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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 03, 1940
Page
2
Nearly 100 Hindus including one woman walked across a large pit of red hot embers at the Sri Mariam temple in Singapore watched by Europeans and about 4,000 Hindus. The heat was intense as workers cooled the pit with water and runners swept over the embers with raised hands while others paced slowly and one man danced briefly in the center.
A Manitoba or Ontario editorial argues the war cost for Canada in the first year totals about 350 million dollars and calls for strict government economy, higher taxes, and strong voluntary contributions to fund arming, training, and morale support. It emphasizes universal duty, shared sacrifice, and reliance on bonds and charity to hasten victory.
The Canadian Shorthorn Breeders Association outsources its secretary job to an Ontario high school teacher with a BA. A prize goes to a man who sent his father-in-law a surgeon's bill after learning his wife needed tonsil removal. A guide at a canning factory jokes about a female worker who handles pork in beans, prompting a sharp remark about finding the girl who takes it out.
Describing how mangled forests recover swiftly in tropical areas, fallen trees decay into soil as plant roots aid the process. Floating logs become flowering structures and can form makeshift floating islands that host birds nesting amid dense greenery.
A Winnipeg Newspaper Union Home Service feature promotes a 32 page booklet teaching the canter waltz and other dances. It details steps for the canter and waltz plus posture advice and timing tips. Readers can order the booklet for 15 cents by mail and discover additional titles on health beauty conversation and party games.
In towns across England sightless men patrol dark streets guiding sighted people during blackouts. They seize a chance to repay help given in daylight and feel useful again, saying guiding others gives them strength and purpose after losing sight in the last war.
Yellowknife establishes the first municipal government in the Northwest Territories with a five member board of trustees to start January 1940. Electees include J McNiven and George Carter along with John E Gibben Otto Thibert and Keith Miller. The district spans about 40 square miles within 3 1/2 miles of the post office and backs mining and local commerce.
Authorities nationwide endorse corn syrup for baby formulas and growing children. It provides dextrose and maltose, is easily digestible, and offers quickly available energy. Households are urged to use it as a mixer and in cereals, fruits, beverages, desserts, and canned goods.
McGill University authorities report suggestions to Ottawa for broader use of Canadian products to feed troops overseas. Proposals include canning thousands of pounds of butter to ensure a healthful supply in all weather at the front and to help farmers reach a larger market. A second idea calls for canning fish chowder, deemed feasible, palatable, nourishing, and easy to transport and serve.
A long time Iowa sheep raiser with 200 to 500 ewes claims no dog losses in 12 years. He uses bells on some ewes and sometimes keeps mules with the flock. Belling is old but muling may be new. Any plan to deter dogs is worth trying.
The 107th Field Battery RCA honors the tallest recruits from the Canadian Active Service Force. Three Cranbrook men stand six feet six inches to seven feet ten inches tall. An aside notes fireflies produce little candle power, and a health tip says toes point forward when walking to avoid stepping on them.
The readable segments show a fragmented local item with unclear names and details. No definitive event date or official entities are identifiable from the text provided.
The number of cinema vans in the British zone has doubled to eight, with shows in 82 locations over five weeks. Seven professional concert parties perform in towns where troops gather from outlying villages.
The article argues safety promotion must reach those lacking proper rule understanding and those with improper attitudes toward other road users. It notes additional examples from Brazil and Venezuela where iron ore prospection relies on a soil-loving orchid, and that British factories consume 3,000 tons of celluloid annually to produce toys with 22,000,000 cells sold each year.
The male angler fish is hundreds of times smaller than his mate, a stark size disparity observed by researchers studying deep sea reproduction and mating strategies. The finding highlights extreme sexual dimorphism in these species.
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