This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1939
Page
5
The article notes new British listening devices and directional wireless aiding destroyers in tracking submarines. It cites submarine ranges, underwater limits, and recent wartime shifts, including depth bombs, convoys, Q boats, and U‑boat losses, with data on German submarine production and U.S. countermeasures.
The article highlights French women aiding wartime effort through passive defense roles. Paris area volunteers manage evacuation, childcare, and sanitary work. the Women’s Auxiliary Air Corps trains pilots with over 1000 licensed to date. Parachutists, lorry drivers, chemists, and Red Cross branches also mobilize while women of all ages, from peasants to city workers, participate in church and community prayers.
Two Montreal men William J. Chartrand 61 and Anatole Lafiech 32 faced Judge John Knight in Buffalo NY after claiming a mistaken train ride led them into the United States while seeking work as fruit pickers. The judge suspended their sentences accepting their explanation that they were in a coal gondola observing scenery and would have hidden if they intended to enter illegally.
In Paris the entry into the war is marked by a simple ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. Lieut-Col G P Vanier Canadian minister to France laid beside the eternal flame a wreath of roses and lilies inscribed 1914 1939 Adsum Can ada.
Mercury traverses an elongated orbit, racing at 36 miles per second on flats and slowing to 24 miles per second along the curves. Rust and corrosion cause annual direct losses greater than those from fire and flood combined.
The piece reflects on returning home after summer and rejects travel as paradise. It contrasts restless trips with the comfort of familiar rooms, rugs, and kitchen range, asserting real freedom lies within one’s own house and household gods. The author recalls Pineboro-in-the-Hills and Sandyville-by-the-Sea as peaceful but ultimately superseded by home.
Three cantons met in August 1291 to found a mountain republic. The Halifax Herald notes the confederation’s six centuries of multilingual citizenry refute dictators who claim diverse peoples cannot live in peace. The Financial Post adds a Canada lesson about racial and economic issues. Greenland and Australia size comparisons are noted.
Amended radio regulations in the Canada Gazette shift private commercial broadcasting from a flat 50 dollar annual rate to a sliding scale up to 10 000 dollars. The measure, urged by the parliamentary radio committee, aims to boost annual revenue to about 26 000 dollars, with higher charges for stations serving dense urban areas.
Sudbury Star notes that Hitler warned a corridor cutting off main holdings would not satisfy any nation. It compares a Maine sized corridor to Pomorze and states Canada has not worried about the divide between Quebec and the Maritime Provinces.
Brigadier H S L Winterbotham reports an African chief in Uganda who spoke thirteen languages including three European tongues. He was recalled to England at the war outbreak and aided by training natives to survey jungle lines using telescopes and star positions. The chief, likely an Oxford graduate, possessed a library from Shakespeare to Mark Twain.
A Port Elizabeth washerwoman heard an airplane overhead then a splash in a yard wash tub and discovered a pair of gold teeth beneath the soapsuds in Mrs E Brockett’s outdoor tub.
A note describes the praying mantis as a blood thirsty insect kept as a pet by Orientals, reflecting a dated stereotype about pet choices and ethnic groups.
Robert Quillen quips about freedom and consumer habit suggesting people avoid buying beyond means to avoid seeming cheap in a free land. The remark humorously contrasts liberty with financial prudence.
Pattern 6483 offers outlines for towels with running and single stitch crass rose motifs to finish a kitchen. It includes six motifs sized 5 x 12 1/4 inches, materials, stitch illustrations, and color suggestions. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department in Winnipeg to obtain the transfer pattern. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
A Rockefeller Institute report identifies a hitherto unknown soil bacterium producing the most potent germ killing chemical known. A pound could deter pneumonia and streptococci in trillions of mice, raising questions about its impact on humans.
The article notes France calls the fortifications the Maginot line named after a WWI sergeant who became war minister. It says Hitler terms his line Limes or Westwall and calls Siegfried an American invention, explaining Latin roots for limites as boundary walls. Toronto Star.
Dr. Joseph Kaplan of the University of California proposes that iron and silica dust from meteorites burning 40 to 70 miles above Earth contribute to the aurora borealis. The theory links atmospheric particulate matter to the colorful northern lights.
A drought uncovered a vanished town on the Chambon lake bed in France. The discoverer notes the lake dried revealing ruins and structures once submerged by waters. The unusual event drew attention from locals and historians alike.
W W Murray of The Canadian Press parliamentary staff named chief cable censor for the department of national defence. The announcement confers lieutenant colonel rank. Murray began World War I in 1914 as a private with the 20th Battalion, later served as intelligence officer and company commander, earned the Military Cross and bar, then moved to journalism including Halifax Herald and The Canadian Press, where he has worked 12 years in the parliamentary bureau. He is granted leave of absence for the war duration.
Berlin announced Hitler would not accept flowers while touring areas held by German troops. Donors were told to present blooms to soldiers instead. The oddly paired note contrasts with other public statements from the era.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.