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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1945
Page
3
For the first time in history the Windsor Ontario Ford Motor plant opened with no smoke from its stacks as employees arrived to work while the plant was ringed by striking pickets.
Ottawa reports that a total of 4, etc, of the 6000 airs and RCAF personnel are scheduled to return to Canada from Europe between VE Day. May and aid the sad of the war, now have returned.
Canadian liberated prisoners of war will receive mail at a new address on the west coast. Army postal authorities announced Saturday that letters should be sent to the MPO Victoria, replacing Vancouver. Gordon Head near Victoria now serves as a reception depot for returning soldiers.
In Pueblo Colorado on October 15 two young thieves, ages 10 and 12, were caught by police after admitting to stealing two automobiles. One rode on the car boards to operate the clutch and brake while the other sat upstairs to steer.
Gilndo Costen and Margaret Haskin, former Canadian Women's Army Corps members, pooled rehabilitator money and savings to buy a farm at Beamsville Ontario. They stated they never told either person about their plan.
London report cites Dutch radio quoting General Eisenhower during a Hague visit who said there is reason to believe Hitler may still be alive, though that belief does not pose a problem in itself. The BBC recorded the exchange with a newspaper correspondent present.
British military youth groups established during the war continue with government aid to train youths for peace. Sponsored by the War Office Air Ministry and Admiralty these programs teach practical peacetime skills alongside pre military drill. Royal Air Force Air Training Corps youths study drawing and wireless for civil aviation while Sea Cadets learn cooking office work astronomy geography and mechanics. Girls Training Corps members will learn home and office management.
Kite courses of lectures on ora ture drama rhythmical dancing and international questions launch special youth camps for practical training.
Prairie farmers produce surplus goods and exchange them for items they cannot grow. Imports from abroad enable exports back to other countries, so Canada should reduce or remove tariffs to boost both imports and exports. Parliament is urged to drastically cut tariffs on foreign goods.
Winnipeg pound keepers prepare for a rush as 250 dogs remain unlicensed and summonses will be issued unless owners obtain licenses. Authorities warn the deadline looms and enforcement will proceed to ensure compliance.
A London discussion estimates SEAC forces, mostly British Empire, killed between a third and half of Japan total death toll. By Slim’s note, Fourteenth Army counted sap deaths upon body possession. Burma campaign losses for Britain Commonwealth reach 17,000, ratio 714 to 1, as Twelfth Army killed 11,000 Japanese for a 73 loss.
Heavy storms damage late crop areas in Western Europe and Greece expects wheat harvest 40 to 60 percent below average due to drought. Wet cold in the U.S. slows threshing in the north while France plans to end bread rationing if grain deliveries permit. Prairie Provinces threshing resumes with weather favoring completion within two weeks.
Whitemouth residents note family visits and arrivals from overseas service with C Battery. Joan Cooke’s grandparents and extended kin discuss overseas service of L M Paulson and Hemsworth relatives. Winnipeg visitors return home as Bertha Swanson and Bertha Harrison resume hometown ties after trips and work.
The piece argues Canadian hog farmers faced war time pressures as the British bacon market grew. It notes rising barley fees, uncertain hog prices, and the need for government action to stabilize feed costs and hog prices. It also calls for possible government seizure of plants during strikes to protect producers.
Mildred Butz, eighteen, long in a plaster cast for seven years due to a bone condition, wed Dan Phillips, 28, a merchant seaman from Vancouver. She is to undergo surgery soon and hopes to walk within a year.
A beauty brand offers a red velvet lipstick to blend with tan rust gold and brown shades. Pink champagne suits all blue tones. Plush red complements purple lavender and fashia tones. Red raspberry pairs with green shades.
Alan Butler, mayor of Halifax, avoided serving on a supreme court jury by citing his mayoral duties as a novel excuse. The excuse led to his release from jury duty.
Pierre Andre Glady 80 died in St Boniface Hospital Saturday. A resident of St Boniface he lived there 60 years, was retired from the C N Railway, and was born in St Vital Manitoba. His wife Elsie predeceased him sixteen years ago.
Mrs. Mary Skalescky of Selkirk, mother of Peter Skalescky of Libau district, died at Selkirk General Hospital on Sunday. She was buried Thursday. Rev. Walter Shek officiated. She had lived in Canada 39 years and was born in Austria.
New Yorkers consider lipstick shade accuracy essential to glamour as designers introduce lipstick wardrobes. A cosmetics firm proposes a four shade set for medium brown hair, accommodating women who cannot buy new lipstick with every outfit change and simplifying matching across hats or dresses.
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