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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1946
Page
2
Eleanor Roosevelt and Winston Churchill both warned that language differences threaten international accord. The piece notes proposals for an international language and a uniform history book to be used worldwide.
The American National Education Association discussed a world history textbook produced by an international panel of historians. The book would be published in all languages for use in every nation and paired with local history courses. The aim is mutual, identical knowledge of world events among children of different nations.
The passage argues postwar need for understanding between nations through shared international language and history texts. It notes former allied fighters now divided in peace and urges leaders to adopt educators proposals to reduce barriers and prevent future wars.
Flying farmers arrive at Malton airport from the southwestern United States to describe their work on a national radio network. Horace Watson of Oklahoma president of the National Flying Farmers Association Gale Rogers of Yuma and Hal Renallett of Denver explain that flying is the only way to monitor crops cattle fencing and shipping in postwar farming.
In 1945, thirteen airlines employed 29 first pilots and nine supervising pilots over age fifty. Dr Ross A McFarland testified before the White House fact finding board that with proper diet exercise and moderation in alcohol and tobacco many pilots can extend their productive careers to fifty.
The War Office announced a new British war college to double prewar officer production and provide a rounded world affairs education. It targets trimming boozy, long-wabbing habits, moving to an 18 month curriculum emphasizing human factors, man management, and soldier psychology.
Maj. Leslie Mutch of Winnipeg South told the Commons that kilts appeal to Scots and could boost reserve unit recruitment. He argued kilts should be allowed beyond walking-out dress and proposed regiments revert to kilted uniform to attract volunteers.
Alex Aitken commissioner of the Regina Board of Trade urged the Saskatchewan Royal Commission on Fish to develop air traffic into the north to showcase sport fishing. He proposed building landing strips for land planes at Prince Albert National Park to overcome poor roads.
The article states cinnabar is a mineral from the mineral kingdom and identifies it as the chief ore of mercury.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board answers questions about ration books five and six. It explains which coupons are invalid, confirms a motor vehicle price ceiling, and describes the two sheets per coupon type in book six plus three spare sheets. It instructs readers to destroy book five after valid coupons are used and to fill in name and address on ration book six pages.
An American cameraman conceives a method to make ghosts and similar images appear tremulous. A heater placed beneath the camera disturbs the air with warm rising currents, simulating the wavering seen on hot days. A camel travels about two and a half miles per hour.
Mrs Elmer Glas pie, once without farming background, built Fairmeade Farms Ltd into a 350 acre Langley Prairie operation. She serves as president and spends six months annually there with a 200 head cattle herd boasting 175 championships. A modern home with swimming pool replaced the old farmhouse as she expands into Kentucky thoroughbred horses trained for high school equestrian exhibitions under Major George Griffin.
A columnist laments the loss of the old parlor organ once central to family life. It spoke of social status, Sunday evenings, and cherished tunes like Sweet Genevieve and Nearer My God to Thee, now replaced by radios and modern living.
The flame color depends on air supply and gases released by coal. More oxygen makes the fire burn brighter and faster, while oxygen excess creates carbon monoxide that flames blue. Different substances and coal minerals alter color. early English coins were cut for change.
A reader friendly crossword set with clues such as Pertaining to a certain poem Consumed French river An Aegean island Hits To make ex piation for Disposes of for price One's mother and father Part of body Telegraphing cotteg Tooth Childs text book To look at malignng Domestics Flesh To read The turmeric Beast stomach A negative Sun god
A short health note urges seeking medical advice if ill but suggests that dullness and headaches may stem from incomplete elimination. It promotes a 30 day diet change to boost alertness and energy, endorsing Kellogg's cereals as the preferred way to stay fit.
Former swimming champion John Powell, 34, saved his life by swimming for six and a half hours to shore after his sail boat overturned in Lake Erie. He clung to the boat for two and a half hours before dragging himself onto the beach at Turkey Point.
Since its 1943 start, UNRRA has shipped 13 million tons of supplies worth 2.937 billion dollars to disaster zones. It distributes food clothing medical and agricultural equipment and aids displaced people while funding a public health program. The agency cites saved lives in Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Greece Poland and China among others.
The Toronto Star profiles J. R. Roaf K.C. a 95 year old lawyer who still visits his law office daily from 10 to 4 30 and even regards Wednesday afternoons off as a rare luxury. The piece notes remarkable longevity and dedication alongside a tidbit about an iron ship built in 1848 with engines from 1869 still in service in British waters.
Prof Heinz Sauermann, a German economist, forecasts Germany's population of about 72 million will fall by 50 percent within 50 years as death rates exceed birth rates. He notes rural districts see death rates twice birth rates, midsized cities 300 percent higher, and large cities 400 to 500 percent higher.
An assortment of quotations on kindness love and virtue from Lowell La Rochefoucauld Milton Sterne Mary Baker Eddy and Wordsworth Illustrates how action sharing affection and inner light shape character and happiness.
A description notes Chinese persistence in drilling salt wells over a thousand feet deep using bamboo fibres and metal, a process spanning eighty to one hundred years. From great grandfather to great grandson, families labored to reach salt and affluence while hauling water uphill two miles daily. the Burma Road was also built mainly by hand labor.
A Siberian variety called creeping apples endures winters of 32 below zero and still produces more than 150 pounds of fruit per tree, demonstrating notable hardiness and productivity for extreme cold climates.
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