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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1945
Page
8
Canada urges aid to war torn Europe as looting left Europe starving and cold. Nations face shortages of food clothing fuel while reconstruction lags. Canada asked to donate ten million pounds of warm clothing this fall to aid families still in hardship from German occupation and war.
A collection of brief maxims on perseverance, steering life, pursuing distinction, thorough effort, and integrity. Includes sayings from F. W. Nichol Seneca Bovee Gladstone and Mary Baker Eddy. Each quote emphasizes staying true to an ideal and living with deliberate purpose.
The new Mustang P-SIH is described as the fastest propeller driven air craft, expected to travel well over 460 tubes. Industry observers note enhanced speed and performance for this model in early demonstrations.
Vancouver Sun notes that Britain and Canada endure greater postwar strain while Britain taxes tea less and ships fewer foods abroad. The piece cites UNRRA projections for European aid and argues Britain’s sacrifice as a bulwark of freedom warrants recognition, reflecting on six years of privation and altered trade.
A historical note describes a 30 component tide predictor built in Britain for the Soviet Union, claimed to foresee sun and moon effects and to forecast tides for Allied landings in Normandy. It notes the machine took two years to complete and was linked to wartime research requests and later use.
Cost of living in July 1920 was 897 percent higher than WWI start. by July 1945 it was 187 percent higher than 1939. By paying no more than ceiling prices, Canadians can help keep costs from rising. Furnished rentals must have prices fixed like unfurnished. owner applies to rentals fire for inspection and maximum rent. All meat products are rationed to reduce consumption. prior rationing raised total consumption. Welcoming home events for returning servicemen cannot receive extra rations. use members' own allowances for refreshments. Send questions or request pamphlet Consumers' News or the Blue Book to the nearest Wartime Prices and Trade Board office.
A collection of rural jokes and light anecdotes features a Swedish immigrant naturalizing, a boss seeking an office boy, a druggist’s horse medicine label joke, a milk story, a misinformed officer and judge, a mother’s quip on George Washington, and a father teaching child humor with sawdust and firewood.
The Chicago Daily News argues Japan's vast army, though fiercely trained for war, has been rendered impotent by American naval control at Midway, island seizures for air bases, air superiority, and the atomic bomb, leaving the Japanese military leadership unable to wage large-scale defense.
W M Ritchie chief Fur Inspection and Grading Services Dominion Department of Agriculture notes prairie wolf skins offered at auction rose over ten years. 1934 35 season 83 018 skins sold average 6 77 dollars each. 1943 44 season 65 712 sold at 13 27. 1940 41 season 28 265 pelts entered market. Most pelts from Alberta Saskatchewan with some from Manitoba British Columbia. Timber wolves show opposite trend with 12 000 ten years ago and 9 260 last year. Most timber wolves from northern Manitoba British Columbia Saskatchewan Alberta Yukon North West Territories Quebec. Fur used for trimming coats and 2635 garments.
Cpl Ruby Ward of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps in June 1945. She trained at Vernon and Regina then taught CWAC personnel in Saskatoon while taking night classes in shorthand and typing. Ward also pursued tap dancing acrobatics swimming and club swinging, served in the Rebekah order and now works as private secretary to Major Henry Lewis. Women in uniform mark their fourth anniversary highlighting non combatant duties and dangers faced in London and Antwerp.
A humorous dialogue features Pte Buttercup and Pte Penelope discussing a fanciful surrender excuse by Emperor Hirohito. The line about atomic ache is a playful misquote while historians note gloves are ancient and eyelids blink frequently. The snippet blends jokes with unrelated trivia on gloves and blinking rates.
Fragmented text describes capsules with Putecavored amounts and Dutch Devos. Mentions Haarlem Ot GAED MEDAL and a request to get the 40 box to rout drugs. Contains garbled brand-like phrases and medical product mentions without clear event or outcome.
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