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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1942
Page
7
James Agate notes wartime paper shortages stop new British editions. Jane Eyre Dickens Shakespeare are unavailable in London while publishers rely on old stock. The piece contrasts scarce paper with enduring classics and asks how culture survives without new prints.
A colorless liquid phial linked to Rommel's Africa corps is found by British authorities. A German doctor who fled to London says Nazis tested concentrated energy builders for years and Rommel's men may receive it as tablets. British doctors test the preparation, not a drug, while Nazi medical groups warn it harms fatigue resistance.
The family confronts wartime fears as Vin returns home briefly before being sent back to duty. A river patrol convoy heads to Dunkirk with Captain Halliday urging volunteers to cross forty miles of open sea to aid the trapped British Expeditionary Force.
A long sequence of crossword clues covering subjects from geography and mythology to chemistry and zoology. Includes entries like Swiss river South American armadillo Latin letters symbol 1 for tellurium and archaic pronouns.
A Korean custom ensures marriage certificates are divided between spouses, with each partner receiving half. The practice distinguishes Korea as the only country applying this two part certificate approach within nuptial formalities.
J Stewart, Services Administrator for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board in Ottawa, said no discontinuation of holiday greeting telegrams and other special rate social messages is planned in Canada for the present. He noted the United States telegraph companies have cut these services during the war, but Canada will not follow suit.
CBC Western network presents Homemakers Programme with experts guiding food health and shelter. Doctors dietitians and public health nurses discuss nutrition home nursing and decorating while a dressmaker and home economist contribute. The program partners with universities and government departments to provide pamphlets and meet demand from city and farm women across the West.
The column compiles quick wit and social quips about marriage chores servants and mistaken judgments. It features a singer like Mrs Thompson and jokes about rings maids and furniture from Java with a light social humor tone.
A Worried father recounts a rationing office mixup as he is asked to list all family members. He jokes about needing his wife to provide every name, and finally admits he is beaten by the task. The scene captures everyday strain during shortages.
A 32 page Home Service booklet, Public Speaking Self-Taught, helps readers avoid bad impressions when speaking. It covers enunciation, poise, addressing the chair, parliamentary rules, and sample speeches. Send 15c in coins to Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man with name and address.
Reuters dispatches from Stockholm report that about 2,000 small Norwegian fishing vessels in northern Norway have been requisitioned by Germany. Some reports add that crews were taken as well, affecting three quarters of the fighting fleet in the region.
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