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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 05, 1944
Page
2
The article notes Canadian women volunteering in the armed forces and replacing men in industry and business. It highlights thousands of volunteers, the hardships endured, and the belief that women can contribute valuably to the war effort alongside Allied nations.
The article highlights women's heroism in Russia and occupied regions, their underground resistance, and continued support for the Allied cause. It notes Britain's and Canada's early roles for women in service and credits uniforms and domestic workers alike for enabling Europe’s liberation and victory.
The article notes encephalomyelitis or sleeping sickness affects horses and warns that a veterinarian should perform early vaccination as best preventive. It urges protecting horses from biting insects and advises farmers to vaccinate valuable pure-bred stock if disease appeared nearby while avoiding blanket vaccination.
Firemen digging for bombing victims in southern England heard a hoarse voice cry “Blimey what a blooming war” from rubble. After half an hour they uncovered a cavity housing a parrot, still screaming the same phrase as it was removed.
The Lendish radio reports a Danish saboteur dressed as a dockyard worker planted bombs in three German ships at Svendborg ship yards and caused severe damage to a fourth vessel.
In late August 1939 the British ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson met Adolf Hitler and heard a violent tirade. Henderson quoted Hitler saying war is England's fault and that he, at age 45, would choose war now rather than after he turns fifty or sixty. The report notes Hitler as confident he will not be at war when he is sixty.
A collection of quotes on humility self knowledge and divine strength from Edwards Roux Flavel Eddy Boileau and Holmes. The words contrast true humility with pride and emphasize humility as a path to God and inner strength.
Fruit growers in Britain deploy an electric scarecrow wired to a six volt battery. Wires strung through trees deliver a light shock to birds that perch, deterring them from the crops.
A wartime guide explains how to obtain sugar coupons with a baby's ration book and No 4 ration books for discharged servicemen. It covers exchanging F coupons for preserves, surrendering D coupons for grapefruit, and instructions for destroying expired coupons. It urges contacting the Wartime Prices and Trade Board for Consumers News pamphlets.
Walter Callow of Parrisborough Nova Scotia, a blind and paralyzed veteran, proposed overseas cigarette depots to ship cards for tobacco banks. Defence Minister Ralston supported the plan, enabling air mailed access to cigarettes for Canadian soldiers fighting in Italy. The note adds curious facts about arums and a tiny box turtle.
The article notes over 100000 CN employees with diverse surnames tied to origins such as occupations, locality, and nicknames. It cites common surnames like Smith and Jones and shows naming quirks across regions with religious and trade related names. It also lists early months represented among names and pairs of occupational duplicates like Baker cook and Porter porter.
Aiding the invasion effort, British housewives and pensioners packed more than 875 million spare parts. They worked in barns, fire halls, and schools coating each part with preservative and labelling boxes for shipment to any army unit.
After 3000 British restaurants opened by the Ministry of Food, art adviser Clive Gardiner led a mural scheme. About 150 eateries now feature world scene paintings, including Bradford’s Good Companions walls and Beckenham’s Wind in the Willows. The program aims to improve dining surroundings and has spread to factory canteens.
Western Canada faces a growing horse surplus with estimates around 500000 excess animals. A Southern Alberta cooperative marketing group aims to manage the oversupply echoing Saskatchewan’s initiative, seeking strong government and farmer support to curb range grazing waste.
The term robot traces to Czech words robota meaning forced labor and robotnik meaning serf, coined by Karel Capek in 1920 for his play R. U. R. translated to English in 1923. Separately, reports claim rich gold deposits in the Altai mountains of Sinkiang province in China.
A fragmented item notes a piano containing a metal seal and a rough weight estimate near 300 pounds and 257 units. The readable text provides no clear event or source organization.
Wartime gardeners chased gear last year, producing little food as they rushed to outdo neighbors. Experts urge careful planning, discussion, and study through the season to avoid repeats. Mr. and Mrs W.G. vow to grow the food this year and prove the method works.
A Washington Bureau of Standards worker has weighed measured and tested 70 grams of radium over twelve years valued at about 5 000 000 dollars The data highlights the danger and value of radium in scientific work.
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