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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1941
Page
7
Nancy Thorne escapes as Hugo Blake’s sabotage plot is exposed. Tom Cantwell and a police pursuit converge, revealing the plan to weaken airplane motors. Blake is linked to Grimshaw’s death. the ring is stopped and potential future crimes avoided.
The British Philatelic Association runs a London clearing house under the Board of Trade to regulate all foreign stamp exports and imports. Cuthbert Grieg, secretary, leads a committee of twelve experts who assess every stamp, from halfpenny to £100, for export control. Refugees from Poland, Holland, Belgium and France used stamps as cash upon arriving in London, highlighting the urgent need for such control.
Members of a Cana dian Ordnance Corps unit in south England frequent the In and Out Club run under St. Martins vicar and parish ladies. B W Wonnacott notes the club, aided by the legion and War Services, hosts indoor games concerts and two dances weekly with free envelopes and stationery and daily attendance over 400 men. The club serves as a popular rendezvous for unit offices in a democratic, informal setting.
Twenty years ago President Roosevelt faced infantile paralysis after a naval demobilization. He wore steel leg braces and moved in a self propelled chair. An English visitor urged a future presidency, but Roosevelt doubted his career could rise again.
The London Punch items joke about Italy's stance toward Germany and expansion south of Germany likening it to trying to release a mad dog. It notes Joe Louis beating his opponent by a stomach blow and compares Hitler’s aims to Lord Woolton’s defense. A fashion note predicts the summer suit color echoes last year's trend.
The Congo and its tributaries provide Africa with more than 8000 miles of navigable waterways, expanding transport routes and potential commerce across the region. This regional assessment highlights how river systems support movement, trade, and development.
The Minneapolis Star-Journal laments modern lexicography loosening rules. It cites entries like commentate as verb and light-completed as adjective, arguing dictionaries bow to popular trends and soften standards, undermining linguistic rigor.
The American Club for Research on Aging finds worry accelerates aging and lowers vitality. Excessive anxiety, despondency, and overstrained emotions drain energy, while self discipline can curb these factors. A lively octogenarian often credits routine and calm, but real secret lies in banishing worry.
A meditation on the power of small acts and everyday kindness as a path to virtue. The piece cites thoughts from Conwell Smith Eddy and others, stressing that minor deeds reveal true character more than grand actions throughout life.
The Daily Express says the true battle is British industry against Nazi industry. British workers manufacture weapons for freedom, while the Nazi system builds for conquest. They have faced off many times and will not fail in this war of production.
Federal Oil Controller George Cottrelle spoke in Toronto hoping all provinces will accept the two gasoline grades provided for under an Alberta order in council announced recently. Boulder Dam construction used 4,400,000 cubic yards of concrete. English pipes were first made of clay, a practice lasting 350 years.
A Home Service note advertises a 32 page booklet on lively letter writing with correct forms and sample letters. It invites readers to send 15c for a copy to the Winnipeg Newspaper Union and lists additional 15c booklets on games cooking gardening weddings shorthand nursing and crafts.
Colonel William J. Donovan, once known as Wild Bill of the Fighting 69th, accompanied by Prime Minister Churchill, visited King George and traveled widely in Europe and the Middle East. The missions remain undisclosed. he asserts few public comments while Christmas entailed travel to Cairo, Athens, Sofia, Belgrade, Ankara, Madrid, Lisbon, and Dublin with two minor incidents noted.
Princess Mary, sister to the King, heads the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service and campaigns for 100000 blood donors in Leeds. Mars the planet derives its name from the god of war due to its red hue. Dissolving salts in water enhances fire suppression for wood fires. Gold leaf thickness ranges from 1-200000 to 1-250000 inch. For some, truth is the harshest judgment.
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