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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 09, 1944
Page
9
Widow Mrs Mason moves into the Ryersons home and uncovers a hidden stash under the floor. Her discovery of three thousand dollars in bank notes stirs guilt and suspicion as Jeff Ryerson’s real estate dealings and the couple’s past come under scrutiny.
The article outlines rapid glass innovations to replace scarce materials. Glass foam stands in for cork as an insulator while glass sutures replace silk in surgery. Sawable glass lumber aims for postwar housing use, signaling broad substitution potential.
A vintage ad touts Moone's Emerald O18 as a healing agent for eczema barbers itch salt rheum and other skin eruptions. It claims quick relief and deep penetration with a pleasant usage experience and offers satisfaction or money back through druggists nationwide.
A collection of classroom quips and comic lines about March idiosyncrasies, late students, married life, and everyday misadventures. Jokes touch on punctuality, travel, court visits, and family life with a light, period humor tone.
The area under flax in Britain rose from a few hundred acres in 1939 to over 50 000 by 1943 with Northern Ireland increasing from about 20 000 to 90 000 acres. The expansion yields large quantities of high grade wing fabric for aircraft factories.
A St Thomas Times-Journal piece notes deer can problem solve and possess surprising intelligence. It cites tests where a buck bypassed an electrified fence by crawling under a low strand and tripped a trigger to squirt ammonia, then resumed feeding. It also mentions elephants and dogs, highlighting working elephants in India and a dog that retrieves a ball as evidence of thinking.
The Prices Board announced 10 spare F coupons in ration book 3 will supply 10 pounds of sugar per person for home canning. Additional sugar can be bought via preserves coupons by exchanging F coupons at local ration boards. The first canning sugar coupons become valid July 1, and all 1944 preserves coupons could yield up to 23 pounds per person.
A Cairo dispatch notes a US troopship attacked twice by enemy aircraft but saved by RAF fighters, who drove off the Germans. In gratitude, the soldiers gave 4000 to support RAF dependents of casualties. This story argues deeds speak louder than eloquent words in building trust between nations.
A Ottawa Journal writer lauds Clement Attlee for his hard work and competence as deputy to the Prime Minister. He notes Attlee’s long hours at his desk, lack of theatrical flair, and steady, effective leadership, including four anniversaries spent in the last war with the gunners.
Captain F S Wilkins, chief inspector of accidents for the RC AF, asks the public to report pilots who stunt or fly low over populated areas. He compares jay-flier to jay-walker and unsafe motorists and notes occasional breath-taking flights over Montreal.Suggests pilots save such courage for battle and return home safely.
The article credits Group Captain Frank Whittle R.A.F. with inventing a propellerless rocket plane and notes Britain’s leadership in aircraft design as a key reason for the Royal Air Force’s standing.
National Defence announces khaki rayon stockings for the Canadian Women's Army Corps and that fourteen of the nineteen best 1943 moving pictures are available for troops. Over 10 000 men and 350 officers have been discharged since September for health age or civilian value.
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