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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1941
Page
2
Lieut. W B G Chessman of the Fleet Air Arm landed a Walrus on heavy seas to rescue Eu- maes ship survivors after a torpedoing. He towed lifeboats, hauled men aboard, and towed the aircraft back to port despite storms, five hours after takeoff. Two trawlers aided, bringing in survivors.
The October Royal Bank of Canada monthly letter rebuts U S misconceptions about Canada's wartime role. It cites official figures: 490 000 plus in armed forces with 100 000 overseas, a navy of 25 000 personnel and 250 vessels, an army of 230 000 volunteers, and an air force of 80 000. It notes Britain financed partly by Canada, gold exports, and Lease-Lend context, arguing Canada fights for Britain and itself, and condemns US isolationist distortions.
Representatives of women’s organizations in London describe themselves as fellow fighters in a great cause and send a greeting to the women of Moscow. Manitoba is noted as inland with a 400 mile coastline on Hudson Bay.
A Toronto man and his family traveling the St. Lawrence north shore sought bread at a French-Canadian farm kitchen. The woman replied they were short too and had only five loaves left for her own family, leaving them without a loaf.
If you begin in October you could repay what you borrow for this year's vacation by the following June, extending the loan period to cover the travel costs while reducing immediate payments. This plan hinges on lender terms and total borrowed amount.
Louise Chevrier daughter of Justice E R E Chevrier of the Ontario Supreme Court married Lieutenant Per Thorendahl a flying instructor at Medicine Hat Alberta. The ceremony occurred in the chapel of the air school at Medicine Hat where Norwegian and Canadian airmen train.
Gabriel Pascal plans a two year production centered on Jack Miner and his bird sanctuary in Essex County. The film will include Miner’s addresses and world wide radio broadcasts, aiming for a global release and international fame for Miner and his sanctuary.
Soldiers in the Great War praised the Salvation Army as it again aids the war effort. In Canada the group hosted concerts for 572,083 service men, 1,960,622 attended motion pictures, and 1,433,413 enjoyed indoor recreation. It supplied over 10,000,000 meals in canteens and distributed 12,000,000 sheets of writing paper. It mended 41,119 garments, gave away 292,000 clothing items, and served more than 400,000 meals at no cost.
The plan requires every male aged 16 to 60 in Russia to take military training in spare time. It is projected to create the world’s largest reserve force as 9,000,000 Russians are already in the field and 4,000,000 more are equipped and ready. Captain James Cook explored Nootka sound and claimed the northwest coast for Britain in 1778.
The Fraser Lake district in British Columbia saw the start of agriculture around 1810, marking an early farming development in the region. The note places agricultural origin in this district during the early 19th century.
The first post office in what is now Canada was opened at Halifax in 1755, marking an early milestone in Canadian postal history. This development reflects colonial administration efforts and the growth of communication networks in Nova Scotia.
Recipes celebrate apples with dishes like Applescotch Pie and apple fritters. It includes an All-Bran pastry crust and a step by step for the Apple Scotch pie filling, bake times, and yield.
A Manchester Guardian Weekly piece notes poet Ernest Dowson praised the letter V as the most beautiful in verse and cited Poe’s line The viol the violet and the vine as an influence. Dowson claimed V could never appear too often in poetry.
A report notes that about 83 of the 250 islands in the Fiji group are inhabited. Authorities assess settlement patterns and note limited infrastructure on many islets while central governance focuses on main islands.
The Britain At War show in Ottawa features never before seen portraits by British artists. Young artist Cuthbert Orde sent depictions of Sqdn.-Ldr. D. R. S. Bader, the legless leader now prisoner in Germany, and Fit.Lt. H. M. Tamblyn from Watrous. Eric Kennington contributed a portrait of P.O. W. L. McKnight from Edmonton among others.
A doctor visits a patient who reports excellent results after following the medicine bottle's instructions. The physician asks the patient to recall the exact directions to verify adherence.
Brazil is larger in area than the United States with about ninety percent of its land lying within the tropics. The statement highlights Brazil's geographic scale and tropical distribution.
Porcupines are reported able to gnaw holes in aluminum utensils, showcasing their stout teeth and persistence. The behavior raises concerns for cookware durability and potential damage in campsites.
A psychologist from Harvard, Dr Jerome S Bruner, reports that German short wave broadcasts to the United States sought to divide Americans into warring camps. He cites aims to pit Gentiles against Jews, rich against poor, and factions like isolationists against interventionists, while appealing to simple ideas through repetition.
In an east coast British town raid a canteen was wrecked and a cache of gramophone records damaged beyond use except for a single surviving item titled God Save the King. The incident highlights wartime losses of cultural materials amid combat damage.
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