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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1945
Page
7
Ed Larrime the station agent times the arrival as Emily and townsfolk await Frt Lt Thomas N Cartwright DFC returning on the 5 15 train. The town recalls his earlier reputation as a hellion and honors the brave flyer who stayed to force down the enemy and sacrificed with his ship.
Emily recalls Tommy's troubled youth turning into a skilled aviator as he returns home from service. He had stolen money to fund model planes, repaid by working at Blake's Pharmacy, earning acclaim in aero mechanics. The town gathers for a triumphant homecoming, with Emily's pride and tears marking the moment.
The Saskatchewan government pledges support for irrigation projects to grow special crops, citing Southern Alberta figures as guidance. Expected irrigation crops include 30 000 acres of sugar beets worth 3 780 000 dollars and 6 000 acres of potatoes and cabbage valued at 690 000 dollars, plus vegetable crops, seed peas and beans, pickling cucumbers, and mustard. All but mustard are grown under irrigation.
A collection of quick quips and banter spans a night watchman, a door key test, a couple debating purchases, a teacher and student mischief, a flour mishap, a couple of private jokes, an Irish wedding joke, a gramophone note, stomach rumbles and a rushed exchange about a delayed meeting.
Airmen who ferry planes often know more about aircraft than other pilots. They may be asked to fly as many as 30 different types and must qualify for each by passing a model specific examination based on the aircraft manual, sometimes up to seven pages long.
A patchwork column mentions a Sunrise man Olaf Aarhus chasing a smoking tire blaze, two youths in Winnipeg fined with cat-pen chores after burning a cat, anniversary wishes to Mr and Mrs Wm Clendenan in Estevan, and a Neepawa meeting sparked by a lone woman. It also recalls a Hong Kong letter to Pte Wm McGinnis, a World War II rationing jab, and various notices on farming records, Prince Edward Island fish shipments, and a Quebec delinquent boys camp near Joliette.
In southern Alberta the fresh fruit boom adds tens of thousands of dollars to farmers income on irrigated land in the Lethbridge district. A Barnwell farmer reports harvesting and selling five thousand dollars worth of strawberries from a patch just over two acres despite last year's labor shortages.
Aerial Highway will continue east of the Rockies as an interim arrangement for the R C A F Northwest staging route to Alaska and to support domestic and international air services. Canada owns all continuing installations along the route built at a cost of 76 million dollars with 1900 personnel now and fewer in peacetime.Hubert H Scott promoted to assistant to VP traffic at Canadian Pacific Railway Montreal connections noted.
An advertisement promotes Hem-Roid as an internal treatment for piles. It claims rapid relief from itching, soreness, and swelling, with the firm offering a refund if unsatisfied. The notice cites a reliable Canadian firm with over 20 years in business.
A recipe showcases early season apples for desserts and canning with cinnamon nutmeg and honey flavors. It uses sliced apples mixed with sugar spices and honey, then topped with a bread crumb corn flake mix and baked until tender and browned yielding six servings.
Telephone workers in Amsterdam secretly saved 75 000 of 77 000 instruments during Nazi confiscation orders in the war's final days, concealing them to prevent German seizure and preserve vital communications assets for the city.
About 19,000,000 sheep and lambs are slaughtered for meat in Australia each year. The statement notes the large scale of the country's livestock harvest and reflects on industry size and output.
Anne Adams Pattern 4722 offers a soft-shouldered yoke and single-piece sleeve with a flattering bow. Available sizes 12 through 40, size 16 requires 3 7 8 yards of 39 inch fabric. send 20 cents with name address and style number to the Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
A submarine requires about 450,000 pounds of lead. Its storage batteries need as much lead as 4,600 cars use, and ballast requires as much lead as 3,600 automobiles.
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