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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1940
Page
7
Dr Currey, Medical Officer of Health, notes sun exposure has long been valued for healing and vitality. He cites ancient practices, explains spectra rays including infrared and ultraviolet, and warns on atmospheric effects, glass shielding, and seasonal limits while stressing sunlight as a key aid in tuberculosis care and child health.
The British Air Dispatch, taken over by the Air Ministry at war start, uses young pilots to carry urgent messages and high explosives in all weather and times. J. Pullman, a typical example, learned to fly in the Canadian Air Force.
The central experimental farm warns that sorghum, like corn and beans, needs warm weather and a long season to grow in Canada. Admiral Sir Ernest Gaunt, aged 75, former commander of the First Battle Squadron at Jutland, has died. Estimates by steam engineers place power as a key factor. Malaria causes over a million deaths annually in India.
The article notes the rise of the modern English grandfather clock in South Africa since the war, displacing German clocks in homes. It contrasts American clocks' earlier popularity during the South African War and says Germany later built a large industry. Now the English clock is favored, becoming the most popular in the union.
A new beggars trade union forms in Tel Aviv Palestine to suppress racketeering after captur ing lucrative streets by enterprising beggars. The city will be divided into territories as the union asserts control.
A reader notes Arcturus shines across most of the globe except near the Antarctic Circle. A newspaper quips about a dangerous automobile, asking if any other kind exists.
On 15 Broad Street in New York, Allied nations run a vast wartime buying office directing purchases for the Allies. Sir Louis Beale says up to 16 billion more may be spent if needed, with a streamlined operation favoring speed over red tape and no preference for large firms. Turkey’s wartime trade shifts from Germany to the Allies as World War II resupply continues.
The Winnipeg Free Press calls for patient endurance on the home front to match the courage of Allied forces. It argues that victory will come through a long, hard road and coordinated effort between civilians and combatants, with calmness and perseverance as essential.
Great Britain discloses production of a new 14 ton cruiser type tank. Demonstrations show 30 mph on flat ground and 15 to 20 mph on rough terrain. The turret with gun and wireless weighs 2 1 2 tons and can rotate fully in five seconds.
A practical hand knit pattern 6614 offers a sleeveless sweater in easy ribbing for men in cashmere sport yarn with matching socks. Includes sizes small to large, illustrations, and required materials. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
The Royal Military College of Canada shifts from peacetime traditions to wartime duties. Cadets transition to khaki uniforms, army officers, and wartime trades. The college converts the riding school to a mechanical workshop as training emphasizes service and mobility for all graduates.
U S Department of Agriculture experts warn Europe could endure one of history’s worst famines next winter. War, labor shortages, floods, and harsh weather have reduced wheat and cereal crops across nations from Germany and the Netherlands to Poland and France. Planting delays and droughtlike conditions worsen shortages, with Russia also behind normal planting by about ten percent.
The English motor firm produced 12 000 farm tractors in the nine months ending March 31, quadrupling output from the previous year. The plant now manufactures 2 000 tractors monthly for the British market, signaling food production importance. The sun’s weight is about 700 times that of Earth and all other planets combined.
Lord Beaverbrook, minister of aircraft production, says his son Max Aitken is his only direct contact with flying. Max Aitken, 30, is a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force. He notes they talk every morning and evening during wartime duty.
The Toronto Star notes that wartime spending far exceeds the last war. In six months of the prior conflict Canada spent about 50 million dollars, while the current war sees 115 million. From Aug 4, 1914 to Mar 31, 1916 total is 230 million versus 600 plus million in 1940-41 with 100 million for air training.
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