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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1942
Page
3
Ocean waves arise from wind and shape the air above them, creating lift and turbulence. Long swells travel vast distances, decaying in height, while storms can yield waves up to 40 to 80 feet, with a few extreme cases.
John Michal, a Greek army veteran and Hamilton cafe worker, has begun active service with the Canadian forces. He wears a khaki uniform and, despite discharge papers from Greece, hopes to pursue scientific research during service while safeguarding his dream of a quiet country home.
A British trawler skipper described his quick response drill to shoot a diving aircraft. The admiralty sent an official to record the method, revealing a terse backroom routine: call out a name, receive a prompt reply, and fire upon the presumed target.
At the General Post Office in London every envelope must be used for re dressing or inter office messages. Large envelopes have carried as many as 50 different addresses in the save paper campaign.
London taxis have fallen by 27 percent since the war, according to Home Secretary Herbert Morrison. He describes nighttime streets as filled with plaintive calls of taxi, taxi, highlighting urgent transport shortages.
The piece recalls Kaiser Frederick as a liberal heir to the Hohenzollerns who died after a short reign of three months and opposed militarism. It notes his Franco-Prussian War kudos and his plea that war be avoided, calling him Unser Fritz for his stance against bloodshed. The article then abruptly shifts to mention the Argonaut Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City requiring 40 years to construct.
The National Pickle Packers Association wrestles with a labor shortage as committees in Chicago seek publicity to solve the pickle puzzle. Despite record crops and likely high prices, the lack of workers to pick cucumbers threatens production. A luncheon followed the session where pickles were served.
British women’s wartime outfits feature Modern Style Clogs with suede and calf uppers and rubbered wooden soles. The article notes a joked return to clog era amid leather scarcity, now realized as clogs appear among new models with quiet soles and leather insoles.
Transfer pattern 16 motifs from 5 by 5 inches to 31 by 3 1/2 inches includes stitch illustrations and color schemes. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man with name and address and pattern number 7221.
Burma normally exports about twice as much teakwood as any other country, highlighting its leading role in the regional timber trade.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes June retail sales up 12 percent from 1941 and 41 percent from 1939, with half-year gains driven by buying power despite taxes. Japan’s sea lanes are stretched as wartime needs and repatriations strain a merchant fleet already weakened by prewar losses and submarine activity.
The Talk of the Town writer notes Churchill is too busy to author a diary now and quashes rumors he is writing the war story though his future memoir may come after victory. He reportedly dislikes keeping a diary and even hates whistling.
The Windsor Star notes the nationwide shock at the government move to freeze all electric ranges. It reflects on how quickly life changes and how folk once cooked without electricity, questioning the fragility of modern comforts amid wartime.
The article lists unusual Brazilian oils beyond common crops. It notes iucia oil from its seed, baba cu from babacu, andiroba, curicur, bankul from nogueira, cumarin, curua sesame macauba and pracaxti oils. It also mentions corn oil mustard and fats muru muru tucum for margarine production.
Canadian poet Archdeacon Frederick George Scott of Quebec writes to the New York Times suggesting a United Nations flag to fly alongside each ally's national banner. He says the banner would symbolize the democratic powers' underlying resolve and unity.
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