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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1944
Page
2
The article discusses inflation as a major wartime evil and its threat to national welfare. It notes how wars create rising prices and wages, risking financial disaster, with Canada Britain and the United States implementing controls to curb unwarranted increases in prices and wages.
The article notes that public backing has underpinned government inflation controls during wartime. It contrasts nations with and without such controls, highlighting Canada’s at times difficult path yet greater economic stability due to widespread citizen cooperation.
Public urged to accept ongoing restrictions and careful spending of war savings as Canada faces a potentially difficult postwar year. Officials warn against expecting a quick return to normal and emphasize patience in lifting measures.
An advertising notice promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a better gentler solution to constipation caused by lack of dietary bulk. It suggests daily use of an ounce of All-Bran or muffins, plus plenty of water, with product made by Kellogg's in London Canada and available in two sizes.
Postwar farm recovery in Europe will hinge on horses and Canadian breeders. Estimates show British Dutch Belgian horse stocks halved, Russia down one third, and Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Greece down to one third. Germany holds similar or greater numbers, but overall restoring farm power will demand substantial Canadian horses for years.
The article counts 5118 Smiths in the Canadian Army with 362 named William Smiths and 44 from Toronto. The Browns total 3071 and the Joneses 1693, suggesting the Smiths and Browns can keep up with the Joneses in this comparison.
A collage of light humor and classroom quips from a seaside promenade. A stout man tests a weight machine, a milkman answers jokes about cows and pasteurized milk, and a tourist mocks a long standing castle. Various quick wits test language and grammar with punchy one liners.
A wartime bulletin explains that conditional sales are illegal under Price Board Order 302 and grocers may not force cross purchases. It notes coupon values for brown and white sugar are identical, twelve ounce values for cranberry sauce, and confirms licenses needed to start a new business. Next ration book issuance is in mid October with guidance to contact local Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
The Chinese News Service reports tea experts optimistic about a postwar revival. China has vast tea growing regions and production was not severely disrupted by the war. They expect a booming market within three to four years after ports reopen.
Alderney refugees in London discuss restoring Channel Islands herds after German destruction. Henry Gauvain urges returning to original pure Jersey and Guernsey stock, noting their unique traits and zero bovine tuberculosis in island herds.
The Commonwealth government outlines a postwar scheme to connect every Australian locale within 24 hours travel. It aims to establish 22 centres linked by trunk routes, each serving a 300 mile radius by air or surface transport. Airfields exist, the RAAF will supply personnel, and 18 modern airliners suffice. The plan would transform life in remote areas. Also notes Indian sects forbidding animal killing.
Jacqueline Irvine from Rouleau Saskatchewan, a Lance Corporal in the Canadian Women's Army Corps, poses in the new CWA C vehicle driver uniform at Army Headquarters in Regina. She drives a panel truck and enjoys driving though the outfit limits tractor work.
The Calgary Herald argues that British war brides of Canadian soldiers deserve priority entry to Canada. It asserts that while refugees from Central Europe deserve haven, the wives of Canadian soldiers should come first and that no immigrant group should be more welcome.
After a year’s trial square milk bottles in quarts and half-pints, tested in Cedar Rapids and other cities, prove a success. The change saves cold storage space and increases truck loads, allowing about 45 percent more milk to be stored and carried. Grocers say 36 square quarts fit on a shelf that held 25 round bottles.
L-Cpl. Molly Lamb of Vancouver 22 works on stage scenery for the Canadian Army Show. Her art earned recognition with paintings displayed in Toronto and prizes in Ottawa. The Y W C A runs a Banff leave centre for service girls offering recreation near Lake Louise and Lake Moraine, attracting about 70 service women weekly.
Corporal Brenda Campbell of the CWAC is noted for wartime service overseas and as wife of Capt. E Campbell of Edmonton. She previously served in the British Auxiliary Territorial Service and, as an ack ack battery plotter, helped down two German planes including a Ju-88. Lucy McCarthy returns to Fort Osborne Barracks after enlisting in the Canadian WAC.
The Brussels patch reports Queen Mother Elizabeth, after Leopold's removal in June, locked herself in a Laken Palace wing and refused to be moved to Germany. She told the German commander by phone that he would have to drag her from the palace, and all persuasion failed.
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