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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1945
Page
3
Pete, under a Hyde-like spell, assaults Babe the elephant in Rangoon. Babe retaliates with a fiery trunk punishment, then carries the incapacitated keeper to safety at the circus as she calms. Elephants display sympathy after the abuse.
Read about Pete the elephant who stews and tows Babe Habe through a circus camp. Babe, towering and comely, endures Pete’s clumsy pursuit as he craves companionship and a stroll under the night sky.
The UK adopts Plexiglass renamed Perspex for civilian goods including bathtubs kitchens gear and furniture. Navy airman in the Pacific survived a flak wound. an American sentry in Seoul lost four fingers to a booby trapped fountain pen at the governor general's palace.
A collage of light jokes and brief vignettes. A Lancashire man is struck by a rolling wheel after examining a car fault. The seemingly unrelated quips cover married life memory mishaps and a teacher labeled by children as a “book worm.”
A collage of notes from small towns recounting postwar life scenes. Mentions include Arnpror Ontario 100 yard dash results, Neepawa Manitoba labor shortages, German prisoners and workers, the death of KC John M Stevens in Edmundston New Brunswick, and car crash near Brampton Ontario. Reports of a brave Saskatchewan woman chasing a gobbler from a coyote theft, plus reflections on national identity and postwar family life.
A Midland Ontario Free Press survey finds most women plan to quit jobs after marriage while some single women would keep house or work for a stake. Engaged girls mostly intend to resign on marriage, though a few want to stay employed. Veterans returning raise anxiety about job stability, and tax refunds are joked about like a dreaded fate.
Navy says new 5000 ton aircraft carriers the Midway Franklin D Roosevelt and Coral Sea are too heavy to pass the Panama Canal. To reach the Pacific they must sail around Cape Horn or via new locks slated for later completion.
The London Daily Express reports British and US scientists have advanced counter weapons for atomic bombs. Radar, German rockets and US fuses would combine to make projectiles that destroy planes or rockets carrying atom bombs at altitude and disable atomic fuses before mid air detonation.
A recipe shows crusted pears baked with lemon honey and crushed cereal, served with custard sauce. Directions include preparing pears, dipping, rolling in crushed cereal, baking 55 minutes at 400 degrees, and serving hot or cold for six.
John Hanson Flett of Neudorf Saskatchewan has won one of two annual Canadian Pacific Railway scholarships for employees under 21. The award covers up to five years of tuition at McGill Montreal. Flett attended Fort William Ontario Kelloe Rosenfeld Manitoba and completed a six week Saskatoon summer course. He averaged above 88 percent in Grade 12 and is enrolled at McGill.
Representatives from five universities McGill Queen's McMaster Western and Toronto met on September 8 and urged their governing bodies to make participation in any military training voluntary. Military training has been compulsory in Canadian universities since 1941 under the Resources Mobilization Act.
This week presents a slenderizing frock pattern with princess-line panels and embroidered leaves. Pattern 4034 offers sizes 14 to 48 with yardage and contrast options, with order details directed to Anne Adams Patera Dept. Winnipeg. Also notes shark liver oil factories in Coven and research into vitamin A content and preservation.
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