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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 10, 1948
Page
2
Canada stresses preparedness and joint army navy and air force training as a safeguard against future conflict. The piece argues that rapid aeronautics development makes attack possible anywhere and highlights lessons from World War II era blitzkrieg and Allied combined operations to deter aggression.
Officers are being trained in inter service coordination and industrial mobilization at the National Defence College in Kingston Ontario. The Royal Military College will reopen next fall admitting cadets from all services, and Royal Roads Naval College will enroll army cadets alongside air cadets to foster joint readiness amid uncertain times.
Washington radio plug promised a sheared beaver coat for 497 potatoes. Cecil Lineback bought two sacks of spuds and offered them to the furrier, who explained the price was in dollars. Lineback kept the coat for his wife, and the furrier wonders what to do with the potatoes.
A 13 pound bald eagle with a 7 foot wingspan was shot by Walter Sandford after snatching a rooster near Nanaimo British Columbia. The article also notes that the distress signal SOS was adopted for international radio use in 1906.
Saskatoon reports University of Saskatchewan scientists estimate 10 to 20 years may pass before perennial wheat is ready for western agriculture. Greenhouse work since 1938 crosses wheat with native grass to breed a bread wheat that regrows each spring, but strong cold, drought, and disease resistance are still needed. Professor L. H. Shebeski notes it is very unlikely the crop of economic importance will appear in the next decade or two.
A parade of lighthearted vignettes shows miscommunications in family visits, jokes about misread ads and weapons, a war bride's courtroom moment, a fish market bill, a hat mishap, and a vagrancy washing gag. The pieces capture a small town humor tone with everyday misunderstandings and witty repartee.
Regina scoutmaster Sid Lowthian slept outside in ten below zero to test winter camping for his 14th Regina Boy Scouts troop. He plans a future expedition, using the cold test to prove the boys can endure winter sleepouts.
Ottawa reports show 1.5 million dollars in unclaimed balances across Canadian banks. Amounts range from 17 cents to 24 623.12, with many small sums held in dormant accounts for individuals unknown or unreachable. The largest single entry is listed under an Unknown name and includes a note about a 43.14 dollar Edmonton item linked to the Klu Klux Klan.
Parents praised sewing pattern 4969 offering teenage sizes 10 through 16 with a 12 size requiring 2 1 2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Includes illustrated instructions and a note to send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Winnipeg for order. Also a stray line notes vinegar used to clean Oriental rugs in Greece.
The ad claims Emerald Oil relieves swollen inflamed feet and toe pain within minutes. It urges readers to try the product at drug stores across Canada, promising rapid relief after two or three applications.
Flin Flon, Man. two men Johnny Johnson and Stan Schil troth seek to recover copper ore from Cumberland Lake where mine barges sank about 25 years ago. They estimate nearly 300 tons of ore at about 100 dollars a ton lie at the lake bottom near Cumberland House and Trail, B C, after the sinking during transport to the rail head.
An Army B-17 dropped a prefabricated heated house on Mt McKinley to shelter University of Chicago scientists conducting cosmic ray experiments in sub zero conditions. The operation aimed to protect researchers from extreme cold during the field study.
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