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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 15, 1940
Page
2
Education officials urge broader and more flexible high school curricula in the western provinces to serve the 90 percent who won’t enter university. They stress practical subjects, tailored guidance, and strong teachers as keys to preparing youth for livelihoods and lifelong happiness.
The defence department in Ottawa states bombing practice and air firing do not disturb birds. English experience under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan shows no wildlife disruption, and swans have been observed frequenting bombing range areas.
German export toy industry has declined since the war while British exports have nearly doubled. Dolls and war toys dominate demand with buyers in Canada South Africa Australia and the Argentine. War toys appeal to nearby war zones and mechanical toys like airplanes lead. Female workers rise in Japan since the China incident. Tea leaves used as coffee substitute in Germany.
Refugees report Czech glass and pottery industries built up by Czechs are destroyed after annexation by Nazi authorities. Captain Horace H. Van Wart, Czecho Slovakian consul in Toronto, says factories were confiscated and likely repurposed for war, signaling the end of the world renowned Czech crafts. He also notes German policy aims to erase Czech national pride and reduce its people to servitude, hindering industry.
A kitchen instruction outlines assembling six baking dishes with boiled onions carrots peas potatoes and chicken, seasoned with gravy or white sauce. Biscuits are rolled with butter and water, spread over each dish, then baked at 450 degrees F until lightly browned.
Shortening and sugars creamed, then eggs and vanilla added. Sifted flour baking soda powder and salt combined with oatmeal Rice Krispies and coconut folded into mix. Drop spoonfuls on greased sheet bake 350 degrees for about 15 minutes yields four dozen two inch cookies.
The Bureau of Statistics reports January revenue freight loaded at Canadian stations or from foreign connections totalled 7,156,622 tons, the highest for that month since 1930. A mathematician could estimate the number of motor trucks needed to move this volume.
Anthropologists note an ancient custom of artificially flattening the head appears in many regions across continents, with Australia as a notable exception. The practice involved shaping infants' skulls through bindings or coverings, and varied in method and duration by culture.
North Vancouver music teacher Mavis Wilcox and Anacortes girl Betty Annette Lowman join Jack Shark to pilot a 42 foot auxiliary schooner on a voyage from Louisburg N S through the Panama Canal to British Columbia. Captain John Antle, 73, journeys from England toward Victoria aboard The Reverie. A separate Canada wide search follows for ex 124th Battalion teeth and testimonies from wartime comrades.
The Department of Transport announced 24 Canadian airports designated for direct or indirect military use and thus subject to airport zoning rules. About 10 of the 80 airports will host British Commonwealth Air Training Scheme training schools in Ontario towns London Jarvis Windsor Kingston Brantford Fort William and Ontario Saskatoon Prince Albert Mossbank Saskatchewan Windsor Mills Quebec Hagersville Burtch Alliston Welland Edenvale Dunville Saskatchewan Vanscoy Osler Alberta Airdrie Currie Barracks Macleod Granum Pearce and Penhold.
Doron Antrim argues talent outpaces age and experience in American Mercury. Data show over 21 000 songs copyrighted yearly with 9 000 published and about 100 hits. Among 1 400 full time music writers only 130 produce hits. Japanese beetles include cultivated geranium in their diet though it is poisonous to them.
Britain’s longest wed couple Mr and Mrs James West of Milland near Liphook Hampshire marked their 75th anniversary. James born October and his wife December will reach age 100 and 96 respectively. they raised 14 children and raised farm life on limited means. Hard work and plain living, no doctor’s bills.
Age estimation relies on marks formed during winter when scales grow minimally. Counting these winter marks provides age without counting annual rings.
Preliminary vital statistics from Scotland show a rising marriage rate during 1939. In the third quarter spanning July to September the rate was 124 per thousand, higher than the postwar peak of 1919 20. Total marriages for the year reached 46 257.
An astronomy note explains that roughly fifty moon-sized bodies would be needed to form a mass equal to Earth. In a separate regional update, about 6,000 Japanese teachers have resigned over the past three years. A South African union urges restraint amid talk of war-like prosperity.
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