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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1939
Page
2
The piece contrasts country and urban life arguing that life in small towns offers air, neighbors, schools, churches, and safety. It cites a Canadian context of rural-to-city migration and cites the idea that many move to urban areas seeking amenities while defending the merits of a “hick town” lifestyle.
C E R Sherrington secretary of the British railways research service told the Association of American Railroads in Toronto that pooling all competitive traffic has produced major savings in Britain. He noted competition remains on key trade routes and bus investments are the most profitable railway activity while railways also own large fleets of road vehicles. Stockholm plans to replace all trolley cars with motor buses.
Advertises Moone's Emerald Of a highly concentrated antiseptic skin product for eczema and dermatitis. Promises fast relief from eruptions and itching with a non staining, non greasy finish and a money back satisfaction guarantee.
A lecture at Oxford by the Astronomer Royal discussed the Earth as a clock noting tidal friction in seas could slow the planet’s rotation until days reach about 47 current days. The Earth would then keep the Moon face, like the Moon currently does. Also noted: actor Jack Osterman, who died recently, once teased a firemen’s ball audition by saying he would “start a fire.”
Italy approves a program to build 173 new chemical plants in 1938 amid expansion of industrial capacity. The action signals state support for expanding chemical production and related sectors within the Italian economy.
The German government announced a census placing Germany at 79.6 million not counting Memelland or Bohemia Moravia. Including Memelland and Bohemia Moravia raises the total to about 86.6 million, with density up to 352.3 per square mile and a 4 percent rise since 1933.
W H Stephen, vice president, tells delegates of Jean Louis Legare postmaster at Willow Bunch who aided Sitting Bull and helped avert war. Legare earned respect from two governments, aided a prairie fireguard, and received a US payment for his care of American Indians. Also mentions upcoming Olympic maps and Arab population estimates.
Canadian air officer Raymond Collishaw, formerly of British Columbia, becomes officer commanding a new Egypt group under Middle East command with headquarters at Helio polis Cairo. At 45, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916 and became a top Dunkirk era pilot. He tallies 60 enemy planes, is second among Empire pilots, and has four mentions in despatches plus the DSC DFC and bar along with French and Russian decorations.
London Tit-Bits notes British dentistry initiative using dental cars in Sussex Essex Hampshire Norfolk Nottingham and Northumberland. Nine thousand Norfolk children treated last year as 26 mobile clinics operate with 250 pound trailers drawn by a 114 horsepower car.
German government restricts farmer mobility to prevent mass departure from agriculture. Since 1935 about 650,000 workers left farming, hitting smallholders hardest as 38 percent of 18 plus year olds left across small to middling farms with five to 20 hectares.
A company of soldiers moved from the East to California during the rainy season and its commander, on a night camp tour, was challenged by a sentry who had stood two hours in the downpour. The sentry greeted the visitor with a wry welcome to their mist. The Italian army reportedly pioneered aerial bombing, with pilots dropping crude bombs on Tripoli in 1912.
The government contemplates transferring Bechuanaland Basutoland and Swaziland to double the country's area. Negotiations proceed between the British Dominions office and the Union's external affairs department. The three border protectorates have about 1,000,000 residents, 95 percent of whom are black.
An eighty year old W. E. Hill of Hughesville Pa. says after four years of study he solved perpetual motion and is building a working model to prove it. He attributes the achievement to divine aid and plans to seek a patent for his invention.
The article explains the cicada or common locust spends almost all of its long life underground before emerging. It details maturation periods, subterranean feeding, and the dramatic final emergence that marks its brief aboveground adult phase.
The Brule subdivision roadmaster considered hanging a lantern at a culvert to scare beavers away after beavers partially blocked drainage. The plan was tried but the next morning the culvert showed the beavers had doubled their work, so the lantern idea was abandoned.
Swedish telephone manufacturers report full capacity but cannot fill growing demand from new subscribers. factories push expansion plans as backlog grows and customers await installation dates.
The police will impound vehicles left unattended for more than 48 hours in Singapore to enforce parking and traffic rules. The measure aims to curb abandoned cars and improve road safety and curbside order.
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