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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 02, 1941
Page
7
Devona flees Vara's house after a brutal confrontation and a forged confession. She packs with trembling resolve, writes a goodbye note to Dale, leaves Palm Springs for Los Angeles, and arrives with only a few dollars and languages as she seeks work in a strange city.
Miss Fern Blodgett at 20 McMaster Avenue Toronto leaves Montreal for duties aboard a merchant ship. She earned a second class radio operators certificate from the Canadian Electrical Institute and says the assignment is the Empire’s life line in war.
Charles Graves notes in Overseas Daily Mail that many notable figures such as Churchill Dill Wa vell de Gaulle Sumner Welles Cordell Hull Keitel Laval Stalin Musso lini and Hitler contain the letter L in their names. He argues L is a common and influential letter in surnames and names.
A secret Belgian patriot newspaper claims Germany is removing 8 000 head of cattle and 4 000 pigs monthly from Belgium. In Holland, fodder shortages have forced mass slaughter, with most meat seized and sent to Germany.
Raymond Jenkins of Perth Amboy New Jersey rushed to a fire box after seeing a blaze in the window. Fire crews arrived to find the glow was only the rising sun and Jenkins apologized for the alarm.
World War I era analysis shows a rise from seven to 18 home workers per deployed soldier. The change reflects intensifying production demands and mobilization pressures as factories scale up to support the front lines.
The article explains the unique design and purpose of monitors, noting their flat bottoms for shallow waters, heavy protection, and a single giant gun. It recounts their Civil War origin, British use in World War I, and the Terror’s sinking by dive bombers in the Mediterranean.
Ronald Orme a Boys' Brigade bugler and ARP messenger in Manchester carried on during a savage 11 hour blitz. He dragged out injured people from a shelter that was hit, shielded others with his helmet, carried babies to safety, and climbed a 45 foot drainpipe to fight a roof fire. He returned to work at 8 am and will receive the Boys' Brigade Cross for bravery.
Upward of 2500 Canadians study radio mechanics in Canadian universities to operate devices locating enemy bombing planes at night for Great Britain. They will be ready to go overseas this fall after enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Lord Beaverbrook announced a broadcast to North America about the program, with younger men also in training under the youth plan.
London realty agents note many displaced residents swap rubble for river homes on the Thames. Across the Atlantic, seventy nine million motor vehicles were produced in the United States and Canada over four decades. Monkeys lack facial muscles for smiling.
Sheila MacDonald, sister of Rt Hon Malcolm MacDonald, arrives in Ottawa to act as hostess at Fearnscliffe residence. She reflects on wartime life in England and notes her previous war relief work in Hampstead aiding refugees. She aims to continue war work in Ottawa after prison and political outreach with the National Labor Organization in Britain.
Australian minister to the United States Richard G. Casey told Bates College graduates in Lewiston Maine that the world must be remade and they will be the craftsmen. He received an honorary LLD and urged active engagement in politics and democracy. He warned against cynicism toward war and urged choosing democracy with its duties as well as its rights.
The selection presents quotes from Blackstone Beecher Eddy Wilson and others on law as moral principle. It links law to right, obedience, justice, and natural law, highlighting law as reflection of enduring universal norms.
The National Gallery of Victoria reports the loss of a rare Rembrandt etching, The Three Crosses, fourth state. The ship carrying it was sunk by enemy action en route to Australia. It was bought in England in October for £680 using Felton Bequest funds on Sir Lionel Lindsay’s recommendation.
Instructions describe weaving a purse with candlewick and crochet silk using a cardboard loom and rings for a handle. The ad promotes a 32 page booklet with purse doilies knitting bags and more, prepaid by sending 15 cents to the Home Service Dept Winnipeg. Additional 15 cent booklets list topics from vocabulary to dog care golf guitar and swimming.
Dean Charles L Raper of Syracuse University relented six years after withholding a BS in Journalism from Drew Middleton. The war correspondent, once deemed unable to type 40 words a minute, had proven his mettle reporting for the Associated Press in France Belgium and England, prompting the London ceremony where Syracuse awarded the degree.
The article notes fish and chips are fading as fish fryers struggle with oil and dripping shortages. It cites Britain's snack shift to fish and mashed potatoes and references historic phrases. It mentions Egypt's small holdings, US greyhound racing starts in 1917, and the abundance of woodpecker species.
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