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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 01, 1944
Page
5
Maggie, inspired by a magazine image, schemes a springtime makeover to paint, paper, replace drapes and pictures. Zeke worries about costs but supports the plan as Maggie envisions an antique style transformation.
Maggie renovates the living room copying a magazine design with green drapes and a fruit bowl. Zeke notes the change affects the family, and warns Joyce and Donald that maternal upgrades reflect aging and taste shifts.
Tom Lowe of Edmonton, a former Mountie turned Army major, commanded a Cape Breton Highlanders company in the Adriatic offensive. After a German sniper wounded a comrade, Lowe lay in wait for two hours, then killed the sniper. He was later wounded by a shell.
Dr Augustin Frigon head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced that the Sackville Nova Scotia area station is under construction and will be on air 18 hours daily by January 1 1945. The beam will begin experimental service in December and the station aims to be the most efficient short wave transmitter in North America.
An estimate notes that the number of world millionaires has risen sharply from 1923, with figures suggesting a sixfold increase. The report highlights a dramatic expansion in affluent individuals across global markets.
Federico Molero, a refugee Spanish scientist in Tashkent, claims a paraboloidal mirror solar converter 33 feet wide can heat water and produce steam up to 470 C. He says the device could melt iron and power irrigation pumps, refrigeration, and regional energy needs in sunny Central Asia.
The later occupation months bring new playgrounds and concrete highways in Belgium used by German transport and by Belgian children for roller skating amid occupation.
Practical winter care for house plants. Keep rooms cool around 60 65 degrees and avoid excessive heat near radiators. Use light suited to plant type, ensure proper drainage, and raise humidity with shallow trays of moisture under pots.
Scientists report that falling barometric pressure correlates with increased spats between husbands and wives and more unruly behavior from children, suggesting weather affects family tension.
A Royal Bank letter argues for establishing many graduate scholarships to train researchers and keep Canada competitive after the war. It condemns reliance on donors for essential apparatus and facilities and calls for a generous industry commitment.
British Lancaster bombers with four Merlin engines and double the bomb capacity of rival aircraft are already flying freight across the Atlantic. Easily convertible to carry 30 to 50 passengers, their long range and high speed promise record civil airliner performance once the war ends.
On Oct 5 a Christmas parcel mailed to Tpr. John McDonald of Chamcook New Brunswick overseas on Nov 1 1943 was located at Chamcook. The parcel traveled with McDonald through England and France in a mosquito boat unit, then back to England where he was invalided last spring and finally returned to Canada for repatriation.
A recipe combines macaroni with onions, Mazola, canned tomatoes, corn syrup, salt, pepper and sausage meat baked with bread crumbs to serve six. The article notes wartime economies and suggests crackers as butter substitutes to stretch rationed foods.
Flying bombs that damaged roofs in London and Southern England have spurred a revival for North Wales slate quarries. Quarries are operating full time to supply slates for repairs and rebuilding efforts.
The fixed pay for England's poet laureate is about $515 annually.
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