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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1939
Page
6
President Roosevelt signs a law targeting card sharks and other crooks who operate on United States ships at sea. The brief notes international naval movements and wartime shelter trends among Britons as thousands of volunteers are counted.
J. J. Hickman, once a one time class champion potato peeler, arrived in Durban aboard the Mahia and now serves as chief cook. Over seven years he peeled more than 3,000,000 potatoes for London to Montreal passengers. Five men handled 200 bags for 1,140 travelers. He enjoys rest by peeling a bag of potatoes in about an hour and notes Lancashire peelers as the best.
Sir William Crawford of Crawford Advertising Agency in London says he is a Scot and offers a stranger’s view of English traits. He argues the English are not decadent but regular, loving sport and gardens, not obsessed with money or war, and that their core is granite strong and enduring.
In preparation for the next year's Olympic Games, Helsinki policemen are improving their English and German skills to better assist visitors and coordinate security. Training focuses on basic phrases, crowd control, and communication with international authorities.
The London Free Press argues newspapers do not create war by printing war news but help prevent it. They claim dictators gain nothing by exposure and that world opinion, built by press reporting, blocks Hitler. The piece asserts newspapers fulfill their duty to print truth and share blame with dictators, not with journalism.
Mrs. Smith seeks slimmer hips and thighs and learns simple exercises to improve posture and overall health. A six rep sequence, six cycles total, plus a 32 page booklet outlines five exercises for waistline to legs and a daily routine. Send 15c for booklet and other titles to Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
The piece argues that a town's life hinges on its people's willingness to work for the community. Live towns organize, seek new trades and industries, expand existing ones, and sustain active local organizations that return benefits to residents. Any town can become lively with energetic, collective effort.
The Nazi Interior Ministry orders all Germans over 15 and foreigners from boarding ships touching Heligoland or staying on the island without special passes. Foreigners may not board such ships. even images of the island are forbidden and island residents need permission to own cameras.
Turner Valley Oilfield installs its first underground camera capable of recording strata to 12,000 feet. The Jeep log mounted on a truck includes dark room operating and control spaces to guide a 12,000 foot cable. A motorized electrode records reflections, with a galvanometer charting variations for a complete 350 feet per minute shaft picture in about ninety minutes.
Endearing dress pattern with scalloped edges and bow trims. Pattern 4142 offers junior and misses sizes, with bias front and back panels, 39 inch fabric yardage, and lace. order by mail for 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg, 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg. The note adds a historical remark: United States was England's best source of supply for principal products in 1937.
The lesson covers Habakkuk 2 15 Joel 1 5 7 Daniel 5 1 5 17 25 28 and Isaiah 28 1 6 noting locust plagues devastations as a sign of wine and vine destruction Belshazzar's Feast and the writing on the wall are analyzed with Daniel interpreting Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin as weights and measures and as numbered weighed divided in the ancient Aramaic context.
Hon. Eric Cross of Ontario argues government is a science not learned in business. He says businessmen lack government capacity and politics requires study and experience. True leaders come from long Parliament service and public life, who have mastered the art before leadership. All aspiring democrats must endure apprenticeship.
Mrs. Charess S. Guggenheimer, a long time weather worker, has final say on whether New York stadium concerts occur outdoors or indoors. She aims to be in tune with the weather gods, noting outdoors seats 20 000 while indoors fits only 3 000 if a storm comes.
Fifty tanks dipped their guns to pass the Queen in an inspection at Tidworth England. Each tank swung its gun muzzles toward the Queen then lowered them as it passed the saluting base. Mme Crow described as mother of guerrilla warfare in China reportedly commands 30 100 guerrillas.
Desert old-timers in New Mexico favor the desert ice box over modern refrigeration. The cooler is a pine box with a canvas cover, a damp frame, and a water bucket on top to feed evaporation. Continuous watering maintains cooling for tourists and campers.
A Baltimore Sun reader notes a shift in taste as the Archbishop of York, leading the English Association, says Milton’s longer poems “bored him stiff.” The Times’ brief remark echoes a broader sense of decline, suggesting a significant change in literary opinion.
The article notes that the automobile sector employs metals and gems such as gold silver and platinum along with gemstones like diamonds garnet onyx and radium in various industrial applications.
A new toy car operates by a clockwork mechanism and is steered by a hand wheel at the end of a flexible cable.
In Norway countryfolk set out food for Santa Claus and his reindeer on Christmas Eve with offerings in the barn. A report notes that concrete used for Boulder Dam would form a four foot wide ring around the earth.
A U S Department of Agriculture study found no appreciable loss of ascorbic acid in orange juice stored 24 hours in loosely covered glass jars at 40 to 50 degrees. Juices kept in covered containers while refrigerated preserve vitamin C. straining method showed no difference.
Readers may obtain the complete set of Dr McCullough’s cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. This notice invites subscribers to request the full series from the organization in Canada.
The document outlines at least six distinct floral regions in Canada based on topography and climate. Regions cited include Arctic, Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, and Prairie, reflecting current plant distributions across the Dominion.
Nevada lawmakers passed a law prohibiting camels from running at large on public highways. The animals, imported for desert transportation, became a nuisance and faced regulatory action.
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