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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
7
The article notes that since 1930 public interest centers on the war effort and all resources are devoted to Allied victory. Canada’s wholehearted contribution demands sacrifice, curtailing peacetime services. Some cuts affect luxuries while others hit essential services, prompting urgent problems in critical times.
Wartime Information Board report from Ottawa surveys Canadian schools and universities in wartime. It highlights a severe shortage of qualified teachers as many left for armed service or war industries while war service reduced entrants to teaching, lowering educational standards nationwide.
The war era laxed teacher diploma rules led to over 100000 students taught by underqualified staff in 1943 44. Since the war began more than 8000 stopgap instructors worked while 635 classrooms closed due to shortages. Salaries rose but since 1948 teachers have been frozen, signaling a serious ongoing impact on education standards.
German officers in a southern England POW camp applied to the commandant to be moved after a lying bomb fell nearby but did not damage their house. War Secretary Sir James Grigg said in Commons that existing arrangements for German prisoners of war would not be altered.
Report claims a lion and a foe of ferocity hunted supper and found six rifles. The beast pounced and killed six men with six blows, then told his mate the guns are finished. The Manchester Guardian credits the scene to Matapeteland humor and marks the moment as eighteen minutes past time.
Questions and answers outline what to provide on an application name and home address or Canadian address for stay. Instructions mailed on arrival. can apply at local ration board. Guidance covers handling lost books, returning torn coupons, and molasses for livestock. Include paper name when requesting Consumers' News or the Blue Book from Wartime Prices and Trade Board office.
The British public learns of a claim that Premier Churchill deserves the Victoria Cross for bravery in the South Africa War. The claim cites Ian Hamilton and asserts Churchill’s actions turned the tide in favor of British forces. Barbed notes suggest Roberts and Kitchener opposed recommending Churchill due to his status as a junior officer and his close ties with Sir Tan.
A Peterborough Examiner quote recalls Roosevelts rejection of a paper cutter made from a Japanese soldier shoulder bone and notes a queen Victoria era warrior who offered an inkwell from an African chief’s shriveled head. The writer argues against wasting time with unworthy company.
The Secretary of State for the Colonies approves African Provincial Councils in Nyasaland two provinces. Comprised of chiefs and responsible Africans, advisory with Provincial Commissioners as president. Aimed to facilitate government consultation, express African opinion, and develop political responsibility. Plans to expand to a protectorate council once provincial councils advance.
A collection of light jokes about ears, fish, a village teacher, Noah, a floating population, soldiers, a missionary and an African chief, a barber, a sailor and his parrot, and a child answering a riddle. It features playful wordplay about everyday situations and humorous misunderstandings.
The St John Telegraph Journal notes many residents reach great ages in New Brunswick. A harbormaster in Richibucto marked his hundredth birthday and, at 104, played the fiddle at a dance. The piece touts the province as favorable for longevity and cites the oldest lighthouse keeper and a long serving log driver as examples.
Montreal’s R. W. Moncel, a general staff officer, becomes Canada’s youngest brigadier at 27 while Daniel C. Spry of Winnipeg is dubbed Canada’s youngest general at 31 after previously serving as the youngest brigadier at 30. Others in their early 30s, including Brig. Desmond Smith of Ottawa, earn the D.S.C. for gallantry in Italy.
John Grierson of the National Film Board recalls a vivid memory from Normandy focusing on cool precise planning and preparation at Canadian headquarters.
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