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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1942
Page
7
The article explains how silage works from plant respiration to acid production by bacteria. It notes corn as ideal due to sugar content, and that legumes and young grass can also be preserved without preservatives, referencing Wartime Series Pamphlet No. 66 and how to obtain it from the Dominion Department of Agriculture in Ottawa.
The article recalls the 1721 introduction of smallpox inoculation by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and traces long opposition from physicians and clerics. It notes anti vaccination rhetoric as coarse and illiberal and cites Dr Mosley’s sensational anecdotes as examples of prejudice later rejected.
The Montreal Star argues that travel restrictions will strike a personal chord across the continent, curbing freedom to motor, train, or roam. It notes the public’s habituation to gadding about and urges learning to ride, walk, or stay home, with food rationing possibly less effective than travel limits.
Copies of a Soviet newspaper circulated in White Russia drifted along the Dnieper and other rivers in sealed bottles. Each paper carries a note reading Read this and pass it on death to the Germans.
From Lourenco Marques Otto D Tolischus and Robert T Bellaire describe Japanese brutality and fear in occupied territories. They cite torture of prisoners, mass killings, and wartime inflation, shortages, and disrupted shipping affecting civilians and reporters alike.
After a ceremony at Sunderland England the two mobile kitchen canteens given to No. 1 Fire Force of the National Fire Service began serving hot meals at Hendon Paper Works within hours. One gift came from the Order of the Eastern Star Toronto and the other from citizens of Guelph Ontario to their fire service colleagues.
Aeronautical Products Inc of Detroit placed a German inflation era note in each absentee’s wage packet with a message that the extra pay is a reward for missing work. The note frame argues that by not working employees aid the enemy, reflecting American insistence on discipline in the factory.
Mohandas K Gandhi resides in a palace rented by the government with barbed wire barriers and troops outside while he follows a simple diet. He notes two complaints about the veranda mosquito netting and handwoven khadi linen, which were replaced. He wakes at 4 am to walk, prays and reads sacred texts, and adheres to a disciplined routine despite confinement.
The London Daily Sketch reports Want Turkish Railways Von Papen offers the Turkish Government immunity from interference if they break treaties to let railways carry Nazi food supplies toward the Middle East as Axis forces move via Egypt and from the Caucasus. Turks hint they cannot depart from treaties despite the advantage to Nazi logistics.
The Bank of England faced note production challenges as France halted supply of white linen rags. English demand shifted to colored shirts, leaving banknote producers short of essential rags and reliant on discarded French shirts for high grade linen.
The central span of the famous Quebec bridge is described as the longest and heaviest in the world with a length of 640 feet and a pier distance of 1,800 feet.
Snails move at a constant pace regardless of surface type because they glide on a slime band they lay as they travel. This slime trail travels beneath the snail, enabling steady motion over glass wood gravel and other materials.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson explains Alaska communities do not use pennies as money so maximum prices are adjusted to the nearest nickel to reflect local practices and reduce currency friction.
The Saturday Evening Post quotes a rider praising army tank travel for its astonishing noise. He likens the steel armor to a kettle drum amplifying the motor’s rear sound and compares it to being a mouse inside a drum while Finlandia plays.
The 1620 Battle of White Mountain signals the start of Austria’s three centuries of domination over Bohemia, redefining leadership in the Czech lands and shaping the region’s religious and political trajectory for generations.
The Ottawa Journal notes the fear and hardship as war time rationing cuts bananas and Jamaica oranges. It contrasts the loss of local food staples with poverty and unrest among Afro Caribbean and Indian communities, while ships and markets struggle under U-boats and supply disruption.
Pacific command issues a strange mess order directing officers awaiting potential Japanese action to use butter knives for butter, avoid multiple courses at once, and refrain from lining up at the serving table while maintaining home standard conduct in messes.
A Mother asks what was seen at the cinema and the child recalls the biggest woman in the world. The exchange humorously centers on a large, unnamed performer seen by the audience, with the child noting she sat in front of them throughout the show.
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