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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 09, 1943
Page
6
The urgent needs of a world at war drive rapid scientific, economic and social advances that may redefine civilisation. Postwar life will differ as new discoveries, once thought improbable, emerge though many depend on military use and secrecy.
A wartime surge in plastics and fuels yields a forecast of century‑long impact. United Nations led by Canada and the United States plans to end crude rubber reliance within two years. New materials promise unbreakable glass, floatable glass, wood to rival metals, air derived hosiery, leatherless shoes, wireless screens, and bearings from Triton metal.
The article discusses postwar housing reform focusing on better design and materials. It notes crowded conditions, lack of initiative, and rising standards with new wood, fire resistant finishes, prefabricated materials, plastics, and stainless steel. Electric sensing roofing and air conditioning may become common, turning wartime innovations to peacetime use.
All Bran Jammies describe mixing bran with salt sugar and leavening, adding milk and fat, then forming a 12 by 7 inch oblong. Roll jelly roll style, cut into 1 inch slices, place cut side down, bake about 20 minutes in a hot oven. Serve warm with cream. yields 10 to 12 servings.
A compilation praising Canadian servicemen and servicewomen from across the country. Highlights include Lt.-Commander Bill Dolmage’s salvage feats, LAC Walter Melvin’s refuelling courage, Squadron Leader Vincent C. Mel Cluley’s DFC bar, and Wrens earning higher pay. It notes RCAF women in England, Royal Roads entrants, and Navy exploits aboard ships like the destroyer Huron. Also mentions frontline acts by pilots, gunners, and medics, with a tone of patriotic pride and local heroism.
A streamlined half hour version of Comrades in Arms the weekly nation wide report from Canada’s Navy Army and Air Force moves to Sunday afternoons at 530 pm E D T starting September 5. It will provide up to the minute coverage of the three services and plans to broadcast from battle scenes when possible. The Sicily coverage used overseas broadcasts and plans for Kiska fell through as the island was abandoned. A new mid week Ottawa originate programme with spot news on the services will follow.
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