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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1938
Page
9
Hammond faces a tangled land deal as Kenning uses deception to claim a lease, while Jack contemplates telling Jeanne about the scheme. The underground gold wealth shifts hands and labor, leaving McKenzie Joe's groundwork in jeopardy.
Hammond and Jeanne uncover a fresh gold strike near McKenzie Joe s pit showing nuggets in the creek. The discovery deepens doubt about prior tests and points to possible hidden workers and a looming stake fight involving Bruce Kenning and Kay Joyce.
Jeanne reveals Kane Kenning’s suspicions that someone has tampered with McKenzie Joe’s old claim. Kay Joyce escalates the scene by accusing Jeanne and Jack Hammond as tensions flare over trust, love, and a disputed frontier property. The confrontation ends with a biting accusation about nights in Bruce Kenning’s cabin.
The fragment notes a group ascending to a hill crest and moving toward a place called Kenning's, with no further context or outcomes provided.
The 1939 British Who's Who lists Chancellor Adolf Hitler with a Berlin telephone number 1116191. Col Charles Lindbergh's address is not given. Benito Mussolini is noted for violin playing. Haile Selassie appears as His Majesty Emperor of Ethiopia. Duchess of Windsor reference only notes the Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield on June 3, 1937.
Canadian students propose a national scholarship program to fund 1000 awards of $500 each for high school and college graduates with strong academics but limited finances. The plan seeks $500,000 from the federal government to support scholars who could not attend college otherwise.
In Gananoque Ontario a church banquet for about 100 attendees was prepared entirely by men. The speaker’s topic was Order out of Chaos, likely uplifting for the women who later surveyed the scene. Rabbits fight among themselves with teeth but will not bite a man in self defense.
A brief note states red grouse is the sole bird species restricted to the British Isles. Also mentions a geographical oddity that on December 22 the South Pole is closest to the sun of any earth point. A fierceness of English clover reaching eight feet high is noted.
President Roosevelt told UNC students he would press a liberal government program despite election reverses. He warned that America’s choices would shape centuries ahead and urged confidence in democracy as a global leadership force. He defended liberalism and Downplayed his image as an ogre, stressing faith in capitalism.
Plans for a new royal train by the LMS include two bedrooms a dayroom a bathroom and a nurse room in a suite for Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Architect Brian O Rorke will design decorations and may consult the princesses on the scheme A telephone system and a specially designed wireless set are planned so the King can speak to anywhere in the world when the train is stationary
Sir Kingsley Wood urged scientists at a Royal Society dinner to devote time to measuring wind and weighing air to counter air threats. He said scientists could reduce the menace from the air and that conquering the bombing plane would be a great global peace contribution.
A new device called the henometer is filed with Sydney Health Department to stamp eggs with the hen breed and date as they are laid. The inventor says it will end the sale of preserved eggs as fresh.
A bird noted to migrate from the Yukon to Argentina covers about seven thousand miles. Separate note mentions ancient Egyptians shaving eyebrows as a mourning token after a cat’s death.
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain would rush to defend any self governing area of the Empire if attacked. He said each dominion would decide its own level of participation while Britain would automatically provide military aid to any dominion under aggression. The question followed a recent statement by South Africa's Hertog.
Fifth year medical students at the University of Toronto are receiving poison gas instruction at the request of the national defence department. Dr. W E Henderson notes the course aims to refresh knowledge for quick, intelligent use in war and recalls Canadian physicians drafted in the Great War.
Lufthansa will extend its service to South America early next year with larger aircraft operating two trips weekly. Some flights will carry passengers and mail. France also runs a semi weekly service to South America.
The article notes porcupines can contain as many as 40 000 quills, a defining feature of their quilled defense. It explains how quills can detach when touched, aiding the animal's protection.
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