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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 17, 1945
Page
2
The article reviews wartime food production and distribution challenges in Britain and Europe. It notes shipping limits, naval blockades, and land battle damage in Europe, plus postwar needs for grain, meat, and dairy recovery. Britain expanded arable land to 19 million acres, lifting cultivation and food output, aided by a nationwide electrical system enabling mechanization.
Britain now has more than two tractors per square mile of territory and seven per square mile on arable land, with fifty two UK produced tractor types and many other machines. The farm laborer has shifted to a mechanic role, while imports will resume as shipping normalizes, and Britain plans to export its war grown farm machinery.
H. Symongson of Trans-Canada Air Lines and new ICAO president argues that allocating air frequencies to international airlines is essential to prevent ruinous competition after the war. He warns that chaos and unchecked rivalry would hinder orderly expansion and says standardizing procedures via the International Air Transport Association will unite people and nations, lowering barriers.
The British Who's Who for 1945 devotes lengthy entries to leading figures. Adolf Hitler occupies 31 lines and is listed with a Berlin telephone number. Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin also receive substantial biographical space.
A recipe for a pork or sausage dish combining eggs milk salt pepper Worcestershire sauce parsley and onion with ground meat and potatoes. The method instructs mixing ingredients forming into a cake about two inches high, baking on a greased sheet for eight servings.
Blend peanut butter with butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add egg, stir in cereal, then fold in flour and baking powder. Shape rolls, chill, then slice and bake on sheet at 425F for about 10 minutes yields seven dozen cookies. Note optional water or milk to aid shaping. El Azhar University in Cairo hosts 21 000 students and 2620 classrooms.
A wartime advisory column answers readers on rationing forms for discharged soldiers, wrapping paper shortages, garment price labels, and wallpaper pricing. It explains Form RB-64 for civilian food ration books, urges carrying wrapped parcels, notes label details for reporting issues, confirms wallpaper pricing is controlled, and directs readers to Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices for pamphlets like Consumers' News and the Blue Book.
A compilation of aphorisms on zeal moderation devotion and character from Emmons Addison Chapin Hannah Moore Mary Baker Eddy and Horace Mann. The fragment also notes astronomers estimate Mars temperatures of 50 F at noon and minus 40 F at midnight.
A collage of jokes and light vignettes from a wartime newspaper page. Silly exchanges about fame, memory, and daily life mix with a joke about a mother excusing her child for late arrival. A pair of lines note military chat and a Toronto dealer comment links paint shortages to U S fire bomb activity on Japan.
The Financial Post cites the National Safety Council ranking explosives manufacture as the second safest job with temporary disability risk at one in 100. It notes the safest industry is communication at one in 150, plus pedestrian and drunk driving risk comparisons, and travel by train at one in 1 620 000. Home and work show equal accident odds of one in 20.
A fisherman in Stockholm’s Lake Vattern hauled in nets and recovered a well preserved rusty sword. The double edged blade, about two feet long, is dated to the Bronze Age, marking a significant ancient artifact discovery in the area.
Dr R C Wallace principal and vice chancellor of Queen’s University Kingston urged early cooperative action by federal and provincial governments to complete a survey of Canadian natural resources.
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