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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1941
Page
8
Dean Easterfield of Regina College spoke to the Natural History Society on how colors arise in nature. He explained optical effects such as interference and diffraction, pigment absorption, and the role of benzene as a dye precursor. He noted red as a predominant color in tropical flowering trees.
Canadian Press staff writer mocks Mussolini as a deflated windbag and a bungling Axis ally. Cartoons from Hungerford in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Svoboda in the Brooklyn Eagle depict Haile Selassie, British tanks in Libya, and a Greek oil dose as British and Allied scorn.
Elizabeth Perrott, after 26 years in poverty in London, kept a locked tin box from her late father Nathan Perrott. A church representative and court officials opened it in a Chancery division hearing, uncovering deposit notes and government stocks worth £20,000, a discovery Justice Morton called the most romantic story.
Global fruit output reaches about 65 million tons with wine grapes at 45 percent of the total. Apples account for 13 percent, oranges 10, pears 5, plums 4, bananas 3, and all other fruits 20 percent. Drought-weakened trees become easy targets for borers.
Three New York firemen returning from England report rapid, numerous small gasoline pumps as key to fighting air raid fires. They compare London and New York equipment, noting London’s effectiveness with portable pumps, and observe British civilian women assisting rescuers amid bomb damage.
Roy Hunter, a 11 year rodeo hand from Loveland Colorado, estimates an aspiring rider must invest about 1179.50 dollars for gear and training. He lists items including horse for 1000 dollars saddle 95 bridles 7.50 boots 25 hat 16.50 jeans 2 chaps 15 spurs 6 and a 12.50 gabardine shirt. Training a horse for bull dogging or roping takes 18 months to two years and a horse lasts four to five years.
A playful note traces the term taxicab to the French taximeter cabriolet meaning a cab with a meter. Cabriolet derives from caper and capreolus, the Latin for a wild goat, linking a bouncy ride to a leaping goat in old road lore.
Shanghai police battle a surge of personal crisis reports along the harbor front. Authorities investigate patterns, urging calm and offering support resources to residents and visitors in the area.
The piece argues that Canada's war effort mirrors England’s, not just aid to Britain. It asserts Canada bears full responsibility and sacrifice, with Britain enduring and aiding the common cause, and warns against viewing the conflict as England versus Germany alone.
Gilbert the Nottingham horse saved seven horses during a Coventry raid by kicking an incendiary bomb from his stable floor and stamping out the blaze. He then calmed the tail fire by rubbing against the stall side. The London Daily Sketch notes his swift, almost eye blink like reflex.
Nearly 4 000 letters and over 1 000 parcels for men overseas could not be forwarded due to insufficient or incorrect addresses. Only 63 letters and 423 parcels were identified for immediate forwarding, with many pieces awaiting redirected addresses. About 2 500 items had no address record and may be sent later if information is found. Mail should include regimental number rank name service or unit and be sent care of Base Post Office Canada.
A Christian Science Monitor excerpt recounts an American missionary's praise of Chiang Kai Shek. Each morning he recites words meaning silence, prompting his household to reflect for an hour. He memorizes Psalms, calling them Christian classics that feed the Chinese soul.
A nine month old terrier in London Ontario is unusually aroused by folding money. The dog named Spot, known as No 1 Driver, stalks drivers at the depot when on duty and seizes bills from pockets and billfolds. Officers joke about a bank or G men job for the clever canine.
The pineal gland sits at the brain’s rear, linked to a supposed human remnant of the third eye from ancient creatures. It is thought to influence sex but scientific understanding remains limited.
The article notes that the fixed-focus box camera is the least expensive option for amateur photographers while the reflex camera represents the highest price tier. It contrasts simplicity and cost alignment with photographic goals and budget considerations.
Dominion film commissioner John Grierson says seized German made motion pictures are being welded into a "valuable pictorial record" of the war. Some films are used in Canadian motion pictures or released to the United States after careful editing for counter propaganda. the latest batch shows London under fire and a convoy from a diving Stuka bomber.
Western Canadian farmers boost flax acreage after wheat surplus and wartime demand. A War Time Series pamphlet and 2 000 posters promote flaxseed to reduce imports, aiming for about 4 500 000 bushels. The Agricultural Supplies Board lists seed, weed, harvest, and handling guidance.
Premier Wladislaw Sikorski sends a £450 cheque to Prime Minister Churchill for rebuilding London’s Guildhall destroyed in the recent fire raid. The Polish premier calls the gift the first instalment of a fund to restore the historic hall and honor democracy. Churchill praises the Polish nation’s friendship and resolve.
A bacteriologist studies soil organisms and their role in fertility. Certain bacteria promote decay of organic matter to release plant food while others in legumes help extract nitrogen from the air for crop use.
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