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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 02, 1938
Page
7
The notice touts fast relief using aspirin for headaches and rheumatic pains. It claims relief within minutes and urges consulting a doctor if relief fails. It promotes asking the doctor about aspirin as the most effective dependable option for normal persons.
Lord Spencer opened a five century needlework show at Stoney Thorpe Hall Warwickshire. He and his wife displayed pieces including a gown and gloves. Queen Elizabeth wore gardening aprons and one embroidered item was shown upside down to appear correct when seen by the Queen. Victorian needlework featured a large crown and monogram nightgown for Queen Victoria. A former Lady Newdegate’s penitence stools depicted scattered objects as a cure for her habits.
Henry Ford, in a Detroit interview, foresees a prosperous 1939 and a return to better times. He cites improved public sentiment and enthusiasm for work as signs of recovery, saying people tire of ideologies and lean toward employment as a path to prosperity. The article notes a scientific aside on body balance.
Hammond confronts a dangerous note about Lew Snade's theft. Jeanne insists on handling the matter cautiously, changing her name to avoid police exposure. Hammond wonders if he can trust Jeanne as he contemplates involving Sergeant Terry, while a miner delivers spikes and a tense plan unfolds.
Jeanne confesses she once loved Lew Snade and financed his defection with $3,000. After a trail of thefts and gambling, Snade vanished, leaving her to seek repayment from him. Jack Hammond vows to track Snade and retrieve the money, then rushes into the town to locate him near the lake and the camp.
Sir William Gragg, a leading British scientist, calls for internal reconciliation to avoid suspicion and harsh criticism. He argues moral rearmament, discipline, and voluntary service can build a peaceful, united nation and enable external reconciliation and weaker defenses in time.
In a clipped exchange a narrator recalls a sister's crippling fate and a tense plan from The Pas to Edmonton. Jeanne reveals hints of past life, while Hammond questions Lew Snade’s access to funds amid unsettled travels and a Winnipeg auction disappointment.
United States Army batteries near Honolulu report impeccable target practice at 17 000 feet the ceiling for this training. Coast batteries hit six or more of twenty targets speeding 180 mph behind high climbing aircraft. A single hit in twenty was once deemed good for three inch guns. The towing plane tows a cylindrical canvas target at 17 000 feet on a 3000 foot line.
A new device would allow airplanes to land without a human pilot. The pilot programs the apparatus six to seven miles out, which then controls speed, compensates for cross winds and vertical currents, applies brakes, and stops the craft at the chosen spot. Five radio beams guide the plane, with Francis Dunmore of the United States Bureau of Standards contributing the core ideas.
Good Musical Conductor Sir Henry Wood of London marks his jubilee as conductor and recalls a friend’s warning against singing. He is an expert carpenter and plumber, a painter, and boasts a library of 4,000 books plus what he calls the finest music collection in the world.
Canada supplied about half of 2,000,000 bushels of certified seed potatoes sold in Argentina last fall. In Uruguay, 13,630 crates of 95,024 crates of 110 pounds net imported for the 1938 crop were also supplied by Canada.
The article notes that beans are not typically used for poultry feed but can be fed as part of a wet mash. It recommends cooking beans and incorporating them with potatoes in the mash for birds.
The Irish government weighs appointing high commissioners to Canada South Africa Australia and New Zealand. Ireland lacks official dominion representation though a high commissioner serves in London. William Beebe’s bathysphere reached 3028 feet in 1937 under about 5800 tons pressure. Larger whales gain over 100 pounds daily in their prime.
Experiments show livestock would need to ingest over a million poisoned grasshoppers for a fatal dose. A caller jokes about a quiet new girl while noting a house cleaning remark. The article also mentions long standing oats movements from Canada to Switzerland for military use.
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