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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 22, 1944
Page
2
Post war interest grows in trade prospects and future demand for Canadian farm and industrial products. Other nations also seek rebuilding normal trade, with reports on expanding merchant fleets and new trade links. Debates on world security stress a new approach to international trade to avoid repeating past mistakes.
Canada reports a highly favorable export position with volumes twice previous records. War demand drives about eighty percent of trade, while farm products like butter eggs cheese and bacon fetch strong British markets. After the war, Britain may buy these products nearer home as conditions normalize. Wheat and grain shortages also boost exports during the conflict.
Canada seeks post war prosperity through expanding export markets by improving product quality and creating new uses for farm goods. A new Western Canada laboratory will study wider utilization of farm products to boost markets and national development.
Laminated glass, two plate panes with plastic between, now used in aircraft windshields cabins gunners turrets and bombers noses. Modern methods provide flexibility and strength, making the glass nearly a transparent steel says scientists.
Military surgeons attending a New York gathering experienced jungle life through survival menus prepared by the Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics. Sixty dishes were served including rattlesnake steak shark filet and palm cabbage salad with diners reported to have survived the tasting.
The inventor Rudolf Diesel disappeared in 1913 while aboard a mail steamer crossing the English Channel. His death remains an unsolved mystery with no definitive explanation to this day.
Ancient star pattern known as the Southern Cross was visible near the horizon of Jerusalem around the time of the Crucifixion but due to the precession of the equinoxes it is no longer visible from Europe.
A historical population note states China is estimated at 474,787,000. The figure highlights early demographic projections and emphasizes the large scale of the country’s population.
UNRRA warns of epidemic dangers as displaced populations return home. Malaria remains Greece’s major killer with about two million cases annually, and typhoid exposure is reported among workers in occupied Norway. A Soviet report alleges deliberate typhus infection by German authorities. A health division is created to address these risks, with Canadian medical supplies expected to aid efforts.
A Battle front report notes a German general bitterly complains after surrendering to an Allied officer of lower rank. The remark mocks the general and hints at the officer’s supposed unbalanced leadership.
J. L. Rumble of General Motors of Canada spoke in Hamilton arguing that a 1870 proposal for a land tunnel linking North America and Europe under the Bering Strait is more feasible now due to the Alaska highway.
A sea fowl that cannot swim hunts fish from the air and only touches the water with its bill tip. It remains afloat above the surface while wading none.
Canadian Vocational Training reports total enrolment of 346 329 through May 30. Of these 222 642 studied industry, 114 786 trained as tradesmen in the forces, 3 528 in rehabilitation, 5 373 as university students. Programs trace to the 1939 Youth Training Act and postwar Vocational Training Co-ordination Act. Courses span two weeks to six months, including plant schools and foreman training.
After fourteen years research a British spun glass fabric is shown in a London hotel lounge. John Boyd announces post war plans for wide household use noting its outstanding curtaining properties and non cellular composition. The glass cushions originate from Loch Aline sands and the fabric promises fireproof mildew proof rot proof and sunproof durability. It can be cut sewn and produced on existing British mill machinery.
The United States must be a full partner in developing foreign air routes but reciprocity governs access. General talk of cooperation means little unless applied to concrete trade issues as seen in Bretton Woods. American aviation policy should base temporary route allocation and future international machinery on these two facts.
A wartime report by Earl Winterton’s select committee outlines a new House of Commons to replace the destroyed chamber. It would cost over £780000 and aim for better acoustics seating and ventilation while keeping the old chamber’s dimensions and intimate debating form.
Government wartime price and ration guidance answers readers on evicting tenants from farm houses, using new number five ration book, Jersey milk fat rules, and how to request the Consumers News pamphlet or Blue Book from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board.
Scientists and factory workers in the Dominion developed a portable still that yields fresh drinking water from seawater for castaways. The unit includes a grill for fish and a pressure cooker for dehydrated foods, and uses a non explosive solid fuel that burns without liquefying to reduce fire risks in lifeboats.
Postmaster General W. P. Mulock announced overseas Christmas mail will more than double last year, filling a train over six miles long. He urged that the boys receive parcels on time, highlighting the wartime effort and timing.
Report notes many Brazilians drink from ten to twenty cups of coffee daily highlighting strong cultural coffee consumption.
A collection of brief comic exchanges and quips from a social page. Jokes range from a baby’s first Christmas gift of an electric iron to a heat struck birthday party and office banter about a chairman and a disgruntled shareholder.
Statistics show a 78 percent rise in Northern Ireland tillage area in 1944 from 1939, with England and Wales up 69 percent and Scotland 46 percent. Cattle numbers reach a record high while other livestock fall.
Active army soldiers will wear the general service badge on their great coat sleeves as well as tunics this winter. The change was announced from the headquarters of Military District No. 6, where previously the badge was worn only on tunics.
The article notes bees distinguish brightness levels in colors but cannot see red. It mentions the Braille alphabet was first published in 1829.
Estimates show 1944 sugar beet production up from 1943 with a new Quebec growing area yielding about 55 000 tons. Southwestern Ontario targets 125 000 tons and Alberta 338 000 tons, while Manitoba suffers flood damage. Ontario processing concentrates at Chatham and Wallaceburg, with the latter operating this year. The total beet crop reaches 608 000 tons, 28 percent above 1943.
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the Commons that Great Britain will support the Netherlands in seeking compensation from Germany for damage in Holland. He said the Netherlands reserves the right to claim compensation as a suitable part of adjoining Prussian territory to be ceded or brought under Dutch economic orbit, on a provisional or permanent basis.
The BC Security Commissions report that 67 Japanese left British Columbia in October and secured permanent employment east of the Rockies. Breakdowns by province show Alberta six, Saskatchewan two, Manitoba 15, Ontario 40, and Quebec four.
A historical note records that the tower of Babel in Chal dean city of Ur, located in lower Mesopotamia, has completely disappeared.
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