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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 05, 1943
Page
2
The article discusses wartime pressures on civilians and Canada’s economy, noting railways prioritizing troop trains and war shipments, potential income tax additions, and efforts by banks and businesses to simplify wartime constraints while maintaining services amid housing and labor shortages.
The Royal Bank of Canada outlines a new ration banking system inaugurated March 1 allowing dealers with monthly rationed sales above five thousand dollars to open banks accounts for coupon deposits. Banks issue negotiable vouchers aiding dealers and easing nationwide coupon handling in wartime rationing.
Defence Minister Ralston tabled two orders in council to equalize the legal position of armed forces personnel in cars with civilians. One order allows civilians injured by a service member acting in duty to sue the Crown for negligence if proved before June 13, 1943, referencing a recent Exchequer Court ruling. The other eliminates the government's right to claim compensation from drivers or owners for injuries to service members riding as passengers.
Turkish authorities join the British Council to inaugurate an English lending library in Istanbul with a second Ankara library already in operation. Between both libraries they hold about 5,000 volumes, mainly technical works in high demand in Turkey.
The piece notes Chicago coining appeasolationist a playful term with brief life. Vancouver readers propose Alaska Highway names like Al canusa and Alcanusapanamex to please regional residents. It mentions deplanement for losing a seat on a TC A plane and unilateral arbitration as a suggested word for war.
Officials of the wartime prices and trade board say Canadian housewives will not see an increased butter ration this winter. They state they are just hoping to maintain the present ration during the coming months.
Lady Montgomery, mother of General Bernard Montgomery, speaks from a Donegal manor of the family’s long Irish landlord line. She says her son dreams of meeting Erwin Rommel as a prisoner and leads the Eighth Army toward that goal. Her other sons serve globally, from Durban to Vancouver, with the youngest in India.
A collage of humorous vignettes and light trades from wartime Britain. A housewife hunts for her missing teeth amid air raid sirens while a schoolteacher questions kindness to the poor. Jokes span family life, editors, and puzzled children with a Smithsonian bluff about blue sheep.
The Royal Canadian Air Force announces a large batch of recently commissioned airmen across Canada. Names include navigators and wireless air gunners from Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Ontario and British Columbia with postings to cities such as Melville Prince Albert and Estevan and designations LAC and Pilot in command. The release lists dozens of individuals by surname and hometown reflecting extensive wartime training output.
The resources department appeals for public help to cut fire losses this year noting last year’s damage and firefighting costs reached 3,550,181 dollars on 1,838,471 acres burned. Provinces report higher than normal losses due to reduced skilled staff and wartime manpower shortages.
Car owners should regularly check storage batteries as neglect shortens life and causes failures. Service stations should record specific gravity readings every two weeks and test the charging rate and electrical system to ensure the battery stays fully charged.
The Bach family spans eight generations with twenty nine eminent musicians starting from Wert Bach in 1550. Johann Sebastian Bach achieved the greatest fame among them, highlighting a rich dynastic tradition in classical music.
A wartime health notice urges readers to stop dosing with purgatives and fix the root cause by daily Kellogg's All-Bran. It recommends two convenient sizes, eating it as cereal or muffins, and drinking water for better regularity. Made by Kellogg's in London, Canada.
Writers offer two ways to keep produce coming: stagger sowings across weeks and plant early, mid, and late varieties to extend harvest. Extra tips cover soil moisture, mulch, cultivation, and weekly soaking plus careful fertilization for steady growth through hot, dry periods. A light garden joke closes the note.
Frederick J. Fowler of Malmsbury Wiltshire England a farmer used his car to visit a farmer's daughter six miles away and was fined about 20 dollars for wasting gasoline.
The United Kingdom Information Office reveals Hilary A. St. George Saunders as the author of Combined Operations. Saunders, known in London as the man who outsold Hitler, has written Bomber Command Battle of Britain Coastal Command and Air Sea Rescue. Lord Mountbatten provides the foreword.
A collection of brief reflections on conscience from Whewell Adams Channing Eddy and Trumbull. It contrasts a tender conscience with a conscience void of offense and links conscience to moral discernment and divine guidance.
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