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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1942
Page
2
The article reflects on the West as the bread basket in early growth and rails expansion, then notes postwar wheat price drops and acreage reductions. It urges diversification through war industries, leveraging Alberta Saskatchewan coal and scrap iron to spur local production and lasting employment.
A health league pamphlet extols potatoes for cost value and nutrition, urging daily portions for all ages and listing many classic dishes that rely on potatoes, from Irish stew to shepherds pie. The guide promotes potatoes as vitamin rich and energy providing in daily meals.
Chicago physician Dr Frederick Hoelzel explains in the Journal of the American Medical Association that baldness may reflect skull calcification that tightens sutures and narrows small passages for blood vessels. He notes bone growth is typically greater in males, and cites psychoanalytic lore about hair and insanity.
Consumer inquiries into the rationing order reveal varying spoonful counts. Government tests show eight to ten level teaspoons per ounce for tea and five tablespoons per ounce for coffee, while Empire Tea Bureau data claim 15 level teaspoons per ounce for tea. Experts note tea and coffee type affect weight and that rationing will alter daily drinking habits.
List of graduates under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan from several Canadian schools. Names include LAC K A McPhadden Bounty Sask LAC LRB Amonson Haren Sask LAC RR Austin Seacross Sask LAC TB Bond Beaver Lodge Alta LAC Batch Varsity View Manitoba WACO 5 Merrill Hillspring Alta LAC A Scheelar Strome Alta LAC RR Schmidt Southey Sask LAC AY Young Bluffton Alta No 5 Air Observer School Manitoba LAC W Flett LAC R Fol LAC FR Galan LAC Ay FS Seetyel Richmond Sask NO Bombing and Gunnery School MacDonald Man LAC H Dann Craven Sask LAC 34S Harvey Rania City Man etc.
The article explains that the term Commando refers to a formation used in the Boer war and later applied by Prime Minister Churchill to British special service troops. It notes that individuals cannot be called Commandos, only units can, and that the plural is spelled Commandoes or Commando without an E.
A wartime column extols Reserve Army training under harsh weather. Recruits volunteer for extra instruction, showing strong work ethic. The piece urges mass sacrifice at home with rationing and curbing profiteers to support war aims and Berlin.
A compact selection of quotes stressing work as stimulus and virtue. W M Hunt Ruskin Mary Baker Eddy Henry Churchill King Sir Joshua Reynolds and Ramsay MacDonald urge purposeful effort, defined tasks, and heartfelt labor as keys to growth and achievement.
The band saw enters American sawmills after Henry Disston showcased his perfected model in operation at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876.
At the Polk County fair in Osceola Nebraska two prizes drew muted reaction. Addie Carter won a free permanent wave for the woman raising the most chickens, while Al Nicklaus won a free haircut for buying the most war bonds.
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