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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1946
Page
2
A Canadian editorial argues past passive security failed and urges a shift to full military readiness to deter future global conflict. It warns that collective security must be backed by swift action at signs of lawlessness and stresses the atomic era heightens the cost of any war.
A Canadian department of National Defense creates a Research and Development arm to invent new weapons and a crown company, Canadian Arsenals Limited, to shift industry to a wartime footing. The goal is deterrence through preparedness to preserve peace.
A rural Brantford Expositor item recalls a Windsorway farmer who bragged of selling a pig for eight dollars. The neighbor asks about the cost of raising it. The farmer replies he paid three and five for feed, then adds he kept the pig for company all fall.
A collection of aphorisms and maxims on contentment and wealth by Socrates Zimmermann Horace Epictetus Leighton and Mary Baker Eddy. The quotes advocate simple living true wealth lies in contentment, and virtue over luxury.
J. H. Lavoie director of the horticulture division of the Provincial Department of Agriculture spoke in Quebec to a service club as part of a series on soil conservation. He warned that misunderstanding or violation of nature’s laws has left more than half the world’s fertile land as desert.
Dr. Dana Warren of Omaha University reports an average puck speed of 88 miles per hour after testing with photo electric sensors and an optics setup. George Homenake of the Omaha Knights aided the run, with team spokesmen noting the top speed exceeds the average.
Description outlines a modern warfare technique using rows of steel rails fixed in the ground to halt advancing tanks, forming an improvised anti tank obstacle known as an asparagus bed.
London correspondent notes Apsley House, known as Number 1 London, remains unsold as Wellington’s offer to the Government sits unresolved. Its premium site near Piccadilly, Green Park, Rotten Row and Hyde Park faces crownsponsored restrictions on new construction and needed modernization costs.
The puzzle lists clues for horizontal and vertical entries with various wordplay hints. Answers include terms like disembodied spirit, to coagulate, and ancient lyre, among others, forming a themed crossword.
A church entry in Scotland jokes about collection buttons and notes a centenarian wedding gift of 1000 dollars from the bride’s father. The bride reveals the bank manager’s joke, while various quips and cartoons about charm, manners, and travel entertain a traveler and guide.
The frying pan fish a catfish from Argentina earns its name from its rounded body and tail resembling a handle.
London doctor Dr Elizabeth Gourlay says British children suffer skin problems from vitamin C deficiency due to lack of fruit. She notes low fats provide vitamin D and calcium and claims the situation mirrors an 18th century plight. Silos are built cylindrical to avoid air pockets that spoil silage.
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