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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
6
Mrs. W. T. B. Mitchell urges careful home and school coordination for refugee children. She notes emotional stress from leaving Britain and calls foster parents to use community organizations to provide suitable environments and guidance for social cooperation, creativity, and problem solving.
A joy ride in a stolen Montreal car ended in the death of one occupant. The Canadian Police Bulletin cautions that the egres season brings youths who seize cars. Motorists are urged to lock their vehicles when leaving them on streets to prevent theft and possible loss of life.
Burmese girls held a six day tug of war in Mandalay to conjure a storm before the Thingyan water festival. They believe misfortune befalls a year without rain just before the festival.
The Ottawa Journal offers practical driving advice focusing on traffic signals intersections level crossings and following distance. It urges motorists to stay alert to red lights and nearby vehicles before enjoying the scenery.
In Pontiac Michigan a court granted a minister a petition barring congregants from rattling papers whispering or making faces at the preacher. It remains permitted to sleep snore or cough during services.
A London Free Press quote recalls pioneers 120 years ago fighting wolves bears famine and cold in Western Ontario. It frames frontier resilience as the measure against fear of invasion and hardship.
The Brandon Sun notes a slogan about who tax collectors work for, listing instalment men coal dealer two banks an insurance company an automobile dealer and the groceryman as examples of benefactors or clients.
One hundred Scouts and leaders from six Parkdale Toronto troops visited the 16th Troop of Buffalo New York for a weekend program. They toured sights then joined American Scouts in decorating local war heroes graves. A field day for the 1st Brant School for the Blind Troop of Brantford mirrored the activity.
Ottawa Boy Scouts assisted at the Tri District Conference of International Rotary with crowd control and services. Kingston and American Scouts joined Grass Point Camporee. Timmins Rover Scouts aided traffic at the Northern Ontario Scholastic Meet, prompting police plans for regular Scout traffic duty.
A report from a broadcast picked up in New York says coffee is no longer available to Italian civilians. Only the armed forces and hospitals continue to receive imports. Coffee ranks second to wine as the basic beverage of Italians.
Dr Lowell S Selling of Detroit told the American Medical Association that mental examinations of traffic offenders in court show many have barely enough sense to drive. Tests include physical, reaction, speed distance, color vision, and full history to rate intelligence. Low scores lead to license cancellation.
Passage reflects on finding calm through gardening as societies face upheaval. It quotes the New York Times on fragile certainties and the need for contact with nature’s cycles to provide enduring anchors during crises. It emphasizes growing beauty as a stabilizing practice.
The article extols gardening as healing during stress, grounding people in earth and growth beyond war's wreckage. It contrasts enduring nature with historic battles and laments formal language over genuine expression, noting a committee delaying action on a related motion.
Boston official Joseph Lee urged the school system to permit split infinitives for students and teachers. He moved that Superintendent Arthur Gould issue an instruction allowing split infinitives in classes and communications.
Dr. Doncaster G. Humm, a Los Angeles psychologist, compared temperaments of 93 junior high teachers and 1,264 gas company employees. He reported teachers show more mental stability and idealism while being less stubborn, with differences in selfishness and defense.
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