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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1940
Page
3
A focus on Mr Harlow and Ellenbury during a Park Lane hotel scene shifts to a tense discussion about an awaiting transfer of convicted men to another prison. Harlow probes for details on Arthur Ingle and the niece while revealing stern views on crime, justice, and personal ambition.
A narrator describes departures as a jail visit ends. Mr Filenbury is dismissed and his hired cart rattles away up the hill past the gates, with Filenbury turning away. The text hints at an unfinished scene and a continuation.
The Far of Athlone becomes Canadas sixteenth Governor General since Confederation and the third close relative of a reigning sovereign to hold the post. He will be the second Governor General to serve during wartime, recalling a wartime appointment of the Duke of Connaught, uncle to the reigning monarch. The appointee is an uncle of the present King but lacks the style His Royal Highness, being related by marriage to Queen Mary. A Victorian-era royal occupant, the Marquess of Lorne, once served as Governor General with Princess Louise, Victoria’s daughter, as his wife.
British Food Minister Wootton urged small consumers to avoid waste in a national food campaign. He appealed to women to organize a kitchen front and proposed changing the wartime tea rule to give one spoonful per person and none for the pot.
A fragment summary of quotes from James Russell Lowell Emerson Mary Baker Eddy and Psalms 45 10 on the power of thought over events spiritual force and righteous deeds. Includes phrases about thoughts guiding age and the mind as the strongest agent.
A London writer explains why Queen Mary buys many pictures. She prefers frequent changes in rooms she uses, believing the variety gives an air of freshness and health. Many works are later given as personal gifts, with numerous examples found in each location.
The Indiana Barber Board approved a 50 cent haircut scale for Indianapolis shops but heard of one parlor bill charging 50 cents and refunding 15 cents for hair left on the floor. A unrelated note mentions bamboo as a possible material to reinforce concrete in Japan.
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