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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1942
Page
4
Fire Prevention Week runs October 4 through October 10 with house safety tips for all ages. Advice includes storing matches away from children, cleaning chimneys, avoiding flame risks near wooden materials, and never lighting fires with coal oil. Also cautions on gasoline vapour dangers and the idea to use War Savings Stamps.
A Manitoba Department of Health and Public Welfare appeal explains that thirty six cents per person in 1941 funded disease prevention including education, nursing, laboratory services, environmental sanitation, and preventive tools. It contrasts preventive care with nearly ten times that amount spent on treatment and outlines planned expansion in industrial hygiene.
A. G. L. Strange, director of The Crop Testing Plan, writes about global wheat conditions and research efforts. He outlines aims to improve yields through testing methods, encouraging collaboration among researchers and farmers worldwide.
Farmers estimate capacity of circular wheat bins using a rough arithmetic method for a 98 foot circumference, yielding about 2.375 bushels for the base and 1,366 bushels for a cone top, totaling 3,741 bushels at 60 pounds each. The piece also notes supply and demand shifts due to weather and war affecting bread grain regions.
The gross revenues of the all inclusive Canadian National Railway system for the week ending September 1 show 7 860 000 dollars, up from 6 463 000 dollars the previous year. An increase of 1 386 000 dollars is reported.
Notice states memorial notices and cards of thanks are inserted in the Echo at 50 cents for a single insertion. It asks readers if they have purchased War Savings Certificates and mentions Canada asking citizens to lend money to save democracy.
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