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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1940
Page
7
Detective Elk screens the mystery aboard the train as Ingle rants about his arrest and a burglary at his flat. The duo discuss Harlow and Dartmoor links, while Aileen confronts Ingle over the burglary and amends her role with a final payment.
The British Film Institute proposes miniature colour films as portable sales aids for commercial travellers. Reels would fit in a suitcase with a projector hire, showing products and manufacturing stages to customers in their offices. Films priced at £200 or less depending on length and quality.
The Canadian section of the Empire Press Union in Toronto passed a resolution praising press solidarity across the British Empire. Lieut.-Col J H Woods of Calgary presided as the London HQ and all empire sections will receive copies. The war delayed the sixth Imperial Press Conference but plans remain hopeful for timely future execution. W Rupert Davies and Horace T Hunter reported on London council proceedings.
The Peterborough Examiner reports General Maxime Weygand at age 73 is called to lead the Allies on land. His wartime record includes service in 1917 18 as France s Versailles war council representative and a reputation for brilliant but under recognized strategic work.
University of Chicago researchers unveil a method using sugar rods as darning eggs to join ruptured arteries. Sidney Smith Jr receives the Harry Ginsburg memorial prize for developing the technique, which uses oil coated sugar rods to guide suturing and dissolves in 10 to 15 seconds after clamps release.
The Paris office of the Polish information service reports Germans are taking blood from children in occupied Poland to transfuse German wounded soldiers. Since early May the operation is described as rapid and brutal, with many under nourished children not surviving.
The piece compares modern waistlines to knights in armor. It jokes that today one can simply loosen a belt or let out a suit. It notes armor was costly and inflexible in old times.
Melbourne technical chemist Dr J R Atcherley claims a new incendiary powder cheaper and more destructive than a German surrogate. The powder ignites on contact with air, can be air dropped in light containers or satchels, and may be released into clouds to spread. Ignition timing ranges from five seconds to five hours, and it can burn underwater. The Royal Australian Air Force is testing the invention.
A compact anthology of inspirational quotes from figures like Dr Arnold Lord Beaconsfield Mary Baker Eddy and James Russe Lowell urging upward outlook, ambition, noble aims, and uplifted spirit as guidance for life and daily effort.
Dr J M Swaine director of the Dominion Department of Agriculture invites Canadian botanists to study native grasses small fruits medicinal plants and fibre plants. The search aims to improve plants and expand knowledge of Canadian flora.
A practice session with about 30 voices singing the vowel aw to the note G caused a hall to shed an electric bulb due to concentrated vibration. The incident is described as an example of vibration effects. A separate note mentions a deer fighting with its feet rather than its antlers.
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