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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 10, 1943
Page
2
Canada announces a 1943 lend lease plan to provide 1.6 billion dollars in war supplies to the United Nations. Canada will deal directly with allied governments, continuing its role as a full partner, after three years of building munitions capacity from a small start.
Coverage notes broad international approval of Canada's 1943 Lend Lease plan. Canada would supply war materials to Russia China and the British Empire while Australia and New Zealand praise the move and the U S and Canada coordinate to avoid duplication.
The article links proper vitamins and minerals to wartime productivity and urges readers to plant Victory Gardens. It notes possible shortages of commercially grown vegetables due to war, praises home gardening for fresh produce, knowledge, and aiding the war effort, and lists beans beets cabbage carrots peas corn lettuce tomatoes and potatoes as suitable crops. Readers are told to request a free Vitamin Chart from the Western Division Health League of Canada.
M. B. Davis of the central experimental farm urged amateur gardeners at the Ontario Horticultural Association meeting in Toronto to plant Victory gardens. He listed eight essential vegetables potatoes carrots cabbages tomatoes onions beans green peas and sweet corn with cucumbers radishes beets and squash also urged. The Dominion government had not encouraged Victory gardens until now believing commercial growers could meet all demands. A Tunisian dam still in use was built in 1622.
Friends of Madame Chiang Kai-shek describe a temporary university created for the Generalissimo’s study of Western thought. Ten eminent professors in sociology history economics and political science lectured two hours plus questions over ten weeks before the teachers and Chiang Kai-shek agreed to dissolve the unit and return home.
A veterinary article explains the life cycle of the common swine roundworm, its damage to liver and lungs, and how heavy infestations cause coughing and poor growth. It outlines Phenothiazine treatment dosages by weight, benefits of a wet mash, and strict pen sanitation to destroy eggs, plus guidelines for housing sows and piglets to reduce infection.
The British and Foreign Bible Society ensures pocket New Testaments and Psalms are available to all personnel in His Majesty's forces at no cost. They report 453,000 copies issued to chaplains at over 60,000 dollars, but many service members have not received their copy and the goal remains to supply every uniformed person.
Home Services advertises a 32 page booklet with diagrams and instructions for the latest dance steps. Send 15c for a copy to Home Services Winnipeg Newspaper Union 17% McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. Include name address and booklet title.
Advertisement touts ALL-BRAN as a simple daily cereal to ease constipation during wartime work. Claims bulk in diet, no harsh purgatives, and suggests muffins or cereals with water for regularity. Kellogg's London Canada brand promoted in two sizes.
Mrs. John G. Tufford of Vineland Ontario, now 100, recalls Canada’s infancy as a nation. She recalls sand floors, heat from the hearth, seven generations, spinning for hire, low wages, and simple rural life with quilting parties, spelling bees, hog slaughter, canning, and sufficiency until spring.
A collection of quotes stressing compassion and virtue from Coleridge, Mary Baker Eddy, George Eliot, Beattie, and others. The passages contrast true generosity with selfish sympathy, and compare human pity to divine mercy, urging kindness as a mental preparation for virtue and politeness.
Newspapers urge a campaign for noise limits claiming daylight clatter accounts for 80 percent of urban noise. Municipal rules cut night noise by 60 percent but overlook daytime din.
Canada ships dried eggs to Britain in 14 pound packages as part of a metal saving program.
War Savings stamps can quickly mature into War Savings certificates with ongoing purchases. Buy them regularly to maximize savings.
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