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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 20, 1940
Page
2
The article argues farmers should plan for a smooth shift from war to peace by diversifying production and avoiding over expansion. It notes uncertainties about war duration and peace terms, stresses sustaining self sufficiency, and urges maintaining drought-driven gains in agricultural self reliance while balancing current war needs.
An ordinary mongrel named Peter attached himself to a North of England regiment. He followed the troops on route marches and accompanied them when they moved south, though no soldier can explain how he did it.
Beez wax begins as a fluid secretion under the bee’s body and is worked into a pliable plastic mass inside the insect’s mouth.
The Ramsay Company by catalogue at 273 Bank Street Ottawa lists inventions and provides full information certificates at no cost to inventors.
An agricultural experiment station tests early corn planting in Connecticut on January 30 to learn when New England can plant. The note cites sponge imports with Bahamas supplying most of England's supply and a yearly expenditure of 140000 dollars from the Bahamas.
One of the latest French Army tanks weighs 92 tons signaling heavy armor development. India exported tobacco in 1939 with trade volume noted as 5,000,000 pounds and related figures 2351.
The St Thomas Times Journal argues Germany’s plan for high altitude gliding bombers is impractical. It contends British sound detectors and predictor rangefinders would reveal and trap such aircraft, making the idea ineffective in actual combat.
Selected recipe for coconut macaroons uses egg whites sugar Rice Krispies nutrients cocoa nut vanilla. Whip whites to stiff glossy peaks fold in dry ingredients form drops bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes then rest on damp towel and remove. Yield about a dozen to fourteen.
Melt butter and cook minced onion and celery five minutes. Add stock and seasoning and boil until celery is tender. Stir in crumbled crackers and milk and serve very hot. Recipe serves six.
A cost comparison shows the average ownership and operation of an automobile now runs under three cents per mile, far cheaper than about 30 cents per mile in 1900, illustrating a dramatic drop in running expenses over the decades.
Western Mining Manitoba hosts 400 delegates at the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy annual meeting. Delegates include mine owners managers engineers metallurgists geologists and suppliers as Manitoba rises to about 20 million in annual mineral production. The event highlights miners as explorers pioneers builders and executants shaping a growing industry.
Hugh S. Finlay of Halifax recalls finding an official Gestapo armband aboard a captured German ship. The four inch silk swastika banner lay hidden in a dust filled chest after boarding the vessel at a southern port. Finlay notes the ship carried modern gear a swimming pool and a propaganda radio only the captain could access.
From over 11 000 candidates, 3 228 passed the February 3 general competition civil service exams for clerks. Those scoring 70 per subject and 85 average earned grade two promotion eligibility. Grade one and two top candidates listed include L C Coffey Vancouver 86.5 and H A Webster Calgary 93.7 among others.
A London writer recalls surprise at soap shortages in late November and early December. German residents reportedly bought up most supplies to send as Christmas presents, with one German sending over a hundred parcels containing three cakes of soap. Tinned sausages also moved through the mails in large quantities.
The word Anzac reappears in despatches as a respectful term for troops from Australia and New Zealand. Originating from Australia New Zealand Army Corps, it now covers Dominion forces and is preferred over Aussies or New Zealanders.
Refused insurance as a youth and given little chance of life, Alderman George Spurgen now 90 has served Folkestone Council 56 years and was twice mayor. He remains a longtime figure in local governance and civic life.
Canada reported 1,359,417 telephones in service at the end of 1938, an increase over 1937 of 2.8 percent.
A claim states the word truth occurs exactly 117 times in the Old and New Testaments combined, with each Testament contributing 117 instances. The assertion presents a precise textual count across biblical books.
The Empire Gallantry Medal ranks beside the Victoria Cross and may be awarded to civilians. Few have won it. Commander R N Jolly received it posthumously for mortally wounding his ship Mohawk toward port. The order seeks a clear level for bravery and rapid recognition, with merchant captains among civilian awardees.
Officials of a Sydney company say ersatz fabrics from Bo ehmeria Nivea bark, ramie, can be produced at lower costs using new factories. They claim ramie is eight times stronger than cotton, seven times stronger than silk, and three times stronger than fine flax, and aim to sell it near cotton prices. Ersatz fabric is also being tested in Germany.
A Niagara Falls Review report states a London Ontario man charged with stealing trees was acquitted after proving he had been assessed and paid taxes on the land where the trees grew for 20 years.
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