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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1945
Page
7
Edna Benton drives through heavy rain to Harper's Point to meet Paul returning early. She lends a stranger her jacket, confronts a dangerous woman, and retrieves her missing pocketbook after a tense roadside confrontation ending with Paul discovering a red bag left behind.
A mosaic of brief notes details wartime community spirit across Canada. Events include a 1000-voice Mennonite festival choir in Winnipeg, a 104th birthday for Jim Winters in Alberta, a 65 cent Old Chief Cafe dinner in Cardston, a $25 gift to returning service members in Sidney Township, and vast timber and trade movements. A robin hospital near Canova and a girl collecting victory bonds illustrate civilian morale, while dairy cattle shipments from Lindsay to Mexico mark international exchanges amid the era’s tension.
The article recounts German Field Marshal von Milch and Hasso von Manteuffel in a Luneburg camp living on rations yet supplemented by gifts from women. A British guard challenges authority, while crowds seek autographs. It also covers Victory Day vandalism in London and a Canadian airman’s son’s wartime poem.
Cpl Virginia Chartrand of Deer Horn Manitoba rose to corporal in the Canadian Women’s Army Corps after enlisting in Winnipeg last year and serving as a storewoman at Camp Borden. The piece notes other CWAC enlistees from Saskatchewan and recalls Capt Cynthia Oakley’s active theatre posting and a family visit in Italy. Lt Col Mary Dover, a CWAC veteran, retires after a storied career spanning Canada, India and Ceylon service.
Quinine remains scarce as World War II drains supplies. The loss of Java in 1942 eliminated the only global source, while Allied stockpiles dwindle. Increased demand from air routes and campaigns in Africa and the Pacific pressures synthetic substitutes, leaving quinine chiefly sourced from dwindling reserves.
The Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations in Washington reports a roughly nine percent drop in hog production across the United States and Canada last year. This decline tightens meat supplies worldwide as nations seek to stretch scarce protein, officials said.
Souffle pie recipe offers tart grapefruit flavor with light puff and only one cup of sugar. Includes crust, citrus filling, and a method to bake at 300 degrees F for about one hour. Also provides an All-Bran pastry shell variation with simple ingredients and steps.
Maj. E. A. Dunlop of the Veteran Affairs Department casualty section told a Dominion of Canada Council of Foremen's Clubs meeting that employers must adopt an approach to war disabled workers that places them in jobs by ability rather than by the extent of their disability.
The article explains that warm hues like yellows creams and browns create a warmer perceived atmosphere while blues and greens tend to make a room feel cooler.
British motorists face gasoline rations enough for 120 miles a month as war restrictions persist. Officials expect lifting the ban could return about 250,000 pleasure cars, totaling roughly 750,000 on roads, with prewar models dominant until taxes, insurance, and fuel costs ease.
Pattern 4766 titled Young Charm offers a simple frock and hat for schoolgirls. Teen Age sizes 10 12 14 16 require 2% yards of 39 inch material. instructions note mail delays. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 4766 with size name address and style number.
Britain’s seasoned paratroop Commandos of the special air service may enter action in the Pacific Theater, a disclosure made in San Francisco.
Josef Hofmann, renowned pianist, reportedly wrote an original mazurka at the age of five. A public notice urges readers to buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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