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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1945
Page
2
Radar or radiolocation emerged as a pivotal wartime breakthrough. The British Ministry of Information highlights radar as a novel, versatile weapon that propelled Allied victory and is expected to have significant peacetime uses.
Radar shaped the Battle of Britain by denying surprise to the Germans and later expanded to ship bombing, blind fire in gunnery, detection of ships submarines and aircraft, air sea rescue and the D Day amphibious operation, saving many lives.
In late World War II Europe radar helped counter the flying bomb threat and was poised to target the V-2 weapon. With war ending it will aid air and sea travel in fog and may improve highway safety. British scientists discovered radiolocation but credit is given to Canada for major contributions in manufacture and training of technicians.
A humorous Lincoln anecdote recounts how he gently rejects a candidate with no doorkeeping experience or relevant study. The President questions the man about qualifications, noting the lack of any real or theoretical preparation. The hopeful departs humbly, though grateful for the retort.
The Manchester Guardian notes penicillin curing influenzal meningitis in a child in the UK. Royal commission studies Little Manitou Lake Sask minerals, buoyant waters, and medicinal salts after a 15 year development pause due to finances.
The piece recalls Lord Cromer restricting the Spanish fleet via the Suez Canal to reach Barcelona and Britain intercepting Spain’s plans. It cites Henry Wickham Steed noting a 1898 European move to unite against the United States and credits Britain with frustrating those plans aiding the U S in Manila and the anthem's survival.
The article notes an exception for the royal family who sign only their baptismal names. It discusses a law in England requiring a single surname on official documents. The monarchs are exempt, signing by baptismal names rather than a surname.
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Questions and answers on consumer complaints meat coupons and rationing during wartime. Guidance covers registering complaints with retailers or local Wartime Prices and Trade Board, getting meat coupons for special diets with medical certificates, using the Remake Wrinkles booklet for clothing, and rules for dairy butter coupons.
The passage notes many English farms being purchased quickly at stiff prices. It argues land is valued as a vital food producer and a general belief in Britain that land is good property to hold. It also mentions ancient manuscripts describing liver use to treat night blindness.
A wartime tally shows 13 611 American residents enlisted in the Canadian forces across the RCAF Army and Navy by July 1945. 8 585 joined the RCAF, 4 740 by the Army with 547 CWACs, and 265 with the Navy. Discharges and transfers to U S forces are noted, with New York Treasury estimates suggesting discharge benefits may exceed 3 million dollars for those settling in the United States.
Ottawa authorized this summer’s initial shipment of about 100 tons of lake trout and whitefish from Great Slave Lake arrives in Edmonton in five refrigerated cars. The fish traveled 400 miles by cooler barges and river routes to Fort Smith portage, then by truck. McInness Products Corp holds this year’s fishing rights and sought a two million pound quota. the 100-ton load is about one tenth of the season’s catch.
Canadian Women's Army Corps members return to Saskatchewan after overseas service in England the Continent and the Mediterranean. Cpl Edith Parry notes vast monthly food handling at Regina depot and high standards of storage. British war bride Pte Reggie Brownlee married in 1942 speaks of Canada life and westward move.
Pullman Standard unveils a rail car designed for in transit entertainment doubling as a dance and film venue. The forward half serves as a daytime club and night club, the rear half as a lounge and movie theatre with a central cubicle housing radio phonograph screen and projector.
A collage of quotes on prudence from John Mason Samuel Johnson Mary Baker Eddy Epicurus Jeremy Collier and Burke. It pairs reflections on self restraint and virtue with a stray line noting that fully grown sperm whales yield up to 145 barrels of oil.
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