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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
8
The article recalls the slogan A Nation s Health Is a Nation s Wealth and notes health as crucial for military and industrial efficiency. It highlights public health and nutrition efforts, with Western Prairies leading in tuberculosis control and broader advances across Canada prompting ongoing progress.
Canada provides extensive public health and education services through municipal, provincial, and national departments. A recent survey by the Canada and Newfoundland Education Association calls on schools to expand their role in promoting public health to raise national health standards.
The report notes health education exists in most schools but needs stronger supervision and practice. Poor building conditions and lacking nutrition reduce pupil health, with homes unable to provide adequate foods. Schools should offer nutrition education and meals, plus expanded dental care, to raise public health.
A new sugar purchase permit system for beekeepers is issued by the War Time Prices and Trade Board. Beekeepers register once with the Board, then forward a statement to the Provincial Apiarist with name, address, bee colonies, expected sugar use period, and minimum sugar needed. The Apiarist then issues a permit authorizing a set sugar quantity, which the beekeeper signs and gives to the supplier.
Canadian paper reports unconfirmed suggestion by British city mayors led by Rainburgh's Lord Provost to award the George Cross to the City of London. It lauds London's wartime resilience from the blitz to robot bombs and cites widespread approval across the empire.
Q and A on wartime price rules. Frozen fruit not rationed. no coupons required. Beef price checks rely on displayed charts and per-pound price notes. If confusion remains, have the butcher mark cut type and price per pound on the bill and report to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Guidance on ceilings, supplier pricing, and how to obtain Remake Wrinkles and Consumers' News pamphlets.
Saskatchewan farmers relying on coarse grains for livestock are urged to secure feed supplies promptly as shipping restrictions ease. Minister L F McIntosh says ensure ample feed through next harvest, with Wheat and flax prioritized and lake head stocks sufficient at current ceiling prices.
The service now covers most of France for letters not over one ounce. Business letters must concern exchanging information and no trading is allowed. Registration air mail money order and parcel post remain unavailable.
A collage of quips and small jokes about family life, daily work, and society. Lines touch on weddings, humor at the market, and playful banter among friends, tracing lighthearted reflections on gossip, chores, and personal anecdotes. The tone mimics a humorous page of jokes and captions.
Lillian Cameron, chair of the Ottawa Drama League Workshop playwriting contest, announced a $100 prize for the writer of the best Canadian one act play entered in the workshop's annual competition.
Report from Stockholm attributes a speech by U-boat commander Bender to naval cadets in Esbjerg Denmark. He said Hitler would escape by submarine when defeat comes and that the German navy will keep fighting for ten years. He claimed the fleet knows the oceans and has Uboat bases with supplies hidden in remote seas.
A kindergarten was established in Blankenburg Germany in 1987 marking the community’s first formal early education facility.
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