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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1939
Page
3
Canada imposes strict border controls and veterinary surveillance to prevent foot and mouth disease. The piece details potential economic devastation, strict import bans, fumigation requirements, and nationwide preparedness, citing 1937 livestock values and US readiness.
In dense fog on the Mississippi, Pilot Charles McChesney steered a Japanese freighter toward shore. He told the captain to anchor as frogs splashed nearby, claiming the sounds warned when to drop anchor. The captain apologized after the ship rested securely and the fog lifted.
Saskatchewan pigeon fanciers won top honors at the Edmonton Poultry Show. John Ossowy Lemberg earned first for the 500 mile cock and James Bell Regina won for the 500 mile hen plus the 175 mile young cocks. A Thompson Regina placed first in 75 mile young hens while A E Phillips Regina earned a 2nd in 75 mile young cocks. A second Phillips entry took 2nd in the 75 mile young cocks class.
Auckland police record noseprints on Caesar to prove the dog used in a motion picture is the same animal that left for Australia earlier. The noseprint is sent to Sydney for comparison with a prior print, reinforcing that dogs can be identified as reliably as people by prints.
The Brandon Sun notes that newly annexed German territory drains Germany’s food supply and fails to boost fiscal strength as small nations cannot greatly raise German goods sales. Meanwhile other world dealings and the American reciprocal trade treaty policy threaten barter traders.
A Kitchener Record editorial praises Canada for democratic freedoms. It argues that racial and religious tolerance flourishes where individuals observe laws, highlighting religious liberty and absence of prejudice as a precious heritage.
Lake Naivasha in East Africa is 17 miles long and 12 miles wide with no visible outlet and surrounded by mountains. It receives two rivers that daily pour more water in than is lost to surface evaporation, though the lake itself never floods.
A historical note records that an ostrich egg takes about four and a half hours to hard boil. The item appears as a curious curiosity in the period’s cooking or natural history sections.
J E Brownlee former Alberta premier urged Dominion and provincial governments to create a single debt act possibly with a debt court. He warned the wheat situation could trigger years of low prices and enlarge farm debt, estimated at 317 million dollars, and said slow debt adjustments under existing acts hinder progress. He argued joint action is needed under the British North America Act constraints.
Editor L F Wade asserts advertising pays and promises a soaking rain after a full page ad in the Jayton Chronicle. The forecast rains begin soon after the issue hits streets and continue until rainfall totals reach inches in Kenty county.
A historical note states the ceiling of the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico rises to 300 feet at one point, highlighting the cavern's immense vertical dimension.
Bruce Hutchison argues that mechanical tests cannot replace human judgment when evaluating drivers. He warns safe drivers with flaws may fail tests and reckless drivers may pass, stressing that character and temperament matter beyond machine results. Victoria Times.
In its inaugural meeting Havelock Ontario town council named William Akins as constable town hall caretaker assessor sanitary inspector and weed inspector. The council then granted Akins a month’s leave of absence.
The ad promotes Crochet pattern 6228 for a chair or buffet set with charts and instructions. It promises happiness and home richness, and suggests making a scarf to match. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
A 1938 progress report from Canadian forest experiment stations notes a 10 percent rise in annual fires over two decades but a 50 percent drop in average fire size. Improvements in detection, prevention, and firefighting equipment reduced destructive spread. Projects include fire hazard tables for Eastern Canada, studies on spruce-balsam behavior, and smoke visibility for lookout towers.
The piece argues horses often appear less intelligent due to extreme nervousness but show perceptive abilities. It cites a horse reacting to vibrations in a distant railway tunnel and recognizes hunting morning, while noting horses can learn memory tasks such as opening a latch. It contrasts horse fear with more alert fox or rat behavior.
Sir Auckland Geddes urged housewives to store a little food and keep a reserve supply of water in case government feeding plans fail in an emergency. He noted a skeleton ministry of national service exists and a minister, described as young and active, is chosen to lead it, though he did not reveal the name.
Miss Alice Fazende aged 102 dies in New Orleans honoring a 78 year old vow of spinsterhood made when her fiancé left in 1861 to join the Washington artillery for the Confederacy. He fell in action and she waited forever. Also noted is Utahs Devils Slide rock formation named as a boggan route.
A young White Leghorn at Renagour Poultry Farm Aberfoyle Scotland laid a 7 ounce four yolk egg said to be a world record. The farmer Mr C C Mann weighed and measured it 21 5 8 inches broad and over 3 inches long. The monster is shown beside standard eggs in a Glasgow store.
A London tea sample marked Not to be opened till January 14, 2039 will be tasted by tea tasters a century from now. The leaves are selected from 1938 crops and wrapped in vegetable parchment aluminum foil and lead to preserve flavor.
Since Mark Twain’s death in 1910 his publishers have paid nearly 1.5 million dollars in book royalties to his estate. They have never dipped under 50 thousand dollars per year and have reached as high as 91 thousand dollars in a single year. In New Guinea beetles with multicolored hairlike shells are collected by native women who thread them into necklaces.
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