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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 15, 1944
Page
7
The piece explains crop hardiness guidance for spring planting in wartime Canada. It divides vegetables into hardy semi hardy and tender groups and notes frost risk for early planting. It also covers flowering plants from hardy alyssum and marigolds to tender dahlias and gladioli with a nod to seed catalogs for detailed advice.
Sheriff Matt Scott and deputy Connely confront a jail break tied to Diana Scott and her fiancé Terry Haile. Diana reveals plans to marry Terry, while Terry uses a card deck and pencil carbon to blow open the cell lock, prompting a tense midnight escape and a vow to visit after their marriage.
A biography of Dr. Leon Baekeland, inventor of bakelite, tracing his move from Belgium to America at age 26 and his later work turning coal-tar plastics into useful synthetic materials for aviation, household goods, and electrical instruments. The piece notes his scholarly path and the honors he received.
A reader in the London Field sends a photograph of a Carlisle Oberland church featuring a pulpit on rails. Three rails are embedded in the floor to guide the heavy pulpit to the center during services.
The article notes that mechanical clocks were invented in 966 by Pope Sylvester II but did not see widespread use in Europe until about four centuries later. This highlights the lag between invention and practical adoption across medieval society.
An advertising note promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a gentle remedy for constipation caused by insufficient bulk in the diet. It advises daily servings or muffins, plenty of water, and easy purchase at two London, Canada sites.
Miss Mary Etta MacPherson tells the Advertising and Sales Executives Club of Montreal that British women thank Canada for foodstuffs like tinned salmon and note Canadians’ equal access to university education. She contrasts housing, car ownership, and home heating innovations in Canada with Britain’s wartime constraints, praising civilian resolve and humor despite blackouts.
Pattern 4632 offers a princess style frock and jaunty cape for children sizes 4 to 12. Frock uses 1 yard 35 inch fabric and cape 1 yard 54 inch plus 2 yards 25 inch for size 6. send 20c to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Winnipeg for details.
The Division of Entomology guides Western farmers on protecting farm stored grain from spoilage. Tips include examining grain now, transferring tough or infested lots in cold weather, ensuring ventilation, and marketing grain when possible. Seek advice from elevator agents or entomological labs in Brandon, Saskatoon, Lethbridge and provincial offices in Winnipeg Regina Edmonton.
Berlin radio reports Hitler created a gang fighting badge for German troops aiding operations against guerrillas in occupied countries. The remark appears in a context of wartime propaganda and measures emphasizing punitive actions against resistance. The item notes the badge as a symbolic reward for participation in such struggles.
Dulcie Scott a 16 year old from England manages an 80 acre Northumberland farm with 19 dairy cattle seven calves two horses two pigs and 50 chickens. her 19 year old Land Army assistant aids daily routine starting at 4 30 am with barn work milking and milk delivery then ploughing market trips and more chores through the afternoon.
Discover some Skin Remedy This clean stainless antiseptic known all over Canada as Moone's Emerald Oil is such a fine healing agent that Eczema Barber's Itch Salt Rheum Itching Toes and other inflammatory skin eruptions are often relieved in a few days. Moone's Emerald Oil is pleasant to use and it is so antiseptic and penetrating that many old stubborn cases of long standing have yielded to its influence. Moone's Emerald Oil is sold by good drugstores everywhere to help rid you of stubborn pimples and unsightly skin troubles-satisfaction or money back.
Dominion Skyways bought the first Norseman in January 1936 and kept it in service at Senneterre. Canadians saw the aircraft in Captain of the Clouds with James Cagney as star. The Bernt Balchen incident boosted military interest and the US purchased several Norsemen.
Coastal command aircraft have logged over 80 million miles in service with more than 25 million miles flown during 1942. Most of that year's flying consisted of anti submarine raids and patrols.
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