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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 15, 1945
Page
2
The piece compares Canada’s commercial banking system with Britain and the United States, noting Canada’s industrial progress and population advantages. It argues for modeling from larger peers while highlighting Canadian achievements in banking as among the world’s soundest and best.
Canada has seen banking resilience with only one small bank failure since the last war and full repayment to note holders. Ten chartered banks operate nationwide through about 3,200 branches, run by well informed managers who support expansion in business, agriculture, and industry.
The banks lent intimate knowledge of financial and industrial life to the government during the war. They assisted with rationing war securities and financial controls and administered foreign exchange. As the country shifts to peacetime, banks will again play a key role in guiding the transition and maintaining the Canadian banking system as a top national asset.
The builders of the Ledo Stillwell road claim a mile a day through jungles and across 4000 foot passes. In seven months they faced extreme monsoon rain and moved over 13 million cubic yards of earth, enough to span a wall across the Dominion.
The article urges farmers to clean and test seed for germination before spring. It describes farm fanning mills, overhead-bin elevation, and multiple passes to achieve clean, well graded seed, stressing that clean seed boosts production and profits.
The Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board publishes an inventory with fifty named apple varieties and an additional placeholder for any others. The schedule highlights a broad assortment beyond commonly known types.
In typical years London constructs around fifty thousand new houses. The figure reflects ongoing housing expansion in the capital as urban development continues to meet demand.
Readers asked about using one preserves coupon for jam and honey and about evaporated milk rationing. Answers confirm: one coupon can cover up to the preserves value whether buying one or two items, evaporated milk no longer needed after January 31 in four western provinces, sugar quotas reduced and two lumps served, and service members’ ration coupons do not expire. Send questions or request for pamphlets to Wartime Price and Trade Board offices.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports that 1944 45 wheat supplies in Canada and the United States fell by 150 million bushels from 1943 44, with favorable prospects for 1945 46. Exports from the two countries likely total 440 million and carryovers near 700 million bushels, while Argentina holds about 180 million bushels of old stocks and Australia seeks to stretch its 125 million bushels. Wheat for feed is limited to average nine month sales and a drought break aims to keep feed use to about 43 million bushels.
By December 1944 British Admiralty Salvage Department reports over 2,000,000 gross tons of merchant shipping salved in home waters and more than 460,000 gross tons in foreign waters. The work, ongoing since the war’s start, focused recently on clearing Allied ports supplying the BLA.
Bill Oberling a lunch-stand operator in Indianapolis loads his car with sandwiches and hot coffee to feed firemen at large fires. He does this free of charge, earning praise from local firefighters for his on the spot support.
The Ottawa Journal argues fires and motor accidents stem from human negligence and inattention. It calls for safeguards in heating, ash disposal, and electrical wiring to prevent catastrophic property loss and homelessness.
A string of humorous exchanges shows officers, teachers, and citizens trading quips about drivers, dress, fines, and daily woes. A London blackout easing notes clocks may glow again but Big Ben stays dark due to bomb damage. Canada’s seed potatoes ship most to the United States.
Enlistments and promotions among CWAC members span Winnipeg to Regina with Mary Leniuk of Carmel Sask. enlisting in Winnipeg. A group of CWACs in England includes Joyce Proud and others. Five Prairie CWACs receive promotions at National Defence in Ottawa. Cpl Phyllis Wright of Tyran, stationed in Regina, embodies Army Life with Father as family members serve overseas and at home.
British divers from H M S Vernon, the Royal Navy torpedo school, dismantled hidden German magnet mines found on the tidal flats of Shoeburyness in 1939. A single detonator was uncovered early, then the team identified the magnetic detonator after most of the mine was disassembled, revealing a potential port-blocking threat.
The railways announce plans to run 80 mph trains on special tracks with new coach designs. Bright colors and modern fabrics will feature, as Britain aims for the world’s finest railway service with every technical development employed.
Switzerland reached a high level of industrial development without forming major factory centers, reflecting a dispersed pattern of modernization. Experts note widespread adoption of machinery across diverse regions and industries rather than centralized urban manufacturing hubs.
Poem urging readers in Richmond Hill Ontario to scatter grain for birds during winter. Notes that snow hides seeds and that chickadees woodpeckers pheasants and other birds rely on human generosity. Promises many birds will sing in spring after receiving provisions.
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