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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 08, 1939
Page
6
British optimism remains high as towns plan a next summer bowling tournament. India bans gold imports or exports without license. Oriental gunmen steal $100,000 from an armored car in Shanghai.
A proposed cyclotron powered by three giant bombing planes would create a 50 foot blue death ray for peaceful knowledge. Dr. Ernest Lawrence described the machine that speeds particles to 60 000 to 70 000 mph to render substances radioactive while noting the ray would not kill instantly and is impractical as a military tool.
The London Daily Mail reports that official quarters study new badges and mottoes for units called into being by territorial expansion. Existing units use parent corps or regiment mottos, with Latin, French, German, Welsh, and Gaelic used. Local traditions will guide selections.
The prime minister's office announced special identification documents for enemy aliens who prove loyalty in wartime. Czecho-Slovak nationals with undoubted loyalty may exchange old certificates for new documents protecting civil rights. Also, loyal individuals of German nationality may receive these IDs. The RCMP was ordered on September 30 to register non-natived British subjects in German born territories to control the region during war.
William Allen White argues freedom hinges on living decently and upholding the Christian philosophy of meekness and neighborly rights. He warns totalitarian regimes target Christianity because free worship and speech resist tyranny and defend equal rights for all.
Judge McFadden of Kent County told new Canadian citizens at Chatham that Canada grants maximum protection and liberty only to those who conduct themselves lawfully and stay loyal to Canadian institutions. He contrasted democracy with totalitarian rule and urged newcomers to embrace Canada’s form of government. The Ottawa Journal noted the emphasis on responsibilities accompanying Canadian rights.
Home Service presents a do it yourself guide for making valances, cascades and draperies in leaf brown and rust red. Step by step instructions cover cutting, folding, tacking to a valance board and creating French headings. A 32 page booklet with further sewing ideas costs 15c plus mailing from Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
Dr. C. G. Abbot reports solar cooking and solar distilling of non potable water are practical and efficient, likely to be common before long if outfits are affordable. Solar water heaters are used in Florida and California. Initial cost is main expense. production halts at night and in clouds but 24 hour heat storage is possible.
Anne Adams Pattern 4089 creates a homey easy wear matron dress with front buttoning and full panel skirt. Choose crisp contrast for collar and optional pockets with back and front yokes for freedom. available in misses and women's sizes with yardage and ordering details.
The lesson centers on Matthew 6 19 34 and Luke 5 1 11 urging not to hoard earthly treasures but to store heavenly wealth. It contrasts wealth with virtue citing Mohammed Whittier and Matthew Henry while noting the heart follows treasure and should be fixed on God.
Wartime hospital planning in England shows clock like evacuation of London patients. Underground facilities at the Hospital for Sick Children London will include a major operating room, a receiving area, dressing rooms, anaesthetic cubicles, staff duty room and sterilizing room with independent power and water sources.
Hundreds of Canadians write to Jenny Morris offering to travel to England to support the mother of the Princess Pats. They seek roles as cooks nurses or housekeepers for the Dominion's expeditionary force, recalling her wartime service with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Jenny plans to reply to all while awaiting a letter from the Canadian Legion inviting her to join locally.
Sift flour with baking powder and salt three times. Cream butter with sugar until light. Add eggs, then alternately add flour and milk, beating smooth. Stir in vanilla. Bake in two 9 inch pans at 375 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes. Fill and frost with Lady Baltimore frosting between layers and on top.
British interests tell major US food producers they will not demand large scale supplies for at least a year or two. They have adequate stocks for a shorter period and then will buy from their dominions in exchange for support of the mother country.
Instructions for a two layer Lady Baltimore cake frosting and filling using egg whites sugar water corn syrup vanilla rose water figs raisins and chopped nuts. Cook frosting over boiling water until peaks form then flavor and thickened spread between layers and over top and sides. Makes enough for two 9 inch layers.
The sarcophagus of King Tutankhamen and the tomb’s jewelry and furniture, once placed in pyramids, have been buried anew in bombproof shelters. The move reflects wartime preservation efforts to protect Egypt’s ancient artifacts.
A Steubenville newspaper carries a matrimonial ad from a 29 year old man offering to marry any woman who will support him until he can find work. He states he abstains from drinking and tobacco, does not gamble, and can cook and perform housework.
One applicant among thousands at Canada House London provided the briefest self description a nurse wrote Ma tron 1914 1918 Dardanelles France Egypt The fragment hints at service in multiple fronts and reflects the era's mobilization.
The British army currently has 12 500 officers. To maintain strength an additional 600 officers are needed annually.
The Kodiak bear native to Kodiak Island Alaska ranks as the largest bear species with many specimens recorded weighing more than 1200 pounds including multiple reports around 2832
Volcanic activity opens vents beneath Icelandic glaciers causing rapid melt and destructive floods. In a separate finding, oil deposits are reportedly discovered after years of drilling in southern Anatolia.
A law revived allows active service members to make verbal or written wills. Verbal wills require a comrade to swear the words were spoken and identify the speaker. Written wills may be in a letter note book or scrap of paper signed by the service member and thus legally valid.
During the war, English troops carried hot tea in a back strapped asbestos tank with a faucet. A roommate teases a student who asked for money for a study lamp and received a lamp instead, revealing a humorous miscommunication.
Java is described as the world s most populated island with an estimated population over 36 million. The island covers about 48 504 square miles. A separate note mentions a bald headed English man who has a portrait of King George tattooed on his head.
Editorial note directs readers to obtain the complete series by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. It indicates a health article collection is available through a national organization.
Toronto wig makers report rising costs as war looms. Hair raw material comes mainly from Europe and France and Belgium production may divert wartime duties. Hollywood also faces shortages as imported hair used for film wigs grows scarcer and pricier.
European Federation Hugh S Watt told the Canadian Club that British leaders favor a postwar federation of European states as a path to permanent peace. He said Britain would surrender some sovereign powers to a central authority and that Germany must remain non Communist for the plan to work. The federation would resemble the United States with powers shared between a central authority and member states.
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