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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1945
Page
7
Jim Bowman, an American correspondent, faces capture in a coal mine compound as Ku Changs guerrillas prepare supper. He disputes Lin Sing about river rescue and a brass Buddha ashtray labeled made in Japan. Bowman wonders what Ku Chang does with prisoners deemed spies.
A mixed page features a dramatic scene with Lin Sing Bowman and Wu Chang in a perilous mine setting as a film projector provokes a chaotic escape, followed by a recipe for Fish Puffs using oven popped rice cereal and flaked fish with a cheese sauce. Lin Sing's bravery contrasts with Bowman's perilous mission amid guerrilla noise and improvised cinema.
A concentrated rundown credits Canada with leading global wheat exports and per capita electrical distribution, vast hydro development, major ports and industries, extensive railway mileage, wildlife sanctuaries, and key scientific discoveries. It notes historic achievements and a department store apron incident as a domestic anecdote.
A nostalgic tribute to a four page country weekly that brings comfort and cheer from home. It carries notices of friends long gone, yet also shared joy in small town letters and village headlines from Andy Clarke’s Neighborly News.
London commentators state that February 1945 RAF Bomber Command dropped 45 750 tons of bombs. They estimate March to June tonnage rising by 68 21 9 and 49 percent respectively, arguing the attack scale reflects limitless Allied resources and will continue throughout the war.
Canadian Red Cross welfare officer Miss Ruby Cobbett reports a Primus stove furnished by the Red Cross saved lives at a French military hospital. In one afternoon and evening 29 operations were performed as instruments were sterilized over the stove when no other means were available. Cobbett notes the nursing sister said the stove made those operations possible. She is part of a group of over 500 Canadian girls serving overseas with the Canadian Red Cross Corps alongside the Army Medical Corps in roles from ambulance driving to hospital visits and patient care.
An old garden column explains plants that tolerate shade and poor soil, from tuberous begonias to sun loving portulaca. It advises using well rotted manure or commercial fertilizers carefully, and covers soil improvement, weed compost, and tools to save effort in tending beds.
U La Pe Win, a Burmese government archaeologist and curator in Pagan, sheltered the ancient capital’s treasures for three years. He moved records to Pagan from Mandalay, buried most relics, and stood Buddha statues outdoors to guide Allied airmen. He and his family hid in a monastery cell while trading along the Irrawaddy to survive strafing and river piracy.
Pattern 4918 offers a four piece strawberry sun day outfit including blouse bonnet and bag in sizes 2 3 4 5 6 8. Size 6 jumper hat and bag use 1% yards of 35 inch fabric blouse uses % yard. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union Winnipeg Man with name address and style number. Mail delays noted.
A National Railways study shows Canada exported most un dressed furs to the US in 1942 totaling about 16.869 million dollars while Britain received roughly 157 thousand dollars. The report notes earlier wartime shifts and London as a former main market.
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