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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1941
Page
2
London producers now send gossa mer gold leaf worldwide as an improvement on traditional leaf. Craftsmen achieve a thickness of one 290 000th of an inch. Seven years of research aimed at a more even leaf used by sign and interior decorators. An eight pound hammer on marble yields leaf as frail as gossamer. Traditional methods persist for some applications.
The first of its kind Making Tour Of India Services train begins a nationwide tour spanning all regions. Over 1000 feet long it features sections from air force army navy medical services munitions and other war departments. Demonstrators include armed forces officers and men. The train includes a pipe band and a recruiting office.
A government action in Canada imposes price ceilings and stabilizes basic wages as of 1941 to curb spiraling costs. The measure aims to prevent inflation, protect purchasing power, and support the war economy, acknowledging hardships for some dealers and the need for national cooperation.
Preliminary estimates from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics indicate Canada's 1940 tourist receipts total about 128 million with expenditures of 43 million, yielding a favorable balance near 85 million. J M Coyne spoke at a Canadian Association meeting. Animated cartoons are being prepared to teach armed forces men strategy tactics gunnery and other subjects.
Diana Berry, 21, designs a plastic lighter approved by Britain's tobacco controller, board of trade and the British standards institute. It will cost about 1.50 and 4,000,000 units are planned as plastics surge in uses from aircraft to submarines and houses.
General Sir Alan Francis Brooke aged 58, a crack mechanized warfare specialist, is appointed chief of the imperial general staff. He succeeds General Sir John Dill who retires December 25 at 60 and becomes governor of Bombay after receiving the field marshal title.
The Farmer's Advocate notes that loudspeakers and amplifiers improve broadcasting to large audiences at conventions. It argues veterans may fear the new device but urges adoption for wide reach and clarity, with extensions to reach listeners in back rows.
Experts at Camp Borden test Ram 1, a 30 ton Canadian tank with a cast hull and radial engine, steered by dual tillers. Described as Canada’s first heavy, it outguns Valentines and mirrors the American M3 design, with a full demonstration for U.S. Army observers.
A self confident youth offers to take a junior partner's place after learning of a partner's death. The senior partner agrees but says he must first settle matters with the undertaker before proceeding.
The Royal Canadian Navy gains strength as the million dollar yacht Venetia, famed for sinking two German submarines in the First Great War, is turned over to the navy by owner Captain Scott Misener of Port Colborne Ontario.
India mobilizes a vast force as part of the First Great War effort, recalling a hundred lakh men for active service. The action underscores the scale of imperial contribution to the war, with large numbers drawn from military reserves and local regiments across British India.
Rates of pay for farm labor in Canada reached their highest point in 1920, highlighting a postwar wage surge for agricultural workers. The brief notes a figure or timeline reference tied to 1920 and the broader context of labor costs.
A Royal Marine captured in Calais recalls 21 days under German guards. He details whippings with tommy guns, forced marches through Belgian villages, starvation, shootings of breadseekers, and bayonet violence. He notes guards mistreating civilians and French colonial troops.
The piece notes Canadian women embracing bright winter styles with bigger hats and exotic jewelry while many still wear CWAC and CWA AF uniforms. In England clothing rationing curbs spending yet keeps shelves stocked, and Princess Margaret may wear clothes outgrown by Princess Elizabeth.
Shortening and sugar creamed with egg, then mixed with All Bran and milk. Dry ingredients folded in with chopped prunes, batter rested briefly, then baked in muffin cups at 400 F for about 30 minutes yielding twelve small muffins.
Huntly R. Drummond tells Bank of Montreal shareholders that democracy requires sacrifice and speedy removal of wartime controls after the war. He notes war costs Canada about two hundred million a month and that the bank pays as much in taxes as in dividends. Jackson Dodds reports assets near 1.046 billion and profits of 3.437 million after taxes, stressing the bank’s role in extending credit while warning against faulty postwar monetary reforms.
The government confirms the V sign remains free to use in Canada and cannot be patented by anyone. An older Order-in-Council blocks such patents due to the symbol's wide significance. Despite a U S patent by Pratho P. Scott of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Canada will keep the emblem free for use, including stamp cancellations.
Some natives of the South Sea Islands paint their bodies a deep blue and add small touches of yellow and white. The description notes body art as a cultural practice without elaborating on ritual meaning or location.
Japan reduces mulberry orchards that feed silkworms and shifts to grain farming. With imports scarce, the nation seeks greater self-sufficiency as raw silk fuels foreign trade and purchases abroad.
Proceeds from selling nails timbers and pies donated by families in the maritime provinces provided start up funds for Acadia University. The Indian rhinoceros stands as a prime living example of prehistoric animals. In 17th century France peas cost sixty dollars a pint.
The fierce carnivorous skua is the southernmost bird on earth, often venturing 300 miles toward the South Pole and feeding on penguin eggs and chicks.
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