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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1940
Page
7
A narrative fragment contemplates whether a top English financier behind a scare caused a financial panic for personal gain. Jim doubts a purely altruistic aim, noting the man’s wealth and lack of grand imperial or industrial projects to justify such greed. The text hints at a continuation.
In a London courtroom Sir Joseph Layton, the Foreign Minister, is revealed under disguise as a blacked face prisoner. Jim identifies the minister, aided by a wounded magistrate, a doctored drugged ruse, and a cryptic card with the words Whosoever Marling Harlow. The card hints at a plotted scheme amid a stock slump and royal intrigue.
A morning paragraph reports Sir Joseph Layton, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, seriously ill in a nursing home. The text notes renewed world market panic driven by his speech and a calculation that gilt edged securities depreciated significantly as a result.
A five or six year old boy speeds along Queen street on a home made scooter. The columnist compares the one sided lesson to Germany’s streamlined war effort and questions whether Germany can change.
A collection of aphorisms on happiness, virtue, and shared joy from Jeremy Taylor George Herbert Mary Baker Eddy Goldsmith Penn and Chapman. The lines emphasize contentment through goodness, inner worth, and the value of giving.
War industry profiteers in Japan, mainly fuel metal alloy rice and fertilizer dealers, crowd luxury hot spring resorts and spend lavishly. They use false addresses to avoid suspicion as profits surge from secret sales above official prices. War profits spark a nationwide spa boom.
Wartime German papers urge hanging soap on a string to stretch limited supplies. Damp hands touch keeps soap dry and lasts longer, reducing waste during rationing.
Nazi authorities issue a decree restricting sale of false teeth in Germany and occupied territories. The measure suggests austerity ahead, hinting at food shortages this winter and the regime’s control over consumer goods.
Ottawa forecast suggests Canada may soon be an exporter of high grade hematite rivaling Swedish ore. At Steep Rock Lake near Fort William Port Arthur, diamond drilling mapped a multi million ton iron ore deposit. Mines reach ore with cross cut from shore shaft and explosives may soon yield about 2000 tons daily.
In Manchester a restaurant owner moved his kitchen crew and the day’s vegetables into a shelter during an air raid alert. Volunteers helped, enabling the eatables to be prepared quickly for customers once alarms subsided.
The Greater New York area now numbers 7,380,259 residents. This figure rivals the combined populations of Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, and Newark, and nearly matches the total for Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick together.
A steel containing 3 percent nickel is highlighted for its toughness and is commonly used in automobile crankshafts.
British Columbia leads all provinces in fisheries production, with Nova Scotia in second place according to the latest statistics.
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