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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1946
Page
6
A 1946 report by the British Public Safety Branch outlines progress in the British zone of occupation, highlighting de Nazification efforts, postwar governance, and the broader implications for future world peace and security amid global unrest and UN developments.
The British administered regions report substantial progress in removing Nazis from government and public services and extending cleansing to economic bodies. By October 1945, banking sectors were nearly cleared with 7000 of 40000 bank employees removed and about six hundred arrested, while over 750000 individuals require investigation to purge harmful Nazi influence.
The British Military Government advances refugee care by reviving four German welfare societies including the German Red Cross. The organization, once a para military service, will be reorganized to aid relief without race or creed distinctions. Future groups must be democratically and religiously founded with no Nazi influence.
Poem humorously catalogs public perceptions of police officers with lines about neatness vanity speed and efficiency. It riffs on how every trait or action by a officer is interpreted as praise or blame reflecting public stereotypes. The verse ends with a mordant note on promotion and fate.
W L Clark writes in the Wind er Star that Britain and Northern Ireland win Canadian orders because war loss ships are insured in sterling pools spent in Britain and because British yards offer lower costs with better ships. He urges Canadian yards to cut costs and improve quality to compete.
A Canadian originated treatment from the Colorado University School of Medicine shows relief for silicosis patients by inhaling dust free of silica. Researchers report symptom relief and improved breathing but no cure yet. Animal trials suggested potential prevention. Dr Douglas Robson and Jim Benny noted mine workers' benefits. Initial reports appeared in 1987.
Dreamy nightgown pattern 4603 offered for sizes 12 through 40 with scalloped detailing. Advertisement directs readers to send 20 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept at Winnipeg Newspaper Union for order fulfillment.
Wartime guidance explains valid and expired sugar preservation and butter coupons, noting only purple butter coupons in ration book five expired February 28 while unnumbered temporary coupons remain valid. It describes restaurant quota use and advises obtaining pamphlets from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices. Also mentions two Chicago youths who stole 40,000 and a local editor’s jab at their newspaperman ambitions.
A crossword puzzle clue set asks for answers to 40 plast 40 Clenches WAnkie 43 Symbol for actinium 44 Second-hand 45 Tardy 45 Pitcher. The read appears irregular and fragmentary, likely a puzzle column snippet seeking solutions for several entries.
A playful exchange touts Grape-Nuts Flakes as a malty rich breakfast option. The dialogue extols the cereal's two grains wheat and malted barley and claims it provides energy, protein, phosphorus, iron, digestion ease, and appealing taste.
A Sheffield maker showcased a Braille reading micrometer at London Gauge and Tool Makers Exhibition. Developed with support from Britain's National Institute for the Blind, it helps blinded ex servicemen resume normal toolmaking work by reading measurements via Braille drums on a standard micrometer.
A well known actor, contacted at his lodgings by a theatre producer offering £150 weekly for a new play, refused saying he would not consider less than £200. The producer urged a visit to his office, but the actor retorted that he would be locked out of his room.
A portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, looted by British from an American vessel in 1780, was sold at auction in London. Knoedler & Co. of New York bought it for $22,800. The Earl of Semarle questioned selling objects in England to cover taxes.
Fragmentary text mentions names and places in a cryptic tone. It lists possible references to people and a location with unclear context and numbers. The readable portion hints at a community item or notice but lacks coherent events or dates.
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