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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
7
The article discusses postwar trade prospects and the renewed interest in rebuilding normal trade links. It notes nations, including Canada, eye plans to expand merchant fleets and deepen international trade relations as part of a new global security approach to avoid past mistakes.
Canada enjoys record export volumes due to wartime demand with eighty percent of trade tied to war materials. To preserve markets after the war, emphasis shifts to improving product quality and finding new uses via research, including a Western laboratory on farm product utilization.
Pioneered for auto use safety glass now appears in planes with laminated layers of plate glass and plastic. The sheet between prevents shattering, and new installation methods yield flexibility and strength, making the glass nearly a transparent steel, say scientists.
The text notes the Southern Cross last seen near Jerusalem at the Crucifixion era and claims it is no longer visible from Europe due to the equinoxes. It also describes the frigate bird as a sea fowl that cannot swim and feeds by catching fish, only touching water with its bill tip.
UNRRA warns disease spread among displaced populations threatens relief efforts as war ends. Malaria remains the major killer in liberated Greece with millions affected annually and hundreds of thousands dying. Typhus linked to German actions in the USSR and typhoid exposure in Norway heighten health risks as UNRRA forms a special health division and mobilizes Canadian medical supply production.
The inventor of the Diesel engine, Rudotrinese, disappeared at sea in 1613 while aboard a mail steamer crossing the English Channel. His death remains an unresolved mystery to this day.
A fragment notes popcorn as a favored ancient Peruvian dish, prepared using a specially shaped earthenware implement. The brief mentions a distinctive tool used for popping kernels in historical contexts.
Question on ration book coupons and November 23 usage. Clarification on jersey milk sale allowed. no prohibition on natural Jersey milk. Order A-1250, effective July 1, 1944, bans adding extra butterfat to standard milk to preserve butterfat for essential needs. Send questions for Consumers' News pamphlet or Blue Book via Wartime Prices and Trade Board office.
Scientists and workers in the Dominion develop lifeboat gear to keep castaways alive. A portable water still draws fresh water from the sea, with a grill for fish and a pressure cooker for dehydrated foods. A non explosive solid fuel burns safely in rough seas.
A collage of light humor sketches from a festive gathering. Vignettes feature a baby receiving an electric iron, a heat involved birthday candles incident, a country trip spider seen from a boy, and playful exchanges about the baby and family.
Estimates indicate a 1944 sugar beet crop of 608000 tons, up 28 percent from 1943. Quebec adds a new 55000 ton area, Southwestern Ontario nearly doubles to 125000 tons, Alberta rises to 338000 tons, while Manitoba declines due to September rains. Ontario lifting begins in October with Chatham and Wallaceburg plants. Red River floods hurt Manitoba fields. The Chaldaean city Ur’s tower of Babel has disappeared.
New figures reveal Northern Ireland tilled land up 78 percent in 1944 versus 1989 while England and Wales rise 69 percent and Scotland 46 percent. Cattle numbers peak in records though other livestock decline. The Braille alphabet debuted in 1829.
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