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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 24, 1940
Page
5
Jim and Elk chase clues in a frozen canal area. A crushed brown hat is found wedged in a bush near the broken fence, hinting at Mrs. Gibbins's fate and a canal landing as investigators close in.
A park scene shows a heel impression and a crushed muddy envelope frozen to the ground. Jim and Elk uncover a two line inscription "BY HAND URGENT" with part of an address, the word Harlow legible, signaling a hidden clue from a struggle in the undergrowth.
Doctor Robert Glen of Dominion Entomological Laboratory Saskatoon has been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Minnesota. His work focuses on wireworms in Western Canada and larval morphology of the tribe Lepturoidini with a key for identifying eighty four species.
Dr J M Swaine of the Dominion Department of Agriculture calls for strong leadership and scientific direction in technical agriculture. He urges expanded production and marketing to meet Canadian consumer needs, Britain and allies, and to maintain soil capacity and agricultural stability without excess surpluses or shortages.
Early 1940 statistics from London show women exceed men in many nations. Britain records 1088 women per 1000 men, France 1071, Germany 1058, Russia 1108, Portugal 1097, and Estonia 1139. The United States has 976 women per 1000 men.
The record notes that about 8,540,000 men died in World War I. The line includes a figure of 2,369 as part of a brief listing or statistic.
The Earl of Athlone tours Rockcliffe air station in Ottawa after formal calls with Canadian forces chiefs. A flying officer initially bars ungentlemanly rides but grants permission, authorizing the Governor General’s morning canter. He accepts breakfast with officers.
A Home Service booklet offers guidance on correct pronunciation and usage, with examples like clique and finance. It promotes speaking as a social asset and lists related pamphlets such as Good Letter Writing Made Easy and The Meaning of Dreams, each at 15c, available from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
A collection of brief quotations linking hope, age, and faith from Feuillet Longfellow Eddy Shakespeare Keller Moore and Moore. The lines emphasize perseverance optimism and inner harmony with nature and memory guiding the heart through darkness toward light.
A new antiseptic iodine destroys all but five percent of germs within a minute. German chemist Gerhard Domagk developed zephiran offering a faster effect on more germs.
Commentator questions the legitimacy of rival French claimants under a Petain dictatorship and a looming German occupation. The piece argues the figure of a king would be futher weakened by foreign rule and internal collapse.
A humorous scene contrasts British and Canadian manners as two youthful visitors from abroad interact with locals. A Canadian greets England and Canada with polite replies while a hostess notes the boys spread butter thin and laments parking, then the backseat lad criticizes petrol waste.
Norway’s crown jewels and much of its gold bullion have been moved to New York vaults. The claim comes from Mrs. A. Wilson Broadbent, wife of a London Daily Mall diplomatic correspondent, who spoke in Ottawa about a convoy that escorted the treasure across the Atlantic with a strong naval escort.
A British scientist screening 1700 works at the Royal Academy in London identified 90 items with botanic or meteorological or other scientific value.
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