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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1944
Page
5
Great Bear Lake Country now supplies most of the world’s radium. Canada uses much of it for luminous paint in aircraft dials panels and needles. Radium is refined and shipped to Ottawa for purification and measurement.
The Financial Post praises Turbo Research Limited as a Canadian effort to lead in jet propulsion development. The piece notes wartime advances by Canadian engineers and calls for peaceful steering of research while warning nations will demand the latest weapons. It highlights benefits in medicine, radar, aviation, and wood product uses, predicting advances such as weather forecasting and broader scientific collaboration.
American Aviation notes Canada and the United States jointly producing 2300 aircraft for the U.S. Army and Navy including Catalina flying boats and Curtiss Helldivers. Norse man is cited as the all Canadian design with engines imported, while most components are Canadian, and engines sourced abroad. The piece also mentions Canada's War Supplies Ltd handling contracts and an annual printers and apprentices outing called a ayzgoose.
Millie a house cat owned by Mrs. Roland Grant of Singac New Jersey never harms her owner s canaries. Since kittenhood Millie learned to guard the birds and stands watch while the birds feed in the back yard deterring stray cats and dogs.
John G. Bergdoll of York Corporation explains that at 67000 feet the atmospheric pressure is so low that blood would boil in veins at normal body temperature. He notes pilots would not survive long enough to recount the event and adds that ordinary gasoline would freeze solid.
London County Council plans to boost school meals to 160000 daily by March 1945, an increase of 80000 meals, aiming to cover about 75 percent of attending children. The statement notes the newspaper remark as a cheap item costly to produce.
Montgomery is praised as the mastermind of the French campaign in a London News Chronicle column. The writer asserts that early doubts about his fit for Western Europe were proven wrong as he steadfastly pursued his plan and demonstrated equal prowess in strategy and tactics.
The Manchester Guardian notes W. W. E. Boulton, now a baronet, long serving Tory whip since 1940. He is vice-chamberlain of the royal household, carries a white wand at ritual occasions, and writes the king a daily parliamentary report once handled by the prime minister until the late eighteenth century.
General Sir Bernard Montgomery praised his dogs Hitler and Rommel as well trained and said their namesakes might follow their example, noting their positive behavior as members of the Tail Waggers Club.
Coast Guard reveals a Japanese doctor on a coast guard ship in the Pacific handed a surgery to an American naval surgeon during a Japanese held island invasion. The American finished the patient’s leg injury after three more minutes of operation despite the civilian recipient.
In downtown Houston a cruising police car halted a woman as a patrolman wrote one jay walking ticket and issued nine additional tickets to curious onlookers. The scene captured nine shoppers diverting to view the stop as officers enforced pedestrian rules.
A wartime sketch by B. T. in Winnipeg Free Press reflects on England under bombardment, noting heightened hearing, nocturnal silence, city and rural contrasts, and the roar of traffic and planes as a life under siege, with sensory detail of night sounds and fear.
The St Thomas Times-Journal recounts Bracken noting some primitive countries asked for photos of Britain's largest horses and fat cattle to prove national wealth. A British gunboat tale shows how fake 16 inch guns and smoke fooled villagers into surrendering after a river voyage.
A New Zealander held in a German prison camp writes to his wife about prison life teaching him that there is no place like home and that everyday items like a tin opener become valued. The British press quotes the letter reflecting wit amid captivity.
The Hengyang garrison and several generals were slain almost to the last man in battle. China’s valor in its long struggle drew world admiration and offers hope for a better future after years of hardship.
Fashion favorites present crochet corde bags with a two inch medallion handle and a one piece design with an extra band. Pattern 7186 offers two bag styles with stitches and materials. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man. Include name and address. mail may be slow.
Sheep at the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture wear cotton overcoats to shield their wool from dirt snags and weathering. The outerwear aims to improve appearance and dyeing property of the wool, highlighting practical protection for flock quality.
Durable yarns are made from cellulose derived from corn and sunflower stalks. The process was discovered by paper mill workers in Hungary and reported by the Department of Commerce.
George II ruled from 1727 to 1760 and was the last British monarch to take part in a military campaign and join battle, marking the end of direct royal battlefield involvement.
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