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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1952
Page
3
A sports training piece emphasizes relaxing the upper body to maximize leg work during play. It cites Teeder Kennedy as an example and prescribes drills to distinguish tension from relaxation, applied to skating and shooting from ten to twenty-five feet out, noting goalkeepers’ weak spots and low shots.
Advice to athletes urges a cold bath before a game with water around 60 to 65 degrees. A towel rub and a cold shower are listed as alternatives. Each method should last ten to fifteen minutes before leaving home.
Britain has spent £8,350,000 on developing airfields in England for the United States Air Force since 1948. Mexico’s Supreme Court rules miners in heat above 99 degrees get a peso extra daily. Stefansson Island, Arctic discovery named after explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1,000 miles from the Pole. A Bergen instrument aims to prevent engine room errors by sounding a warning. Britain’s Soldiers of the Queen include over 22,700 women across the services. A U S Navy report says a machinist mate guided a ill crewed patrol plane almost 600 miles back after mass food poisoning. Japan’s former shipyards may operate at capacity after the peace treaty, building freighters for export.
A brief sports and fitness notice invites readers to enroll in Sports College by sending a note to Box 99, Toronto 1, Ontario. It promises material covering health, physical fitness, and sports efficiency in exchange for membership.
A McGill University student told the placement service he plays the bagpipes and owns kilts, prompting officials to seek engagements for the performer.
A column examines gender roles in window dressing and daily life customs. It notes men dressing female mannequins, recalls Elsie de Wolf and Sam Wood on headstanding for creativity, and discusses courting honeymoon ideas, finances, and mother in law dynamics with humorous anecdotes.
Cleaning is the first operation of any good paint job. Scrape oil and grease, cover with sawdust soaked in lye, and let sit overnight. If the cement has old paint, remove it with lye and a stiff brush, then wash away all residue and let dry before applying new floor paint per can directions.
The article explains plowing or spading in spring or fall to bury weeds and disease, then light cultivation weekly through mid July. It lists minimal tool needs a rake spade cultivating tool and possibly a sprayer plus a lawn mower. Big gardens may use a tractor and multiple cultivators to ease work and boost area efficiency. It notes freshness and flavor of home grown vegetables rivaling store bought varieties.
General Robert E. Wood, chairman of Sears Roebuck, told the Empire Club in Toronto that Canada has unlimited prospects from a material viewpoint. He said modern science and technology will raise the standard of living for all classes for the next 20 years as Canadian manufacturing expands from Ontario and Quebec into the prairies and British Columbia.
A torn linoleum section lasts longer when transparent tape is applied over the tear and a coat of fresh white shellac is brushed over the tape. This home repair tip suggests using tape to hold the tear and shellac to seal the repair.
Dictionary style crossword clues and grid coordinates mix many entries from across and down. Readable items include animal names coin terms nationalities musical words ship parts and legal terms, all interwoven with nonstandard spellings and disrupted punctuation.
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