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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1945
Page
7
The article lauds a cross province exchange of farm labor between Western and Ontario farmers during harvests. It notes wartime manpower losses, and argues the East West exchange builds practical labour relief and national unity by reducing regional prejudice and increasing understanding between farmers in the Prairie Provinces and Ontario.
Despite Europe ending hostilities consumption of apparel wool in North America remains high and 1945 is expected to match 1944. U S Defence Supplies Corporation held about 60 million pounds of wool drawn from a public sale last May and will likely dispose of it under lend lease. The stockpile originally totalled 330 million pounds.
The 13-foot square portrait of Charles I by Vandyck is back in London from a hidden Welsh cave storage where it and 2,000 other gallery gems were kept during the war. The note mentions Otto von Guericke, the German physicist credited with early electric generation around 1663.
Readers arriving in Canada with English war brides seek guidance on price ceilings and rationing rules. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board advises contacting the Consumer Branch in Ottawa for literature. It explains pork spare ribs are not rationed, how to exchange short leave ration cards at local boards, and confirms Winnipeg and eight other cities as Emergency Shelter Areas. Requests for Consumers' News pamphlets or the Blue Book should mention the newspaper date and be sent to the provincial Wartime Prices and Trade Board office.
A scattered mix of humorous exchanges and quips. A grocer questions a boy named Scott Walter Scott and a singer losing her voice prompts a professor. A sergeant hosts a military ball n comedy. There are jokes about husbands, bridges, and a farm nana. The piece notes English studying Japanese soldiers among 40 to 50 percent of pros and 25 percent fluent.
Canadian Women's Army Corps members stationed in Belgium have transformed corrugated hut hospitals into cheerful spaces with patchwork quilts from the Red Cross and Belgian gifts. The women, including Pte Gladys I Hannah, share long hours and tales of overseas service while preparing to return to Canada.
A sugar free candy idea mixes chocolate and crunchy bran for a creamy confection. Melt chocolate, fold in All Bran, spread on wax paper, chill until hard, then cut into four bars. Pack into a box for gifting or hospital care.
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