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Hamiota Echo

Location

Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada

Date

May 10, 1944

Page

7

Easy Reilly Chooses Money Over Escape Aboard Dvina

Aboard the Dvina fire erupts in the forward hold where ten tons of ammunition lie packed as the crew flees in lifeboats. Easy Reilly hesitates at the rail, forced to choose between escaping and pursuing money Sadie and a Wisconsin dairy farm loom as motivation to risk the blockade.

Dvina Easy Reilly Easy Joe Sadie States Wisconsin

What a man on the Dvina a brave shipboard moment

The captain orders the crew to row as Easy battles fear and a fire. Easy reappears with the megaphone and lights a claim of safety. He reveals the fire is out and praises Captain Yost. A cook’s galley confession shows bacon boxes contained explosives, shocking all aboard. Easy faints after the revelation.

Reid Yost Dutch Joe Easy Dvina Jack Sadie

Churchill Af prefers term Mother Country in Empire Debate

Prime Minister Churchill urged use of the phrase mother country during the empire debate, arguing new nomenclature would be dangerous. He suggested elder sister country as a poor substitute and recalled a song line about a boy’s best friend being his mother to justify the preference.

Churchill

Veterinary college planned for Western Provinces

At a Calgary conference representatives from four Western Provinces discussed establishing a veterinary college likely at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon to address a shortage of trained veterinarians for agricultural needs.

Western Provinces University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Calgary

Pattern 4709 Dress and Hat With Back Flounce

The Anne Adams pattern 4709 features a slim reed waist dress with a back flounce hat. It offers sizes 11 through 17 and requires three yards of 39 inch fabric for size 13 plus 42 yards for the hat. Send 20 cents and include name address style number to the Winnipeg Pattern Dept.

Anne Adams Winnipeg Newspaper Union McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man

New Attachment Napkin Showcased in Boston Display

A new type table napkin on display in Boston uses a button-hole in one corner to attach to the diner's coat or vest, preventing the napkin from slipping onto the floor. The invention reimagines the standard dinner napkin to stay in place during meals.

Boston

Trials Compared Food Rules Canadians Do Not Realize

Dr L B Pett urges simple nutrition rules amid war rationing. He notes Canadians are healthier than Britons facing evacuations and urges meals built around milk fruit vegetables whole grains and meat or substitutes with eggs weekly and cod liver oil for children. When musts are met likes can be added.

L. B. Pett Ottawa

Selected Recipes Caramel Crunch Ice Cream

Crush cereal and bake with butter sugar and nuts to form a crumb. Chill evaporated milk whip stiff and fold with honey eggs and flavoring. Layer partially frozen ice cream with crumb, top with more crumbs, then freeze until firm. Yield two quarts.

Propaganda strategy avoids belittling Hirohito on air

The Quebec Chronicle Telegraph notes that Allied broadcasting does not mock Emperor Hirohito. Authorities argue such insults would unite Japan’s people in fierce hatred and undermine wartime propaganda.

Hirohito Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

Court orders dog destruction. owner defies fine

In July 1941 at Bromley England G W R Thompson was ordered by a court to destroy his dog and face a daily fine of four and a half dollars. He has paid two thousand two hundred fifty dollars and still refuses to kill the animal.

G. W. R. Thompson Bromley England

Propeller Tip Speeds May Exceed Sound Barrier

The tips of a propeller moving at top speed can surpass the speed of sound, creating shock waves and complex aerodynamic effects. Researchers study how blade design, rotation rate, and engine power influence local Mach numbers and noise.

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By Frank Bennett Yest Stanton AE & Ono THE Canada Paint CO Dr. L. B. Pett Canada Britain Halifax Herald MacDonald
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