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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1941
Page
7
Vara questions Devona about happiness as she contemplates life in a new home. Devona longs to call Vara mother but faces a cooled, distant bond and uncertain prospects after a long journey from India.
Devona enters Vara's cosmopolitan circle, guided by Dale Brasher and attended by Barnard and Talbot Brasher. Vara reigns with charm as rumors of past loves and a secret daughter swirl, while Talbot presses with a warning of distraction and ambition.
An old advertisement touts Fruit-e-tives as a way to support liver health and digestion. It claims the product helps energy, reduces constipation, and relieves general malaise with dramatic health claims.
Westminster City Council converts a landmark Park Lane block into a hostel housing up to 200 people with a day nursery floor and meals at cost. The move uses a famed building to shelter bombed out or exiled residents while longer homes are found.
Lieut General A G L McNaughton speaking from England endorses the united appeal of YMCA Salvation Army Canadian Legion Knights of Columbus Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and YCA. He says welfare groups provide comforts personal help and leisure to benefit service members overseas and in Canada.
Sir Nigel Gresley, noted for modern high powered streamlined British locomotives, died at Watton House Hertford at 64. He designed the Flying Scotsman Silver Jubilee and Coronation Expresses, with the Silver Jubilee setting a 112 mph record in 1936 and Mallard later hitting 127 mph. He developed articulated stock and three cylinder valve gear and promoted electric cooking on trains. Knighted in 1936.
A collection of maxims on adversity and misfortune from authors including Alcott Bovee Quarles Quaker William Mary Baker Eddy Fuller and Byron. The quotes emphasize learning through hardship the elevating power of loss and the ascent from cross to crown.
The Alaskan international highway commission calls on the United States war and state departments to speed up the $25,000,000 road project from the U S through Canada to Alaska. Governor Gruening warns of supply risks for army and navy bases if steamers are diverted. The panel seeks a treaty with Canada for joint construction and funds to begin soon, with a summer meeting planned in Juneau.
A brief remark notes Texas is more than five times the size of England proper, implying a comparison of land areas. The line ends with a date-like number 2408, but no clear context or event is provided.
In Toronto Wendell Willkie telling Canadians at Maple Leaf Gardens that Americans and Canadians should not view each other as foreigners. He notes border entry aisles labeled U S Citizens and Aliens and urges creating aisles marked Canadian Citizens as a goodwill gesture.
Captain Watkins of the destroyer Havock signals readiness to board the Italian warship Pola as it sinks. The encounter echoes the old naval tradition of bold boarding actions and high adventure at sea.
A drill sergeant loses patience with a raw recruit who admits he did not hear the order about turn. The recruit replies he misheard as “about ’im,” prompting a humorous misunderstanding.
Canadian citizens expecting mail from England between March 14 and 23 are told there may be delays or loss. A steamer carrying 4 261 bags of mail, including 3 855 bags of letters and 403 bags of parcels, is overdue after supposed departure in March. The Post Office says it remains committed to a safe expeditious service despite such unavoidable issues.
A London fruit shop displays a large basket with a pink ribbon and wax fruits including oranges bananas lemons tomatoes apples and peaches. The inscription reads In Memoriam and the display is presented as a memorial.
If man could harness the energy from splitting the uranium atom a two dollar pound of uranium could yield heat and power equal to 1 250 tons of coal exposing the vast potential of atomic energy for future power generation.
The British gallon holds 20 percent more volume than the United States gallon, reflecting a substantial imperial standard. This distinction affects liquid measures and conversions in trade and daily use.
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