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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1944
Page
2
The article outlines inflation as a major war evil, triggering price and wage spirals that threaten national welfare. It notes that Canada, Britain, and the United States faced inflation in the last war and describes efforts to control prices and wages to avoid a repeat.
Public support has helped implement extensive government controls to prevent inflation during the war. Despite difficulties, nations with such schemes achieve more economic stability, and Canada benefits from strong public cooperation since the war began.
Public leaders urge ongoing caution as war-savings are spent and restrictions slowly ease. They warn that immediate normal conditions are unlikely and the postwar period may be as challenging as the recent years, requiring patience from Canadians.
An advertisement promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a gentler solution for constipation caused by lack of dietary bulk. It recommends daily intake of an ounce or muffins, plus ample water, and notes the product is made by Kellogg's in London Canada with two convenient sites.
The article notes future demand for Canadian horses as Europe orients to restore farm power after the war. It cites steep declines in horse numbers across Britain, Holland, Belgium, Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Greece, with Germany holding existing stocks. Authorities anticipate a long, heavy need for horses to restore agriculture in devastated regions.
The article notes 5118 Smiths in the Canadian Army including 362 William Smiths among them 44 from Toronto. It also lists Browns at 3071 and Joneses at 1693 and suggests Smiths and Browns can keep up with the Joneses.
A collection of humorous exchanges and miscommunications at a seaside promenade and daily life scenes. We hear wit about a weight machine, milk pastures, pasteurized milk, a castle’s age, a boy’s Heaven remark, hair in drafts, bakery lines, bus bargains, and grammar slips.
A reader asks about forced purchases, coupon values, cranberry sauce on the list, permits for new businesses, and ration book issuance. Authorities state conditional sales are forbidden, brown and white sugar coupons match, cranberry sauce is rationed, new businesses need permits, and the next ration book issue runs October 14 to 21.
The Chinese News Service reports tea experts expect a revival of China’s tea trade within three to four years after the war. They note extensive tea regions and that production has not been severely disrupted, predicting a booming market once seaports reopen.
Refugees from Alderney met in London to plan restoring Channel Islands herds. Henry Gauvain notes preservation of pure Jersey and Guernsey cattle is essential for perfection, with outside aid possible if thinning continues. No bovine tuberculosis on the islands. importation is a last resort to rebuild pedigreed stock.
The government plans an airline system linking 22 regional centers with trunk routes, offering 24 hour reach between any two points. Each center serves a 300 mile radius by air or surface transport, using existing airfields and 18 airliners with RAF personnel to operate. The move aims to revolutionize life in remote areas.
Lance Corporal Jacqueline Irvine of Rouleau Saskatchewan member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps poses in the new C W A C vehicle drivers outfit. She drives a panel truck for the Army at Army Headquarters in Regina wearing khaki shirt brown tie and cap styled after the Kepi with smart serge trousers and a grenade pocket for orders.
Calgary Herald argues that British war brides arriving in Canada deserve priority in immigration, stating no immigrant class should be more welcome than repuresentatives of Britain who endured Nazi persecution and that wives of Canadian soldiers constitute a first lien on hospitality.
CWAC artist L Cpl Molly Lamb of Vancouver 22 years old gains attention for painting stage scenery for the Canadian Army Show. Her art has hung in the Toronto Art Gallery and won prizes in Ottawa. Banff Alberta hosts a YWCA run leave centre praised as the finest for service girls with riding stables golf tennis and springs nearby. about 70 service women vacation weekly.
Corporal Brenda Campbell of Edmonton and wife of Capt. Campbell served in the CWAC and outsourced WW II air defense as an ack ack plotter. She helped shoot down two German planes including a Ju 88. Lucy McCarthy of Winnipeg returns home after enlisting in the Canadian Women's Army Corps and a life linked to Fort Osborne Barracks.
After a year trial square milk bottles in quarts and half pints used in Cedar Rapids Iowa and other U S cities prove successful The change from round bottles aims to conserve cold storage space and increase truck loads About 45 percent more milk can be stored and carried in trucks with new compact lighter cases Grocers say 36 square quarts fit where 25 round bottles did on a refrigerator shelf
The Queen Mother Elizabeth refused to leave Brussels after King Leopold’s removal in June. She reportedly told the German commander by phone that he would have to drag her from her apartment in Laken Palace. Despite persuasion attempts she stayed in the palace.
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