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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 15, 1940
Page
7
A scene android of hunters and a girl watches deer move past as they debate shooting for survival. Rickety conflict rises over gold and food as Napayo vanishes and the party braces for an ambush while preparing for the Koksoak trek.
In a remote river camp Alan and McCord drive through a long stretch of quiet water chasing caribou. They shoot and butcher several deer while Noel and Naskapi hunters cache meat and skins upstream. The migrating herd fills the tundra as wolves and wolverines watch from the margins.
Twenty members of the first aid nursing yeomanry led by Mary Runciman left London for Finland aboard eight ambulances. Lillian Erans of Calgary is among the volunteers. Some ambulances were donated by the Canadian Red Cross. The unit is commanded by Runciman, a relative of Viscount Runciman. A hat maker predicts changes in men dress and spring straw hats may feature novelty forms, possibly prompting softer remarks from women.
Finland boasts Jarvinen Autonen and Nikkanen as the world’s leading javelin throwers. Reports claim more than 15 million people attend the greyhound racing tracks of England each year.
A compact reading of moral exhortations from Kingsley Eddy Hill and Spenser. The text urges living by example to influence others, asserting that actions teach more than words and that virtue inspires societal morals. Includes brief quotes praising goodness and conduct.
Cut Off from world Tristan da Cunha sits in the south Atlantic midway between Cape Town and South America with about 150 inhabitants.British warships could not reach the island during World War I and it learned of the conflict only after the armistice. Radio sets arrived via Rev H M Rogers but power, battery recharge, and polar interference left the island without working radios.
A collection of British Empire stamps sold at Harmers in Bond Street for about $7,000. Included were £115 for a 12 penny black Canadian stamp of 1851 with concentric circle postmark and £65 for a blue Mauritius stamp on blue paper issued in 1848.
Tests showed that using music in a factory reduced chatter among girl operatives and increased accuracy of their work. The experiment appears to suggest concentration benefits from musical ambiance in the production line.
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