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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
6
Wartime changes in living standards across the empire due to shipping limits material shortages and restricted resources. The text notes general acceptance, possible postwar continuance, and potential advantages in nutrition public health and cooperation between nations arising from the war.
The British Empire expands colonial production to support wartime needs with rubber from Ceylon and Africa, bauxite from British Guiana, Trinidad petroleum, and dehydrated vegetables from Kenya. The initiative aims to boost short-term war aid and long-term prosperity for colonial peoples.
An officer, now a wing commander, bailed out from a burning fighter at 25 000 feet during the Battle of Britain. He was on fire and planned to die, but a miswired harness saved him as he dangled head down by one buckle until landing safely in London. Tires on rear wheels wear one-fifth faster than front tires.
Countryside guidance notes simple methods for protecting Victory gardens with spraying and dusting. Covers foliage coverage, warm calm days, and temperature thresholds for nicotine sulphate use, plus equipment choices and weekly repeat applications to curb outbreaks.
War conditions boost winter wheat production in the prairie provinces. Increased demand has raised prices for winter wheat, with earlier ripening shortening harvests and easing labor shortages. At Lethbridge, W. D. Hay notes winter varieties like M.C. 22 from Kharkov reduce losses. The station reports winter wheat survived 28 years with 273 bushels per acre average, vs 25 for spring wheat.
A collage of scenes features brides confessing cooking troubles grooms boasting poetry work and golf woes with family quips about schooling and affection. A note on American industry credits British orders built before Pearl Harbor for wartime production.
A recipe fragment lists 1 cup soy bean flour 1 cup white flour 3% baking powder salt sugar milk 1 egg melted butter. Mix sift dry ingredients add milk and egg then melted butter. Bake about 25 minutes. Edible beans may be used in menu. described as choked like fresh peas until tender with long cooking time.
A partial list of pilots and trainees connected with training schools in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Names include Alf Rudd, Jane Stan, Nita Boat Campbell, A. Girard, Le Kaiser, Leeks Dafoe, and B. Wr White. References to Central Navigation School and Alta No. 10 Service Flying Training School appear with locations Dauphin and Prince Albert.
The British Navy makes lemon juice mandatory as a tonic to prevent scurvy beginning in 1795. Bay War Savings Stamps reg
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