for citizens to keep faith in a better world after wartime unity. It praises Allied resolve, urges public involvement, and suggests Canadians engage with Parliament to influence food, labor, and other public issues. It emphasizes courage and constructive action over cynicism to shape peace.
Mexican Embassy asked Cuba to cooperate with Mexico in stopping gold smuggling from Havana. Customs seized 1 712 250 dollars in gold from travelers between June 6 1945 and February 6. Since February smugglers using small boats between Mexican and Cuban ports increased imports to over 5 million dollars. Most gold likely meant for European black markets but investigators say part was slated for Argentina.
Nearly 250 000 service members killed in the Second World War will be sent home for burial with military honors. American Legion Grave Registration Program chairman Mancel Talcott announced that about eighty percent of those buried abroad will be repatriated. The Gulf of California lies in Mexico.
Sydney G. Dobson of Sydney Nova Scotia elected president of the Royal Bank of Canada succeeding the late Morris W. Wilson. Dobson rose from junior clerk to top executive in 46 years, with a career spanning Truro Vancouver Montreal and leadership roles in the Welfare Federation.
The uncut unbound first issue of Thomas Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard sold to a London dealer for £1050 ($4672), marking a strong price for a rare early edition.
A Wartime Prices and Trade Board note explains that coupons dated before application are removed from a ration book. if discharged, the book could have covered from discharge date. Canadians on two weeks or more at summer hotels must carry their ration book with specific coupon deductions, while American guests are exempt. No ceiling on dental professional services. request the pamphlet Consumers' News or the Blue Book from a provincial office.
Sabu, 22, famed as the Elephant Boy, arrived at Hurn Airport en route to London to resume film work after serving as a rear gunner in the U.S. Army Air Force in the Pacific. He won eleven decorations for gallantry during his service.
The National Film Board presents Canada World Trader, a Canada Carries On film highlighting Canada s rise to fourth among global industrial powers and its export strength marked by Canada Approved quality. It notes remaining industrial potential to aid world recovery in peaceful collaboration.
Hon. B. Claxton outlines during the Indian affairs committee a set of health department measures. Proposed steps include expanding staff and hospital capacity, boosting tuberculosis control and immunization, medical screening for northern entrants, and broadened government transport for medical personnel and patients. Additional aims cover dental care, first aid, research, and training Indian doctors and nurses.
William Arthur Deacon literary editor of the Toronto Globe and Mail was elected president of the Canadian Authors Association. Mrs Kathleen Strange of Winnipeg was elected vice president for Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
A list of crossword hints appears with numbers and terse prompts. Entries include Pace River island Capuchin monkey To walk wearily Condensed moisture To prepare for comcat Ornamented by setting in pieces of material A number Click beetle Bow of ash Skin disease Spool Huge Handbag Solitary Wooden pin Southwestern Indian Egyptian sun god.
A beat officer couple boasts the energy of Post Grape-Nuts Flakes. They highlight protein, iron, and calcium benefits from the two grain blend and toasted crispness, planning to finish a giant economy package.
A string of light jokes and quips unfolds from a professor praising future fame to domestic banter and mishaps. A burglar, a co ed, a sergeant, and couples share wry observations about ambition secrecy marriage and daily life in a snapshot of social humor.
Philip Wright a 35 year old tuberculous patient in Epping Essex wrote to the London Daily Mirror asking for a few beads to make jewelry. He has received 1 000 000 beads along with money cigarettes candy and even an offer of marriage and more replies keep arriving.
Government projections say industry and utilities will reach prewar employment within three months. By December 31, factories and services are expected to add 800000 workers beyond prewar levels, signaling a full shift from wartime to peacetime production.
Major R. K. Magee, surgical specialist to No. 20 Canadian General Hospital, reports in the Canadian Medical Journal that German surgeons neglected advances known in Canadian, British and American medicine. He notes observations by Dutch surgeons support that German medicine suffered from outside influences being cut off during the war.
More than 1,500 men have enlisted since the peace-time terms were announced last April 15, while 10,000 air men are still needed in ground trades. Air Minister Colin Gibson said enrollments since VJ-Day through May 25 totaled 6,296 officers and airmen, with many from current service members. He expected more recruits from civilian life as younger men become eligible.
A collection of quotes on liberty from Bowles Burke Eddy Prichard Cowper and Southey. The excerpts discuss liberty tied to order virtue divine law rights and truth and resist coercion. The selections emphasize freedom as active responsible and aligned with moral principles.
The Ottawa Journal notes the gardener who has planted and sown must simply wait while watching for drought, stray dogs, caterpillars, cut-worms, neighborly children, and the common diseases of vegetables.
Nylon lines form in Gallup New Mexico as cowboys and locals pay 12 dollars and up for 30 foot nylon lariats advertised as strong enough to stop an elephant.
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