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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1942
Page
11
Tamar resists excitement as Ranny announces gold on the plantation. Dick Sheridan plans Tamar’s dinner date with Tamar, while Ransome frets, watching from Stafford as Tamar moves toward Shadwell with Dick and his sister Selby. The stage is set for conflict over the contract and a looming arrival.
Tamar dresses for a date with Dick Sheridan at the Roistan Inn while memories of her father’s bankruptcy and Knox Todd’s control linger. She recalls childhood summers with Ransome Todd, obsesses over contract signals at Cricket Hill, and senses a new, distant engineer named Christopher Sande as a possible future without her father’s wealth.
Annual bird life surveys by nature lovers show large numbers braving cold and snow to spend Christmas in Canada. The study notes regional and yearly differences tied to food supply and climate, with species including sparrows, starlings, chickadees, woodpeckers, jays and grouse active despite winter. Observers across Nova Scotia to British Columbia counted over 36 000 birds of 123 kinds, aiding wildlife conservation agencies.
A collection of brief quotations on diligence discipline and the link between effort and success. Notable lines by Samuel Johnson Confucius Calvin Coolidge Mary Baker Eddy Samuel Smiles and Hugh Blair emphasize industry persistence and self improvement as routes to achievement and satisfaction.
Gunner Laurence Smith of a searchlight crew used his light as a beacon to guide two British bombers returning from Germany through fog to their base somewhere in England. He flashed the light repeatedly until the crews understood and both aircraft landed safely. The Arctic Ocean around the polar regions averages about two miles deep.
Scientists report a grafted tomato and potato plant named topatoe producing a starchless vegetable. The article notes an estimate that 180 tons of sunshine fall on earth each year.
Clemenceau warned that Germany cannot be trusted and will always be led astray by its leaders. He predicted future trouble, regardless of the Kaiser's ouster, and urged global unity to curb the leaders chosen by Germans. He blamed the Versailles Treaty for lasting success or failure based on its severity and world resolve.
Britain is turning out tanks in six types with two new models Coventry and Churchill kept secret. One known type, the Waltzing Matilda, cost £20 000 and with 14 direct hits near Tobruk it still advanced. Eggs contain vital vitamins and minerals lost in processing.
Health League of Canada reports Toronto’s diphtheria victory used to educate Britain through posters and media. It notes 1929 1,022 cases and 64 deaths, 1933 56 cases and five deaths, and 1940 zero cases. Canada-wide progress cited with calls for immunization and parental toxoid uptake. Snow reflection on sunlight.
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