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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 13, 1940
Page
9
Alan and Noel race a brutal winter trek to catch McQueen after a drifter buries their camp. The Ungavas endure frost, injuries, and exhausted dogs as they push toward the shrouded river chase, hoping to reach the trail McQueen left behind. Bear-paw prints in fresh snow signal a new turn in the pursuit.
In harsh Arctic cold Alan and his team push over open water and ice swept shores dragging a heavy sled. Frostbitten, exhausted, they fear Naskapi pursuit as they race through snow toward their missing trail and the vulnerable camp to save her.
A Toronto General surgeon has devised a wing operation to repair a fractured collarbone within an hour by threading a fine steel wire into the bone center and pinning the ends. The method, used also at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, allows immediate movement of the arm without pain, replacing the older three to five week taped repair.
Australian explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins travels toward western Canada aiming for the North Pole by a 48 foot submarine. He considers building in Edmonton if Mackenzie River route works, or on the Pacific coast via the Bering Strait. The craft will be crewed by four with an electrically heated conning tower to melt pack ice. He also plans marine biology and meteorology studies in the Arctic.
Mrs. H. M. Aikens introduces 52 Cakes with tested recipes verified by professional cooks and homemakers. Readers send one label from Canada Starch products to Canada Starch Home Service in Montreal to receive the book and three related booklets.
In Antler Sask residents staged a four mile search chase catching over 157 rabbits in a purpose built corral. The sales proceeds totaling 20 dollars will augment Red Cross donations. The page also includes Braille edition note about Don Quixote and a string of jokes.
Queen Elizabeth and King with Churchill toured John Brown and Company on the Clyde praising rising Glasgow and Clydeside employment driven by war work. She voiced worry about future conditions after the war and questioned plans to address postwar challenges. Three Glasgow councillors in the royal party said the issue was being seriously considered.
Rudyard Kipling’s 16th century Bateman’s could be turned into a national memorial after the death of Mrs. Kipling who preserved the house to honor his memory. She was shy and avoided publicity, served as secretary, banker, and farm manager for Kipling from their early days in America through Many Inventions and the beginnings of The Jungle Book.
Thomas Burke of Portland carefully washed dishes as his wife narrated a knife throwing act. She hurled the blade across the kitchen, striking Burke in the thigh and sending him to a hospital with a deep gash.
A tip instructs motorists to disconnect the air intake pipe from the intake manifold to the windshield wiper or vacuum tank to draw in raw air and start a flooded engine. After ignition, reconnect the intake and close the lines to stop the raw air.
An aphoristic note reflects how expanding knowledge often reveals more questions. The piece suggests curiosity fuels learning while uncertainty grows with deeper understanding.
A collection of brief quotations on gratitude from Willis Charles Simmons Mary Baker Eddy Seneca Franklin and Seeker. The remarks emphasize gratitude as both memory and homage to God and as a social and religious virtue.
The article notes Emperor Trajan founded a college for bakers who could not leave until graduation and could become senators on completion. It also states there are 600,000 piano accordions in America.
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