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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
9
The Minister of Finance announces a new loan campaign seeking 1.3 billion dollars as Canada endures wartime sacrifices. He argues continued saving and leadership are needed for victory and for postwar economic stability after Germany and Japan are defeated.
Officials urge continued patriotic lending to support wartime and postwar plans. Canada remains committed to Pacific war effort and UN Relief work, warns inflation risk. Public urged to back Seventh Victory Loan with same vigor as prior issues to fund victory abroad and at home.
Four Canadian researchers report in a Canadian medical journal that polyvinyl alcohol may substitute for blood or plasma in treating certain shock cases. Led by Dr. N W Roome and including Capt Lawrence Ruttle and Drs Leverne Williams and Ward Smith, the team from Western Ontario and Toronto urges further testing after limited lab and clinical work so far.
Common cells influenza pneumonia and other airborne diseases may be cured by conditioning indoor air with an invisible antiseptic vapor made from triethylene glycol. The odorless non inflammable and inexpensive vapor can be distributed uniformly through the air by a duct and fan system.
A financially strained sergeant at Camp Roberts California, alerted by telegraph of a collect message, borrowed the $1.30 needed to read his wife’s plea. She asks him to send ten dollars home immediately.
Wartime advice outlines how schools may obtain permission to serve rationed foods for hot lunches, registering as quota users, with allowances for children who cannot go home. It also covers reuse of used cotton bags, sale of donated preserves with authorization, and guidance on ration books, expiration dates, and where to request pamphlets from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
A reader testimonial praises YeGLOggs All Bran as a simple remedy for constipation. The note claims bulk in the diet and water intake, with All Bran presented as a delicious wholesome cereal rather than medicine. It promotes available sizes in Canada.
The Current Review of Agricultural Conditions in Canada reports farmers have received adequate binder twine despite wartime fiber shortages. Prices stay at 9 cents wholesale. Wartime Standard twine, 500 feet per pound with 122 percent jute, was the sole 1944 grade. It is larger and softer than prewar but satisfactory. wartime prices had risen to 25 cents per 1D in the previous war.
A lost plane over Hay New South Wales asked its location by Morse. The town answered by flashing lights from the post office clock tower. Sparks from a chromium steel tool flashed out in flowered bursts while carbon steel sparked less vividly.
CWAC unit in Ste Anne de Bellevue held a casual Sunday breakfast in the recreation hall. After plates and hot beverages, uniforms were donned for church parade. Major Pearl Brent of Edmonton commanded No. 103 Depot Company during a softball game where Pte. A Werner of Saskatoon hit a homer for a steak dinner prize.
A newspaper note urges families to properly care for tires during Saturday shopping trips. It highlights that tires require as much attention as farm implements and stock, warning that slow leaks can cause flats or tire ruin. Three tests include caps with washers, air pressure checks, and monitoring pressure variation to detect leaks.
The British government has broadened its support for shipyard improvements, with total assistance now totaling 26,560,000 dollars. The plan aims to accelerate modernization and expand capacity at key shipyards nationwide.
More than 2,000 used razor blades are resh sharpened daily by a Lahore firm as part of an economy measure. The army in India asks soldiers to return used blades when issued fresh ones.
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