This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 15, 1946
Page
7
Health League of Canada urges eight provinces to adopt compulsory pasteurization amid claims pasteurized milk is the safest, while noting only Ontario currently has a law. The group warns unpasteurized milk can harbor disease germs from cows, milkers, and handlers, and stresses proper pasteurization to ensure safety.
A legacy recipe describes mixing sifted flour with baking powder salt and sugar then folding in Grape-Nuts Flakes. The batter uses egg milk molasses and shortening before baking in a greased leaf pan at 350F for about an hour. Cool wrap in a damp cloth and rest overnight before slicing.
Dr Frank R Griffin of Toronto a specialist in industrial medicine has been elected a director of the American Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons. He has served in the field for 15 years and chairs the Technical Committee of the Industrial Committee of the Health League of Canada. The appointment came at the association's annual convention in Chicago.
A speaker recalls a bleak prairie childhood and a trek across the country after a vagrant in the barn, George Weaver. The narrator's mother, known as a plucky survivor, drives the family through hard times before a death reveals a hidden kinship. The tale ends with the narrator leaving home, severing ties with his mother.
The Prices Board announced maximum 1946 prices for new potatoes, with little change from 1945. Increases range up to half a cent per pound in several regions. basing-point prices in Harrow Ontario and Vancouver unchanged. Transportation allowance of 40 cents per hundredweight is removed, pricing now equals basing-point price plus transport to distribution. Imports require Wartime Food Corporation permit and will be limited where 1945 supplies suffice.
Food Minister Sir Ben Smith announced in London a temporary measure to raise the wheat extraction rate to 90 percent from March’s 85 percent, with the prewar average at 73 percent. He said biscuit output will be reduced to meet the world wheat shortage.
Dr. Howard J. Curtis and Dr. Edgar J. Murphy of Clinton Laboratories in Oak Ridge Tennessee report that radiations from atomic fission may extend youth by altering aging processes in animals. Some rays accelerated aging and death in rats and mice, but overall they foresee aging research advancing with radiation.
A Canadian Red Cross report records 16,310,592 food parcels packed for prisoners of war from Jan 1941 to July 1945 at six Red Cross plants. Total expenditure reached 41,831,652 dollars.
Archaeologists studying European and British bomb craters uncover new clues to antique life and culture. A U.S. bomb at Pompeii exposed archaic terra cotta revetments, while a German bomb at Canterbury unearthed a Roman city dating to 43 A.D. The piece warns of a potential Dark Ages culture if the IAEA fails to become a reality.
The London Times notes more than 35,000 Merchant Navy officers and men died serving to bring food and arms to Britain and aid Russia, while about 50,000 Royal Navy personnel were killed in battle or while keeping sea lanes open for allies.
President Eurico Gaspar Dutra bans all gambling nationwide, cancelling casinos races lotteries and games of chance. The decree is framed as defending moral and cultural tradition, affecting about 200000 workers and nearly one million dependents.
A collection of light comedy vignettes and jokes about Mary the servant raising wages to avoid broken china, a Grecian gods joke about a wife, a bride and groom caught by a waiter with rice pudding, an optimist tale about eyes, a veteran from the last war recalling luck, Mrs. Jones and Switzer land cheese, a sawdust circus gag, a toes joke about a new boy, a cot sleep joke, and a distant parishioner riddle.
The Chemical and Engineering News reports a reusable Xenon flash bulb for photography. It resembles a projection lamp with a three-pronged base and a small glass coil filled with Xenon gas. The bulb delivers sun-bright illumination from a few yards away in about one five thousandth of a second.
Jan Stephan Kucera, born a few weeks ago in Prague, is the first Lidice child since the war. About 50 Lidice children were found near Hamburg, with 30 to 40 still missing. Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk and Mrs Eduard Benes stood as godparents at the christening. The finding follows prior reports of a few children located across Germany and Slovakia.
Advertises pattern 4932 for toddlers with a frock bonnet slip and panties in sizes 6 months to 5 years. Includes lace options and 15 35 inch yards for size 2 dress and bonnet. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man for order.
About 60 000 British troops have departed Egypt with roughly 400 000 remaining to depart once they can dispose of an equal number of prisoners of war. The Ottawa Citizen notes Egyptians worry that negotiations for a new treaty with Britain could risk losing lucrative revenue from the occupation.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.