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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 13, 1946
Page
7
The New York Times notes farmers expect a shift from traditional red barns to modern, fireproof structures with aluminum steel and plywood. Silage storage grows in use and glass-lined silos and insulation aid product protection. One-story fireproof barns with sectional design gain interest. If construction reaches $2 billion annually for a decade, efficiency will drive profits.
New radar gear on the Hudson's Bay Company ship Na scopie reduced Arctic patrol time by five days and saved about $10,000 last summer. The radar eye allowed constant steaming and avoided collisions with ice bergs in fog.
Sydney dispatch reports Norwegian sailor James Cush recounting the wreck of the Nova a coastal ketch lost on a June fishing trip. Skipper Grant West and sailors Frank Anderson and Frank Pulling died after weeks adrift amid starvation and thirst. Cush survived after a 1000 mile drift and raft passage to New Caledonia.
In Borley Essex England J Russell and his wife buy a nearby cottage with a 41 acre garden despite the locality’s haunted fame. The rectory burned in 1939 and was demolished this year. Russell has bulldozed cellars where a skull was found in 1943 and is building a pigsty from salvaged bricks. A reported nun ghost and a phantom coach with glittering harness are said to haunt the grounds.
The first post war shipment of pedigree Jersey cattle leaves Jersey for Canada stock farms. Precautions are taken to safeguard the cargo, considered likely the largest and most valuable consignment of cattle ever to depart Jersey.
The fragment notes that mint was known and used by Hippocrates the father of medicine in the fifth century B C. The reference cites the year 2698 in the OCR fragment.
Linda Vale travels to Boston to meet publicity executive Harry Shore after receiving a letter promising discussion of dress designs. In Shore’s Castle Building office, Linda confronts a confident assistant Peggy and a luxurious scene that stirs doubts about a possible past marriage and Shore’s interest. Linda plans an exit, fearing a phone call that could reveal her fears.
The Ramsay Company, registered patent attorneys based at 273 Bank Street, Ottawa, Canada, invites every inventor to request a full list of inventions and complete information at no charge.
A woman reads a personal note left for her by a window side desk with a typewriter. The message announces Mrs Vale at the Ritz and urges immediate contact, claiming she is as beautiful as described in the sender’s letters.
Four new features in pattern 4911 include diagonal button sweep modified dolman sleeve longer flared peplum and slim straight skirt. Includes illustrated instructions and available sizes 12 to 20 with size 16 requiring 31% yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
A new newspaper began in London Ontario created by University of Western Ontario journalism students. Professor G W Mc Cracken led editing with John K Elliott, an editorial writer from the London Free Press, guiding students in editing copy drawn from Canadian Press reports.
Historical note states that soldiers of czarist Russia received a two and a half pound bag of sunflower seeds daily as an iron ration, supplementing their rations and sustaining energy.
The piece recounts how Alaska came under U.S. control in 1867 through the Stewarts Folly quote and notes its later strategic value. It reflects on Russian exploration, the 7.2 million dollar treaty, and modern military concerns about Soviet presence in the Arctic. The Montreal Gazette framing emphasizes historical accident and prudence.
Two men in a club discuss how a novice buyer can discover defects in a used car. One shares a trick of taking the car on trial and showing it to another dealer to test its appeal and value. The tale ends with a remark about dry mustard as a water softener.
The St Catharines Standard reports Washington values the US dollar at 69 cents in 1941 using a 1939 yardstick. Inflation driven by cost of living, shortages, and high rents affects Canadians but subsidies and controls keep many essentials affordable for the average shopper.
Volcanic dust lingered for four years following Kra katoa’s blast between Java and Sumatra. The eruption hurled more than a cubic mile of ash into the atmosphere.
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