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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
7
Postwar plans emphasize rebuilding homes and lives, with Canadians eyeing renewed peace and public services. Education funding is urged to double annual operating costs to about 146.8 million and add 60 million capital, to expand schools and national welfare through nation-building.
Readers learn ration rules for travel, deceased relatives, and hospital stays. A parent cannot use another’s ration book if the owner left Canada, with 60 days or more abroad requiring surrender. The Aid to Russia Clothing Campaign is halted to let Wartime Prices and Trade Board address supply issues. Deceased persons’ ration books must be surrendered. If hospital stays exceed two weeks, coupons are removed. shorter stays see no coupon removal. Contact Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices for pamphlets.
A week end poll of Corner Brook Newfoundland residents shows 49 percent want immediate return to responsible government among 7000 people in the paper mill town. Twenty six percent favor union with the United States and 19 percent back confederation with Canada. Only six percent are satisfied with the present commission government.
A string of light jests unfolds from a busy restaurant to a military mess. An irate customer quips about waiting, a waiter keeps order, a judge jokes about 60 days, and soldiers share cheeky exchanges over names, money, and fruit. The banter shifts to a chaplain and a sailor presenting a child Chauncey William Robert Montgomery Sterling, ending with a sergeant’s amused remark about a mistletoe moment.
Canada has supplied vitamin oils since the war began, relying on cod liver and dogfish livers after Norway’s seizure to replace Denmark’s butter. Most oils go to Britain and the U.S., with Greece also aided. UNRRA requests a share, Canada has pledged 100,000 gallons, 21,000 shipped.
An advertisement claims fast relief for piles with a compounded tablet. It promises easy bowel movement, reduced irritation, and improved mood. The text promotes a medical remedy and urges readers to try it today despite unclear sources or detailed medical guidance.
Pte Esther Mickey McDowell of Calder Saskatchewan rehearses with No 3 CWAC TC Kitchener Ontario playing bass horn and learning a solo. She enlivens the room with dimples and a gruff tone as bandmates and admirers laugh. She enlisted in November 1942 and is the daughter of Charles McDowell Calder.
The Dominions Bureau reports 13,770 unemployment insurance claims for December 1944, up 1,972 from November and more than twice December 1943. Adjudications totaled 10,880, with 9,042 entitled to benefits and 1,838 not. Benefits paid reached $387,220 for 176,084 unemployed days, average duration 16.5 days, and average benefit $81.65. Sister CWACs graduate include four pairs from No 3 CWAC and various origins. A Canadian ceremony in Heworth, England united LAC Edward Millard and Pte Leonora Risdale’s daughter, with witnesses from Canada.
Senior Commander Lady Bowyer Smythe describes Canada with praise for kindness, scenery, and cities while noting a soft spot for the Prairie Provinces. The piece mentions Saskatchewan enlistment in the CWAC in Regina and lists several enlistees from rural areas. It also notes Poland's grain production in Lublin and a cruiser steel requirement of about 5500 tons excluding armor and guns.
The women with the Mail report a new flying hotel will serve as a diplomatic luxury airliner for Britain and the United States. Under lend lease, this "diplomats special" will carry high emissaries across urgent Atlantic crossings featuring oak panelled walls and beige leather ceilings.
An old ad touts Emerald Ointment as a powerful antiseptic for eczema and skin ailments. It claims strong penetration, no staining, and money-back satisfaction, naming brands like Moone and Tanabes and promising concentrated formula for daily use.
A Paris art exhibit for Allied soldiers displays Renoir Degas Cezanne Monet Van Gogh Matisse and Winston Churchill. The British prime minister shows a 1938 landscape Olive Trees praised for detail and care by a French critic who says Churchill might have been a better painter if not devoted to state affairs.
A fragment notes that early autos terrified horses and caused runaways, including an instance where a driver or maker attempted to secure a horse’s head or mount to the front of a vehicle as a deterrent or display. The text is incomplete but indicates safety concerns around early motorized transport and animal reactions.
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